Friday Politics Roundup for January 13, 2023

Both-sider-ism prevails in DC as Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to look into the confidential documents that turned up at Biden’s old office space and garage. Are you ready for non-stop investigations from now until the presidential elections in 2024? 

Catastrophic weather continues. In California at least 18 people are dead following climate change-charged “atmospheric rivers” that led to widespread flooding, mudslides, and power outages. The National Weather Service reports that Central California received more than half of its average yearly precipitation in just two weeks. In Alabama, at least 7 people were killed as a series of tornados and extreme weather rolled across the state. 

Meanwhile, researchers released findings from Exxon internal documents that Exxon scientists were strikingly accurate in their climate change modeling as early as the 1970s. The researchers call the documents a “smoking gun” that Exxon knew the devastating consequences of burning fossil fuels even as it invested heavily in climate change denial propaganda. 

New York City nurses won a huge victory after a three day strike. 

New research shows that the Heritage Foundation spent big bucks in 2021 to help undermine voting rights. 

On Tuesday, the Central Bucks School Board approved a policy 321, banning what they call “advocacy activities.” The policy takes aim at teachers to display LGBTQ pride symbols or “safe space” stickers in the school. 

Students in the Pennridge School District say they feel “erased” after that district instituted a similar ban there.