Friday Politics Roundup | Trump indictments; UPS Teamsters deal; AAUP joins AFT; era of global boiling; electric car infrastructure; CBSD sweetheart deal; Pennridge secrets; Barbie; Sinéad O’Connor

<p><a href='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-charged-special-counsel-jack-smith-rcna96742'>New indictments against Trump</a> announced. The ditch keeps getting deeper. </p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/Teamsters/status/1683867683845021697'>UPS Teamsters announced a “historic” contract</a> win a week before what could have been one of the largest strikes in American history. The details of the contract will be the proof to that claim. Since the announcement some UPS Teamsters are saying the unions <a href='https://paydayreport.com/180000-ups-part-timer-left-out-of-teamsters-deal-biden-pressured-teamsters-to-settle-early-yellowstone-rangers-unionize/'>180,000 part-time workers</a> may not get as good of a deal as suggested. </p> <p>In what could prove to be a sign that higher education faculty are willing to step up and fight to a greater degree,<a href='https://www.aft.org/news/historic-affiliation-finalized-aaup-and-aft-join-forces'> the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)</a>. The alliance will be the largest union of higher education faculty - about 300,000 strong. </p> <p>Following new scientific data from the World Meteorological Organization on this summer’s record heat, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, proclaimed that the era of global warming has ended and the “<a href='https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other'>era of global boiling has arrived</a>.” </p> <p>It’s been so hot in Arizona that the state’s famous <a href='https://news.yahoo.com/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-235908879.html'>Saguaro cacti are literally collapsing</a>. </p> <p><a href='https://abcnews.go.com/US/preliminary-ocean-temperature-1011-degrees-recorded-off-coast/story?id=101646005'>Ocean temperatures of over 100 degrees</a> in waters around Florida could be a global record. </p> <p>Something else that climate change is g