Friday Politics Roundup | Colorado school board takeover; FL passes anti-LGBTQ law; NYC is sinking; Cherelle Parker wins Philly Mayor; Innamorato wins big; Heather Boyd takes 163rd; & more!

<p>A right-wing takeover of a <a href='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woodland-park-colorado-school-board-conservatives-rcna83311'>Colorado school board</a> is a case study for what’s happening nationwide. </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">The Woodland Park school board was taken over by conservatives in 2021. They moved quickly to radically transform the district, learning from the tactics of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon, and bolstered by<a href='https://www.cpr.org/2023/01/12/woodland-park-school-district-american-birthright-social-studies-standards/'> big-money fueling Christian nationalists curricular changes</a>. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-american-birthright-curriculum-pushes-christianity-obscures-racism/'>These “American Birthright” curricular standards</a> passed by the Woodland Park school board are similar to the Hillsdale College K-12 curriculum, but target State Standards as well as District ones. </li> </ul> <p><a href='https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/desantis-signs-bills-targeting-drag-shows-pronouns-bathroom-use-and-transgender-procedures/3036182/'>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis </a>signs a bill that dramatically limits transgender medical treatments, restricts pronoun use in schools, and forces people to use bathrooms corresponding to their birth sex. </p> <p><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis'>New York City is sinking</a> due to the massive weight of its skyscrapers. Studies are showing that will only exacerbate the effects of climate change.</p> <p><a href='https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/inq2/philly-election-results-2023-mayoral-city-council-20230516.html'>Cherelle Parker wins</a> the hotly contested and closely watched race for Philly's next mayor. One of Parker’s campaign pledges was to hire more police in the midst of a wave of violence in the city. She is not set to become <a href='https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/inq2/philadelp