Friday, April 21st, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: The Senate Judiciary committee, led by Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, called for Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing focused on ethics rules of the Supreme Court. Republicans in the House of Representatives passed legislation barring transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's teams at federally supported schools, but it is unlikely to advance in the democratic-led Senate and would be vetoed by President Biden. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas vetoed two anti-trans bills, but her veto is likely to be overridden by the legislature. MyPillow founder and Fox News personality Mike Lindell owes $5 million to a computer forensics expert who proved his election interference claims were false. SpaceX's test flight of their new rocket ended in an explosion and crash into the Gulf of Mexico. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NPR: Roberts invited to testify at Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics AP News: House approves trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams KCUR: Kansas Democratic governor vetoes anti-transgender bills, saying they'd scare off business Washington Post: Mike Lindell's firm told to pay $5 million in 'Prove Mike Wrong' election-fraud challenge AP News: SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, April 21, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:07.0	Betches Media.
0:08.0	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.2	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.7	show there is.
0:18.0	Our government.
0:21.8	The Senate Judiciary Committee may be missing Diane Feinstein, but they are keeping busy
0:25.9	nonetheless.
0:27.4	Any Chair and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts
0:31.4	yesterday, calling for him to testify at a hearing next month that will be focused on
0:35.5	the ethics rules of the Supreme Court, clearly not many, as well as potential changes to
0:40.2	those rules, like actually having some.
0:43.2	Senator Durbin added that recent reports of justices, quote unquote, falling short of
0:47.6	the ethical standard the public servants are supposed to follow, suggest that the status
0:51.8	quo is no longer tenable.
0:54.2	As of this recording, the Supreme Court has not issued a response to the call for testimony.
0:59.0	Look at these checks and balances, functioning as so clearly intended.
1:06.7	Yesterday, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to pass legislation that would bar transgender
1:11.3	athletes whose birth certificates say male, from competing on girls and women's teams
1:15.7	at federally supported schools and colleges.
1:18.7	Following the vote, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said of the bill that it was, quote,
1:22.6	a great day for America, a great day for girls and women and for fairness in sports.
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