Friday, April 8th, 2022

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Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

This Friday starts with some good news (finally!) as KBJ has been officially confirmed to the Supreme Court. Next, in an historic move, the UN has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights council. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives voted on a bill that would require the preservation of evidence related to war crimes in Ukraine. Finally, Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid, but is currently asymptomatic. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NY Times: Supreme Court Highlights: Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson Bloomberg: Kyiv Pleads for More Weapons to Fight Russian Forces NY Times: Russia Is Recruiting Mercenaries and Syrians to Ukraine, Western Officials Say Business Insider: 6 GOP House members opposed a bill meant to document and preserve evidence of war crimes during Russia's invasion of Ukraine CNN: Nancy Pelosi tests positive for Covid-19, spokesman says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, April 8th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:08.0	Betcha's media.
0:09.3	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by ExpressVPN.
0:13.6	Take back your privacy and freedom today.
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0:24.8	Judge Katanji Brown Jackson has officially been confirmed to hit the Supreme Court by a
0:29.4	vote of 53 to 47.
0:32.1	She will be the first black woman on the Supreme Court in over 200 years, which is why it
0:36.8	will come as no surprise that Rand Paul showed up to the confirmation vote 20 minutes late
0:41.6	in casual clothing, holding up the entire process.
0:45.3	Someone's clearly been taking his cues from Mitch McConnell, taking literally every desperate
0:49.9	measure he can to hold up a Democratic President's Supreme Court confirmation.
0:54.3	Personally, I'm just looking forward to seeing Justice KBJ and Justice Sotomayor as burgeoning
0:59.2	work wives, plotting to sense over sad desk salads and everything.
1:06.2	The UN has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council over its actions in
1:10.3	Ukraine.
1:11.3	I'm sure that will stop them.
1:13.1	The only other country to have been suspended before is Libya, so not the best company.
1:18.2	And in fact, we know that this won't stop them.
1:20.6	As according to New Reporting, the World Health Organization is now bracing for chemical
1:24.6	assaults or accidents in Ukraine.
1:27.3	And while there have been many reports of low morale amongst Russian soldiers, there's
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