Friday, August 7th, 2025 - TX gerrymander update; OH river raised for VP; 401Ks go crypto; Eli Lilly’s new weight loss pill & more

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

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Today’s Headlines: We’re ending the week on a truly chaotic note. Texas Senator John Cornyn got the FBI involved to help track down state Democrats who fled to avoid a rushed redistricting vote—one that would give Republicans five extra seats, just because Trump said they should have them. Trump’s also pushing for early redistricting in other red states and floated a new census that would exclude undocumented immigrants—never mind what the Constitution says. In other news, he signed an order demanding colleges hand over race-based admissions data, and the Air Force is cutting off early retirement benefits for transgender service members. Additionally, Trump now wants your 401(k) to dabble in crypto and real estate, and he’s nominating an aide to the Fed who’s big on lowering interest rates. Finally, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave Trump a weird gold iPhone trophy, VP JD Vance’s river was allegedly raised for his birthday kayak trip, Israel confirmed it plans to take full control of Gaza, and Eli Lilly released promising results from a study of its new weight loss pill. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: Sen. John Cornyn says the FBI granted his request to help find absent Texas Democrats WaPo: Led by Trump, Republicans push to redraw election maps in multiple states Axios: Trump says he's ordering a new census. Here's what the Constitution says Axios: Trump orders colleges to report race data AP News: Trump's Air Force denies retirement pay to ex-trans service members Axios: Trump to supercharge private equity with 401(k) order PBS: Trump says he is nominating top economic aide Stephen Miran to Federal Reserve board The Verge: Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump AP News: JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised AP News: Netanyahu says Israel plans to take over Gaza to destroy Hamas Wired: Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, August 8th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines
0:11.6	that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news.
0:20.4	We're closing out this week of headlines on a weird note, derogatory.
0:23.6	Texas Senator John Cornett submitted a request to the FBI for their help finding the state Democrats
0:29.6	who left the state in order to avoid voting on a new congressional map that would give the Republicans five more seats in Congress,
0:35.6	while essentially divvying up the votes of the residents in Texas's largest cities.
0:40.3	Why are they doing this?
0:42.3	Because Donald Trump said that Republicans are, quote, entitled to five more seats in Texas.
0:47.3	Really, though, that's why Texas state lawmakers convened an emergency legislative session
0:52.3	for the sake of redistricting their map five years early.
0:56.2	Senator Cornyn said in a statement later that he was, quote, proud to announce that the FBI
1:00.0	director Cash Patel had approved his request to assist state and local law enforcement in finding
1:05.0	the runaway House Democrats.
1:07.7	I mean, I think it's pretty weird that they set legislative rules that allow them to lock
1:11.6	lawmakers in a room to force them to vote on legislation, but I guess only they know what it takes
1:16.6	to stop people as craven as they.
1:18.6	It's not just Texas, though.
1:20.6	The White House has been pushing multiple states to redraw their congressional maps ASAP in order
1:25.6	to improve Republicans' chances of maintaining majorities in Congress,
1:29.2	forever. They're discussing ways to create new Republican seats in Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, and Florida,
1:35.2	all before the 26 midterms. But why on earth would the most beloved, popular, efficient,
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