Friday, December 16th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

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Today's headlines: Elon Musk has started banning critical journalists from Twitter, specifically those that write on him. The senate has passed a stopgap bill to avert the government shutdown at the end of the week. Aaron Dean, the killer of Atatiana Jefferson, has officially been convicted of manslaughter. Trump announced he’d be selling NFT trading cards depicting him as a superhero, an astronaut, an Old West sheriff, and a Top Gun fighter pilot. Finally for this week, three men who were part of the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were sentenced Thursday. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Verge: Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter / The reporters have tweeted about his private jet recently. CNN: Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown at end of the week Guardian: Ex-Texas officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting Atatiana Jefferson NY Times: Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards CNN: Three militia members sentenced in plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Whitmer Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, December 16th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements, presented
0:07.8	by Betges Media.
0:09.5	I'm Marisa Kibis and for Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by Lomi.
0:14.1	Lomi is a countertop electric composter that turns scraps to dirt in under four hours.
0:19.2	Food waste is gross.
0:20.5	Lomi is your solution.
0:27.5	Elon Musk went on a tear last night, banning the accounts of several prominent journalists
0:31.9	from outlets like CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
0:36.0	What do all these reporters have in common?
0:38.0	They cover technology, and specifically covered Musk banning an account this week that used
0:42.6	publicly available information to track the whereabouts of the billionaire's private jet.
0:48.0	The ban came as a result of Musk's update to the Twitter privacy policy, which now
0:52.3	states that providing someone's live location information is a suspendable offense.
0:57.6	Musk is claiming the ban journalists violated the new policy, despite any evidence to support
1:02.2	his claim.
1:03.5	It seems like he's cracking down on critical coverage of him, which seems just a little
1:07.7	bit fascist.
1:13.8	The federal government will avoid a shutdown, at least for the next week.
1:17.4	The Senate voted last night to pass a stopgap measure, and the bill will go to President
1:21.6	Biden's desk for his signature, but so far a permanent agreement to fund the government
1:26.2	for the next year and avoid a shutdown has yet to be reached.
1:29.8	Senator Richard Shelby said Thursday the top line number was $1.7 trillion, but provided
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