Friday, February 24th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today's headlines: Representative Jamie Raskin is calling for a congressional investigation into the $2 billion dollar investment that a Saudi fund made in Jared Kushner’s private equity fund. The Tennessee state assembly voted to pass legislation which bans transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, as well as drag show bans yesterday. The Florida senate has proposed a new bill that would impose at least $35-thousand dollars in damages against anyone who accuses someone else of engaging in discrimination. A new report released by the Anti-Defamation League found that every ideologically driven mass killing in 2022 was committed by right-wing extremists. The European Commission announced yesterday that they’re banning TikTok from corporate and personal devices in the European Commission. Finally for today, A nonprofit research group called Reset has studied accounts that frequently push Kremlin propaganda and found that they all pay for the Twitter verification system. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: MSNBC: Raskin calls for investigation into Kushner’s $2 billion Saudi deal AP News: Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk AP News: Bill that would restrict drag shows passes Tennessee Senate Florida Senate: HB 991: Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses Above The Law: FL Takes A Swing At Reporters, Knocks Out First Amendment Axios: All U.S. extremist mass killings in 2022 linked to far right, report says Euractiv: European Commission bans TikTok from corporate devices Washington Post: Russian propagandists are buying Twitter blue-check verifications 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, February 24th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:05.4	by Betches Media.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown
0:10.2	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:14.8	show there is.
0:16.0	Our government.
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0:41.0	Representative Jamie Braskin is calling for a congressional investigation into the $2
0:45.0	billion investment that a Saudi fund made in Jared Kushner's private equity fund, Affinity
0:50.0	Partners.
0:51.0	Braskin sent a letter to the House Oversight Committee stating that Kushner has already
0:54.7	failed to respond to an earlier inquiry.
0:57.1	While also requesting that Jared identify all of his foreign investors, and breathing
1:01.3	questions about whether he had improperly traded on his government work to benefit financially.
1:07.2	Guys, you have it backwards.
1:09.0	Jared thinks this is his job to benefit financially.
1:13.2	Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee, currently chaired by Democrat Ron Widen, is also
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