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Morning Announcements

Friday, February 25th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

We start with the latest Russia and Ukraine news, before covering the resignation of wo prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump. Also this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is a form of child abuse and should be classified as such under existing state law. Next we cover a new report about maternal mortality rates in the US, an update about the trucker convoy, and why Ford Ord vets think they may have been exposed to toxic chemicals in the water from their base. Finally, CPAC is being held in Orlando this weekend. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NY Times: “Live Updates: Ukraine-Russia News” NY Times: “Prosecutors Leading Trump Fraud Investigation in NY Resign” NY Times: “Gov. Abbott Pushes to Investigate Treatments for Trans Youth as ‘Child Abuse’” NY Times: ” Maternal Deaths Rose During The First Year Of The Pandemic” Reuters: “Inspired by Canadian truck protests, ‘People’s Convoy’ heads to Washington” AP News: “Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill” Independent: “CPAC 2021: How to watch and schedule of speakers” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, February 25th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented

0:08.0

by Batches Media, I'm Sammy Sage.

0:12.3

Attacks have been launched across the entire country of Ukraine from all borders, amounting

0:16.5

to 137 casualties so far.

0:19.5

There are now 190,000 Russian troops in the region, and if you remember those casual military

0:24.2

exercises in Belarus last week, they turned out to be relevant as ground troops entered

0:28.8

Ukraine from the north yesterday.

0:31.1

So if it walks like a military exercise and talks like a military exercise, you know

0:35.6

the rest.

0:37.0

Some Ukrainians tried to flee Kiev or escape to Poland, while many who stayed took shelter

0:41.1

in subway stations that they used as bomb shelters, or they were put under blackout orders

0:45.5

to use as little light as possible.

0:48.1

One of the earlier highlights from yesterday is that the Russians took Chernobyl and the fighting

0:51.8

destroyed a nuclear waste storage facility in the process, which I think is probably one

0:56.1

of the worst storage facilities you could destroy.

0:59.3

As of this recording at 10pm Eastern, Russian forces were entering the capital, Kiev, and

1:04.0

according to Pentagon intelligence, they have every intention of overthrowing the government.

1:08.8

In Russia, anti-war protests broke out across the country, and approximately 1,400 protesters

1:13.4

were arrested yesterday.

1:15.8

President Biden gave a press conference yesterday afternoon where he announced the next wave

1:19.3

of sanctions and the deployment of an additional 7,000 troops to Europe to reassure NATO allies.

1:25.2

There are a lot of new sanctions, but definitely not the most harsh options available.

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