Friday, February 4th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Another day, another Russia-Ukraine update. What's next? Let's move over to announcement from Biden about a US raid that left an ISIS leader dead. Next, we discuss the continuing book ban across schools in the US and why the city of Rotterdam is considering dismantling part of a historic bridge for none other than Jeff Bezos. Speaking of Bezos, his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott just donated $133 million dollars to an educational nonprofit (where's your donations, Jeff?). Meanwhile, retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman has now sued Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Rudy Giuliani and other ex-white house aides. To close the show, we end with New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray's recent hospitalization and a scary weather report. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: "U.S. accuses Russia of planning to film false attack as pretext for Ukraine invasion" NY Times: "U.S. Evacuated 10 Civilians During Raid, Pentagon Says" NY Times: "Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S." The Hill: "Oklahoma lawmaker introduces book-banning bill with $10,000-a-day penalty" NY Times: "Rotterdam May Dismantle Part of Bridge for Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht" Washington Post: "MacKenzie Scott donates $133 million for in-school support services" CBS News: "Impeachment witness Alexander Vindman sues Trump Jr., Giuliani, alleging "campaign of intimidation and retaliation"" CNBC: "Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan suffered a stroke, which could complicate Biden’s Supreme Court plans" Washington Post: "Over 250,000 without power as major winter storm slogs east" Axios: "Hundreds of thousands without power as "massive" winter storm hits U.S." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, February 4th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.4	by Betcha's media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:12.0	Today's Russia Ukraine update is, in my opinion, the most interesting one we've had so far.
0:17.0	Instead of another round of diplomatic and military escalation or more threats of sanctions,
0:21.9	the Biden administration warned yesterday that Russia is considering filming a fake attack
0:26.4	against Russian territory or Russian-speaking people by Ukrainian forces as a pretext
0:31.6	to invade.
0:33.0	The State Department alleges that Russia is planning to capture propaganda footage that
0:36.6	could include graphic scenes of a staged false explosion with corpses, and claims that
0:41.8	Russian intelligence had already recruited the people who would be involved in the video.
0:46.3	They also planned to use equipment that would make it look like it was supplied to Ukraine
0:49.6	by NATO countries, how very Spanish-American war of them.
0:53.5	The Kremlin dismissed the allegation, but the State Department says they are confident
0:56.8	in the intelligence.
0:58.4	But now that this fake video plan isn't going to work out, can they please just release
1:01.8	the p-tap?
1:04.9	A consistent story that's been in the news this week is the fact that books are casually
1:08.7	being banned across the country at unprecedented levels, which is classic for these unprecedented
1:13.9	times.
1:14.9	The American Library Association said in a report that it received an unprecedented, that
1:19.3	word again, 330 reports of book challenges last fall, each of which can include multiple
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