Friday, January 20th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: News broke that a federal judge in Florida fined Donald Trump and his head lawyer almost 1 million dollars for filing a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others in an effort to sue them for trying to rig the 2016 presidential election. The US officially hit the debt limit yesterday. A popular Brazilian drag artist named Eula Rochard, posted a photo where she is smiling next to George Santos dressed in drag, who went by the stage name Kitara Ravache. The Supreme Court Marshal has reported that it is not possible to determine the identity of any individual who may have disclosed the leaked Roe v Wade draft. The Department of Agriculture is overhauling its guidelines for what is considered “organic” food. Finally for this week, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that she plans to resign as of February 7th. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CNBC: Trump and lawyer sanctioned almost $1 million for 'frivolous' lawsuit against Hillary Clinton AP News: US Treasury buys time for Biden and GOP on debt limit deal NBC: Rep. George Santos denies ever having been a drag queen Washington Post: Supreme Court says it can’t determine who leaked draft Dobbs opinion Axios: U.S. government cracks down on scammy organic labels AP News: New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down 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, January 20th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements
0:05.0	presented by Betches Media. I'm your host Sammy Sage and the Morning Announcements
0:09.0	is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't afraid to take
0:12.4	aside and roast the most consequential reality show there is. Our government.
0:17.0	This episode is brought to you by Green Chef, the number one meal kit for eating
0:20.6	well with dinners that work for you.
0:23.2	Just before I recorded this episode last night, news broke that a federal judge in
0:32.5	Florida fined Donald Trump and his head lawyer almost $1 million for filing a
0:37.4	frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others in an effort to sue them for
0:41.6	trying to rig the 2016 presidential election in Clinton's favor. The judge wrote in
0:46.8	his opinion this case should never have been brought. It's an adequacy as a legal
0:50.9	claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it.
0:54.7	Also, you're still talking about 2016, which is unforgettable.
1:02.9	The US officially hit the debt limit yesterday as anticipated. It happened with
1:08.1	more of a whimper than a bang and markets so far have remained relatively calm,
1:11.9	at least as of yesterday. That's because for now the Treasury Department can
1:16.2	rely on accounting tweaks to keep the government running at least until June,
1:20.2	though Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a strongly worded letter to
1:23.4	congressional leaders urging them to quote act promptly to protect the
1:27.1	full faith and credit of the US. I know it's an easy ask Janet, but we're
1:31.7	talking about people who don't even care to protect the full faith and credit of
1:35.0	themselves.
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