Friday, June 13th, 2025 - CA Senator removed; ICE raids rise; RFK Jr. hires anti-vaxxers; Iran Censured; Air India Crash; Weinstein trial update

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

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Today’s Headlines: California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed while attempting to ask a question at a DHS press briefing in Los Angeles—though he was not arrested, the incident has sparked outrage, especially as House Speaker Mike Johnson moves to censure him. Meanwhile, ICE has reportedly ordered a surge in I-9 audits, increasing the likelihood of workplace raids. Several states, including Missouri, have activated their National Guard ahead of “No Kings Day” protests tied to Trump’s immigration crackdown. On the international front, the UN’s nuclear watchdog has censured Iran for the first time in 20 years, prompting threats from Tehran to exit the Nonproliferation Treaty amid rising U.S.–Iran tensions and fears of an Israeli strike. Elsewhere, RFK Jr. has stacked the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel with known anti-vaxxers just days after firing its previous members. In contrast, the CDC has invited over 450 previously terminated staffers back to work—though it’s unclear how many will accept. Tragedy struck India as an Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing nearly all 242 on board; the cause is under investigation. And finally, Harvey Weinstein’s retrial looms, after a mistrial was declared on a rape charge due to jury dysfunction, while his guilty and not guilty verdicts on two other charges remain in place. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WAPo: Live updates: Sen. Padilla removed from Noem’s news conference on L.A. protests Forbes: JUST IN: Mike Johnson Calls For The Censure Of Alex Padilla Following Incident With Sec. Kristi Noem WaPo: Live updates: Sen. Padilla removed from Noem’s news conference on L.A. protests WSJ: Iran Says It Will Open Secret New Enrichment Site After U.N. Atomic Agency Censure NYT: Iran Is Breaking Rules on Nuclear Activity, U.N. Watchdog Says WaPo: ICE sets quotas to deliver on immigration crackdown on employers NBC News: RFK Jr. taps eight new members for CDC's vaccine advisory panel WaPo: White House accuses Newsom and Bass of fanning flames, siding with criminals WaPo: Air India crash: One survivor, 241 passengers dead on the London-bound plane Hollywood Reporter: Harvey Weinstein Gets Mistrial on Rape Charge After Threats to Jury Foreperson Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, June 13th. Oh great, Friday the 13th, just what we need. And you're listening to
0:07.2	the morning announcements presented by Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning
0:11.6	announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown on the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest
0:16.2	voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news. In case you missed it, California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press briefing by Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Nome at FBI's Los Angeles headquarters yesterday.
0:32.6	In footage of the incident, you can hear Senator Padilla identifying himself and attempting to ask a question while being manhandled and handcuffed by law enforcement.
0:41.9	He was neither arrested nor detained, what would that have been for?
0:45.6	And he gave remarks afterwards, telling the press that he and several senators have been requesting
0:50.0	information from the DHS since the beginning of the year, regarding their immigration
0:54.0	enforcement policy but have not received responses, which is why he attended the press information from the DHS since the beginning of the year, regarding their immigration enforcement
0:54.5	policy but have not received responses, which is why he attended the press conference and dared
0:59.3	ask a question. This is what Democratic visibility can and should look like. Amazingly, how Speaker
1:05.6	Mike Johnson said that he was bringing a censure resolution against Alex Padilla, calling him,
1:10.4	quote, wildly inappropriate.
1:12.8	Oh, really, Mike, need I bring covenant eyes into this? Another one bites the dust.
1:18.9	Missouri governor, Mike Kehoe, activated his state's national guard in what he described as a, quote,
1:24.1	precautionary measure. Totally casual precautionary measures we're taking these days.
1:30.2	IATS has reportedly ordered its 30 regional offices
1:33.0	to meet quotas on inspections of employers' documentation
1:36.3	of their employee's immigration status.
1:38.4	The number of inspection notices of this nature,
1:40.7	known as I-9 audits,
1:42.5	have reportedly increased 10 tenfold since January.
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