Friday, June 9th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on seven criminal counts in Florida for retaining classified documents and obstructing justice. The charges include making false statements. This is the first criminal indictment of any US president. The Supreme Court ruled against Alabama's congressional map, requiring a new map that may benefit Democratic-leaning Black voters. California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment for gun control, but its chances of passing are low. A UK-led study found that long Covid has a severe impact on quality of life, comparable to some stage 4 cancers. Instagram has been implicated in facilitating connections to underage-sex content despite efforts to remove such networks. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: Trump indicted on 7 charges in classified docs probe AP News: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act LA Times: Newsom launches long-shot push for U.S. constitutional amendment on gun control The Guardian: Long Covid can impair quality of life more than advanced cancers, study says The Wall Street Journal: Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz 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 9th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.2	Betcha's media.
0:07.2	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five minute breakdown
0:11.2	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.9	show there is.
0:17.2	Our government.
0:21.7	Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Southern Florida
0:26.3	on seven criminal counts pertaining to his retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago,
0:31.7	and his subsequent refusal to hand them over to the DOJ.
0:35.5	As of this recording at 9.30 p.m. Eastern, the indictment document itself has not yet been
0:40.7	unsealed, so the full charges aren't known, but it is known that they include making
0:45.6	false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
0:49.3	Trump is due to appear in Miami Court for his arraignment next Tuesday, June 13th, for
0:53.6	his second indictment this year.
0:55.9	And his first criminal indictment ever, which also happens to be the first criminal indictment
1:00.6	of any U.S. president ever, dead or alive.
1:04.0	And that is our 2024 Republican frontrunner.
1:10.2	On the topic of elections, both future and past, yesterday the Supreme Court issued a surprising
1:15.6	five to four ruling in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, which upheld a lower court
1:21.6	ruling that found the Alabama congressional map in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
1:26.8	The map in question redistricted Alabama to have just one majority black congressional
1:31.1	seat out of the seven seats in Alabama, where more than one in four residents is black.
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