Friday, May 19th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The Texas state legislature passed a bill to ban puberty blockers and hormone treatments for minors, which will be sent to Governor Greg Abbott for signing. Disney canceled its nearly $1 billion office development in Orlando, Florida, citing changing business conditions. A Florida teacher is being investigated for showing the animated Disney movie "Strange World" that features an openly gay character. The Supreme Court ruled that Twitter cannot be held liable under a federal anti-terrorism law for failing to prevent terrorist groups from using its platform. Senator Diane Feinstein suffered undisclosed complications from shingles, including facial paralysis and post-shingles encephalitis. SAG-AFTRA authorized a strike in anticipation of upcoming contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, focusing on compensation and regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Texas Tribune: Texas expected to ban puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids NY Times: Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida NBC News: Florida teacher under investigation for showing a Disney film with a gay character Reuters:US Supreme Court leaves protections for internet companies unscathed NY Times: Feinstein Suffered More Complications From Illness Than Were Publicly Disclosed SAG-AFTRA: SAG-AFTRA National Board Unanimously Agrees To Send Authorization Vote To Members 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, May 19th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.6	Betcha's Media.
0:07.6	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown
0:11.6	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.6	show there is.
0:17.9	Our government.
0:19.9	Yesterday, the Texas State legislature passed a bill to ban puberty blockers and hormone
0:27.1	treatments for minors that will soon be sent to Governor Greg Abbott's desk to sign.
0:32.1	The bill will also require trans youth who are currently undergoing this type of care
0:36.5	to be weaned off in a quote, medically appropriate manner.
0:40.9	But if their doctor's thought that that were medically appropriate, wouldn't they already
0:44.5	be doing it?
0:46.2	This is pretty significant given that Texas is home to one of the largest populations
0:50.2	of trans people in the country, including approximately 30,000 teenagers between each
0:55.1	is 13 and 17.
1:00.6	In the culture war across the Gulf, Disney has made its next move against Florida Governor
1:05.2	Ronda Santas, announcing yesterday that the company is changing its plans to build a nearly
1:10.2	$1 billion office development in Orlando, Florida, known as the Lake Nona Town Center,
1:16.2	or I guess it won't be known as the Lake Nona Town Center.
1:20.0	The project would have also relocated more than 2,000 employees from Southern California,
1:24.8	but now California will get to keep its 2,000 jobs, and Disney will forfeit as much as
1:29.4	a $570 million tax credit over the next 20 years for developing in Orlando.
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