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Morning Announcements

Friday, October 21st, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: Supreme Court Justice Serena Joy rejected a request that the court hear a lawsuit brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers association, challenging President Biden’s student loan forgiveness. Newly released police body camera footage has been published, showing the results of Governor Ron DeSantis’s crackdown on voter fraud in action. Parts of Florida hit hardest by Hurricane Ian are seeing nearly double the normal number of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in floodwaters. The UK is getting its third prime minister in 3 months after Liz Truss resigned. Rolling blackouts have begun in Ukraine, as Putin declared martial law in the four illegally annexed regions. Finally for this week, a new investigation shows an alarming number of retired US military officials who go on to advise countries with negative human rights records. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NBC: Justice Barrett rejects group’s effort to block Biden’s student debt relief program from taking effect NY Times: Videos Show Confusion as Florida Police Arrest People on Voter Fraud Charges NPR: A rare but dangerous flesh-eating bacteria is infecting Florida residents BBC: The end of a tumultuous day AP News: Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia Washington Post: KEY FINDINGS FROM THE POST’S SERIES ON VETERANS’ LUCRATIVE FOREIGN JOBS   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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Today is Friday, October 21st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented

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by Batches Media.

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On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the

0:12.0

headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality show

0:16.3

there is.

0:17.3

Our government.

0:18.3

This episode is brought to you by Uncommon Goats.

0:21.0

If you are on a mission to be the best gift giver ever this holiday season, Uncommon Goats

0:25.3

makes it easy to find remarkable and truly original gifts for everyone.

0:33.8

In a legal motion by Supreme Court Justice Serena Joy, the Court rejected a request to

0:38.4

hear a lawsuit brought by a Wisconsin Tax Pairs Association, challenging President Biden's

0:43.4

student loan forgiveness policy.

0:45.3

They sought to challenge the policy on the ground that it will cost taxpayers a trillion

0:49.6

dollars, which has been proven false, as the price tag is actually somewhere between

0:54.3

350 and 400 billion.

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No big deal.

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Because Justice Barrett is the one who hears cases to arise out of Wisconsin, she was able

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to reject their request for the Court to hear it, which she appears to have done without

1:06.1

consulting the other justices.

1:07.6

It's an autonomy of your decisions, just the best, Sammy.

1:16.6

Next we have two stories out of Florida.

1:18.8

Newly released police body camera footage has been published by The New York Times this

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