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Morning Announcements

Friday, September 16th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: A nationwide rail strike has been averted with about 2 days to spare, after railroad companies and their workers reached a tentative labor agreement yesterday. Another portion of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit that justified the search warrant has been unsealed, showing that federal agents subpoenaed more than six months worth of surveillance footage between January 10th and June 24th, 2022. Governor Ron DeSantis flew two planes full of immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard in an effort to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.” Senate Democrats have decided to postpone a vote on codifying same-sex marriage into law until after the midterm elections. The Supreme Court ruled that Yeshiva University in New York must comply with a state court’s order that they recognize a gay rights organization on their campus. Finally for this week, new reporting from the Washington Post reveals that customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at a massive scale. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Freight rail strike threatens supply chains, prompting White House planning NPR: How an attendance policy brought the U.S. to the brink of a nationwide rail strike Independent: Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit AP News: Florida flies migrants to ‘sanctuary’ of Martha’s Vineyard NY Times: Democrats Delay Senate Vote to Protect Gay Marriage as G.O.P. Balks Washington Post: Supreme Court reverses course on religious school’s LGBTQ club in 5-4 vote Washington Post: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at massive scale Host: Sami Sage Producers: Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing: Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today is Friday, September 16th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented

0:06.5

by Betcha's media.

0:08.0

On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown of the headlines

0:12.8

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

0:17.4

Our government.

0:18.6

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0:20.7

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0:24.1

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0:30.0

Good news, we almost had a really big problem, and now we don't.

0:36.9

A national rail strike has been averted with about two days to spare, after railroad companies

0:41.9

and their workers reached a tentative labor agreement yesterday.

0:45.6

The deal was struck after a 20-hour negotiating session at the Labor Department, and will

0:49.9

go to union members for a vote in the next few weeks.

0:53.4

The new agreement is a five-year deal that includes a 24% pay increase, $5,000 in bonuses,

0:59.2

and a key change to a very strict attendance policy.

1:03.0

Before the agreement, workers would not be able to take unpaid days off for things like

1:06.7

doctors appointments, without being penalized by the attendance system.

1:11.2

Considering the devastating impact that a nationwide rail strike would have had on

1:14.4

the economy, I'm glad that we're not all going to witness what happens when a power

1:18.3

trip nearly causes a supply chain and transportation catastrophe.

1:26.6

Under portion of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit, the justified the search warrant has been unsealed,

1:31.6

and we have since learned that federal agents subpoenaed more than six months' worth of

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