Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

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🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today's headlines: Biden delivered a prime-time speech on the "battle for the soul of the nation" in Philadelphia. Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory. A judge says Lindsey Graham must answer questions to the grand jury, but has also limited the scope of the testimony. The Jan. 6 Panel has called Gingrich to Testify, Saying he had a role in the ‘Trump Plot.’ Oath Keepers attorney Kellye SoRelle has been arrested on Jan. 6 charges, while the NYPD veteran who assaulted police during the insurrection receives a 10 year sentence. Finally for this week, Trump's former accounting firm will turn over his financial documents to House Democrats, while the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, died after reportedly “falling out of a hospital window.” Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CBS: Biden delivers prime-time speech on the "battle for the soul of the nation" in Philadelphia Washington Post: Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory CNN: Judge says Lindsey Graham must answer questions to grand jury but limits scope of testimony NY Times: Jan. 6 Panel Calls Gingrich to Testify, Saying He Had Role in Trump Plot Washington Post: NYPD veteran who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years NBC: Trump's former accounting firm to turn over financial documents to House Democrats Reuters: Top Russian oil official falls to death from hospital window - sources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, September 2nd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.6	by Beth's media.
0:08.6	On your host, Sammy Sage, on the Morning Announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown of the headlines
0:14.0	that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality show there is.
0:19.1	Our government.
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0:35.7	Last night, dark Brandon gave a prime time address from Philadelphia, on the theme of
0:40.4	Saving American Democracy.
0:42.7	He said, quote,
0:43.7	I want to be very clear up front, not every Republican is a MAGA Republican, but the Republican
0:48.9	Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans.
0:54.3	And that is a threat to democracy.
0:56.4	He strongly denounced political violence of any kind, and called for respect for the
1:00.4	guardrails of our democracy, the rule of law, our institutions, and our legitimate political
1:05.7	differences, and promised to defend American democracy with every fiber of his being,
1:11.6	which lands us somewhere between thoughts and prayers and, you know, concrete policy plans.
1:17.0	It's time for our monthly check-in on Jenny Thomas, and new reporting reveals that we can add
1:26.5	another state onto her tally of election over throw attempts.
1:30.4	According to emails obtained under state public records law, not only did she email 29 state
1:35.7	lawmakers in Arizona, but she also messaged two Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin.
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