Friday, September 6th, 2024 - Apalachee, Russian interference & Trump trial updates; Texas voter suppression; Hunter Biden plea

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

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Today’s Headlines: After a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, left four people dead and nine injured, authorities have charged 14-year-old Colt Gray with four felony counts of murder. Gray, who reportedly had a past history of online school shooting threats, allegedly took the gun from his parents. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice revealed that Tennessee-based Tenet Media, linked to Russian election interference, paid influencers exorbitant sums to push pro-Kremlin narratives. In other news, Donald Trump endorsed a plan to have Elon Musk lead a government spending audit, and Trump’s election interference trial will not begin until after the 2024 election. Finally, Hunter Biden entered a guilty plea in his tax evasion case, facing up to 15 years in prison and significant fines. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Father of Georgia School Shooting Suspect Arrested and Charged: Live Updates Axios: Russian influence scheme deceived right-wing content creators WA Post: Trump tightens alliance with Elon Musk as election nears - The Washington Post AP News: Prosecutors in Trump election case get judge's OK to lay out fresh evidence in court filing Newsweek: Trump Lawyer Corrects Self After Saying Clarence Thomas 'Directed' Defense NY Times: Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio WA Post: Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax case, avoiding second criminal trial Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and 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, September 6th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:06.4	I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines
0:11.7	that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices but a magnifying
0:14.8	glass for the most important news.
0:17.1	And also your most efficient resource this election season.
0:20.3	It's been nearly two days since four people were killed and nine were hospitalized after a school
0:28.2	shooting at Appalachia High School in Winter, Georgia, and there has now been more thorough reporting on the situation.
0:34.8	The four deceased are two students and two teachers, while eight students and one teacher are
0:39.4	injured.
0:40.6	As for the shooter, he has been identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray.
0:45.4	He has now been charged with four felony counts of murder and was booked at a youth detention
0:49.5	center from where he will zoom into his arraignment this morning.
0:53.4	We now know that Gray had actually been questioned by law enforcement a year earlier, over
0:57.7	online school shooting threats that he had made, but with no conclusive follow-up.
1:02.1	Police also told reporters that there is evidence that he was a bit obsessed with school shootings,
1:07.3	particularly the 2018 Parkland shooting.
1:10.4	As for where he acquired the weapon, he reportedly took the gun from his parents,
1:14.5	though his father claims that his son did not have, quote,
1:17.5	unfettered access to his firearms.
1:20.0	Whatever it was, it was clearly not adequately fettered.
1:24.0	We also have more information today regarding the Department of Justice's response to Russia's
1:31.6	widespread election interference scheme.
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