Friday, September 8th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today’s Headlines: In recent news, Trump's former trade advisor, Peter Navarro, has been convicted of 2 counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a House January 6th committee subpoena. Navarro's connection to an election interference strategy called the "Green Bay Sweep" was of particular interest to the committee. He now faces potential prison time and fines. Meanwhile, California is moving towards legalizing psychedelics for personal use by adults over 21, with legislation passing in the State Assembly. Hurricane Lee is rapidly intensifying and may become a category 5 storm, posing a significant threat to the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. Finally, Elon Musk's controversial tweets targeting the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have sparked accusations of antisemitism and the threat of a defamation lawsuit. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Peter Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress Over Jan. 6 Subpoena Forbes: California Lawmakers Pass Psychedelics Legalization Bill Axios: Hurricane Lee intensifies at "exceptional rate," headed for Category 5 Yahoo: According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion CBS News: Elon Musk threatens to sue Anti-Defamation League over antisemitism claims 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today is Friday, September 8th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media.
0:07.2	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown
0:11.4	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.1	show there is, our government.
0:18.6	This episode is brought to you by Quince.
0:20.8	Quince creates timeless classics that you'll have in your closet forever.
0:24.5	Quince items are priced 50-80% less than similar brands, and cuts out the cost of the
0:29.2	middleman, passing the savings onto us.
0:32.1	And Quince only works with factories that use safe, ethical, and responsible manufacturing
0:36.2	practices.
0:37.2	So go to Quince.com slash morning for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns.
0:46.8	We couldn't end this week without piling on yet another Donald Trump adjacent conviction,
0:51.5	and yet another separate criminal matter.
0:54.4	Trump's former trade advisor, Peter Navarro, was convicted yesterday on two counts of
0:58.5	criminal contempt of Congress.
1:00.6	After he defied us a pena from the House January 6th Committee.
1:04.0	Remember them?
1:05.0	Navarro was one of several witnesses who defied subpoenas from the committee, which followed
1:09.1	its only recourse and referred those individuals to the DOJ, which actually brought the contempt
1:13.9	of Congress charges.
1:15.6	The January 6th Committee was particularly interested in speaking with Navarro due to some excerpts
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Betches, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Betches and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.