Monday, August 26th, 2024

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club will host a fundraiser next week to support January 6th defendants, despite reports that Trump may not attend. In international news, Israel conducted preemptive strikes against Hezbollah, with casualties on both sides, while ceasefire talks resume in Cairo. The Taliban in Afghanistan implemented new restrictive laws banning women’s voices and faces in public. Meta revealed that Iranian hackers attempted to breach WhatsApp accounts of Trump and Biden-Harris campaign staffers. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France over content moderation issues. Two astronauts are stranded at the International Space Station until February due to safety concerns with the Boeing capsule, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering from West Nile Virus. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Fund-Raiser for Jan. 6 Defendants Will Be Held at Trump’s Golf Club AP News: Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage talks will continue after weekend meetings didn't resolve gaps NBC News: The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public Politico: Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staff in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says Axios: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov reportedly arrested in France WA Post: NASA to keep Starliner crew in space until 2025, with SpaceX handling return CBS News: Dr. Anthony Fauci recovering at home after hospitalization for West Nile virus 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 Monday, August 26th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:07.0	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't afraid to take aside and
0:13.9	roast the most consequential reality show there is, our government.
0:18.0	It's been a minute since we began with a coup beat, but today we have a classic.
0:25.0	Donald Trump's Benminster New Jersey Golf Club will be hosting a legal fundraiser
0:29.0	to support defendants who were charged with crimes related to January 6th.
0:33.0	The event is called the J6 Awards Gala
0:36.0	and it's taking place next week at Donald's Club,
0:39.0	hosted by an organization called Stand in the Gap Foundation.
0:42.0	Tickets for a 12-person table will cost up to $50,000.
0:46.0	And while the event announcement lists Donald Trump as an invited guest speaker,
0:50.0	as well as Rudy Giuliani, by the way,
0:52.0	one source told the New York Times that Donald doesn't plan to attend.
0:56.0	We'll see how much attention he's craving that day.
0:58.0	Moving on to international news, Israel says it carried out large-scale preemptive
1:05.8	attacks against Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this weekend,
1:09.8	eliminating thousands of rockets that were aimed at Israel
1:12.6	and killing two Hezbollah fighters.
1:14.6	Hezbollah fired missiles back, hitting a military intelligence site
1:17.8	near Tel Aviv and killing one soldier.
1:20.1	Both sides have signaled that there won't be further escalation.
1:23.2	Meanwhile, ceasefire and hostage talks have begun again in Cairo,
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