Monday, August 4th, 2025 - Trump fires stats head; Maxwell in “Club Fed”; Smithsonian restores facts; Bukele’s power grab & more

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

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Today’s Headlines: Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a bad jobs report, called the numbers “ridiculous,” and now wants to install friendlier faces. The Smithsonian got caught removing his impeachments from a museum exhibit but is now walking that back. Meanwhile, his allies got the feds to investigate special counsel Jack Smith for possibly being too political, he also announced a $200 million plan to build a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom at the White House and decided to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test. Ghislaine Maxwell got upgraded to the cushy prison commonly known as “Club Fed” with Elizabeth Holmes & Jenn Shah while NPR and PBS basically get defunded out of existence after Congress slashed funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Sixteen states are also suing Trump’s admin for allegedly threatening doctors who provide gender-affirming care. In Gaza, Hamas released a disturbing hostage video, while Trump’s team now wants one big deal to end the war. Finally, in El Salvador, Trump’s buddy Bukele just scrapped term limits so he can stay in charge indefinitely. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CNBC: Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets WSJ: Trump Seeks Bigger Overhaul at Labor Statistics Bureau, Adviser Says CBS News: Smithsonian says Trump impeachments will be restored to exhibit NBC News: Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith WSJ: Trump to Build $200 Million ‘Beautiful Ballroom’ at the White House AP News: Trump revives the Presidential Fitness Test, a rite of passage for schoolchildren for decades WaPo: Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell moved to a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas NYT: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down Axios: States sue Trump admin over trans care access Time: Hamas Releases Video of Israeli Hostage Evyatar David in Gaza Captivity Axios: "No piecemeal deals": Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants full Gaza agreement Ap News: El Salvador reform opens path for President Bukele to stay in power indefinitely Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	Today is Monday, August 4th,
0:33.3	and you're listening to the morning announcements
0:34.9	presented by Betches Media.
0:36.9	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown on the headlines
0:41.6	that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news.
0:50.4	What a weekend it's been, super dictatory. Even compared with the military parade LA protest weekend
0:56.7	earlier the summer. On Friday, President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of
1:01.5	Labor Statistics Erica McIntarfer, just hours after the agency released monthly data showing
1:06.7	that job growth had slowed to 73,000 non-farm jobs in July, missing market expectations.
1:12.8	Not only that, but the past two-month jobs numbers were revised down by over 250,000 jobs,
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