Monday, January 24th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

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Let’s start today’s news day with none other than Russia. Next, let’s cover a new CDC report that suggests there are inequities in the use of lifesaving COVID treatments. Then, we move over to Mark Cuban’s online pharmacy launch, why Sarah Palin is going to court today, and closing with why New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NPR: “Ukraine crisis deepens after U.K. says Russia may try to install a pro-Kremlin leader” AP News: “Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader” Guardian: “US embassy in Ukraine ‘requests staff evacuation’ amid war fears” Buzzfeed News: “People Of Color Don’t Get Monoclonal Antibodies As Often As Their White Counterparts, According To A New Analysis” Forbes: “Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs” NPR: “Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against ‘The New York Times’ gets its day in court” AP News: “Omicron spreads in New Zealand, spoiling PM’s wedding plans” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, January 24th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.6	by Betcha's media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:11.8	The talk of the international town these days is Russia-Russia-Russia, and will they
0:16.6	or won't they invade Ukraine?
0:18.6	According to a report out of the UK on Saturday, Russia has been seeking to install a pro-Russian
0:23.3	leader in Ukraine.
0:24.9	They claim that Russian intelligence officers have been in contact with a number of former
0:28.5	Ukrainian politicians as part of their plans for an invasion, and yes, they have named
0:32.9	names.
0:33.9	I should add that the Kremlin has sent about 100,000 troops to the Ukraine-Russia border.
0:37.9	And I mean, who doesn't send three stadiums worth of people on a military mission to just
0:42.1	sit there and chill?
0:43.6	Things are generally not looking good.
0:46.3	Russia, however, has rejected the UK's claim that they plan to install their own Kremlin-friendly
0:50.9	leader, and so have some of the former Ukrainian politicians who they had allegedly been in
0:55.1	contact with.
0:56.3	Clearly, it has devolved into a, he said, he said, situation, with all of them blaming
1:00.9	Western disinformation.
1:02.6	However, I should add that U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said he could not
1:06.8	comment about the specific claim, but he said that the State Department has been warning
1:10.9	about just this kind of tactic for weeks.
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