Today is Monday, June 7, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by

Bech's Media.

I'm Sammy Sage.

The talk of the political town this week is that West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin wrote

a scandalous op-ed this Sunday in the Charleston Gazette Mail, the newspaper that serves West

Virginia's capital, called Why I'm Voting Against the For the People Act.

In the op-ed, he laid out his reasoning for voting against the For the People Act, which

is intended to combat voter suppression, and he promised that he would never end nor

weaken the legislative filibuster.

Claiming that passing partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening bonds

of our democracy.

Those are his words, don't mind.

For context, the For the People Act would end partisan gerrymandering, tighten controls on

campaign spending, and ease voter registration, as well as force major party candidates for

President and Vice President to release 10 years worth of personal and business tax returns,

and end the President and Vice President's exemption from conflict of interest rules.

I can't imagine why one of the parties wouldn't be into supporting such a bill.

Facebook announced on Friday afternoon that they will extend Donald Trump's ban from

the platform for two years from his initial suspension on January 7th, ending in January

2023.

However, Facebook still has not made a final decision about the future of his account,

and they said that after two years, they will again evaluate whether they're still

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