Monday, March 20th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

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Today's headlines: Saturday morning, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday by the quote “highly political Manhattan District Attorney’s office.” The International Criminal Court announced on Friday that they were issuing an arrest warrant for Putin in response to war crimes in Ukraine. UBS agreed to purchase its longtime competitor Credit Suisse for more than $3 billion dollars. French President Emmanuel Macron is now facing a no confidence vote following his unilateral decision last week to push through a law that would raise the retirement age 62 to 64. Wyoming became the first state to ban the use of pills for abortion effective July 1st. Florida republicans announced they will be advancing a bill that would ban girls from talking about their menstrual cycles in school before 6th grade. Finally for today, it has now been over a week since Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fell at an event in DC and was admitted to the hospital with a concussion. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Reuters: Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests AP News: Source: Lawyer invited to testify before Trump grand jury AP News: International court issues war crimes warrant for Putin WSJ: UBS Agrees to Buy Credit Suisse for More Than $3 Billion Guardian: French government to face no-confidence vote over pension age rise NY Times: Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw the Use of Pills for Abortion WSJ: Florida bill would ban young girls from discussing periods in school AP News: Florida aims to revoke hotel’s liquor license for drag show NBC: City of Miami Beach Issues State of Emergency, Curfew Following Weekend of Deadly Shootings Courier Journal: Senate GOP communicating with Mitch McConnell post fall and concussion as physical rehab continues Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, March 20th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by
0:05.2	Betches Media.
0:06.2	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:10.0	on the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:14.4	show there is.
0:15.6	Our government.
0:17.6	If today's episode were the bachelor, Chris Harrison would be fully justified in calling
0:25.0	it the most dramatic news weekend ever.
0:27.8	Every Saturday morning, Donald Trump posted on his pet social media platform, Truth Social,
0:32.3	that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, that is tomorrow, by the quote, highly political
0:38.0	Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
0:40.5	In his post, which on his platform is called a truth, he also called on his supporters
0:45.0	to come and protest the arrest, I am getting flashbacks.
0:48.9	As wild as you can imagine such a scenario would be, it is unclear where Donald even got
0:53.3	the idea that he was being arrested tomorrow, given that his own spokesman said that he
0:57.4	had not been officially notified of any arrest.
1:00.8	Trump's post on Truth suggested that he found out due to leaks from DA Alvin Bragg's
1:04.9	office, though he provided no evidence to back up the claim, shockingly.
1:09.1	It's possible that Trump could be basing this on news reports that Bragg's office will
1:13.3	be meeting with law enforcement tomorrow to prepare for a potential indictment at some
1:17.2	point this week, though there have not actually been any charges filed or any indication that
1:22.1	they will be imminently filed.
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