Monday, May 15th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Fewer migrants than expected arrived at the US southern border after Title 42's expiration, but the Biden administration's border handling is still criticized, including limits on asylum seekers. Shuttered NYC hotels will house asylum seekers. Daniel Penny, who killed Jordan Neely in a subway chokehold, was released on $100k bail, with over $1.8m raised for his legal defense. FDA relaxed blood donation guidelines for gay and bisexual men. North Carolina governor vetoed abortion bill but could be overridden by Republican supermajority. Former TikTok executive filed a lawsuit claiming the Chinese government has "supreme access" to data belonging to parent company ByteDance, and accused the company of scraping data from competitors. Meanwhile, Twitter is getting a new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, amid a decline in advertising revenue and staff. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Border Is Calm as Crowds Cross and Biden Administration Fights Court Ruling AP News: NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers CBS News: Daniel Penny released on $100,000 bail after arrest on manslaughter charge in Jordan Neely's death NY Times: On the Right, Support and Donations Pour In for Daniel Penny PBS: FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men NY Mag: The Mystery of North Carolina’s Democratic Defector Politico: North Carolina governor vetoes 12-week abortion ban Axios: Ex-ByteDance exec claims CCP "maintained" access to U.S. data Yahoo News: New Twitter CEO says she is excited to help to transform Twitter Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, May 15th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by
0:07.2	Bech's Media.
0:08.2	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:12.3	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:17.1	show there is.
0:18.5	Our Government Despite the expectation that a flood of migrants would
0:25.4	descend upon the southern border, the moment the clock struck midnight on Friday, marking
0:29.9	the expiration of Title 42.
0:32.4	It turns out those predictions did not quite materialize.
0:36.1	According to U.S. Border Patrol officials and shelter operators, the flow of people was
0:40.4	lighter than they feared, but still, all is not settled with the Biden administration's
0:44.8	handling of border issues.
0:47.0	Migrant rights activists take issue with the limitations on who can apply for asylum, such
0:51.5	as the policy of quickly rejecting claims for most people who did not seek asylum in
0:55.6	another country that they crossed through first.
0:58.4	While a judge in Florida last week blocked the Department of Homeland Security from releasing
1:02.3	migrants into the country, without a notice to appear in immigration court, as has been
1:07.2	routinely done by prior administrations to relieve overcrowding and to speed up the
1:11.7	process.
1:12.7	Meanwhile, in Congress, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House introduced a bill
1:17.0	on Friday that would extend the Government's authority to immediately expel migrants who
1:21.2	attempt to enter the country unlawfully, like they were able to do during the pandemic,
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