Monday, May 22nd, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The US government has made limited progress in reaching an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, with a deadline approaching. President Biden criticized Republican proposals and mentioned the possibility of cutting spending and raising taxes. Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his presidential run, trailing behind Donald Trump in polls. The NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, accusing Governor DeSantis of attempting to erase black history. Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok, leading to a lawsuit filed by TikTok creators on grounds of freedom of speech. Concerns have been raised about TikTok's data privacy and potential cooperation with the Chinese government. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has caused air quality alerts in several US states. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: ABC News: Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday to negotiate directly on debt ceiling The Guardian: DeSantis says only he can beat Biden in 2024 presidential election CBS News: NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, says state "has become hostile to Black Americans" Mashable: What does Montana's TikTok ban actually mean? AP News: TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app Buzzfeed News: Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China Washington Post: A former TikTok employee tells Congress the app is lying about Chinese spying CNN: Ex-ByteDance employee claims China had ‘supreme access’ to all data Axios: Smoke from Canada's wildfires prompts air quality alerts across U.S. Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, May 22nd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.5	Betcha's Media.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown
0:11.8	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential
0:16.0	reality show there is, our government.
0:18.9	This episode is brought to you by Thrive Cosmetics.
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0:35.9	Thrive.
0:37.4	I'm certainly not going to complain that the news was a tad lighter than usual this weekend,
0:45.2	but I am going to complain that our government has not made a ton of apparent progress on
0:49.3	reaching an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, as we are now about a week and a half
0:53.3	away from the June 1st deadline for default.
0:56.4	President Biden was at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan this weekend, where he told reporters
1:01.1	that, quote, much of what the Republicans have already proposed is simply, quite frankly,
1:06.4	unacceptable.
1:07.9	Biden also said that he's willing to cut spending, but that would mean looking at tax
1:11.7	increases, so I am hearing an all-around lose-lose situation on that one.
1:16.6	He also said that he thinks he has the authority to raise the debt limit without Congress under
1:20.8	the 14th Amendment.
1:22.4	But express concern that it could be challenged legally, and as we all know, there is a bit
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