Monday, May 23rd, 2022

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Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today, we start with Senator Bill Cassidy showing his true colors regarding race, and the first flight carrying baby formula has landed from Europe in the US. Then, it's revealed that Tesla paid $250,000 in 2018 to silence a Space X attendant that Elon Musk exposed himself to, and the recent spread of Monkeypox continues throughout the states. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Vanity Fair: Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy: Our maternal death rates are only bad if you count black women NBC: Military aircraft arrives in U.S. with baby formula from Europe amid shortage Business Insider: A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. Axios: CDC and state officials investigating monkeypox case in Florida Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, May 23rd, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:06.2	Betcha's media.
0:07.2	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Frambridge.
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0:22.0	This past weekend, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy showed himself when addressing his own
0:26.9	state's extremely high maternal mortality rate, which ranks 47 out of 48 states in terms
0:32.7	of maternal death rates.
0:34.4	Senator Cassidy, who represents one full percent of the Senate, said that Louisiana's maternal
0:39.7	mortality rate is only an outlier because of the disproportionate amount of black women
0:44.8	in the state, and that if you don't count them, they are, quote, not as much of an outlier
0:50.2	as it did otherwise appear.
0:53.9	For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality.
0:58.7	Maybe the reason is because they are treated like they don't matter.
1:02.2	How about this Senator Cassidy?
1:03.9	If not for out of such white guys with the right connections, America would be much less
1:08.0	wealthy than it did otherwise appear.
1:14.7	The first flight from Europe carrying baby formula arrived yesterday after President Biden
1:18.9	authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort.
1:22.0	The flight contained 78,000 pounds of formula, which is enough to supply half a million baby
1:27.2	bottles, and is the first of several flights from Europe aimed at relieving the shortage.
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