Monday, November 24th, 2025 - Coast Guard backpedals; Russian approved Ukraine plan; MTG quits; Maxwell will plead the 5th & more

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The Coast Guard spent five minutes trying to downgrade swastikas and nooses to “divisive” before the backlash hit so hard they panic-reversed the policy before Friday’s episode even aired. In overseas chaos, a so-called 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine turned out to be a Russian document, handed off to Don Jr. in Miami. It demands Ukraine give up more land or lose U.S. protection, and Trump wants Zelensky to sign it by Thursday.Also, a Welsh politician got 10 years for taking Russian bribes, Venezuela thinks the U.S. might overthrow Maduro, and American troops “accidentally” put up U.S. military warning signs on a Mexican beach. Argentina’s giant bailout deflated into a tiny loan and MTG is resigning (right after locking in her pension). Trump also had a bizarrely wholesome meeting with NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. In domestic chaos, we still don’t have the Epstein files and Ghislaine Maxwell will be pleading the Fifth. DOJ is investigating whether Trump’s own appointees used fake “federal investigators” to dig up dirt on Adam Schiff, and Border Patrol has a secret program scanning millions of U.S. drivers because “border” apparently now means “everywhere.” And finally, a Texas official overseeing the Alamo was forced out after the site’s Twitter posted both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day messages for being “woke”. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: PBS: The Coast Guard planned to change how it described swastikas and nooses. Then came the outcry and an updated policy NBC News: U.S. and Ukraine hold peace deal talks as lawmakers and allies voice concerns over Russian 'wish list' Axios: Zelensky agrees to negotiate on Trump's peace plan for Ukraine CNN: Former key figure in UK populist party Reform jailed for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements BBC: Venezuelan official says 'no doubt' Trump wants to overthrow government Newsweek: Did U.S. troops accidentally invade Mexico beach? What to know WSJ: U.S. Banks Shelve $20 Billion Bailout Plan for Argentina NBC News: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign in January CNN: New Yorkers praise Zohran Mamdani’s charm offensive on Trump, say they remain cautiously optimistic Politico: Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says - Live Updates Axios: Justice Department investigating own handling of Adam Schiff probe: reports AP News: Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns WaPo: Republicans overseeing Alamo renovation ousted Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	Today is Monday, November 24th and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:36.4	I'm your host, Sammy Sage,
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1:18.0	Where do I even begin? Maybe where we left off last week, but with a more positive story.
1:23.9	Remember how the Coast Guard had said they were going to recategorize swastikas and nooses
1:28.0	as potentially divisive symbols instead of full-on hate symbols?
1:32.8	Well, apparently, that went over so poorly that they walked back slash clarified the idea
1:37.6	even before Friday's episode aired, but after I recorded it.
1:41.3	Also, the updated policy actually bans both the hate symbols and divisive symbols,
1:45.6	whereas the policy that made everyone mad the other day did not actually do so. Whether or not that
1:50.7	was a trial balloon or whatever, better that they walked it back than that they didn't.
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