Monday, November 7th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Today's headlines: Voting for the 2022 midterm elections officially ends tomorrow, and almost 40 million votes have already been cast. Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter’s employees over email on Friday, followed by those employees filing a lawsuit against him. Twitter is said to delay changes to the new check mark badges until after Midterms. Researchers have identified a series of Russian disinformation operations with the goals of stoking anger among conservative voters, undermining trust in the election system, and denouncing the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine. Republican candidate Joel Koskan was charged on Thursday for multiple sexual acts against his adopted daughter. Donald Trump missed the Friday deadline to turn over documents to the House January 6th committee. Finally for today, CDC officials say that the US is now officially in a flu epidemic. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Number of early votes cast surpasses early-vote total in 2018 midterm election Bloomberg: Spending on US Midterm Elections to Exceed $16.7 Billion, Setting New Record Washington Post: Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms Reuters: Twitter asks some laid off workers to come back, Bloomberg reports Bloomberg: Musk’s Plan to Downsize Twitter to Run Into European Employment Law The Verge: Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted USA Today: Considering joining the Twitter migration? Check out these platform alternatives. NY Times: Twitter Is Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterms Yahoo News: South Dakota Senate Candidate Charged with Multiple Sexual Acts Against Adopted Child NY Times: Jan. 6 Committee Gives Trump More Time to Comply With Subpoena CNN: Exclusive: DOJ mulling potential special counsel if Trump runs in 2024 Fortune Well: The U.S. is officially in a flu epidemic, federal health officials say. They’re preparing to deploy troops and ventilators if necessary 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, November 7th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.2	by Betches Media.
0:08.2	On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcement is your daily five minute breakdown of the
0:12.8	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:17.2	show there is, our government.
0:19.6	This episode is brought to you by Uncommon Goods, your secret weapon to make holiday shopping
0:23.9	stress-free, where you can shop a huge selection of meaningful, unique gifts by small independent
0:29.4	businesses.
0:35.2	Voting for the 2022 midterm elections officially ends tomorrow, and according to the US Elections
0:40.3	Project, just shy of 40 million votes have already been cast.
0:44.7	So who are these voters?
0:46.6	While it's not entirely possible to tell that everywhere, about half of the votes cast
0:50.8	so far were in the 19 states that have voter registration by party, which provides
0:55.2	some insight.
0:56.7	In those 19 states, 43% of the early votes so far have come from voters registered as Democrats,
1:02.4	34% from Republicans, and 23% from those who are unaffiliated.
1:07.7	But it's not just turnout that's breaking records this year.
1:10.9	Also campaign spending, naturally.
1:14.0	According to projections by Open Secrets, the total cost of state and federal elections
1:18.0	this year will exceed $16.7 billion.
1:22.0	The most expensive races won't surprise you.
1:24.8	$1.8 billion have been spent in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin alone.
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