Monday, October 17th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: 4 people were killed and 61 injured following a major fire at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on Saturday evening. Current democratic senator Raphael Warnock debated his republican opponent Herschel Walker on Saturday night. Republican candidate Kari Lake refused to say in a CNN interview whether she would accept the results of her election if she loses the governor’s race in Arizona. New reporting reveals that Trump moved all of his business assets into another company the day the most recent lawsuit was filed. Finally for today, Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities in regard to his conduct in the course of the twitter acquisition. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: BBC: Evin prison fire: Several dead after fire at Iran's notorious detention centre VOX: What we learned from the Walker-Warnock debate Axios: Kari Lake refuses to say whether she will accept election results if she loses Business Insider: Donald Trump has incorporated 'Trump Organization II' in apparent dodge of NY fraud case, officials say Axios: Trump: I could "easily" be Israel's prime minister CNN: Elon Musk is under federal investigation over his Twitter deal, Twitter claims Washington Post: Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies 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, October 17th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcement is your daily five minute breakdown
0:11.4	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.9	show there is, our government.
0:18.3	This episode is brought to you by Uncommon Goods.
0:20.3	If you're on a mission to be the best gift giver ever this holiday season, Uncommon Goods
0:25.1	makes it easy to find remarkable and truly original gifts for everyone.
0:28.8	We're starting this week with International News, with a deeply concerning story out
0:37.8	of Iran.
0:39.0	On Saturday evening, four people were killed and 61 injured following a major fire at
0:43.6	the notorious Even Prison in Tehran, which is known for housing political prisoners,
0:48.3	journalists, and dissidents.
0:50.2	And as you can assume, it's been quite full of those people following the recent weeks
0:54.0	of anti-government protests.
0:56.0	So far, hundreds of protesters have been sent there.
0:58.5	So Iran's state media has claimed that the fire is unrelated to the protests, right,
1:03.7	totally.
1:04.7	And Tony Soprano didn't burn down Vesuvios for the insurance payment.
1:12.2	Now back to the U.S. for some midterm election updates in key states, starting with Georgia.
1:17.4	Current Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock debated his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker,
1:21.6	on Saturday night, which can only be described as, interesting.
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