Thursday, April 6th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: Former VP Mike Pence will comply with a judge's order to testify in the DOJ special counsel investigation into January 6th, but Trump may continue to appeal. Meanwhile, progressive candidate Brandon Johnson has won the mayoral election in Chicago. The Wisconsin Republicans have gained a supermajority in the state senate, allowing them to impeach elected officials. Democratic state lawmaker Tricia Cotham has defected to the Republican party, giving the Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature. A new report from Maryland's attorney general reveals that Catholic Church officials in Baltimore covered up sexual abuse of over 600 children for 60 years. Finally, the chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party and the state Senate Minority Leader were arrested and charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a protest in Tallahassee. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony Chicago Tribune: Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor election AP News: GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority NY Times: Democrat’s U-Turn to Join the G.O.P. Upends North Carolina Politics NBC News: Baltimore’s Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says AP News: Florida Democrats charged after abortion rights protest Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, April 6th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.4	by Betcha's media.
0:08.4	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:12.3	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.7	show there is, our government.
0:19.4	Finally, we may get a glimpse into the inner mind of former Vice President Mike Pence,
0:25.6	and what it's like when your boss is not not down for your murder.
0:29.4	Pence's team announced that he is not going to continue to appeal a judge's order that
0:32.9	compels him to testify to the DOJ Special Counsel investigation into January 6th.
0:38.2	Though Pence was subpoenaed several months ago, both his and Trump's lawyers have attempted
0:42.0	to fight it to avoid giving testimony.
0:44.7	And just because Pence will stop appealing doesn't mean the Trump will.
0:48.1	He won't.
0:49.1	In the meantime, I know a certain fly on the wall who has probably seen some shit.
0:56.4	Following Tuesday's election, the city of Chicago has a new mayor.
1:00.0	Progressive candidate Brandon Johnson defeated his moderate opponent Paul Vales with 51 percent
1:04.6	of the vote.
1:05.6	Johnson is a former public school teacher and union organizer who served as Cook County
1:09.8	Commissioner since 2018.
1:11.8	He overcame relatively low-name recognition early in the race and received heavy support
1:16.1	from the Teachers Union.
1:17.7	While Vales' campaign took more of a tough-on-crime approach.
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