Thursday, April 7th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Another day, another loss for Putin’s forces, as the Russian military have fully withdrawn from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Meanwhile, President Biden announced an executive order banning new US investment in Russia, and a new round of sanctions for Russian banks. Next, prosecutors announced that the Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Amir Locke will not face criminal charges. The NFL is facing an investigation of its own into allegations of workplace harassment of women and minorities. Plus, Federal Reserve officials are planning on making serious moves to fight high inflation in the coming months. Finally, the DC elite are reeling from a Covid surge after the recent Gridiron Club dinner turned into a superspreader event. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: WaPo: Ukrainian officials begin urging evacuations amid reports of new attacks in east NY Times: No Charges Against Police in Amir Locke Shooting NY Times: Attorneys General Threaten to Investigate N.F.L.’s Treatment of Female Employees AP: Fed signals more aggressive steps to fight inflation Axios: Mini-COVID wave hits D.C. elite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, April 7th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.9	by Betches Media.
0:09.3	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by ExpressVPN.
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0:25.1	According to the latest reporting, Russian forces have fully withdrawn from the Ukrainian
0:28.9	capital of Kiev, as well as the city of Cherniv, while forces are still concentrated
0:33.8	in the eastern part of the country.
0:36.0	This comes as fear mounts that Russian troops will repeat the atrocities that they committed
0:40.0	in Buccia, in other cities, in a slow and brutal retreat process.
0:44.2	Already, the mayor of Mariupol says that over 5,000 civilians have been killed, and
0:49.0	that 210 of them were children, while more than 90% of the city's infrastructure has been
0:54.2	destroyed.
0:57.7	On the diplomatic side, President Biden announced an executive order yesterday that will ban
1:02.2	new US investment in Russia.
1:04.6	And the administration also announced a new round of sanctions that will target two of Russia's
1:09.3	largest banks.
1:10.3	I don't know why we haven't done that one already, as well as Vladimir Putin's adult
1:14.6	children.
1:15.6	So, I'm just gonna pause here for a second and call out how interesting it is to me,
1:20.1	which children of powerful people earn the designation of adult children.
1:24.2	I think that's when you know you officially have no claim of your own.
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