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Morning Announcements

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: Former VP Mike Pence said that he would 'consider' testifying before the Jan. 6 committee if asked, while Inspector General Joseph Cuffari said that he would not share investigative documents or allow his top lieutenants to sit for transcribed interviews before the House committee. The NBA has announced that it won’t be holding any games on Election Day in an effort to encourage more fans to vote. Recent reporting has found that there has been a substantial increase in political spending by a right wing group called the Convention of States Action. An unprecedented shortage has forced new water constraints on the Colorado River, while climate change is putting California at risk for a potential month-long superstorm. Finally, the South Carolina state Supreme Court temporarily blocked the state’s six week abortion ban, and the Biden administration is canceling all remaining federal student loans to borrowers that attended ITT Technical Institute. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: USA Today: Former VP Mike Pence says he would 'consider' testifying before Jan. 6 committee if asked Washington Post: Homeland Security watchdog Cuffari faces rebukes from lawmakers in missing texts case NPR: To encourage fans to vote, the NBA won't hold games on Election Day PBS: GOP spends big in state-level effort to change U.S. Constitution. Axios: Unprecedented shortage forces new water cuts on Colorado River NY Times: Why the ‘Big One’ Could Be Something Other Than an Earthquake Axios: Court temporarily blocks South Carolina's six-week abortion ban CNBC: Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in student debt for 208,000 borrowers defrauded by ITT Tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, August 18th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented

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by Betches Media.

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I'm your host, Tammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5th-minute breakdown

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of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality

0:16.0

show there is, or government.

0:18.4

Today's episode is brought to you by Framebridge.

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0:26.2

We're framing today with Framebridge.

0:33.4

We're starting today on Democracy Watch.

0:35.9

Mike Pence said yesterday at an event in New Hampshire that he would consider testifying

0:39.8

to the House January 6th Committee if they invited him.

0:43.4

Really, Mike, considering it, it's an investigation into a plot to murder you, not an invitation

0:49.2

to a PG-13 movie.

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He expressed constitutional concerns about testifying, noting that it would be unprecedented

0:55.9

for a vice president to testify before Congress, but also kind of unprecedented for the

1:00.9

president to stick a murderous crowd on you.

1:03.4

Am I right?

1:04.4

Either way, this wouldn't actually be the first time a president or vice president testified

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before a congressional committee.

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There have actually been six presidents and one vice president who have done so.

1:14.9

And when you add those up, you get the same number of deadly sins Trump has committed.

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