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Morning Announcements

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Headlines: The Democratic National Committee and Georgia's state Democratic party have filed a lawsuit against Georgia's State Election Board to block new rules that could allow county officials to refuse to certify elections. These rules, praised by Donald Trump, are seen as violating state law. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. is still on the ballot in several states despite trying to remove himself. Donald Trump's campaign has been running TV ads in Palm Beach just for his own visibility, while Congress members visited the site of a recent assassination attempt on Trump. In corporate news, Kroger is facing scrutiny for hiking grocery prices more than necessary, while the FTC is trying to block its merger with Albertsons. Lastly, a tragic incident occurred at Atlanta's airport, where two Delta employees were killed after a Boeing 747 tire exploded. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CBS News: Democrats sue over Georgia rules they say could block election certifications CBS News: RFK Jr. wants off the ballot in 10 states. Some battlegrounds are saying no The Independent: Trump campaign spends thousands on pointless ad airing around Mar-a-Lago to keep ex-president happy WA Post: U.S. lawmakers visit Butler, Pa., in probe of Trump assassination attempt X: Kroger hiked milk and eggs prices above inflation Yahoo Finance: Kroger Egg Pricing Turns Merger Trial Into Inflation Fight   BNO News: 2 Delta workers killed in tire explosion at Atlanta airport Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, August 29th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.

0:06.5

I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines

0:11.8

that isn't afraid to take aside and

0:13.6

rose the most consequential reality show there is, our government.

0:17.6

We're starting today's episode with some election updates.

0:24.0

The Democratic National Committee and Georgia State Democratic Party have filed a joint

0:28.0

lawsuit against Georgia State Election Board in order to block two rules that they have recently adopted,

0:33.2

which could be used by county officials to refuse to certify the election.

0:37.2

The rules would essentially give the Georgia Board of Elections

0:40.0

the discretion to decide when to certify the results.

0:43.0

The lawsuit argues that these new rules violate a pre-existing state law

0:47.0

that makes certification of an election a mandatory duty,

0:50.0

but that the election board members adopted these rules to assist Donald Trump.

0:54.6

How do we know?

0:55.6

Because he has actually praised those Georgia board members and given them personal shoutouts

0:59.6

by name at his rallies, calling them quote,, pitfalls fighting for honesty, transparency, and victory, all open to interpretation.

1:08.0

More tough luck for R.F.K. Jr.

1:11.0

After the months he spent working to get on the ballots in every state, he now can't seem to get himself off the ballots that he finds himself on. We reported that he will remain on the ballot in Michigan yesterday, and today I can share that he is also stuck on Nevada, North Carolina,

1:25.6

and Wisconsin's ballots.

1:27.4

However, he will no longer appear on the ballots in Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Texas,

1:32.0

and Pennsylvania.

1:34.2

Here's another silly little story.

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