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Morning Announcements

Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The House voted on Tuesday night to cite former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for criminal contempt. Next, we share an Omnicron update (and it’s not looking too great), before discussing a bombshell voter fraud story, and why Derek Chauvin is back in the news. Finally, we close with an announcement from the Federal Reserve, and what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi feels about the idea of banning congressional lawmakers and their spouses from owning stock shares of individual companies. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: “House finds Mark Meadows in contempt over defiance of Jan. 6 committee subpoena” AP News: “US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances” NY Times: “Covid Live Updates: U.S. Deaths Surpass 800,000” Orlando Sentinel: “3 residents of The Villages arrested after casting multiple votes in 2020 election” NPR: “Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights” NY Times: “Fed Shifts to Inflation Battle, Winding Down Pandemic Support” Business Insider: “These are the 50 top stocks that members of Congress own” CBNC: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes banning Congress members from owning individual stocks: ‘We’re a free-market economy’” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, December 16th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented

0:07.8

by Becht's media.

0:09.0

I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Storyward, the ideal holiday gift to make

0:13.7

your loved ones feel special and unique, just like the relationships you share.

0:19.4

The House of Representatives voted late Tuesday night to cite former White House Chief

0:23.1

of Staff Mark Meadows for criminal contempt, sending the matter to the Justice Department

0:27.4

for prosecution.

0:29.0

In keeping with tradition, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the only two Republicans

0:33.2

to vote in favor of holding him accountable for the attack on themselves.

0:39.8

Next, let's talk Omicron, which is currently searching.

0:43.2

The CDC says that Omicron accounted for about 3% of genetically sequenced COVID cases

0:48.2

nationally last week.

0:49.8

Percentage is varied by region, but the highest was 13% in the New York and New Jersey area.

0:55.7

The surge comes as COVID sets in the US surpassed 800,000 yesterday, and known cases

1:00.8

topped 50 million.

1:02.6

Even to this day, more than 1,200 people in the US are dying from COVID each day.

1:07.4

We also have the highest death toll of any country in the world, so at least we know

1:11.1

where number one is something.

1:15.0

Now let's talk about a bombshell voter fraud story.

1:17.8

No, nothing that would have changed the election outcome, but one to keep in mind next

1:21.9

time a relative questions Joe Biden's with.

1:24.8

Three residents of the villages in Florida, a historically very pro-Trump area, were

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