Thursday, December 1st, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 1 December 2022

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Today's headlines: Democrats in the House of Representatives held their leadership elections yesterday, with representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York coming out as the first Black person to lead a political party’s caucus in either chamber. The House of Representatives held a vote on legislation to avert a nationwide railroad strike yesterday. Police are now cracking down on protestors over the widespread protests in China over the zero-covid policy. Five cars that were rented by Biden’s secret service burst into flames in the Nantucket Airport parking lot around 5am on Monday morning. The crypto firm BlockFi filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy following the collapse of FTX on Monday. Finally for today, Twitter announced that they will no longer enforce their policy against Covid misinformation. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NBC: House Democrats elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as leader, the first Black person to lead a congressional caucus Axios: House passes legislation to avert economically devastating rail strike BBC: China plans 'crackdown' after Covid protests Daily Beast: 5 Cars Rented by Biden’s Secret Service Burst Into Flames CNBC: Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads Prospect: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry Into FTX AP News: Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, December 1st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.6	by Betches Media.
0:08.6	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:12.6	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:17.1	show there is, our government.
0:24.4	Democrats in the House of Representatives held their leadership elections yesterday
0:27.5	for next year's Congress.
0:29.3	When Representative Hawkeye and Jeffries of New York will officially be the first black
0:32.9	person to lead a political party's caucus in either Chamber of Congress, Jeffries was
0:37.9	elected as minority leader for the Democrats, and his top deputy, the minority whip, will
0:42.6	be Representative Catherine Clark, who served as the assistant speaker during the last
0:46.5	Congress, and for the third-highest leadership position, filling Hawkeye and Jeffries' former
0:51.2	role as the Democratic Caucus Chair, will be Representative Pete Aguilar of California.
0:56.6	Most of luck to the new leadership, and we hope that none of them have to deal with
0:59.6	insurrectionists shitting in their offices.
1:07.2	The House of Representatives must be running on that post Thanksgiving pre-holidays energy,
1:12.0	because yesterday they also held a vote on legislation to avert a nationwide railroad
1:16.0	strike, resulting in the passage of two measures, though these still need to be passed
1:20.1	by the Senate.
1:21.3	The measures include seven paid sick days for railway workers, which is a big issue in
1:25.6	this negotiation, because they currently have zero.
1:28.7	Despite the fact that so far in 2022, the rail industry has made record-breaking profits
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