Thursday, December 2nd, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

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🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

We start with what happened during the Mississippi abortion rights case yesterday and the very first case of the Omicron variant detected in the United States. Next, we talk about the Cuomo brothers and Stacey Abrams’ announcement that she’s running again for governor of Georgia against Brian Kemp in 2022. Lastly, we have some more tragic news out of Michigan. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Washington Post: “Supreme Court seems inclined to uphold Mississippi abortion law that would undermine Roe v. Wade” NY Times: “Covid Live Updates: California Reports First Omicron Case in U.S.” AP News: “CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal” Axios: “Stacey Abrams launches second campaign for Georgia governor” AP News: “Michigan teen charged in Oxford High School shooting” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, December 2nd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.4	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.4	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Uncommon Goods.
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0:20.1	Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard a case over the constitutionality of a current law
0:26.2	in Mississippi that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in all situations.
0:31.6	Hearings were widely aired yesterday, and all in, the situation does not sound great,
0:36.2	as it seems based on questioning from the justices that they are definitely leaning towards
0:40.1	upholding the ban.
0:41.9	If that happens, it would undermine the existence of Roe v Wade, which guarantees the right
0:45.8	to an abortion, by leaving it up to each state to make bans on abortions as early as they
0:50.1	choose to legislate.
0:52.4	And you just know there are a lot of states that are going to put those bans in place as
0:55.7	soon as legislatively possible.
0:58.0	Like I even think they'd come back from recess for it.
1:01.2	But whatever happened to Susan Collins promising us that Roe would be safe.
1:08.4	The first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in the United States.
1:12.2	It is a 22 year old from California who had traveled to South Africa and returned.
1:16.6	He's fully vaccinated, minus a booster, and his symptoms are mild.
1:20.5	At this point, Omicron is now the most popular strain in South Africa, replacing the Delta
1:24.6	variant, with three-quarters of positive tests being Omicron cases.
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