Thursday, February 9th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, News, News Commentary, Daily News

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today's headlines: The confirmed death toll from Monday’s back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is approaching twelve thousand people, with tens of thousands more injured. A significant federal court case is coming up in Texas that has the potential to single-handedly outlaw medication abortion in all 50 states by banning mifepristone. The St. Johns County school district in Florida released a new list of books to be banned from all its libraries. Matt Gaetz was quietly added to a select committee that the republicans have formed. Finally for today, the republican-led House Oversight Committee held a hearing with Twitter executives to discuss how the company handled a particular New York Post story from 2020. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Scenes of devastation as Turkey, Syria quake kills thousands Slate: Dobbs Was Always Just the Beginning AP News: 20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills TNR: Florida School District Bans Entire Court of Thorns and Roses Series in New Book Ban LA Times: Ron DeSantis wants to take over a small liberal arts college. Students are fighting back NBC: Rep. Matt Gaetz quietly appointed to committee investigating government 'weaponization' NBC: Here's what happened when NBC News tried to report on the alleged Hunter Biden emails Yahoo: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Lays Out How Twitter Changed Its Own Rule To Accommodate Trump 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's Thursday, February 9th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:05.3	by Betches Media.
0:06.3	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown
0:10.2	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential
0:14.2	reality show there is.
0:15.9	Our government.
0:17.1	This episode is brought to you by DeLune.
0:19.1	DeLune creates effective drug-free supplements for period cramps, PMS, and optimal cycle health,
0:24.4	so you can get through a leave you need naturally and start feeling like your best self.
0:30.0	Today, we start with an update from Turkey and Syria, where the confirmed death toll
0:36.5	from Monday's back-to-back earthquakes is approaching 12,000 people, with tens of thousands
0:41.3	more injured.
0:42.8	Rescue assistance has arrived from more than two dozen countries, but the damage is so
0:46.6	widespread that many people are still awaiting help.
0:49.7	And aid efforts are hampered by the region's already weakened infrastructure following
0:53.5	10 years of civil war in Syria, which has led millions of refugees to bully into Turkey.
0:58.9	The full death toll may not be known for several weeks, and experts caution that the likelihood
1:03.1	of successful rescue going forward is very low.
1:10.5	A significant federal court case is coming up in Texas that has the potential to single
1:14.5	handedly outlaw medication abortion in all 50 states by banning Mipopristone, which
1:19.9	is the first drug taken in the two-drug FDA approved protocol to end a pregnancy.
1:25.1	This case involves a lawsuit brought by the far-right group Alliance Defending Freedom,
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