Thursday, January 21st, 2021

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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On this Thursday’s episode, we run down yesterday’s historic Inauguration and the Biden administration’s first day in office: including the Democrats officially taking control of the Senate, and President Biden signing 17 executive orders/actions that included a wide array of policy advancements. We end by reporting on Trump’s final list of pardons and commutations, which included a who’s who of Republican operatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday January 21st and you're listening to the first morning
0:06.4	announcements of the Biden Harris administration. I'm Sammy Sage.
0:11.3	Yesterday was the inauguration and it felt shockingly normal.
0:16.2	Biden's inaugural speech had a theme of unity for America as well as a promise to
0:20.6	defend democracy, truth, and aspirations to address our greatest challenges like
0:24.5	COVID, health care, racial justice, education, and jobs.
0:29.8	We also got to see Michelle Obama and Jill Biden in incredibly chic
0:33.0	outfits as well as Lady Gaga in a uniform reminiscent of The Hunger Games and
0:37.2	we can't forget that Bernie Sanders wore mittens and carried a folder.
0:40.1	J. Lowe found a way to work the lyrics, Let's Get Loud into This Land is Your Land, and future
0:45.2	President Amanda Gorman upstaged the entire show with an incredible poem called The Hill
0:49.7	We Climbed. After the festivities, Vice President Kamala Harris took her rightful place as
0:56.2	President of the Senate and sworn Senators Osoff, Warnock, and Padilla,
1:00.1	officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 2014.
1:04.7	The Senate also confirmed Biden's first cabinet pick last night,
1:08.5	naming Avril Haynes the Director of National Intelligence.
1:11.3	Haynes was in the headlines two days ago at her hearing for committing to release an
1:15.2	unclassified report about the murder of Jamal Koshoggi by the Saudis, a report that the
1:19.8	Trump administration had previously refused to release.
1:22.6	President Biden wasted absolutely no time getting to work and signed over a dozen
1:29.5	executive orders yesterday. Among them were orders for the following.
1:33.0	Revercing Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, rejoining the Paris Agreement,
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