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Thursday, June 12th, 2025 - “No Kings Day” protests; Trump-China trade deal; Musk apology; EPA rollbacks; Iran tension;, Weinstein verdict

Morning Announcements

Betches

News Commentary, Daily News, News, Politics

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Headlines: Nationwide protests against ICE raids are ramping up ahead of “No Kings Day,” a weekend of counter-programming to Trump’s birthday military parade. Trump declared he “liberated” LA in a speech to troops, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the military deployment. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott followed by mobilizing the state’s National Guard. Trump also announced a pending U.S.-China trade deal that would ease rare earth exports and partially lift U.S. export restrictions, though tariffs on Chinese imports will remain steep. Meanwhile, the U.S. is extending its tariff pause for other countries—contradicting earlier White House statements. Inflation rose just 0.1% in May, bringing the annual rate to 2.4%. Elon Musk publicly apologized to Trump after a reported intervention by GOP allies, seemingly ending their brief online feud. The U.S. is evacuating staff from parts of the Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate. Trump also urged Israel to halt its Gaza offensive and threats toward Iran. Domestically, the EPA is moving to repeal major pollution regulations on coal and gas plants, including mercury emissions. And in New York, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on one charge of sexual assault, with the jury still deliberating on a third. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: PBS: WATCH: Trump speaks at Fort Bragg while facing criticism for deploying military at Los Angeles protests Axios: No Kings Day: Gov. Abbott deploys National Guard  NYT: Trump Hails Progress With China, but Details Are Sketchy Yahoo Finance: Bessent, asked about Fed chair job, says 'I would like to stay' Treasury secretary until 2029 BBC: Trump's tariffs 'not going away', top adviser says  Axios: Inflation slowed in May despite tariffs, Consumer Price Index shows CNN: Musk called Trump Monday night before expressing regret for harshest criticism of the president Axios: U.S. evacuating personnel from Middle East amid growing tensions with Iran CNN: Trump tells Netanyahu to end Gaza war and stop Iran threats, source says, as US ramps up pressure on Israel CNN: Trump EPA proposes repealing major air pollution and emissions limits for power plants The Guardian: Harvey Weinstein found guilty on one charge in New York sex crimes retrial Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, June 12th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by

0:06.0

Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute

0:10.5

breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone with the loudest voices, but a magnifying

0:14.8

glass for the most important news.

0:20.7

Protests against ICE have spread nationwide and are expected to continue through the weekend

0:24.6

for what organizers are calling No King's Day, effectively counter-programming to President

0:29.5

Donald Trump's birthday-slash military parade on Saturday.

0:32.9

California Governor Gavin Newsom continues to lead the response to Trump's immigration raids,

0:37.2

giving a speech

0:37.7

on Tuesday night where he called Trump out for escalating the tensions beyond a few blocks of protests

0:42.3

by deploying the National Guard and the U.S. Marines. This was a response to Trump's address to

0:47.1

Army troops at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, where he told soldiers, quote, we will liberate Los Angeles,

0:52.6

which he says would be, quote, burning to the ground

0:54.7

right now had he not federalized the National Guard and added that we are, quote, going to have

0:59.6

troops everywhere, because nothing says liberation like militarized brute force.

1:05.5

Following in Trump's footsteps, as usual, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he will

1:09.9

deploy the Texas National

1:11.2

Guard throughout the state in anticipation of nationwide protests planned for Saturday, in order

1:15.7

to, quote, ensure peace and order, adding that the Texas National Guard will use every tool

1:20.6

and strategy to help law enforcement maintain order. It's quite incredible that he can mobilize

1:25.3

forces this quickly for some protests, but couldn't

1:28.0

do the same when his own state's electrical grid went down.

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