Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today, we start with news that survivors of the recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo testified yesterday before the House of Representatives. Then, approximately 90 former Olympic gymnasts are seeking over 1 billion dollars from the FBI on assault charges, while the Los Angeles mayoral election is heading to a runoff between Rick Caruso and Karen Bass. Finally, Washington D.C. makes it illegal to fire someone for failing a Marijuana test, a man was arrested on murder charges near Brett Kavanaugh’s home yesterday, and Twitter is going to comply with Elon Musk’s demands for more internal data. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Gun violence victims testify in House; Biden to host Summit of the Americas Axios: Uvalde shooting survivor testifies: "I don't want it to happen again" USA Today: Simone Biles, other former gymnasts seek $1 billion from FBI for mishandling Larry Nassar sex abuse case LA Times: L.A. mayor’s race: Rick Caruso, Karen Bass headed to November runoff Axios: Man charged for attempted murder of Justice Kavanaugh Washington Post: In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, June 9th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.6	Betches Media.
0:07.6	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Credit Karma.
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0:28.1	Survivors of the recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo testified before the House
0:32.1	of Representatives yesterday, giving heart-wrenching testimony about their experiences.
0:37.3	Fast forward about 30 seconds if you're uncomfortable with graphic descriptions.
0:41.6	One 11-year-old girl testified about how she covered herself with her classmates' blood
0:45.7	in order to avoid being shot, and called 911 using her already deceased teacher's phone.
0:52.0	The mother of one of the victims who survived the Buffalo shooting testified that, quote,
0:56.3	Shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life.
1:00.1	Now I want you to picture that exact scenario for one of your children.
1:04.1	She also tied this violence to white supremacy, saying, quote,
1:07.5	quote,
1:15.5	According to current reporting, there is a slight glimmer of hope that this could evade
1:35.5	the Senate's policy of hardly ever passing anything.
1:38.7	Not great for their brand, but great for us.
1:41.3	This film might actually be like the rare girl in the rom-com who gets the guy to change
1:45.1	his ways.
1:54.3	A group of approximately 90 former Olympic gymnasts, including Simone Biles, Allie
1:59.2	Raceman and Michaela Moroni, are seeking over $1 billion from the FBI as a result of their
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