Thursday, May 25th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in a glitchy Twitter space conversation with Elon Musk. An elementary school in Miami-Dade County moves the poem "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman to middle school shelves after a parent complained about its content. Target faces backlash and removes certain Pride merchandise from stores due to threats to workers' safety and damage to Pride displays. January 6th insurrectionist Richard Bigo Barnette is sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for various charges, including theft of government property. No progress on a debt ceiling deal as House Republicans push for spending cuts and reject proposals to increase revenue, risking a government funding crisis by June 1st. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: DeSantis launches GOP presidential campaign in Twitter announcement plagued by glitches NY Times: Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem AP News: Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing AP News: Capitol rioter photographed propping feet on desk in Pelosi’s office sentenced to over 4 years GOP unites over brinkmanship over default, rejecting Biden compromises Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz 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, May 25th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.9	Betcha's Media.
0:07.9	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown of the
0:12.0	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.4	show there is.
0:17.6	Our government.
0:18.8	This episode is brought to you by Thrive Cosmetics.
0:21.6	Thrive Cosmetics is here to prove that your makeup routine can be bigger than beauty.
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0:31.4	And as part of their mission, every purchase supports organizations that help communities
0:35.4	thrive.
0:39.6	Last night, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential
0:43.9	nomination during a Twitter space with Elon Musk, which was plagued by technical glitches
0:49.4	much like the lead-up to this official announcement.
0:52.5	The audio stream crashed repeatedly after starting 20 minutes late, underscoring not
0:56.8	only what a prepared candidate Ron DeSantis is, but what a seamless platform Twitter is.
1:02.5	And that was his pitch for the future under a Ron DeSantis administration.
1:10.1	As if we are actually living inside a campaign ad for Ron DeSantis, we have the latest in
1:14.8	the war on books.
1:16.3	An elementary school in Miami-Dade County in Florida has an issue with the poem that
1:20.6	was read by Amanda Gorman at President Biden's inauguration in 2021 called The Hill We
1:26.1	Climb.
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