Thursday, November 18th, 2021

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🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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This Thursday's episode starts with actual consequences for the "QAnon Shaman" resulting from his role in the January 6th insurrection, and mild accountability in the House for Republican Paul Gosar. We hear new data about opioid use in the US. Then we get an update on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, as well as the trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers in Georgia, and the possible exoneration of two men convicted of killing Malcolm X. Finally, we hear about the disappearance of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after she claimed in a Weibo post that the country’s former vice premier sexually assaulted her. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WaPo: ‘QAnon shaman’ sentenced to 41 months for role in Capitol riot WaPo: House censures Rep. Gosar, ejects him from committees over video depicting slaying of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Axios: Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 for first time AP: Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video AP: Man who shot Arbery testifies: ‘He had my gun. He struck me’ NYT: 2 Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated After Decades Guardian: Naomi Osaka expresses ‘shock’ over missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, November 18th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:07.8	by Vetch's media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Amazon Music's new podcast, Country
0:13.9	Heat Weekly, hosted by Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson, which is available now on Amazon
0:19.0	Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:22.1	Yesterday, a judge sentenced Jacob Chansley, aka the QAnon Shaman, to 41 months in prison
0:30.3	as a result of his role in the January 6th insurrection.
0:33.2	Oh no, what is he going to do with that his organic diet for three and a half years?
0:37.7	And by the way, his sentence is the longest yet handed down to a capital writer, out of
0:41.8	the roughly 130 people who have pleaded guilty so far.
0:45.4	The only 16 have admitted to felonies, of them only for have been sentenced yet, so
0:49.8	with three and a half years, this is still the longest so far.
0:52.6	And while I'm glad to see that at least someone is suffering the consequences of January
0:56.3	6th, can we all agree to stop measuring jail sentences in months like there are toddler
1:00.3	in his 21st month birthday Instagram?
1:07.4	Speaking of mild accountability, the House of Representatives has voted 223 to 207 to
1:13.0	censure Republican Paul Gosar.
1:15.4	The only two Republicans who joined Democrats to vote in favor of the censure were, you
1:19.3	guessed it, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger.
1:22.0	It turns out he was removed from both of his committee assignments, not just the oversight
1:25.7	committee, but also the Natural Resources Committee.
1:28.6	Thankfully, our natural resources are safe from Gosar.
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