Thursday, October 27th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today's headlines: Three men were convicted yesterday of state charges in the plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer. A second woman is alleging that Herschel Walker pressured her get an abortion, and that he personally drove her to the clinic. A judge has ruled that Mark Meadows has to testify before a special grand jury in the Georgia election probe. Finally for today, a new report from the World Meteorological Organization has found that methane emissions are rising faster than ever. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: 3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer CNBC: New woman says Herschel Walker got her pregnant and drove her to abortion clinic NPR: A judge orders Mark Meadows to testify in a Georgia election probe Washington Post: Climate-warming methane emissions rising faster than ever, study says Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, October 27th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media.
0:07.2	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the
0:11.7	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.0	show there is.
0:17.4	Our government.
0:22.9	I was going to start by saying that today is a light day on Democracy Watch since there
0:27.1	are only three stories.
0:28.7	But when you hear what these stories are, the idea that this could conceivably be classified
0:32.6	as a light day, justifies a lifetime of therapy for all of us.
0:37.0	Three men were convicted yesterday of state charges in the plot to kidnapped Michigan
0:40.5	Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
0:42.8	Two of the individuals were found guilty of providing material support for a terrorist
0:46.6	act, and all three were found guilty of gun crimes and membership in a gang, with prosecutors
0:52.2	claiming that the group that planned the kidnapping was a criminal enterprise.
0:56.3	This state trial was an offshoot of the main case in federal court, where four men were
1:00.5	found guilty of criminal conspiracy, but two were acquitted.
1:04.0	It's just like Oceans 11, except with fascists and hideous khaki.
1:09.0	And just a note for the juror who had to be removed for flirting with a defendant, this
1:13.2	might explain why he isn't texting you back.
1:19.7	A second woman is alleging that Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker pressured her
1:23.8	to get an abortion, and that he personally drove her to the clinic.
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