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Thursday, September 4th, 2025 - Epstein files update; China military parade; Jobs shrink; Harvard schools Trump; FL raw-dogs polio; Oura Ring’s DoD contract

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Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Epstein survivors demanded the full release of government files on his trafficking network. Haley Robson, abused by both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, stressed the issue isn’t political and called out banks that looked the other way while Epstein moved huge sums of cash. Survivors also noted Epstein’s favorite brag: his friendship with Trump. In response, Trump staged a loud military flyover to drown them out, held his own Oval Office event with Poland’s new right-wing president, and again dismissed the survivors’ claims as a “hoax”—despite warning GOP lawmakers the night before that forcing DOJ to release the files would be an act of betrayal. Meanwhile, China’s massive military parade rolled out thousands of troops and cutting-edge weapons for Xi, Putin, Kim Jong-un, and two dozen other world leaders. Putin even floated meeting Zelensky in Moscow, though given Russia’s use of North Korean fighters in Ukraine, that seems like a stretch. Back home, the latest jobs report shows more unemployed Americans than job openings for the first time since 2021. A federal judge also smacked down the Trump administration’s $2.6B in Harvard research funding cuts, calling them retaliation dressed up as “antisemitism” concerns. Florida went full Wild West on public health, ending vaccine mandates for all childhood diseases—measles, polio, the works—while the state’s surgeon general bizarrely compared mandates to slavery. And in tech news, Oura’s new partnership with the Department of Defense sparked consumer concern about data-sharing, though the company insists civilian users’ info won’t be touched. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: PBS: ‘The abuse was real,’ Epstein survivor implores Trump, who again calls case a ‘hoax’ NYT: Trump Welcomes Poland’s Right-Wing President to White House CNN: China showcases military strength at parade as Xi stands alongside Putin and Kim Yahoo: There are more Americans out of work than there are jobs open for the first time since April 2021 AP News: Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University The Guardian: Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’ Mashable: What Oura Ring’s partnership with the U.S. military means for your data 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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Today is Thursday, September 4th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented

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by Betch's Media.

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I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most

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important news.

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A group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking and abuse gathered on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, calling for the release of all files related to the government's relevant investigations.

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One survivor of trafficking by both Epstein and Galane Maxwell, Haley Robson, shared that she was, quote, a registered Republican, not that it matters, because this is not

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political. However, I cordially invite you to the Capitol to meet me in person to understand

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this is not a hoax. We are real human beings. This is real trauma. While only four Republicans

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in Congress will vote to compel the Justice Department to release the files, despite the fact that

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they were all obsessed with this less than a year ago, the group of women says that they will compile their own list

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of people who they know were involved in perpetuating his scheme. They called out the financial

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institutions that had to know what was going on, saying that Epstein withdrew over a million

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dollars in cash in one year. One survivor shared that Epstein's

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quote, biggest brag forever was that he was very good friends with Donald Trump.

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