Tuesday, April 5th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today starts with a trio of stories out of Russia, including a newly seized super yacht, a call for Putin to face consequences, and a pair of kremlin-friendly leaders getting reelected. Then, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination is officially going to the Senate for a vote. Next, the CDC announced it’s getting a complete overhaul, and the UN released another depressing climate report. Then to close things out, a story about Amazon and their plans to block certain keywords on their employees’ internal messaging app, plus a major purchase for Elon Musk. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NY Times: Images of Russian Atrocities Push West Toward Tougher Sanctions NPR: Pro-Putin leaders in Hungary and Serbia win reelection as Europe grapples with war Daily Beast: Justice Department Seizes Its First Russian Superyacht Axios: Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination will move forward despite tied panel vote Washington Post: CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency Washington Post: The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report shows The Intercept: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like "Union"... NPR: Elon Musk just became Twitter's largest shareholder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, April 5th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:07.4	by Betcha's media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by ExpressVPN.
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0:24.1	After the massacres that were uncovered in Buckeye, Ukraine, yesterday President Biden called
0:28.6	on Vladimir Putin to face trial for war crimes.
0:32.1	The United States is also asking the UN General Assembly to expel Russia from the UN Human
0:36.8	Rights Council.
0:37.8	I mean, questionable why they were allowed on there in the first place.
0:42.3	Also in response, Germany and France expelled a total of 75 Russian diplomats, and President
0:47.5	Emmanuel Macron of France said that the European Union should consider sanctions against
0:51.9	Russian coal and oil.
0:53.7	Again, why are we just bringing this up?
0:56.5	Now, you guys are supposed to be about an hour behind Lithuania, not weeks.
1:03.6	But on the bright side for Putin, two Kremlin-friendly leaders won re-election in Europe.
1:08.2	In Hungary, Viktor Orbán was re-elected Prime Minister, and in Serbia, President Alexander
1:13.4	Vuchik won a second term.
1:15.6	So evidently, Putin has secured his bestie group for the next several years.
1:21.8	And for our final Russia headline, the Department of Justice has just scored its first
1:26.3	super-yot.
1:27.3	The DOJ has seized a yacht worth $90 million that belongs, or should I say, belonged,
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