Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

This Tuesday we cover what we expect for the last day of the Trump administration, which is sure to include a large number of pardons and commutations. We report on updates from the insurrection, including a sketchy tour by Representative Lauren Boebert, and the theft of Nancy Pelosi’s laptop by an insurrectionist who intended to sell it to Russian Intelligence. Then, we delve into a few more Russia-related stories, including the arrest of Alexey Navalny and the new location of Parler’s new hosting servers after being banned by Amazon Web Services. Finally, we end with an overview of the steep increase in federal executions that have happened in the past few months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, January 19th, and you're listening to the morning announcements.
0:06.6	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:07.7	We have officially made it to our last full day of the Trump administration, just in case anyone's been counting.
0:17.0	Sources close to the White House are reporting that we can expect at least 100 pardons and commutations today.
0:23.9	One source told Fox News that Trump is not planning to pre-pardon his children or himself,
0:28.3	though as with any Trump rumors, I'll believe it when I see it or don't see it.
0:32.3	I don't know about you, but it kind of feels like I'm waiting for the
0:34.4	nominations to be announced for a really fucked up award show. In preparation for the
0:40.4	inauguration Kamla Harris designed her Senate seat yesterday.
0:44.0	California Governor Gavin Newsom selected Alex Padilla to serve out the final two years of her term,
0:48.4	and he's expected to be sworn in this week.
0:50.7	Padilla has been California Secretary of State since 2015 and will now be the first Latino
0:54.9	senator from California and one of six Latinos in the Senate.
1:00.7	As D.C. continues to ramp up its security for the inauguration, more information is constantly
1:05.1	coming to light about the January 6th insurrection.
1:07.6	Yesterday on CNN, Congressman Steve Cohen revealed that he and his colleague John Yarmouth
1:12.1	saw Representative Lauren Bobert giving a tour of the
1:14.4	Capitol to a large group of people sometime between January 3rd and January 6th.
1:18.9	Bobburt denied the allegation that she gave any tours, but I don't know personally
1:22.1	I just don't trust that one.
1:25.6	Now an update on one of the participants in the Capitol riots.
1:28.7	The FBI issued an arrest warrant for a woman named Riley June Williams this weekend.
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