Tuesday, January 3rd, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: 47 Republicans and 36 Democrats will be sworn in today, followed by a vote for the new Speaker of the House. The republican district attorney in George Santos’ county announced she is opening an investigation into the new representative after Santos lied about quite literally everything about himself. Key notes from the January 6th Committee have come out, one of which states that Trump and his allies took at least 200 discrete actions to convince state legislators and lawmakers to disregard the 2020 election results, and also released thousands of pages of Donald Trump’s tax returns. At least several dozen Russian soldiers were killed in a massive military strike in Donetsk on New Year's day. Finally for today, Brazil’s new leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was officially sworn in on Sunday. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CBS: New Congress set to convene as uncertainty plagues McCarthy's bid for speaker Washington Post: Nassau County district attorney opens investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos Washington Post: Key findings from the Jan. 6 committee’s final report Gov Info: Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection Washington Post: What we’ve learned from Trump’s tax returns Washington Post: Dozens of Russian soldiers killed in massive Donetsk missile strike PBS: Officials say President Bolsonaro may have left Brazil for Florida 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 Tuesday, January 3rd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media.
0:07.7	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:11.2	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.5	show there is.
0:16.7	Our government.
0:22.1	You know how the saying goes.
0:23.6	New Year, New Congress.
0:25.0	The 118th Congress is set to convene today.
0:28.4	It's still with the Democratic majority in the Senate, but with a new but narrow Republican
0:32.0	majority in the House of Representatives.
0:34.3	47 Republicans and 36 Democrats will be sworn in today, followed by a vote for the new speaker
0:39.6	of the House.
0:40.6	Now, typically, the vote for speaker is fairly predictable, but not this year, hopefully
0:45.3	not an omen for the rest of 2023.
0:48.0	The frontmaner appears to be Kevin McCarthy, who was reportedly already moved into the speaker's
0:52.7	office.
0:53.7	But as of this recording, he apparently does not have the required 218 votes to secure
0:58.1	the gavel.
0:59.1	McCarthy has already made a number of concessions to get elected, including agreeing that his
1:03.4	speakership could be recalled at any time if just five GOP members call for it.
1:07.8	However, even with that promise, he still hasn't convinced up to 10 Republicans whose votes
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