Tuesday, May 16th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: A man armed with a baseball bat attacked the district office of democratic representative from Virginia, Gerald E. Connolly, injuring two staff aides. The assailant faces charges of malicious wounding and is being held without bond. The motive is not yet identified, but he has a history of mental illness. Special counsel John Durham has issued a report criticizing the FBI for its investigation of Trump’s 2016 campaign and collusion with Russia, but no actual charges were made. Donald Trump spoke at Michael Flynn’s “Reawaken America Tour” and promised to bring Flynn back to power if elected. A woman has filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, alleging he coerced her into sex and owes her almost $2 million in unpaid wages. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify in Congress on the oversight of AI and potential risks of the technology. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NY Times: Staff Members Attacked With Bat at Congressman's Virginia Office Washington Post: Durham report sharply criticizes FBI's 2016 Trump Campaign Probe AP News: Trump tells former adviser Michael Flynn: ‘We’re going to bring you back’ AP News: Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex, owes her $2 million in unpaid wages The HIll: ChatGPT CEO heads to Congress as lawmakers face AI explosion Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, May 16th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.6	Betcha's media.
0:07.6	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.0	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.5	show there is.
0:17.7	Our government.
0:19.0	Yesterday morning, a man armed with a baseball bat attacked the office of Democratic
0:25.9	Representative from Virginia, Gerald E. Connolly.
0:29.2	The 49-year-old assailant injured two staff-aids during his rampage at the Congressman's district
0:34.1	office in Fairfax, Virginia, where he was demanding to see Representative Connolly and
0:38.5	causing substantial damage to the office in the process.
0:42.2	He's now facing charges for one count of felony aggravated malicious wounding, and one
0:46.7	count of malicious wounding, and is being held without bond.
0:50.6	Police say they have not yet identified a motive, but the assailant reportedly had
0:54.2	a history of mental illness.
0:56.5	Last year, he filed a handwritten federal lawsuit against the CIA, demanding $29 million
1:02.0	because he alleged that the agency was brutally torturing him with a degenerative disability
1:06.6	from the fourth dimension.
1:08.3	Would it be crazy for me to suggest that we set this guy up with Sydney Powell's bat-shed
1:13.1	election fraud witness?
1:18.4	In case you haven't been feeling me 2016, Dejavu strongly enough.
1:22.9	Trump's counsel John Durham has issued his long-awaited report, in which he criticizes
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