Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 - Dems fold; Trump pardons pals, stops SNAP; Pasta tariffs; Maxwell seeking commutation & more

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The government shutdown drags on, and Trump’s threatening to dock pay for absent air traffic controllers while offering $10K bonuses to the ones still working. Meanwhile, over 3,000 flights were delayed, and courts once again ruled that the administration has to pay full SNAP benefits (even after Trump told states to undo them). In his downtime, Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 other allies tied to the 2020 election plot, and a whistleblower claims Ghislaine Maxwell is getting “concierge treatment” in prison while seeking a commutation. Elsewhere, Trump met with Syria’s new president—once labeled a terrorist—and lifted sanctions, all while his defense secretary bragged about more U.S. strikes. The Supreme Court shut down Kim Davis’s attempt to overturn marriage equality, a judge blocked Trump’s National Guard deployments to Portland protests, and a grand jury subpoenaed former intel officials from the Mueller era. Trump also ordered the DOJ to investigate meatpacking monopolies as beef prices spike 13%, Italy’s pasta exporters are ditching the U.S. over 107% tariffs (justice for spaghetti), and TikTok Shop just hit $19 billion in sales—matching eBay. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WSJ: Trump Threatens to Dock Pay of Absent Air-Traffic Controllers Axios: Democrats fold on biggest government shutdown demand Axios: Trump pardons Giuliani, 76 others accused of bid to overturn 2020 election NBC News: Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plans to seek commutation from Trump, whistleblower says NYT: Syria’s President Meets Trump at White House for First Time NYT: U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says AP News: Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide NYT: Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests CBS News: Grand jury subpoenas former CIA chief Brennan and 2 ex-FBI officials linked to Trump-Russia probe, source says Axios: Trump orders Justice Department probe of meatpackers over prices WSJ: Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves Wired: TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay 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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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, November 11th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:06.2	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines
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0:48.4	Another day, the government is still shut down.
0:50.9	While the Democrats reeled from their own pointless capitulation,
0:54.8	Donald Trump threatened to dock the pay of absent air traffic controllers and said that he would
0:59.3	recommend $10,000 bonuses for controllers who stayed on the job during the shutdown. Sure,
1:04.6	Jan. There were over 3,000 flights delayed and over 1,400 canceled yesterday. On a brighter note, the courts have already ruled again that the Trump administration is
1:14.5	required to pay full SNAP benefits, even though just yesterday he literally ordered states
1:19.4	to immediately undo any payments they had processed, and his administration told grocery
1:24.2	stores not to take SNAP payments.
1:26.8	Can you just stop being such assholes and give people the money?
1:30.1	It's not that hard, you little shits.
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