Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Laphonza Butler to fill the vacant Senate seat left by Senator Dianne Feinstein, making her the first openly lesbian Black woman to serve in the Senate. In Congress, Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, prompting a vote within 48 hours. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial began in a Manhattan courtroom with testimony from the prosecution's first witness. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from a case related to the January 6th insurrection, while another case before the Court could potentially undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, admitted to using public posts to train their AI models, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expanded its investigation into Ford Motors due to engine failure issues affecting over 700,000 vehicles, adding to concerns about automotive safety. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WA Post: Newsom taps Emily’s List leader to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat WA Post: Biden administration The 202s Polling Democracy in America Election 2024 Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker WA Post: Trump attended his fraud trial in New York court NBC News: Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal Axios: The fate of a financial watchdog rests in the Supreme Court's hands Axios: Meta says its AI trains on your Instagram posts AP News: US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage 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, October 3rd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:05.8	by Betches Media.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown of the
0:11.4	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.9	show there is.
0:17.2	Our government.
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0:37.3	Just hours after yesterday's podcast episode was recorded, California Governor Gavin Newsom
0:42.0	announced that he will appoint Lafonda Butler to fill Senator Diane Feinstein's vacant
0:46.4	seat.
0:47.4	Butler is the president of Emily's List, the country's largest organization dedicated
0:51.5	to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office, and she has deep ties to the labor
0:56.1	movement.
0:57.1	Having served as president of a union representing over 300,000 nursing home and home care workers
1:02.2	in California, prior to her years at Emily's List, she will be sworn in today at the
1:07.0	Capitol and will make history as the first openly lesbian black woman to serve in the Senate,
1:12.2	as well as only the third black person ever to serve in the Senate.
1:16.1	And who knows, maybe even the cause of Mitch McConnell's third public health event.
1:21.3	Butler in Congress, a quick update.
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