Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 - Iran targets US tech in mideast; Trump ready to abandon Strait of Hormuz; SCOTUS strikes down Conversion Therapy bans

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

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Today’s Headlines: Trump is reportedly ready to declare victory in Iran and walk away — even if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed — because keeping it open would exceed his preferred timeline. Gas prices with a 4 or 5 as the first digit are the new normal, indefinitely. The U.S. simultaneously sent a third aircraft carrier to the region. Then the IRGC published a target list of 18 American companies — Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Tesla, Oracle, Palantir, Chase, and Boeing among them — with strikes planned starting April 1st, prompting immediate evacuations of employees and anyone within a kilometer of their facilities. January 6th insurrectionists — including a pardoned Proud Boy who threw chairs at officers and a man convicted of child molestation after receiving his pardon — filed an $18 million class action lawsuit against the federal government for excessive force during the insurrection. With the DOJ already paying Babbitt's estate $5 million and Flynn $1.25 million, the math isn't crazy. On transvisibility day, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban for LGBTQ minors — a ruling that will overturn similar bans in 20+ states, with Ketanji Brown Jackson the lone dissent. Additionally, the Daily Mail published allegations that Kristi Noem's husband has been living a secret cross-dressing double life. Noem's team says she's "devastated and blindsided." In Shit With Trump's Name On It: a federal judge blocked the $400 million White House ballroom, ruling Trump is the "steward" not the "owner." Palm Beach airport was renamed Donald J. Trump International — the only one named after someone twice impeached and convicted of 34 felonies. Eric Trump unveiled a Miami skyscraper presidential library. A guerrilla art group installed a gold marble toilet on the National Mall with a plaque reading "A Throne Fit for a King." Finally, NASA's Artemis II launches tonight at 6:24pm ET — first lunar mission since 1972, no landing, just a test run for 2028 and an Army Apache was caught hovering over Kid Rock's pool after detouring from a No Kings protest flyover. Kid Rock said they'd be fine because his "buddy is the Commander-in-Chief." Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WSJ: Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Strait of Hormuz WSJ: Third U.S. Aircraft Carrier Deploys to Middle East The Hill: Iran says it will target US tech companies in Middle East Politico: Members of Jan. 6 mob sue police who fended off Capitol attack NYT: Supreme Court Rejects Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors NY Post: Kristi Noem weighs in on report husband lives cross-dressing double life: ‘The family was blindsided by this’ NBC News: Federal judge temporarily blocks construction of Trump's White House ballroom NYT: DeSantis Signs Bill to Rename Florida Airport for Trump CNN: Trump shares renderings of a towering presidential library WaPo: Golden toilet statue on Mall pays faux tribute to Trump renovations NYT: NASA Is Launching Astronauts to the Moon, but Americans Aren’t That Excited Politico: Army investigating video of Apache helicopter at Kid Rock’s Nashville home Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com 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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0:32.4	that he started while iran is issuing threats against every tech company you've ever heard of
0:37.0	january sixth insurrectionists are suing the federal government for $18 million.
0:41.7	The Supreme Court ruled against conversion therapy bans on Transvisibility Day, no less,
0:46.2	and Christine Ome's husband sure is lucky that West and Amanda were forced to hard launch their
0:50.6	connection yesterday because it kept his antics significantly less visible, shall we say.
0:56.0	We also have a special segment today called Shit with Trump's name on it. Let's get into it.
1:01.3	Today is Wednesday, April 1st, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by Betches Media.
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1:30.0	Mr. Art of the Deal is probably on the verge of tacoing again, such a ridiculous sentence,
1:35.3	this time with the Iran War, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains close to oil shipments
1:39.9	for the U.S. and its allies. What that means for you is that the price of gas will continue
1:44.6	to have a three, four, or potentially even a five as the first digit for a long time to come.
1:49.3	According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump has privately told his aides that he's willing
1:53.5	to end his little war with Iran, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed,
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