Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The Republican primary debate for the 2024 presidential nominee is set, with Donald Trump choosing to skip it for a pre-taped interview. Legal matters include Trump's planned jail surrender, co-defendant John Eastman's voluntary surrender, and David Shafer's assertion of acting on Trump's orders. The Atlantic Ocean's record of four named storms in 39 hours underscores an active hurricane season due to warm ocean temperatures. In Texas, a new law allowing doctors to address specific medical conditions without using the term "abortion" is on the horizon, offering legal protections for physicians against penalties associated with the state's abortion ban. The day's events encompass a diverse range of political, environmental, legal, and healthcare topics. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NPR: How to watch the first GOP presidential debate on Wednesday night Axios: Trump co-defendant John Eastman surrenders in Georgia 2020 election case Axios: Georgia’s fake electors acted at Trump’s direction, indicted ex-GOP chair says Axios: NOAA ramps up major Atlantic hurricane predictions for rest of season NPR: To expand abortion access in Texas, a lawmaker gets creative 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 Wednesday, August 23rd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.5	by Betches Media.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five minute breakdown
0:11.8	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
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0:41.9	Tonight is somehow, astoundingly, the first Republican primary debate to determine who
0:46.2	will be the party's presidential nominee in 2024.
0:50.0	The Republican National Committee confirmed late on Monday night that eight candidates
0:53.8	will take the stage and Wisconsin tonight.
0:56.6	Those elite eight will be, in alphabetical order, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgham,
1:01.8	former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina
1:07.2	Governor, and Trump's ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor
1:11.9	Asa Hutchinson, father Mike Pence, text-lash finance-bro of the Vechrama Swami, and South
1:17.8	Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
1:19.9	However, the front runner in this race, according to all polls, the force indicted former
1:24.8	president Donald Trump, says he is skipping the debate and will air a pre-taped interview
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