Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time by the Justice Department on federal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The charges are linked to the January 6 insurrection, where Trump and co-conspirators allegedly exploited the riots to pressure officials to delay election certification. The CDC announces that there is a possibility of leprosy becoming endemic in Florida, with cases doubling in the past decade. Governor Ron DeSantis wants to debate Vice President Kamala Harris over the state's history curriculum. Lizzo faces allegations of a hostile work environment from her dancers. Phoenix experienced a historic heatwave with numerous deaths. A Chinese zoo denies allegations that their bear is a human in a suit, sparking online debate. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Donald Trump indicted for the third time, this time over attempt to undermine the 2020 election result The Guardian: CDC warning as leprosy cases increase in Florida - The Guardian Politico: Harris rejects DeSantis' offer to debate Florida's new Black history … NBC News: Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says CNN: Phoenix just endured the hottest month for any US city as historic heat … The Guardian: 'Human in a costume' sun bear draws crowds to Chinese zoo 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 2nd, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements, presented
0:07.0	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.4	My name is Elise Morales, filling in for Sammy Sage.
0:11.8	Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't afraid
0:16.1	to take sides and roast the most consequential reality show there is.
0:20.8	Our government.
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0:46.6	It's August 10th and the news is slow and weird, so here's a smattering of stories from
0:52.4	around the world to make you go.
0:55.2	Huh.
0:56.3	Elise, Elise, my friend, you should have known better than to tempt the news gods.
1:01.1	Elise will bring you the rest of today's headlines, but it's Amanda Peking in to start you
1:05.0	off with the latest Trump indictment, which Jack Smith rudely dropped after we'd initially
1:09.2	recorded this episode.
1:11.1	I'm going to take you through that, then Elise will be back to bring you some more headlines
1:14.4	from around the world.
1:16.5	The best things they come in threes, former President Donald Trump has been indicted for
1:20.7	a third time, this time on federal charges from the Justice Department related to the
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