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🗓️ 6 August 2025

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Today’s Headlines: House Republicans are flipping the Epstein story, subpoenaing the Clintons, former AGs, and ex-FBI chiefs — but skipping the guy who gave Epstein his sweetheart plea deal, Alex Acosta. A NYT look inside Epstein’s NYC mansion turned up creepy art, hidden cameras, and celeb pics with everyone from Bill Gates to Donald and Melania. The Trump team’s also dusting off the “Russia hoax” playbook, launching a grand jury probe into Obama’s handling of the 2016 election interference investigation. In other Epstein distraction news, Trump popped up on the White House roof and joked about nukes. He also made himself head of the 2028 LA Olympics task force (with a side of anti-trans comments). The State Department floated visa bonds up to $15K while the FBI says 2024 had the second-highest hate crime numbers ever. Lastly, Palantir got a $10B Army contract and Elon Musk’s xAI scored $200M from the Pentagon. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: House committee subpoenas the Clintons and several top former DOJ officials for testimony about Jeffrey Epstein NY Times: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Townhouse: Birthday Letters, First Edition ‘Lolita’ and More Axios: Trump "happy to hear" DOJ launched grand jury probe of Obama officials ABC News: Trump takes unusual stroll on White House roof CNN: Trump says he wants strong testing to keep transgender athletes out of women’s sports at 2028 Olympics AP News: State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US Axios: Hate crimes hit second largest record in 2024: FBI Axios: Palantir's $10 billion Army contract continues its D.C. win streak Axios: Musk's xAI announces $200 million contract with Pentagon 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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0:18.8	and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:22.4	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines
0:27.1	that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying last for the most important news.
0:35.4	It looks like Trump and the Republicans are going for the full inversion strategy when it comes to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
0:42.1	Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Congressman James Comer, announced yesterday that the committee has sent out subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Attorney's General Loretta Lynch, Merrick Garland, Jeff Sessions, and Alberta Gonzalez,
0:55.5	and former FBI directors Robert Mueller and James Comey.
0:59.1	He's always tangled up in these things.
1:01.5	One name that was notably missing, Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta,
1:06.1	who was the one responsible for Epstein's sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in 2006. Definitely don't want
1:12.3	that guy sitting in front of the congressional dais. Also on the Epstein beat, the New York Times
1:17.6	released an investigative report into Jeffrey Epstein's Upper East Side Mansion, describing dozens
1:22.5	of frame prosthetic eyeballs in the entry and the sculpture of a black woman wearing a bridal gown holding
1:28.1	onto a rope suspended from the ceiling. There are semi-hidden surveillance cameras visible in the
1:33.5	photos of the bedrooms, as well as a giant taxidermy tiger in Epstein's office, and a tight
1:38.8	paragraph by Woody Allen that really needs to be read to be appreciated. Unlike any touristy restaurant, Epstein openly displayed his collection of photos with several
1:47.9	celebrities, including Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Pope John Paul II,
1:53.5	Vidal Castro, Mick Jagger, Larry Summers, and of course, Donald and Melania Trump,
1:58.8	plus a framed dollar bill signed by Bill Gates that says,
2:02.1	I was wrong.
2:03.4	Quite the All-American Melange, wouldn't you say?
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