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Morning Announcements

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, News, News Commentary, Daily News

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today's headlines: Last night President Biden gave the second State of the Union address of his presidency. An internal memo sent through the Koch Brother’s donor network Americans For Prosperity has been released, laying out their goals for the next election cycle. Documents released yesterday show that one of the officers who killed Tyre Nichols last month, actually took and shared photos of Tyre after they had beaten him. Finally for today, authorities in two Atlanta suburbs are currently searching for suspects who left anti semitic flyers in the driveways of residents this past weekend. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Biden emphatically declares ‘state of the union is strong NY Times: Taking Aim at Trump, Koch Network Will Back G.O.P. Primary Candidates AP News: Memphis officer took, shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols ABC: Antisemitic fliers left in driveways of some Atlanta suburbs: Police Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today is Wednesday, February 8th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented

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by Betcha's media.

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I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown

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of the headlines.

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It isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality show there is.

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Our government.

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Last night, President Biden gave the second state of the Union address of his presidency.

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And I'll just say that Chris Harrison would love to promise a night this dramatic.

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Before this speech, the White House was telegraphing notes of unity.

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And Biden opened the night at the podium by addressing Kevin McCarthy by saying,

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quote,

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�Speaker, I don't want to ruin your reputation, but I look forward to working

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with you.

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Which, if anything, is the real statement about the state of our union.

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And while the tone of the night stayed casual, it did not stay quite so conciliatory.

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Arguably the most memorable moment took place during the topic of the debt ceiling.

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With Biden calling for Congress to raise the debt ceiling, and guarantee that the U.S.

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won't default on its debt, even if Democrats don't agree to the cuts to spending programs

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