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Morning Announcements

Wednesday, June 1st, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today, we start with The House Judiciary Committee announcing that they will hold an emergency hearing this week to consider a package of gun reform bills. Then, Michael Sussman, (whose firm represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016) was charged with lying to the FBI yesterday, while Russian forces now control “around half” of the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. Finally, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced that he is facing new prison charges yesterday. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Axios: House committee to hold emergency hearing on gun control bills  NY Times: Michael Sussmann Is Acquitted in Case Brought by Trump-Era Prosecutor Washington Post: U.S. will send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, Biden says  AP News: Russia’s Navalny says he faces new criminal charges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today is Wednesday, June 1st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by

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Betches Media.

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On Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by StoryWorth.

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StoryWorth is an online service that helps you and your parents connect through sharing

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stories and memories by preserving them for years to come.

0:19.4

This Father's Day give all the Father figures in your life a meaningful gift that you can

0:23.6

both cherish for years to come, StoryWorth.

0:34.4

The headlines are a bit on the sparse side today, so we have a short episode, including a

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front-pued story involving a Clinton-affiliated lawyer, which is how you know it is a slower

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morning.

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The House Judiciary Committee will hold an emergency hearing this week to consider a package

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of gun reform bills, comprised of eight initiatives that Democrats have dubbed the

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Protecting Our Kids Act, which is just grammatically far enough away from Save the Children.

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These initiatives include raising the purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles to 21, banning

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large capacity magazines and bump stocks, and establishing requirements for the storage

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of firearms and residences, with criminal penalties for violations, and hopefully even

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harsher penalties for people who do photo shoots with their guns.

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The Emergency Judiciary Committee meeting was called to even though the House is out

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of session this week, which is how you know it's a big deal, because it is hard to

1:25.9

pry these people away from their vacation.

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Don't get your hopes up, though.

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Even if these pass the House, they will require 60 votes in the Senate to even debate passing

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