Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Representative George Santos' bond cosigners identities remain undisclosed despite requests, as his lawyer argues against revealing them. A Florida judge temporarily blocks parts of a law banning transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, with the law still enforced for other minors. The PGA Tour merged with LIV Golf League, owned by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, amid mixed reactions. Wildfire smoke from Canada affects air quality across multiple US regions while Allstate and State Farm halt new home insurance policies in California due to climate risks. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Lawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret AP News: US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’ CNBC: PGA Tour agrees to merge with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf Sports Illustrated: PGA Tour agrees to merge with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf WA Post: Where wildfire smoke is hitting the U.S. the hardest — and when it will end Business Insider: Allstate joins State Farm in no longer offering new home insurance policies in California over climate risks 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, June 7th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.4	by Betcha's Media.
0:07.4	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5 minute breakdown of the
0:11.8	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.3	show there is.
0:17.6	Our government.
0:18.6	It's been a while since Representative George Anthony Devolder Santos was our lead story,
0:27.1	but today we have a treat.
0:29.0	Like with all Santos lore, it requires some context.
0:32.6	Starting with his recent indictment on 13, sundry corruption charges in New York last
0:37.4	month.
0:38.4	At the time of his arrangement, Santos was released on a $500,000 bond that was co-signed
0:43.5	by three anonymous individuals.
0:46.1	Naturally, people were curious who these three mystery co-signers were, and why they were
0:50.8	willing to put up approximately $166,000 each to ensure the freedom of George Santos.
0:58.0	Several news outlets have now filed requests with the court to unseal the names of the bond's
1:02.4	co-signers.
1:03.4	And in response, Santos's lawyer has urged the judge to deny their request, claiming
1:08.0	that Santos would quote, rather surrender to pretrial detainment, aka jail, then subject
1:14.0	the individuals to what will inevitably come by publicly identifying them.
1:18.9	I mean, I can't understand they might be willing to go to jail rather than associate with
1:23.0	George Santos.
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