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Morning Announcements

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today we cover Elon Musk stating he would let Donald Trump back on Twitter, the Treasury secretary Janet Yellen’s comments on the effects of eliminating abortion, President Biden’s remarks on inflation, and the House of Representatives vote that would recognize congressional workers' right to unionize. Finally, we end with the Senate passing a bill that gives police protection to families of Supreme Court justices. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: WaPo: Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump Axios: Yellen: Eliminating abortion rights would have "very damaging" effect on economy Axios: Biden: Inflation is "top domestic priority" NPR: The House will vote on a measure to allow congressional staffers to unionize NPR: Senate passes bill to give police protection to families of Supreme Court justices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Wednesday, May 11th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented

0:07.6

by Betches Media, on Sammy Sage.

0:11.0

In a surprise move too, probably no one, Elon Musk said that he would reverse Twitter's

0:18.9

ban on Donald Trump after he becomes the owner of Twitter, adding that it quote, was a

0:23.6

morally bad decision and foolish in the extreme.

0:27.0

Oh, really, Elon, please tell us, are those skills of justice heavy?

0:31.5

On second thought, maybe I do want to live on the moon after all.

0:38.0

Next, we have what I'm going to call a wealth of economic stories.

0:42.5

Pun intended because this podcast is scripted.

0:45.5

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before the Senate banking, housing, and urban

0:49.5

affairs committee yesterday, where she remarked that overturning Roe v. Wade would have

0:53.7

quote, very damaging effects on the economy, and would set women back decades.

0:58.8

End quote.

0:59.8

Someone needs to let her know that that is actually their goal.

1:02.8

Yellen testified that access to reproductive choice resulted in increased labor force participation.

1:08.4

And that research has also made clear that denying women access to abortion increases their

1:13.0

odds of living in poverty or in need of public assistance.

1:19.2

Also yesterday, President Biden gave remarks where he said that addressing inflation is

1:23.5

his top domestic priority.

1:26.0

Just in time, because I hear childbearing is notoriously expensive.

1:30.2

He blamed the record-setting inflation on the pandemic and the invasion in Ukraine,

1:34.3

while criticizing Republicans' plans to fight inflation.

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