Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 - DOJ Erased January 6th, Pope Leo Is Coming for Big Tech, Senator Kim Pepper Sprayed, Paxton and Talarico Win TX Primaries

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

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Today's Headlines: Trump got a three-hour physical at Walter Reed and posted that everything checked out "PERFECTLY." and is also building a UFC cage on the White House lawn for a $60 million birthday fight with VIP packages at $1.5 million each — because that’s what the people's house needs. On a completely different note, Pope Leo dropped his first encyclical, a 42,000-word document warning the world's 1.4 billion Catholics about AI concentrating power in the hands of a tiny elite, with Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah participating in the Vatican's formal presentation — and the Pope also issued the first-ever papal apology for the Vatican's role in legitimizing the trans-Atlantic slave trade, framing it as a warning about what AI could recreate. Back to the war nobody can define, the military carried out "self-defense strikes" against Iranian missile sites while Trump posted that negotiations are "proceeding nicely" and a spokesperson insisted they were "using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire" — ok. Meanwhile, New Jersey Senator Andy Kim got pepper sprayed at a protest outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center after state officials were barred from inspecting conditions that led detainees to organize a hunger strike. Speaking of the administration burying bad news, the DOJ filed motions on the Friday before Memorial Day to dismiss the most serious January 6th seditious conspiracy cases, then one hour later scrubbed all records of January 6th prosecutions from their social media archives, calling them "partisan propaganda." On the redistricting wars, federal judges blocked Alabama's racially gerrymandered map citing "undisputed evidence of intentional racial discrimination," South Carolina's Republicans declined to redraw their maps only because early voting had already started, and Ken Paxton — too corrupt even for most Republicans — won the Texas Senate Republican primary with Trump's endorsement, setting up a general election against Democrat James Talarico. Resources/Articles mentioned: AP News: Trump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed and declares 'Everything checked out PERFECTLY' BBC: White House erects UFC cage ahead of 250th anniversary celebration Vatican: Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) WaPo: Anthropic aligns with Vatican over White House as Pope Leo addresses AI fears PBS News: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery Ole-in-legitimizing-slavery NJ: ICE agents pepper-spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark AP News: US military says it carried out 'self-defense' strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites Axios: Trump asked Muslim leaders to join Abraham Accords after Iran war ends NYT: Trump Administration Chips Away at Last Traces of Broad Inquiry Into Jan. 6 AP News: Federal court blocks Alabama plan for new congressional districts that could help Republicans AP News: South Carolina Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw congressional map for midterm elections NYT: Texas U.S. Senate Republican Runoff Live Election Results 2026: Cornyn vs. Paxton Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com 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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0:00.0	Some follow the noise. Bloomberg follows the money, whether it's the funds fueling AI or
0:06.9	crypto's trillion dollar swings. There's a money side to every story. Get the money side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. The president spent three hours at the hospital for his semi-annual physical yesterday.
0:23.3	Wow, the waiting room must have been packed.
0:25.8	He also started building a UFC fighting cage on the White House lawn, so that looks gorgeous.
0:30.8	The Pope wrote a 42,000 words screed about how dangerous AI is,
0:34.7	and Anthropic is jumping on his bandwagon.
0:37.0	The DOJ pulled some shady shit on
0:38.8	Friday night in their quest to erase the January 6th insurrection that we all lived through.
0:43.2	And we have some updates on Donald Trump's 2026 election interference attempts,
0:47.3	with one whole state in the South that's seemingly been able to stand up to Dear Leader.
0:51.7	Let's get into it.
0:53.6	Today is Wednesday, May 27th, and you're listening to Morning Announcements presented by
0:58.2	Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and Morning Announcements is your fully sourced
1:02.6	daily 10-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices,
1:07.0	but a magnifying glass for the most important news.
1:12.4	Our 79-year-old president endured a three-hour medical examination yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital,
1:18.2	which he called his six-month physical, which involves preventative medical care and dental checkups,
1:23.5	L.O.L. After that very long examination for someone who's in all tip-top shape,
1:28.7	Donald posted on his little fucking social media app that, quote,
1:32.1	Everything checked out perfectly. Were you able to tell the hippo from the giraffe this time?
1:37.5	Donald has also started building, not like personally.
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