Wednesday, May 31st, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

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Today’s Headlines: Debt ceiling deal causes division in politics, with threats to remove House Speaker. Mass shooting in Hollywood Beach leaves nine dead. Study shows increased heart attack deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among young adults. New York City sinking due to subsidence and rising sea levels. The Sackler family granted immunity in the opioid crisis, paying $6 billion for addiction programs. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WA Post: Debt ceiling deal faces first hurdle in Republican-led House AP News: Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day Today: Young people are more likely to die of heart attacks post-COVID, study finds. But why? AP News: As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking NY Times: Sacklers Can Be Shielded From Opioid Liability, Appeals Court Rules 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, May 31st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:07.1	Betches Media.
0:08.1	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.1	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.4	show there is.
0:17.5	Our government.
0:21.8	The Dead Sealing Deal is still very much a TBD situation.
0:25.3	With some members of the far-right Freedom Caucus and the House of Representatives threatening
0:29.4	to oust their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, from his position over their dissatisfaction
0:34.4	with the deal.
0:35.7	Roughly 30 Republican lawmakers have vowed to vote against the bill, which Speaker McCarthy
0:40.2	called the most conservative deal we've ever had.
0:43.8	Overall the agreement appears to be beloved by very few people in either party.
0:48.4	For a summary of the major deal points, check out yesterday's episode.
0:52.0	But it is expected to ultimately pass nevertheless.
0:55.4	So it has been the kind of congressional pissing contest that we are fond of paying our
0:59.3	elected officials for.
1:04.2	On Monday, nine people were killed in a mass shooting along the Hollywood Beach promenade
1:08.2	in Florida.
1:09.5	Six adults and three children, including a one-year-old, were among the victims.
1:13.8	There were two people involved in the altercation that led to the shooting, and they have been
1:17.5	arrested on firearm charges.
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