Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

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Today's headlines: Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential run from Mar-a-Lago last night. Control of the House of Representatives is still not officially decided, with Republicans one seat short of the 218 majority while Democrats hold 207 seats. Rick Scott will challenge Mitch McConnell for the Senate Republican leader. Two Polish citizens were killed yesterday near Poland’s border with Ukraine, after possibly being hit by heavy Russian strikes. Finally for today, the Mormon Church announced yesterday that it will support proposed federal legislation that would safeguard same-sex marriage and interracial marriage. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Axios: Trump, twice-impeached and under criminal investigation, launches 2024 campaign CNN: Kevin McCarthy beats far-right challenger 188-31 to lead House GOP CNN: Rick Scott will challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate Republican leader Washington Post: How Trump, infighting and flawed candidates limited Republican gains Politico: Democrats: Medicare fraud is 'fungus' Scott will never get rid of Reuters: Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia Axios: Mormon church says it supports same-sex marriage law Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, November 16th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.9	by Betches Media.
0:08.9	On your host Sammy Sage and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:13.3	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:17.5	show there is, our government.
0:24.3	Last night, Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential run from Mar-a-Lago, the site
0:29.2	of so many stolen state secrets, say that five times fast.
0:34.1	Not only did he make a speech, which would never be the leading story here, but he actually
0:38.7	filed the paperwork required to make it official.
0:41.7	Though considering how poorly the candidates that he endorsed performed in the midterms,
0:45.7	this whole thing smells strongly like a spite campaign announcement.
0:53.7	More important than an election that's more than 700 days away is the election that happened
0:58.2	last week.
0:59.2	Control of the House of Representatives is still not officially decided, at least as of
1:03.3	this recording, at 10 p.m. Eastern, but right now Republicans are 1C short of the 218
1:09.2	majority, while Democrats hold 207 seats.
1:13.1	In anticipation of winning the majority, the Republicans held a closed-door vote for
1:16.9	the Speaker of the House race, a primary for that, official vote, if you will.
1:21.8	Former Speaker and current minority leader Kevin McCarthy won that vote by a lot, but
1:25.8	he was challenged by Representative Andy Biggs.
1:28.5	He's one of the lawmakers who notably requested a pardon from Trump for his role in trying
1:32.5	to overturn the 2020 election.
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