Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today's headlines: Herschel Walker ‘s wife collected tens of thousands of dollars in rental income for the Georgia residence that he had used as his official address. The Senate has voted 61 to 36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. Biden has called on Congress to act to divert a freight rail strike before early next month. A federal jury has found two leaders of the extreme-right-wing militia “the Oath Keepers” guilty; Trump’s former deputy chief of staff/former secret service agent Tony Ornato met with the January 6th committee; the South Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously ordered Mark Meadows to comply with the subpoena for his testimony in Georgia. Finally for today, France’s highest court has ruled that a man who was fired by his company in Paris for allegedly failing to be “fun” enough at work was wrongfully dismissed. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Daily Beast: Herschel Walker Only Recently Stopped Renting Out Georgia Home He Claims as His Residence Washington Post: Senate passes bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages Vice: 28 Freight Rail Workers Tell Us What They Want You to Know About Their Lives Washington Post: Congress Looks to Intervene in Rail Dispute as Strike Deadline Looms CNN: Former White House deputy chief of staff meeting with January 6 committee Tuesday Axios: Mark Meadows must testify in Georgia election probe, S.C. Supreme Court rules Washington Post: French man wins right to not be ‘fun’ at work 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 30th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.8	by Betches Media.
0:08.8	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcement 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 show
0:17.8	there is.
0:18.9	Our government.
0:24.1	As early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff continues this week, we have new information
0:28.2	about Republican candidate Herschel Walker's Georgia residency situation, or I should really
0:33.4	say, not residency situation.
0:36.8	According to Walker's own financial disclosure forms from 2021, his wife Julie Blanchard
0:41.6	collected tens of thousands of dollars in rental income for the Georgia residents that
0:45.8	he had used as his official address to launch his Senate campaign last year.
0:50.8	Not only that, but Herschel Walker doesn't even own the property at all.
0:54.6	According to Fulton County Tax and Property Records, the house is solely owned by his wife,
0:59.0	who, by the way, also didn't even live there.
1:02.3	Because between 2020 and 2021, Julie Blanchard's company was also receiving an unreported $50,000
1:08.8	in COVID relief loans tied to Herschel Walker's address in Texas.
1:13.3	So basically, not only did Herschel Walker not live in Georgia, but the home his wife owns
1:18.0	in Georgia that he used as his residence to run for Senate is actually just a rental property.
1:23.7	And I would say that I hope the $1,500 homestead tax break was worth all of this, but that
1:29.1	would suggest that Herschel Walker's reputation could get worse than it already was.
1:38.3	Now onto some headlines from a legislative body that I hope Herschel Walker will never
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