Wednesday, October 26th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: With officially less than 2 weeks until the midterm elections, The U.S. has seen debate nights and record breaking voting turnouts across multiple states. Pediatric hospitals and physicians are reportedly overwhelmed by cases of not only covid and the flu, but RSV - which they’ve now nicknamed a “tripledemic.” President Biden received his updated covid booster and made a statement that not enough people are getting them. Mark Meadows is asking a judge to reject his subpoena in the Georgia election probe. UK’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak was sworn in after meeting with King Charles yesterday. And finally for today, Adidas has dropped Kanye West, and they claim they will absorb 250 million dollars in profit loss. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CBS: Early voting turnout breaking records two weeks before Election Day NBC: Top Arizona election official refers more cases of potential voter intimidation to law enforcement NY Times: A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise NY Times: Biden Receives Updated Booster Shot and Urges Americans to Follow Suit Axios: Mark Meadows asks judge to reject subpoena in Georgia election probe Insider: Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks, who told the embattled former president he lost the 2020 election, is testifying to the Jan. 6 select committee today: report Washington Post: Rishi Sunak vows to earn Britain’s trust in first speech as prime minister Bloomberg: Adidas Intends to Sell Yeezy Designs Without the Name CNBC: Adidas terminates Ye partnership, Gap removes Yeezy items over rapper's antisemitic remarks 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, October 26th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.1	by Beches Media.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of
0:11.5	the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.1	show there is, our government.
0:23.0	There are officially less than two weeks until the midterm elections, and last night was
0:27.1	a debate night.
0:28.3	The headliners last night were the Pennsylvania Senate race with Federman and Oz, and the
0:32.7	New York governor's race with Kathy Hokel, and the silent but deadly candidate Republican
0:37.2	Lee Zelton.
0:38.4	Meanwhile, early voting is already underway in 34 states and D.C., and more than seven
0:43.8	and a half million people have already voted.
0:46.2	In some states, their turnout is even higher than early voting records in 2020.
0:51.3	Voting, so hot right now.
0:53.8	Unfortunately, this turnout and enthusiasm is happening amidst reports of voter intimidation,
0:59.0	particularly in the battleground state of Arizona.
1:02.1	Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has referred six reports of voter intimidation
1:06.5	to the DOJ and the Arizona Attorney General in the past week.
1:10.8	The allegations include harassment of an election worker, as well as voters claiming that
1:15.3	they were being video recorded, and their license plates photographed at ballot drop
1:19.3	boxes.
1:20.4	I should mention that this Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who made these referrals, is
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