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Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 - DOJ Charges Hamas, Chinese Disinfo Campaign & Kathy Hochul’s Aide; Hotel Union Strike

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The DOJ announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants for the October 7th attack, including conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals and use weapons of mass destruction. The charges, filed in New York, also accuse Iran and Hezbollah of supporting the attack. In election news, Kamala Harris' campaign plans to transfer $25 million to support Democratic candidates in down-ballot races while Donald Trump's attempt to move his hush money case to federal court was denied. Additionally, a Chinese-linked disinformation campaign has been targeting American social media and a deputy chief of staff to NY Governor Kathy Hochul was charged with aiding the Chinese Communist Party. Lastly, hotel union workers across major chains went on strike over wages and staffing issues. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: DOJ charges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel WA Post: Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates  AP News: Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction Axios: Chinese-linked online network is stoking U.S. political divisions: report NY Times: N.Y. Official Charged With Taking Money, Travel and Poultry to Aid China Axios: Thousands of hotel workers launch Labor Day weekend strike action Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and 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, September 4th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.

0:06.5

I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying

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glass for the most important news.

0:17.0

And also, your most efficient resource this election season.

0:20.5

Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced criminal charges against Hamas leader

0:27.0

Yayas Sinwar, as well as other senior Hamas militants for the October 7th

0:32.0

attack.

0:32.8

The criminal charges were filed in federal court in New York City

0:35.9

and include conspiracy to murder US nationals,

0:38.6

conspiracy to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization,

0:42.1

and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.

0:44.8

The filing also accuses Iran and Hezbollah of providing financial support and

0:49.7

weapons for the attack. While Sinwar is unlikely to experience actual consequences for the attack. While Synwar is unlikely to experience actual consequences for these charges,

0:55.6

imagine him coming to a trial in New York, please.

0:58.9

DOJ officials say that this is part of a broader effort aimed at targeting members of Hamas,

1:03.6

which has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States since 1997.

1:08.0

Saimi or Titanic came out.

1:10.0

Next we have some election updates. Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign,

1:17.1

along with the Democratic National Committee, announced yesterday

1:20.0

that they plan to transfer almost 25 million dollars out of the

1:23.7

540 million that the campaign has raised so far since President Biden stepped

1:28.3

down as the nominee. They will be allocating those funds to down-ballot

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