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Morning Announcements

Morning Announcements is your daily news rundown from Betches News–because the world’s a mess, and someone’s gotta explain it. Every morning, Betches co-founder and host Sami Sage cuts through the chaos to break down what actually matters, one unhinged headline at a time. All in under 10 minutes, so you can stay informed without spiraling.

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Thursday, October 14th, 2021 Oct 14, 2021

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We start with a new study about booster vaccines from the National Institute of Health. On Tuesday, the FDA authorized the first ever e-cigarette. Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security, senator Gary Peters has asked TikTok to provide information on its policies surrounding violent and extremist content. Next, we move to our new and exciting segment, Democracy Watch. To close, we end with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' memo ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop mass worksite raids. Plus, we have an update on the potential strike by IATSE.

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 Oct 13, 2021

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We still have not quite settled the debt ceiling issue yet. New York City is giving every public school kindergartner $100 dollars in a college savings account, and California became the first state in the nation to adopt a law that will require large retail stores to provide gender-neutral toy sections. And in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates by any "entity," if someone objects to the vaccine for "any reason of personal conscience. " Yesterday, a Wyoming coroner issued an update in the Gabby Petito case, and today we're going to close the Morning Announcements with a brand new segment called Democracy Watch.

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Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 Oct 12, 2021

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The pharmaceutical company Merck asked the FDA yesterday to grant them emergency use authorization for their new COVID antiviral pill. Also, you may have heard that Southwest Airlines has cancelled several hundred flights in recent days. Next we have a new update on the slow rolling Facebook scandal (but Facebook isn’t the only threat from cyberspace). Then we move to actor William Shatner’s scheduled flight on Jeff Bezos’ rocket Blue Origin before closing with some unfortunate news.

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Monday, October 11th, 2021 Oct 11, 2021

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Happy Indigenous People’s Day. We start off with the reinstatement of Texas’ abortion law. Next we have an espionage story before closing with a report from Propublica about the systemic arrests of Black children in Tennessee for nonexistent crimes.

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Friday, October 8th, 2021 Oct 08, 2021

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The debt ceiling fight is officially over (for now). Unfortunately we have to talk about the insurrection and the status of the congressional committee that is currently investigating it. Google and YouTube announced a new policy yesterday that prevents creators who post climate misinformation from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments. But can you really deny climate change when at least 4 people were killed in flash floods in Birmingham Alabama and nearby areas? Finally, 8 former NBA players were charged with defrauding the NBA’s health and welfare benefits in a scam that earned them about 2.5 million dollars illegally.

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Thursday, October 7th, 2021 Oct 07, 2021

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Our first update this morning is on the debt ceiling negotiations. Next we move to a school shooting at a high school in Arlington, Texas, the World Health Organization's official approval of the first malaria vaccine, and some unsettling news involving phone provider AT&T. Lastly, we wrap with the temporary block of Texas' controversial abortion law.

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Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 Oct 06, 2021

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Yesterday Facebook's whistleblower testified in front of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and urged them to take action against Facebook. Next, we move to Johnson & Johnson's request for authorization from the FDA for its booster dose of the COVID vaccine, and why a Texas board is recommending posthumous pardon for George Floyd. Then, we cover why Tesla has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $137 million dollars to a former contractor, before moving to a major report revealing the abuse of over 300,000 minors by the French Catholic clergy. Finally, we finish off with why Kellogg's US. cereal plant workers are going on strike and the growing devastation of the oil spill in California.

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Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 Oct 05, 2021

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Yesterday the world suffered through a massive outage of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Speaking of Facebook, the company's stock fell 5 percent on Monday. Next, we move to Biden's remarks on raising the debt ceiling before wrapping with an update on the potential strike by thousands of crew members who work for Hollywood’s biggest streaming services and production studios.

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Monday, October 4th, 2021 Oct 04, 2021

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Let’s start the week where we left off last week and why we're still on track to run out of money by October 18th. On a slightly better note, we have some good news on the COVID front. Next, we cover the major California oil spill, new research showing the massive underreporting of police killings, before closing with our last (and scandalous) story.

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Friday, October 1st, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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Well, we’ve officially averted a government shutdown (at least for the next two months). Next, we share an update on the infrastructure bill vote and why Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calls for this debt limit to be abolished. To close this news week, we share an urgent message from the CDC.

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