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Friday, January 20th, 2023 Jan 20, 2023

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Today's headlines: News broke that a federal judge in Florida fined Donald Trump and his head lawyer almost 1 million dollars for filing a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others in an effort to sue them for trying to rig the 2016 presidential election. The US officially hit the debt limit yesterday. A popular Brazilian drag artist named Eula Rochard, posted a photo where she is smiling next to George Santos dressed in drag, who went by the stage name Kitara Ravache. The Supreme Court Marshal has reported that it is not possible to determine the identity of any individual who may have disclosed the leaked Roe v Wade draft. The Department of Agriculture is overhauling its guidelines for what is considered “organic” food. Finally for this week, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that she plans to resign as of February 7th.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Thursday, January 19th, 2023 Jan 19, 2023

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Today's headlines: The United States is expected to hit the debt ceiling today because the House of Representatives is refusing to vote to raise it. New reports continue to arise about George Santos, who has still not resigned from Congress. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin spoke on a panel at the World Economic Forum, where they high-fived over the preservation of the filibuster. Finally for today, several public colleges and universities are also banning TikTok from school computers, cell phones and Wi-Fi, and Taliban officials have started using the paid verification feature to acquire blue checks on Twitter.

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Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

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Today's headlines: The Committee on Oversight and Reform will be led by Representative James Comer and will feature Scott Perry, Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert. Solomon Pena, a failed republican candidate for the New Mexico state house, has been arrested for orchestrating the recent string of 4 attempted shootings that targeted newly elected state officials in New Mexico. TSA reported yesterday that they intercepted a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2022. The National Restaurant Association has been making food service workers unknowingly provide funding for lobbying against their own interests. Finally for today, Greta Thunberg was arrested yesterday at a protest against the expansion of a German coal mine

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 Jan 17, 2023

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Today's headlines: The U.S. could hit its debt ceiling within days. As California enters its third week of flooding, blizzards, power outages, and other general terror, experts say that the worst should be over this week. A new survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that the percentage of Americans who believe in a number of anti-semitic tropes, has spiked in the past three years. Last week the Republican-controlled Missouri state House of Representatives voted to implement a stricter dress code for female legislators. Ohio citizens must now have a driver’s license, state ID, passport or military ID to cast a vote. A federal judge ruled that the writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump for sexual assault will be allowed to proceed. Finally for today, Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, who’s been on the run since 1993, was arrested yesterday in Sicily.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Monday, January 16th, 2023 Jan 16, 2023

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Today's headlines: A video from 2019 has resurfaced in which George Santos identifies himself as Anthony Devolder, and the founder of something called ‘United For Trump’; New reporting has revealed that Santos’s most recent job was to raise money for a small, Florida-based investment firm called Harbor City Capital; In 2021, the year after Santos began working there, the SEC said that Harbor City was a Ponzi scheme, and shut down after taking in over $17 million dollars; In May 2021, George Santos incorporated a company called the Devolder Organization LLC - a firm that he claimed was the source of between $3.5 and $11.5 million dollars in income and dividends, after making only $55 thousand dollars in 2020. Finally for today, another round of classified documents was found at President Biden’s Wilmington Delaware home

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Friday, January 12th, 2022 Jan 13, 2023

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Today's headlines: Two democratic representatives from New York, Dan Goldman and Richie Torres, have formally requested that the House ethics committee investigate George Santos. Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate the found classified Biden documents. inflation dropped to 6.5% in December. The safety commission chair says he’s not seeking a gas operated stove ban following a rumor that Biden is trying to take them away. Finally for this week, the twitter office in Singapore was shut down on Wednesday because they did not pay rent, with landlords reportedly physically walking employees out of the building.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Thursday, January 12th, 2022 Jan 12, 2023

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Today's headlines: Aides to President Biden have discovered at least one other batch of classified documents from during his vice presidency. At least 17 people have died in California over the course of the past 11 days of storms as of Tuesday. Republicans from Nassau County where George Santos is located have called for him to resign. Thousands of domestic flights across the US were canceled yesterday morning after an antiquated FAA computer system broke down late on Tuesday. Republicans in the House of Representatives passed two abortion-related measures yesterday afternoon. Finally for today, Illinois has become the 9th state in the country to ban the sale, manufacturing, and delivery of assault weapons.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 Jan 11, 2023

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Today's headlines: a suspect has been taken into custody yesterday following a string of six shootings in New Mexico that began in early December and targeted state Democratic officials. Representative Katie Porter of California stated that she plans to run for senator in 2024, but Diane Feinstein has not yet announced that she plans to retire from said position. One of George Santos’s campaign fundraisers impersonated Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff Dan Meyer. Donald Trump is being sued by the estate of Brian Sicknick, who died from a series of strokes on January 7th 2021 after the insurrection. finally for today, former Trump Organization CFO Allan Weisselberg was sentenced to 5 months in prison.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 Jan 10, 2023

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Today's headlines: The House of Representatives voted to pass their new rules package last night, which will govern the next two years under Speaker Kevin McCarthy. a nonpartisan organization, the Campaign Legal Center, filed a complaint yesterday accusing George Santos of a smattering of campaign finance violations. Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned a US attorney in Chicago to review classified documents that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington DC. Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Orlando with abdominal pain. Finally for today, more than 7 thousand nurses at two major New York City hospitals went on strike yesterday.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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Monday, January 9th, 2023 Jan 09, 2023

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Today's headlines: After 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy is now the new Speaker of the House. President Biden made the first visit of his presidency to the southern border near El Paso yesterday. Swaths of northern and central California remain under extreme flood risk for the second week in a row. Conservative leader Matt Schlapp allegedly fondled a male staff member of Walker’s campaign in October. A 6 year old student shot and wounded his teacher inside a first grade classroom in Newport News, Virginia on Friday. Finally for today, a group of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palaces in the country’s capital of Brasilia yesterday.

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Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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