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Show Notes
Today's headlines: The confirmed death toll from Monday’s back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is approaching twelve thousand people, with tens of thousands more injured. A significant federal court case is coming up in Texas that has the potential to single-handedly outlaw medication abortion in all 50 states by banning mifepristone. The St. Johns County school district in Florida released a new list of books to be banned from all its libraries. Matt Gaetz was quietly added to a select committee that the republicans have formed. Finally for today, the republican-led House Oversight Committee held a hearing with Twitter executives to discuss how the company handled a particular New York Post story from 2020.
Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:
- AP News: Scenes of devastation as Turkey, Syria quake kills thousands
- Slate: Dobbs Was Always Just the Beginning
- AP News: 20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills
- TNR: Florida School District Bans Entire Court of Thorns and Roses Series in New Book Ban
- LA Times: Ron DeSantis wants to take over a small liberal arts college. Students are fighting back
- NBC: Rep. Matt Gaetz quietly appointed to committee investigating government 'weaponization'
- NBC: Here's what happened when NBC News tried to report on the alleged Hunter Biden emails
- Yahoo: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Lays Out How Twitter Changed Its Own Rule To Accommodate Trump
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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