Episode Details

Today's headlines: A newly unsealed legal filing in the defamation lawsuit against Fox News has revealed new depths of Rupert Murdoch’s involvement with the network’s editorial decisions during the 2020 election and after. The FBI arrested a man known as “sedition panda”, aka the guy who wore a panda head to the Capitol on January 6t. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made his threat to take control of Disney’s self-governing district into a legislative reality. Representative Andy Ogles, acknowledged yesterday that he “misstated” his college major. The EPA has cleared Norfolk Southern to resume shipments of contaminated liquid. Finally for today, the Supreme Court said yesterday that they will hear a case ruling on the constitutionality of funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• Supreme Court of Delaware: DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS ) CORPORATION, Plaintiffs V. FOXNEWSNETWORK, LLC,
• NBC: FBI arrests man dubbed 'Sedition Panda,' accusing him of storming Capitol wearing bear head
• AP News: DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company
• Washington Post: Embattled Rep. Ogles acknowledges misrepresenting his college major
• Nashville News Channel 5: Businessman, economist, cop, international sex crimes expert? The stories of Congressman Andy Ogles
• CNN: Shipments of contaminated waste to resume from Ohio train derailment site
• Axios: Supreme Court will consider constitutionality of CFPB

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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