Episode Details

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.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• CNN: Debt ceiling: 6 things you should know as the deadline looms
• Patch: Disabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Dog's GoFundMe
• Bloomberg: At Davos, Sinema and Manchin High-Five Over Keeping Filibuster Rule
• Azcentral: Sinema, in Davos, says Dem push to end filibuster for voting rights bill may have been 'premature'
• NBC: These are all the public universities that have instituted TikTok bans
• Tech Crunch: TikTok rolls out its ‘state-controlled media’ label to 40 more countries
• BBC: Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

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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