Episode Details

Today's headlines: Control of Congress is still undecided but, the count in the Senate now stands at 49-49, after the Arizona senate race was called for democrat Mark Kelly late last night. Montana voters rejected a measure that would have required health care providers to take "reasonable actions" to save an infant who is born alive or face felony criminal charges and fines up to 50 thousand dollars. Several top privacy executives resigned from Twitter yesterday, including the chiefs of information security, privacy, and compliance; Elon Musk also sent an email to every employee of twitter at 2:30am, announcing the end of remote work and letting them know that they were required to return to the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Finally for this week, a Connecticut judge has ordered Alex Jones and his company to pay an additional $473 million dollars in punitive damages to Sandy Hook families.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• NPR: Montana voters reject so-called 'Born Alive' ballot measure
• NBC: U.S. inflation eased to 7.7% in October, raising hopes that high prices have begun to slow down
• Washington Post: Twitter’s content moderation head quits as departures alarm the FTC
• Insider: Read the 2:30 a.m. email Elon Musk sent to staff, his first, announcing the end of remote working at Twitter
• AP News: Slavery, involuntary servitude rejected by 4 states’ voters
• CBS: Connecticut judge orders Alex Jones to pay another $473 million to Sandy Hook families

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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