Thursday, January 5th, 2022

Today's headlines: Kevin McCarthy has failed in another 3 rounds of voting in order to become Speaker of the House. Congressional republicans are planning to attempt to eliminate House staff labor unions, while also making it harder to raise the debt ceiling. California declared a state of emergency yesterday after the third rainstorm in the past week hit northern and central California. The email addresses used to register 235 million twitter accounts have been posted to an online hacking forum. Finally for today, Rick Singer, aka the man behind the college admissions bribery scheme, has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: House adjourns without electing a speaker after negotiations among GOP American Prospect: House GOP Tries to Cancel Congressional Staff Unions Forbes: Here’s What Republicans Plan To Do As They Retake The House — Including Investigating The DOJ And Gutting The Ethics Office Washington Post: California declares state of emergency as another massive deluge hits Washington Post: Hackers leak email addresses tied to 235 million Twitter accounts AP News: College scam mastermind Rick Singer gets 3.5 years in prison  Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson