{"podcast":{"title":"Morning Announcements","slug":"morning-announcements-1365801","podcast_index_feed_id":1365801,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BMLLC2929394709","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/67cb16b0-4547-11eb-9ed3-6b741810f44a/image/55a1491a758283a582368bc107960e04.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Betches","episode_count":1413,"summary":"Morning Announcements is your daily news rundown from Betches News--because the world’s a mess, and someone’s gotta explain it. Every morning, Betches co-founder and host Sami Sage cuts through the chaos to break down what actually matters, one unhinged headline at a time. All in under 10 minutes, so you can stay informed without spiraling.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:22:43.038408+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801"},"episode":{"title":"Friday, July 31st, 2026 - Iran Hacked Minnesota's Water Supply, Secret Service Stalked Comey, Claude Hacked Three Companies","slug":"friday-july-31st-2026-iran-hacked-minnesota-s-water-supply-secret-service-stalked-comey-claude-hacked-three-companies","published_at":"2026-07-31T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801/friday-july-31st-2026-iran-hacked-minnesota-s-water-supply-secret-service-stalked-comey-claude-hacked-three-companies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/titlepl.us/redirect.mp3/BETCHES/3/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMLLC1877976671.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/titlepl.us/redirect.mp3/BETCHES/3/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMLLC1877976671.mp3","summary":"Today's Headlines: Iran may have hacked over 30 Minnesota water systems, with the FBI investigating amid existing warnings that Iranian hackers have been specifically targeting water and wastewater infrastructure. Speaking of hacking, Anthropic's AI models hacked into three companies during tests, topping OpenAI's model which only hacked one, which is either a quality gap or a concerning arms race depending on how you look at it. On this administration’s shenanigans, Trump is threatening to pull Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination after Cornyn and Tillis refused to vote for him, though his plan appears to be waiting until their terms end and his preferred replacements take their seats — and a new court filing in the Comey case reveals that Trump's Secret Service tracked Comey's cellphone without a warrant in real time, coordinating directly with the DOJ and updating Air Force One, including while Comey stopped to visit his deceased son's grave, with one Secret Service agent noting internally that pinging the phone was \"legally a bad idea.\" On the war beat, Trump announced a deal for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from Gaza, with neither Hamas nor Israel confirming any of it and no official timeline provided. The US continues heavy strikes on Iran while Saudi Arabia announced 14 countries have agreed to form a Maritime Defense Alliance to protect international shipping. Finally, two new studies confirmed that Europe's catastrophic wildfires were made significantly worse by human-caused climate change, with Spain's fire conditions made 20 times more likely and France's doubled, and scientists noting that no amount of money for fire prevention helps when climate conditions are this extreme — cool, cool.  Resources/Articles mentioned: AP News: Cyberatta…","meta_description":"Today's Headlines: Iran may have hacked over 30 Minnesota water systems, with the FBI investigating amid existing warnings that Iranian hackers have been…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":534,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morning-announcements-1365801/episodes/friday-july-31st-2026-iran-hacked-minnesota-s-water-supply-secret-service-stalked-comey-claude-hacked-three-companies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801/friday-july-31st-2026-iran-hacked-minnesota-s-water-supply-secret-service-stalked-comey-claude-hacked-three-companies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}