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HBO's Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 9 S05E09 ("The Dance Of Dragons") is reviewed.

Find out what Ben Mankiewicz, Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola of Think Tank think in this discussion and review of HBO's Game of Throne's season 5 episode 9, "The Dance Of Dragons"!

What was your favorite scene in this episode? What do you hope to see happen in season 5? Who do you think will be the next to die? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 12, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com

Hour 1: Cara, Cenk, and Ben hosting. Nancy Pelosi disagrees with Obama on big labor policies. Cenk says the big picture is money. Republicans and democrats work together all with ulterior motives. Cenk thinks Obama is ignorant of his own wrongdoings, preaching change on the outside, and continuity on the inside. Seinfeld says colleges are too PC, his daughter and friends overuse “that’s racist” “that’s sexist. Ben appreciates the honesty. Cara stresses context on the situation. Whoopi Goldberg says comics are offensive by nature, but is aware of sensitivities. Cenk agrees that comics are comics, “give ‘em a break!!”. Cenk reads poll from TYT app.

Hour 2: Hannah joins Cara, Ben and Cenk for SCS. First man to have successful penile transplant conceives baby. Alamo man has sex with horse, gets his leg broken. Columbia University graduate Emma Sulkowicz publishes film which she warns “may resemble rape.”

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 11, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Hour 1: John Iadarola and Jimmy Dore hosting. A Secret Service agent has been placed on administrative leave for sending lewd text messages to an unnamed DC Staffer after working an event that Michelle Obama was attending. The texts were sent 9 hours after the completion of the event, while he was off the clock. John doesn’t understand the reason for the uproar. Jimmy is torn, and understands why a boss may fire an employee that is doing this. For over a decade, UN Peacekeepers have been bartering relief aid for sex in countries they are sent to for help. Haiti victims were specifically detailed in these findings. Idaho legislators are proposing the Bible to be used for a litany of school subjects as a guide to learn them. Some outrageous ones include science, geology, law, and math.

Hour 2: Becca Frucht joins John and Jimmy for SCS. A Nobel Prize winning scientist and professor caught hell for sexist comments about his frustrations in working with “girls.” He has since lost his job. Discussion on where his intentions were in his statements. Michigan’s GOP governor has allowed adoption agencies to deny same sex couples rights to adoption based on their religious beliefs. An elderly couple has been busted for being Kingpins of a huge pill dealing organization.

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 10, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Hour 1: Cenk and Iadarola hosting. John delivers positive updates to several previous depressing stories TYT has covered. Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on women to only leave the house with a male chaperone. Iran has lifted a ban on its women from attending sporting events. Kansas has removed the $25/day maximum ATM withdrawal amount for welfare recipients. The Mississippi family that was arrested and charged for cheering on their daughter at graduation have been set free without a ticket. Fox Business’ Stuart Varney got into a debate with an anti-fracking documentary creator on his show. Videos of their discussion, which led to Varney kicking his guest off the show. A Saudi blogger that was convicted of insulting the government and Islam through electronic channels is having his sentence of 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison taken out. Video of his 1st 50 public lashes being delivered.

Hour 2: Becca Frucht joins Cenk for SCS. An Indian Prime Minister tried to compliment a female member of government on her stance against terrorism, but prefaced it with, “despite being a woman.” His inadvertent mysoginism sent Twitter into a mocking frenzy. An Australian straight couple have decided to divorce as a protest to acceptance of same sex marriage. They point out that it disrespects traditional marriage. A kid from Kazakhstan pursues a romantic gesture, by dressing up as his girlfriend, so he could take her college exams.

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 9, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com

Hour 1: Cenk hosting. George W. Bush charged up to $250,000 to speak at a homeless shelter. King vs. Burwell is the latest Supreme Court battle from conservatives to eliminate the subsidies that Obama care provides for people who have medical insurance. Republicans are figuring out how to blame Democrats in eliminating the subsidies, like a tweet from Sen. John Thure. Cenk goes “Cenko Unchained” over the Republicans plan and how the mainstream media is not pointing that out.

Hour 2: Becca and Jimmy join Cenk for SCS. Jimmy talks about seeing a bizarre Gallagher show a couple of days ago. The man that called the police to the pool party in McKinney TX is being mercilessly mocked on Twitter for his fearful call. Two NYPD officers pulled over and cuffed a man. His cell phone caught them admitting to each other that they don’t have a reason to arrest him, and that they would just make something up. Video of the crime.

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 8, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Cenk hosting. Story of McKinney Texas police officers harassing, and attacking Black teenagers at a pool party. Videos of one particular officer that threw many of the kids on the sidewalk, pinned one girl on the ground for talking back, and pulling his gun on the outraged kids. Cenk talks about the background of the officer that had many police brutality videos saved on his YouTube page. Some of the racist homeowners spoke out in support of the cops’ overreactions.

The SC cop that killed Walter Scott has been indicted for murder. Huge elections in Turkey resulted in President Erdogan’s party losing the Parliamentary majority in significant fashion. The Rand Corporation has done a study on the economic effects of peace vs more violence in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestine. If peace occurs, Israel would gain $120 billion, while Palestine would gain $50 billion. If conflict continues, Israel would lose $250 billion, and Palestine’s economy would drop by over 40%. Rick Perry went on FTN and complained about Wall St banks being allowed to run roughshod with no regulation, right before complaining about too much regulation on banks…small ones. Rick Santorum went on Fox News and got his ass handed to him on his flat tax proposal, telling the Pope to leave climate science up to scientists, and his complaining about not being invited to Fox’s GOP debate. Videos of the grilling.

Electile Disfunction Segment. Ted Cruz has invited one lucky campaign supporter on a shooting excursion with him as part of a sweepstakes. One curious caveat is that the winner will have to take part in a background check even though Cruz voted against expansion of background checks. His campaign gave a bunch of senseless reasons for this hypocrisy. Lindsey Graham told CNN that Caitlyn Jenner is welcome in his Republican Party even though he’s against many rights Jenner wishes to enjoy. After Hillary Clinton seemingly endorsed a $15 minimum wage, she backed out of the assertion when it made news. After Bill O’Reilly learned that a large majority of millennials get their news from Facebook and the internet in general, he spoke to Bernie Goldberg about his outrage and disdain for young people’s cluelessness.

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Cenk and Ben sit down and discuss if Dick Cheney roots for Petyr Baelish in Game of Thrones, and how Sepp Blatter and Roger Goodell compare. Ben theorizes that sometimes backroom deals are necessary to get things done in government. Cenk counters with the evils of Chris Christie's backroom dealings. The FIFA arrests are explored and why the FIFA executives should be scared. How does familiarity of newsmakers effect objective journalism? Cenk has no interest in Gwyneth Paltrow's social club. Who was more influential, Kramer or George Costanza? Cenk explains how Julia Louis-Dreyfus earned her fortune and Jamie Dimon did not. The guys argue: Is it blow-dryed, or blown-dry? How important is "happy wife, happy life." Finally, Cenk taught his son the importance of making power rankings.

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HBO's Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 8 S05E08 ("Hardhome") is reviewed.

Find out what Ben Mankiewicz, Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola of Think Tank think in this discussion and review of HBO's Game of Throne's season 5 episode 7, "The Gift"!

What was your favorite scene in this episode? What do you hope to see happen in season 5? Who do you think will be the next to die? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 5, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Hour 1: Power Panel with Cenk, Jimmy, Ben and Jimmy Dore. Marco Rubio told Fox’s Outnumbered that he is not in favor of nation building, but is in favor of building nations. Video of his confusing points. Glenn Beck continues to lose his mind. Video of Beck talking about the Black Robe Regiment of ministers that are willing to walk into sure death to serve God over man. A new EPA report claims that fracking doesn’t pose a massive risk to our drinking water. The operative word is “massive” as it admitted that it does contaminate water, but it hasn’t affected widespread amounts of water in the nation. Cenk is torn, and doesn’t know if he should trust the EPA, while Jimmy isn’t confused at all, that this report is flawed since the fracking companies didn’t cooperate. Louie Gohmert complained about President Obama’s handling of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by quoting some radical leaders’ comments about wiping Israel off the map. Video of Gohmert accusing Obama of being an accessory to terrorism.

Hour 2: Ana replaces John for SCS. An opponent of Caitlyn Jenner disputed her courage by comparing her to men with real courage, soldiers. He posted a picture of a couple of soldiers in battle to illustrate, but didn’t realize that it was a sculpture created by an artist that has endured ridicule and near death beatings for cross dressing as a woman. A researcher has discovered that financial dependence affects whether or not someone cheats. In every variable, men are more likely to cheat when they are more dependent, and when they are the breadwinner. A California Geometry teacher is under fire for asking his students to take a selfie with their parents’ sex toys for extra credit. After one student pulled off the feat, the teacher shared it with the class. Cenk and Ben wouldn’t fire this teacher, while Jimmy and Ana would fire him immediately.

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A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 4, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Hour 1: Cenk and Ana hosting. Nature Box plug. A study showed which career fields tend to be full of Republicans vs Democrats. Ted Cruz was speaking to a supportive crowd at a campaign stop and made a few jokes about VP Biden. Videos of his jokes, and him walking away from a reporter that asked him why he chose to target Biden during his time of grieving over his son’s death. Cenk gives him the benefit of the doubt that he possibly forgot the horrible news about his son until he saw him walk away from the question. The anti-choice legislation that Scott Walker is planning on signing includes language that would allow the father of the baby to sue the doctor for “emotional distress.” This comes right after Walker claimed women that are raped get over it in the 1st couple of months of the pregnancy, so its ok to force them to carry out the pregnancy.

Hour 2: Meundies plug. Video of Tara Lynn Belcher from South Carolina loses her nerve against a customer by calling him the “N” word because she says she’s “an angry bitch”. Video from AJPlus goes into exploring the definition of “terrorism”. Comedian Amy Schumer recently received the trailblazer from Glamour magazine with an acceptance speech from Amy, claiming in receiving “a lot of dicks”.

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