A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from October 7, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Stand Your Ground is making a comeback in Florida, in which a defendant claiming “Stand Your Ground” can seek financial penalties for up to $200,000. The Federal Government will be conducting an extensive prison release program, with up to 600,000 prisoners, being released for nonviolent drug crimes. Video of Bill O’Reilly disputing the facts of childhood hunger in America, claiming that parents are abusing the program with the pursuit of having air conditioning and wide screen TVs in the household.

A few families are suing a school that ostracized their kindergarten and 1st grade students for not participating in the school’s morning prayer policy. A settlement has been reached in a case of a principal accused of hypnotizing several students that went on to commit suicide. A Michigan woman witnessed two men attempting to steal merchandise from a Home Depot, so she pulled out her gun and shot at them in the parking lot. They got away. Cenk imagines how quickly this will turn into the Wild West. Two sisters were caught on tape fighting on their raft while riding on rapids. Video of the fight that almost resulted in both falling into the raging water

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Cenk and Iadarola hosting. Fallout from Kevin McCarthy’s admission that the Benghazi panel was created to take down Hillary Clinton continues. Video of Hillary’s new ad using his words to spread the word. Cenk talks about how the media went along with the obvious use of the panel to hurt Hillary, but is now surprised. Video of Fox News panel that made the story about Hillary Clinton and her emails. Video of Clinton laying into the creation of the Benghazi panel at a town hall event. Cenk enjoyed Hillary finally getting upset. As Columbus day approaches, discussion about the horrific things that Christopher Columbus did, and why he should not be celebrated in America.

Ana joins Cenk for SCS. California approved legislation that would legalize doctor assisted suicide. A Facebook user posted a selfie at work that included a co-worker’s Black kid in the background, where he and his friends mocked the kid. When the post caught the attention of everyone on the internet, his employer caught wind of it and fired him, along with anyone else that mocked the boy. Cenk is blown away by the amount of racism that still exists. The Harvard Debate team faced off with prison inmates, and lost. The prison conducts these things to see if they’re properly giving inmates an opportunity to make it in the world after being released. Cenk talks about how we spend over $200 billion/year imprisoning people.

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

Cenk and Ana are hosting. Bombing in Afghanistan, Kunduz in a hospita with 9 people dead. Doctors without Borders had told American military that they were close to bombing the hospital. DWB had told military many times that they were about to bomb the hospital. The TPP has made a new deal, but are still under negotiation. The TPP is asking for 12 years.

Amber Rose gave an emotional speech about slut shaming. Wiz called her a slut in his song, however she did say Wiz apologized to her later. A babysitter who is 21 years old had sex with 11 year old boy, to which the father said it was ok. This went to court and the judge dismissed this case.

Umpqua Shooting Updates, Jeb!, Trump, Obama: The Young Turks 10.2.15

Ben, Wes, and John hosting. Opening conversation about Umpqua Oregon Community College. Firetalk drop. Updates on shooting, 9 people killed, 13 weapons found, all of the guns were legally obtained by shooter, or family members. Shootings were reported to be Anti-christian. Politicians do the obligated tap-dance around the mass shootings. President Obama says thoughts and prayers aren’t enough. That doesn’t stop this from happening yet again. This has become a numb routine, Obama went on to say, and was immediately criticized for politicizing the issue. the governor of Oregon has a lackluster response. Trump agrees, but doesn’t see a solution. Jeb also agrees.

An armed vet that was on the Umpqua campus, defends his lack of action during the shooting. Panel agrees that the chances of negatively affecting an already terrible far outweigh the odds of a heroic response from a civilian conceal carrying a gun. Bill O’Reilly gets called out on being on the wrong side of the planned parenthood conversation.

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Ben, Ana, and Iadarola hosting. A gunman opened fire on an Oregon Community College, where at least 13 people were killed, including the shooter. Talk about the number of mass shootings and school shootings that have happened this year, and since Sandy Hook. Bibi Netanyahu spoke to the UN today and focused on railing against the Iran deal. Video of his opening where he stood staring at the assembly for nearly 30 seconds without saying anything. Video of the crux of his speech where he called out UN countries’ silence on Iranian leaders’ call for the destruction of Israel, which included 45 seconds of “deafening silence.”

John leaves for SCS. Congress has neglected to vote on a 1st responder’s bill that would make the health care for the heroes of 911 permanent before it expired. Katy Perry invited a female fan up on stage during her performance in Brazil, only to be groped and kissed on in an aggressive manner. The few stories that picked the story up joked about it, which annoys Ana, since it wouldn’t be taken this way if it were a male fan groping Perry. Ben disagrees. The founder of the “Shout Your Abortion” campaign has gone into hiding after receiving tons of death threats. She openly spoke about her abortion to dispel the stigma associated with getting one. All of her info was posted online by the aggressors, too. Planned Parenthood reached out to help her find a place to lay low.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 30, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Rep Kevin McCarthy is gearing up for a run to become the next Speaker, so he went on Hannity’s show to prove his Conservative accolades. Video of McCarthy claiming that the Benghazi Committee was put together to tear down Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and he’s on board for that kind of leadership. During the Planned Parenthood hearing, Rep Grothman asked what the purpose is of Planned Parenthood since as a guy, he can go anywhere for healthcare. Bernie Sanders spoke out about how Pres Obama took too long to realize that the GOP hates him and will never work with him. John is comforted by Sanders recognizing the atmosphere, since Obama didn’t. Jeb Bush spoke with an NFL show on SiriusXM and voiced his support for the Redskins name. Video of his answer, claiming that Native American tribes don’t find it offensive, either. Coincidentally, Redskins owner Dan Snyder recently gave $100,000 to the Super PAC that supports Jeb.

Ana joins Ben for SCS. Apple app store has rejected an app called Drones Plus, that shows areas where drone strikes have happened. Apple claimed it was excessively crude, unentertaining, or objectionable content. 8 players from Iran’s female soccer team are being accused of being men posing as women. Iran is very open to gender reassignment surgery and trans issues. Ben isn’t buying that these players are transgender women, but simply men being put on the team as ringers. Discussion about the potential of this becoming an issue in American sports. The Saudi prince accused of raping a woman in his Beverly Hills home has posted the $300K bail and flew out of the country on a private jet. Ana doesn’t think it’s likely that he’ll return to face the rape charges.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 29, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Ben Mankiewicz and John Iadarola hosting. A study on presidential candidates showed that the more media coverage they receive, the higher they are in polls. Discussion on the lack of coverage on Bernie Sanders. Kim Davis’ attorneys and supporters have been pushing a picture of a gathering of 100K people in Lima, Peru, claiming it was out of support for Davis. Today, they’ve admitted that the picture was misleading, as it was of another event in Peru…an “honest mistake.” John goes through several other heroic pictures of Kim.

Azealia Banks is in the news after getting into an argument on a flight with a couple over luggage where she called the man a fucking faggot. Once she caught hell for her language online, she doubled down. Talk about bags while flying. A study out of Stanford found that people who look to deny the existence of White privilege tend to claim hardships of their own. They take White privilege to mean that they didn’t earn anything they have.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 28, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

John and Jimmy Dore hosting. Donald Trump released his tax plan today. Videos of Trump talking about how much his plan helps the Middle Class, despite the fact that it’s a giveaway to the rich and corporations. He also claimed that this is his wheelhouse, that no one else does this better than him. Discussion about how his plan actually continues to hit the poorest Americans. Jeb Bush’s tax plan is also being dissected. Video of Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace grilling Jeb about his plan giving more of a break to the richest compared to the small increase to the Middle Class. Fox News’ Doocy conducted a Fair & Balanced argument over the minimum wage or publicly listing citizens that are on welfare. Video of the discussion that ended with the Conservative claiming that people on minimum wage shouldn’t have kids.

Hannah Cranston joins John and Jimmy for SCS. Scientists have discovered flowing water on Mars, indicating a real possibility of life on the planet. A cereal cafe in London was being protested by anti-gentrification crusaders that are unhappy with this hipster style cafe opening in an economically lower community.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 25, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Ben, Iadarola, and Elliot from LipTV hosting today. John Boehner announced that he will be resigning from Congress, and relinquishing his role as Speaker. Ben thinks Boehner doesn’t want to deal with the craziness of the extreme Right that continues to push for radical moves like shutting down the government over Planned Parenthood. Reaction from Conservatives was excited and celebratory. Video of Marco Rubio telling the Values Voter Summit crowd the news, to thunderous applause. Heritage Action tweeted their approval, Cruz claimed Boehner is finally leading, Erick Erickson said that Boehner kept Conservatives shut out, Gun Owners of America even went after him, and FreedomWorks wanted people to RT if they ‘helped’ get Boehner out. Video of President Obama’s positive description of Boehner’s characteristics as he exits.

Some dry counties in KY have been found to have more meth labs. The moist and wet counties have lower numbers of meth use. A new study showed that people who fidget while sitting for extended periods negate the negative effects of sitting in one place.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from September 24, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.

Cenk hosting. The Pope spoke to Congress today and Cenk admits he kind of loves him. Reading through some of his progressive stances that clearly line up with Catholic belief. After the speech, the Pope greeted the huge crowd from a balcony and while standing next to him, Boehner couldn’t hold back tears. Video of this crying session as well as one moment where Marco Rubio appeared to be crying during the speech. Cenk doesn’t believe Rubio was crying when the subject was on immigrants. Just late last year, Rubio criticized the Pope for his stance on America working toward an agreement with Cuba. One Republican Congressman refused to attend the Pope’s appearance, claiming that since he’s acting like a Leftist politician, he’ll treat him like one.

Ana joins Cenk for SCS. After Kanye West mentioned that he wanted to run for president one day, Vanity Fair followed up on that assertion in a new interview. He pointed out that he’s really going to do it and needs to do his research in the next 5 years. He also said that Ben Carson is a brilliant guy, which prompted Cenk to determine that Kanye isn’t very bright. A young Mexican girl fought through adoring crowds to get a note to the Pope during his visit. Her letter detailed her concerns over deportation of her parents even though she’s an American citizen. Cenk can’t get over how this girl didn’t write this sophisticated letter. Former UFC fighter David Abbott is challenging Ronda Rousey to a match.