October 7, 2013 Hour 2

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Cenk reads indiegogo donor names. Three off-duty NYPD officers were involved with the group of bikers who assaulted an SUV driver in retaliation for plowing through the group of bikers earlier. The officers may have been doing undercover work. The Nebraska Supreme Court denies a sixteen year old foster child’s request for an abortion. The judge claimed the child was not “mature” enough to make that decision independently. Offensive anti-Hillary Clinton buttons are spotted and tweeted about at the California GOP convention.

Cenk reads a #TYTLive tweet and Cenk and Ana go on a Breaking Bad tangent  (minor spoiler alert). A 26 year old man with Down syndrome was killed in a confrontation with three off-duty police officers when the disabled man was attempting to see a movie for a second time without a ticket. Physical and sexual abuse of the disabled community is rampant. Ladar Levison, the founder of Lavabit, refused to provide the FBI with crypto keys for their investigation of Edward Snowden. Lavabit had to shut down operations in order to comply with a court issued gag order and maintain the secrecy of its cryptography.

Lauren Mayberry of the band Chvrches responds to online trolls who made rape threats against her. There is a double standard when it comes to women with an online presence as there really isn’t a male analog for rape in this context.

 

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