Cenk hosting. BeardGate with Cenk is over, he’s decided to not wear the scruff. Megyn Kelly beat Bill O’Reilly in the demo for a full week to be crowned the #1 show on FNC. Even though O’Reilly’s median age of viewers is 72, Kelly’s is 71.7. Video of Daughtry leaving Fox and Friends hanging on their live stage in front of the audience when they asked him to sing a patriotic song on the anniversary of D-Day. Since he left the stage, he got a lot of hate from fans and viewers, claiming that they wouldn’t buy anything of his ever again. He later clarified that he wasn’t ready and didn’t want to mess up the song and offend. Video of John Boehner fear mongering and claiming that we will lose more Americans due to the release of Sgt Bergdahl. Cenk points out the many other instances of prisoner trades that far outweighed this deal, especially when George W. Bush made a deal with Abu Sayyaf where he gave $300K to this terrorist group for 2 prisoners. News of Richard Nixon’s campaign reaching out to the South Vietnamese government to convince them to not agree to a peace deal to end the war with current President Johnson, but wait for him to win the election so that he could give them a better deal. This hidden action extended the war and got many more Americans killed. Al Gore outlined why he feels Edward Snowden is neither a traitor nor a hero, but is closer to a hero. When Hillary Clinton was asked about all of her paid speeches, she pointed out that they were not only flat broke, but in debt when they left the White House. After hearing how bad this sounds, she stepped back out to clarify that she didn’t mean it that way, and understands how blessed they are compared to most Americans. When asked about whether or not he felt the murderous Las Vegas couple are domestic terrorists, John Boehner refused to categorize it that way. A study on the most/least trusted name in news shows that FoxNews came in at #1, followed by all the broadcast news stations, and CNN. MSNBC trails. Cenk explains that this study is skewed based on the most recognizable name and people’s beloved ideology. A bill is being pushed to deregulate the banks in 4 different directions from 4 big entities, one being the Koch Brothers’ group. When it passed the House, 73 Dems jumped aboard, including 4 that co-sponsored the bill. These 4 got significant contributions from the financial industry to get them on their side. They’ve also specifically gone after a few members of the CBC, so that they can have liberal cover, claiming they have support from Black representatives.
Show notes by Jayar Jackson