The Young Turks July 31, 2014 Hour 1

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Cenk hosting. Bill Weir tweets about EPA hearings in Denver. He attacks Fox News for running ignorant headlines about climate change. Conservatives are upset at Facebook for violating their liberties. Their solution is to make their own Facebook, Reaganbook. Conservatives describe it as “the Facebook for patriots”. The site’s life was brief, and was taken down earlier in the day. Steve King accuses immigrants of abusing birth control and sending their daughters down “The Rape Path”. Lenar Whitney running for Congress in Louisiana self-proclaimed herself “the Palin of the South”. After an interview, she literally ran out of the building to get away from the questions. Interviewer states that she is “the most frightening candidate I’ve ever interviewed”. It has recently been revealed that the CIA was spying on the Senate’s computers while the Senate was investigating them. John Brennan originally denied the accusations, however reports were recently leaked that the CIA did hack into Senate computers. It seems that no actions are being taken to hold the CIA accountable for this breach of privacy. Discussion of the situation in Israel and the major talking point that Gaza belongs to Israel and it cannot be called occupation if it is Israel’s right to own it. Religious US Senators continue to back Israel despite the atrocities being committed. Benjamin Netanyahu’s book about terrorism perfectly describes Israel’s occupation of Gaza. Netanyahu continues to accuse the media of “Rationalizing and apologizing” for Palestinians. UN worker Chris Guinness extremely concerned with bombing of another UN school. While talking about the situation on TV, he broke down crying. Joe Scarborough finally turns against Israel’s actions. Israeli citizens seem to still be completely backing the war. Holocaust survivor Gabor Mate speaks out against Israeli actions.

Show notes by Griffin Freitas

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