LIVE from TYT on Current: Dinesh D’Souza and the Ryan/Akin bills

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Dinesh D’Souza: ‘Obama wants to reduce America’s footprint on the world’ Cenk challenges Dinesh D’Souza’s claims that President Obama is reducing the influence of the United States worldwide and purposefully saddling the country with debt. “You can’t say that Obama, for 5 years, is simply carrying on the Bush legacy. Obama has had the chance to leave his footprint on …

LIVE from TYT on Current: Akin’s “legitimate” problem, Romney taxes, and a ‘hell’ of a punishment for a valedictorian

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#ToddAkin, only ducks can prevent pregnancy from #legitimaterape Michael Shure, Dorothy Lucey and Ana Kasparian break down Rep. Todd Akin’s claim that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancy from “legitimate” rape. It turns out that  it can be done — but not my humans. After doing some research, Lucey says, “Apparently, a duck can do this. A duck can will itself …

LIVE from TYT on Current: ‘Snark Week,’ voter ID laws, and Chavis Carter

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‘Snark Week’ gets bloody as both campaigns get nasty and Biden stands his ground Candidates and surrogates from both campaigns got nasty this “Snark Week,” with insults flying from all directions. Cenk and Michael “Epic Politics Man” Shure weigh in on Joe Biden’s defiant non-apology and the racial undertones of Republican talking points. http://bit.ly/OZjMUO In some US states, it’s easier …

LIVE from TYT on Current: Paul Ryan created the deficit, Paul Ryan votes no on women, and David Seaman talks TrapWire

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Paul Ryan created the deficit, though he claims to hate big government If Cenk were President Obama, here’s how he would attack Mitt Romney’s newly announced running mate, Paul Ryan: Point out again and again that he voted for bills authorizing massive spending — including for TARP, the economic stimulus, bailouts for GM and Chrysler and $1.26 trillion for wars …

LIVE from TYT on Current: Right-wing hates Romneycare, Alan Grayson, and NYPD surveillance

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Right-wing can’t resist eating their own over Romneycare defense After a Romney campaign spokesperson seemingly defended his groundbreaking health care plan while governor of Massachusetts, right-wing talkers from Rush Limbaugh to Ann Coulter began eating their own. “Why are they doing this?” Cenk asks. “It’s because Romney’s health care plan is identical to Obama’s health care plan, and they’re like …

LIVE from TYT on Current: Welfare and race, Mudcat Saunders, Texas executes man with low IQ

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Romney’s new attacks on welfare sound a lot like racist comments from Reagan, Limbaugh Mitt Romney’s new ad attacking President Obama’s plan “to gut welfare reform” sounds a lot like attacks on poor Americans from other conservatives from President Reagan to Rush Limbaugh. “It’s not like Ronald Reagan didn’t know the racial context,” Cenk says. http://bit.ly/OMQ8lQ Democratic strategist Mudcat Saunders: …