Cenk, Ben, John, and Jimmy hosting. President Obama announced a new initiative called My Brother’s Keeper, which would help young Black men get by the hurdles that they encounter early and often in life. Video of the president speaking about why this is important, and how he had a lot in common with some of these kids. Some of the …
TYT Feb 26, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk hosting. The heat surrounding the anti-gay bill in Arizona continues to pick up steam, even on Fox News where Megyn Kelly and Brit Hume were appalled to understand that this could even allow medical pros to deny assistance to gay citizens. If they had been watching the Young Turks, they would’ve realized that similar legislation has been getting advanced …
TYT Feb 25, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk hosting today. Pressure to veto the religious freedom bill is coming down hard on Arizona governor Jan Brewer from businesses. Cenk thinks this is a clear indication that she will definitely veto the bill, as money is what truly runs the Republican Party. McCain also pointed out that the entire business community is seriously galvanized behind vetoing the bill. …
TYT Feb 24, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk hosting. Rep John Dingell, the longest serving Congressman in American history is retiring. Cenk goes through the amazing facts surrounding Dingell. A new deal has been reached between Netflix and Comcast which requires Netflix to pay Comcast a huge amount of money to still have their same rate of service for their customers. Netflix did this to avoid being …
TYT Feb 21, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk, Ben, John, and RJ Eskow hosting. The violence in the Ukraine appears to be coming to an end as the opposition and government are coming to an agreement. Pictures of the degree of damage after the fighting and fires. President Obama is looking to clamp down on foreign tax havens that corporations use as a huge loophole to avoid …
TYT Feb 20, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from TYT Headquarters. Things are only getting worse in the Ukraine protests. The death count is now over 100 people. 67 police officers have been captured. There seems to be significant violent action on both sides and things seem to be spinning out of control and toward civil war. Massive protests are also occurring in Venezuela. Video …
TYT Feb 19, 2014 Hour 1
Cenk hosting. The Net Neutrality debate is back after bad news from several months ago after Tom Wheeler of the FCC stood up for a free and open internet. A push to restore voting rights for ex-felons that served their prison time has come forward due to the urging of Eric Holder and Rand Paul. Video of Eric Holder making …