President Obama, the Syrian civil war, and our dilemma. The NSA admitted that some agents purposefully violated their authority in the past. Obama speaking at a high school in Syracuse interrupted by protesters in favor of Bradley Manning. Does Obama get heckled too much? Chelsea Manning sent a letter to President Obama, asking for a pardon. Cenk thinks she is one …
August 22, 2013 Hour 1
Fox News Channel trying to create controversy by accusing Obama of a double standard between the Trayvon Martin case and the killing of the Australian baseball player. Fox News changing its tune with respect to birtherism now that Ted Cruz is the target. Brian Lewis was an Ailes subordinate, he left Fox News and might reveal some secrets, so Fox …
August 21, 2013 Hour 1
Bradley Manning sentence. Jeffrey Toobin, Glenn Greenwald and David Miranda. With the revelations and stubbornness of the NSA spying, the President is losing support of the youth in America. 60% of 18-29 y/o say that the information was helpful to the people, while only 36% of people over 65 y/o agreed. Up to 1300 citizens are reportedly dead from chemical …
August 20, 2013 Hour 1
A Mexican Congresswoman is catching heat for her comments about gay sex, deeming it unworthy of marriage since both partners can’t look each other in the eyes. More on the possibility of Janet Yellin getting the Fed job over Larry Summers. Neil Irwin of the Washington Post outlined some very positive characteristics of Yellin, claiming that they are negatives in …
August 19, 2013 Hour 1
Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda was detained for 9 hours in London’s Heathrow airport while returning from a trip where he met with Laura Poitras about the NSA spying program. Cenk points out that this move was obviously vindictive for Greenwald’s reporting. Greenwald promised to continue to report things even more vigorously. Michael Grunwald of TIME Magazine tweeted that he …
August 16, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk, Ben, and John hosting. Violence in Egypt between the military/police and Morsi’s supporters and protesters. Videos of unarmed protesters in Egypt being shot by the military opponents. The NSA broke tons and tons of privacy rules over the past several years, including circumventing the FISA Court, prompting some Congressional Democrats to finally react. Rush Limbaugh claimed that a person …
August 15, 2013 Hour 1
The end of The Young Turks on Current. Updates on the violence of Egypt with over 600 people dead, many Muslim Brotherhood supporters. The violence broke out right after a deal didn’t go through between the Brotherhood and the military Apparently, one of the reasons it didn’t work is because of the flippant way that Sens. Graham and McCain spoke …