Corruption Nation

The Young Turks

Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 3 min

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As ordinary workers across the United States watched inflation eat away at modest wage gains in 2021, many corporations—including firms contracting with the federal government—used record-shattering profits to lavish their CEOs with bigger pay packages and reward shareholders with billions of dollars in stock buybacks. Elon Musk has accused Twitter of committing a “material breach” of his $44 billion agreement to buy the company and has threatened to terminate the deal, in the clearest indication yet that the world’s richest man is preparing to walk away from the takeover. The Washington Post has suspended political reporter David Weigel without pay after he retweeted a joke last week that was widely considered sexist, and divided the paper’s newsroom. Legal claims have shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett. “I’m not going to help you:' Transcripts revealed a man drowned in Tempe Town Lake as police watched.

Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur

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