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The Young Turks

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The Young Turks is Home of The Progressives. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and a host of progressive voices deliver the news and provocative commentary. Whether you are seeking a breakdown of current events, politics and the mainstream media or just a quick laugh, the TYT daily podcast will always keep you informed and entertained.
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Crony Leaves Congress

Devin Nunes is suddenly resigning from Congress to be the CEO of Donald Trump's media and tech company that's supposed to challenge Big Tech. Trump is very upset with Mark Meadows' "effing stupid" book that exposed him. The Blaze interviewed white supremacist and anti-semite Nick Fuentes and asked him if he’s ever been with a woman. An ‘Influencer’ wants to use her prison sentence to lose weight and do yoga after flying in a private jet to the Capitol riot. Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola Hoste...

Dec 08, 202159 min

Santa Bring Ammo

The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect are being held on $500,000 bond each after an hours-long manhunt. Rep. John Yarmuth slammed Rep. Thomas Massie for a photo Massie tweeted celebrating guns in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Michigan. Kim Iversen thinks the sweet, angelic image of the Michigan school shooter being used by the media is a conspiracy against white people. Chris Cuomo, newly fired from CNN, faces an allegation of sexual misconduct. Based on data compiled b...

Dec 07, 202154 min

Wannabe Dictator DeSantis

The parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the rampage. Democrats have promised legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and preempt the Texas law, but they’ve chosen to leave it sitting with a congressional panel. Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, has proposed an extraordinary plan to create a state paramilitary unit that he, rather than the federal government, would control. Tucker Carlson pretended not to know what...

Dec 04, 20211 hr 2 min

Psaki Bomb

Investigators revealed their concerns about the behavior of the Michigan high school shooting suspect leading up to the tragedy. The Michigan school shooter's mom wrote an open letter to Trump in 2016, thanking him for preserving their 2nd Amendment rights, and celebrating his sexual assault. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question from Fox News’ Peter Doocy by unloading on former President Donald Trump over his secret positive Covid test and handling of the coronavirus. Se...

Dec 03, 20211 hr 2 min

The Brothers Dim

Bernie Sanders said President Biden's Build Back Better bill is a huge gift to the rich. Democrats want Joe Biden to turn up the heat on Republicans. Nine GOP-controlled states have passed laws requiring exemptions for the Biden administration's vaccine mandate or banning private companies from requiring vaccination altogether. Leaked text messages show Chris Cuomo sought ‘intel’ on media coverage about accusations against his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A Boise State professor s...

Dec 01, 20211 hr 3 min

For Pete's Sake!

Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that the omicron COVID-19 variant will “inevitably” hit the United States. The director of the National Institutes of Health stressed that the newly emerged coronavirus variant "ought to redouble" vaccination efforts and other mitigation strategies. Fox and Friends hosts suggest the new Covid variant was made up by the Democrats to help President Biden. Kamala Harris is not popular, so the Biden administration is looking at someone else to run for president instead o...

Nov 30, 202157 min

All Three Guilty

All three of the men accused of chasing and killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery have been found guilty of murder in the jogger’s death. President Biden will spend Thanksgiving week at a private equity billionaire’s Nantucket home. The U.S. labor shortage is being exacerbated by immigration drastically slowing down. The CEO of Dollar Tree announced that his company is raising prices to $1.25 at stores across the United States. The head of the Oklahoma Republican Party called on Republican National ...

Nov 25, 202155 min

Justice for Ahmaud

Defense attorneys rested their case in the Ahmaud Arbery trial Thursday after calling just seven witnesses, including the shooter, who testified that Arbery did not threaten him in any way. Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney says it is 'disgusting' that Republicans are trying to trade on his client's 'celebrity.' A Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, turned into a scene of deadly horror when a red SUV plowed into a crowd on the city's Main Street. Two longtime, conservative Fox News commentators h...

Nov 23, 202154 min

Not Guilty

Jury Finds Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty | House Dems Pass Build Back Better With No Gop Support | Mccarthy’s 8-Hour Speech Against Popular Policies | Ohio One-Ups Texas W/ Even More Draconian Abortion Law Hosts: John Idarola, Cenk Uygur, and Morgan Harper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Nov 20, 20211 hr

Unreal Time

New Poll: Most Americans Want The Gop To Win In 2022 | College Dems Debate Statement Leader Made As 13 Yr Old | Maher Regurgitates Right-Wing Crt Talking Points | Elijah Mcclain’s Family Will Receive $15m Settlement | Qanon Shaman’s Lawyer Calls Out Donald Trump Hosts: Ana Kasparian & Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Nov 18, 20211 hr 3 min

Evil or Incompetent?

By voting no on the infrastructure bill, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set off a fierce debate among NYC residents eager to see the subways improved. Arizona Kyrsten Sinema did a rare interview where she talked about her negotiating style, disagreeing with her party and fashion critiques. Senator Joe Manchin boasted that the ‘coal market has never been hotter.’ Ben Shapiro told a crowd in Florida 'wokeness is destroying America.' President Biden is asking for an investigation into oil ...

Nov 17, 202157 min

Inflation Nation

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers published a warning for Democrats that urged them not to dismiss inflation as “transitory.” Wall Street is set to see the biggest bonus increases since the Great Recession after a busy and profitable 2021. On-time mail delivery has plummeted under Postmaster Louis DeJoy - forcing veterans to wait longer for prescriptions, seniors to scramble to pay bills without their Social Security checks, and communities to feel less connected. Women in the U.S. are ...

Nov 16, 202156 min

Corporate Media Cartels

Moments before the closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed one count of illegal possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed National Economic Council director Brian Deese Sunday over the impact of inflation on American families. The U.S. hid an airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria. In a new midterm election poll, Republicans lead Democrats by the largest margin in forty years. Former Trump adviser Michael...

Nov 15, 202153 min

Told You So

According to a new poll, the latest version of Build Back Better — the renegotiated $1.75 trillion compromise designed to win the votes of centrist Democrats such as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema — is significantly less popular than the original, $3.5 trillion proposal that preceded it. Tulsi Gabbard said that the prosecutor in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial clearly didn’t do due diligence before making the decision to prosecute. Forty-three percent of Republican res...

Nov 11, 202155 min

Vigilantē Tears

Abby Martin confronted Nancy Pelosi at #COP26 for overseeing massive increases in the Pentagon budget - a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined - while touting "historic" leadership on climate change. Kyle Rittenhouse testified that he "didn't do anything wrong" when he shot Joseph Rosenbaum. OPEC and its oil-producing partners have rebuffed President Joe Biden’s calls for increased production amidst rising fuel prices. A Black principal of a majority-white Texas high school, who has been ...

Nov 10, 20211 hr

Hillbilly Fruitcakes

Literal Facepalm Moment In Rittenhouse Murder Trial | NRA Execs Call Supporters “Hillbillies,” “Fruitcakes” | Republican Posts Anime Of Him Violently Killing AOC | After Death Threat, Republican Throws Graham Under Bus | Meadows’ Plan To Punish Repubs Who Helped Biden | Dems Want To Repeat Losing Trump-Focused Strategy | Prager’s Jaw-Dropping Claim About Aids And Anti-Vaxxers | Trump Gets Triggered By, Freaks Out At Chris Christie | Hawley Doubles Down On Calling Men Weak, Lazy Pervs | Musk’s Ow...

Nov 09, 20211 hr 3 min

Big Bird v. Big Turd

Hosts: Francesca Fiorentini & David Shuster Big Bird got his Pfizer shot, and conservatives, including Ted Cruz, are calling it vaccine "propaganda." Former President Trump doubled down on his criticism of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans who voted in favor of passing a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. White House adviser hijacks Fox News interview to blast "absurd" and "disrespectful" Peter Doocy. Residents of heavily Trump counties were more ...

Nov 08, 202156 min

Ro Khanna Talks Reconciliation

Rep. Ro Khanna Joins TYT Exclusively To Talk About The Dual Infrastructure Votes The House has Planned for Today. John Iadarola and Caroline Johnson join Cenk to Discuss These Stories: Media Tells Jayapal That Popular Policies Are Unpopular. Does she respond accordingly? An Ex-FDA Commissioner says the New Covid Pill from Pfizer Is The End Of The Pandemic. Stephen Crowder Reenacts Rittenhouse Shootings As A Game. The FEC is Letting Foreign Money Bankroll U.S. Ballot Initiatives. Hosts: John Idar...

Nov 05, 20211 hr 5 min

Milkgate

Pentagon Forgives Itself For Deadly Drone Strike Error. Anderson Cooper Attacks Progressives, and Pramila Jayapal Basically Just Sits Back and Lets Him. CNN’s Big Story: A Family’s 12 Gallon Weekly Milk Budget Is High Because They Have Like A Million Kids. Jury In Ahmaud Arbery Killing Has Just One Black Person On It. Even the Judge Says It’s Messed Up. Juror Dismissed in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial for Making a Really Insensitive Joke about Jacob Blake, then the Judge Goes On Insane Religious Rant. ...

Nov 04, 20211 hr 1 min

Blame Progressives

The mainstream media is predictably blaming progressives for electoral setbacks suffered by Democrats in Virginia, New Jersey and Minnesota. Zillow is trying to offload around $2.8 billion worth of houses onto investors after it bought them with the intent of selling them to hopeful homeowners and landlords. More than 140,000 Amazon drivers may be repaid nearly $60 million in alleged withheld tips. Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer said his killings were in self-defense. Police unions in New York said 1...

Nov 03, 202157 min

They're Lying To Us

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian Cenk & Ana call out all Progressives, and lay out the terms for Pramila Jayapal's resignation from “We are finally at the place we have been asking for — demanding over the last several months — which is two bills moving together in the House and we’ll get them both done,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal says. Sen. Joe Manchin was a headliner at a secretive Coal CEOs’ meeting. Cori Bush vs Joe Manchin. Democratic voters say they’d rather have someone else as 2024 nomine...

Nov 02, 202157 min

Progressives Cave

Justices will hear arguments in two challenges to Texas’s new abortion law. Elon Musk has offered to sell some of his Tesla stock "right now" if the UN can prove that $6 billion will solve world hunger. A billionaire, who hates the wealth tax, said 'there's no sympathy for billionaires' and the ultra-wealthy are being attacked 'for no reason.' Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed Senator Rick Scott over his supposed concerns about the national debt and deficit by asking the Florida lawmaker if he wo...

Nov 01, 202159 min

Crude Lies

Exxon is desperate to keep people from realizing it lied about climate change. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand took another run at Senator Joe Manchin on the Senate floor over his opposition to paid family leave, which he succeeded in getting removed from the Democrats’ reconciliation bill. Adam Kinzinger, outspoken GOP Trump critic, won't seek reelection for his U.S. House seat. A Capitol officer who assisted a Trump rioter on January 6th has resigned after messages between the two were discovered. ...

Oct 29, 202158 min

Cuts & Cosplay

Here’s the $1.85 trillion framework that Biden got the corporate Dems to agree to for now. As of Thursday morning that two crucial holdouts, Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, had yet to commit to voting for it. There’s nothing left in the bill and progressives should vote no. Rep. Jamaal Bowman Slams Manchin’s ‘Completely Unacceptable’ Opposition to Paid Family Leave: ‘He’s Regurgitating Talking Points From the 1980s.’ Don Lemon Bluntly Asks Democratic Rep....

Oct 28, 202157 min

Corporate Communism

Joe Manchin is telling colleagues he has deep concerns about a proposed “billionaire tax” but is waiting for more details before making a final decision. Pramila Jayapal digs in on her stance to not vote for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill until there is enough agreement on the reconciliation bill and both bills can be voted on. Fox News guest says poor people “don't realize how wealthy they are.” Anti-Chevron crusader Steven Donziger has been denied reprieve and he must report to prison. Isr...

Oct 27, 202157 min

Don't touch me

Paid family leave, one of the hallmarks of President Joe Biden's social safety net agenda, is in jeopardy of being pared down once again or even cut from a major spending bill over a lack of support from Joe Manchin. Democratic leaders are telling members to embrace the spending bill, even as progressives see several major policy goals get tossed. Kyrsten Sinema was confronted by a self-described constituent as she walked through an airport. The border patrol agent who posted a doctored sex phot...

Oct 26, 202157 min

Don't stop Believin'

Lawyer, scholar, educator, and author Anita Hill joins The Young Turks to discuss her new book #Believing and more. Democrats may ditch Medicare expansion and paid leave in last-minute social spending talks. The key to President Biden’s climate agenda is likely to be cut because of Joe Manchin's opposition. Wisconsin lawmakers slowly peeling away child labor laws. January 6 protest organizers say they participated in ‘dozens’ of planning meetings with members of Congress and White House staff. H...

Oct 25, 202155 min

How About Zero?

Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders got into a heated argument over the reconciliation bill, with the West Virginia Senator saying he's comfortable with spending a dollar amount of "zero." President Biden says Kyrsten Sinema isn’t on board for raising “a single penny” in taxes on the wealthy. Biden is also open to eliminating the filibuster on voting rights "and maybe more." The voter-fraud hunt in Texas just blew up in Republicans’ faces. Conservative host Candace Owens calls for the U.S. to invade ...

Oct 22, 20211 hr

Toilet Trouble

A billionaire who supported Trump in 2020 says he talks to Joe Manchin every week and urges him to ‘stay tough.’ Arizona State Police are recommending charges for the protesters that followed Sen Sinema into the bathroom. Five Veterans quit Kyrsten Sinema’s advisory council in protest. Bernie Sanders to Host “What’s in the Damn Bill” online panel discussion about Democrats’ package. AOC warns that Corporate Lobbyists would love people to ‘Give Up Before the Deal Is Done.’ ‘You Are WEAK!’ Don Lem...

Oct 21, 202159 min

Manchin Leaving?

Joe Manchin threatens to leave the Democratic Party. Biden discussed a $1.9 trillion top line number for the economic package and told Democrats free community college is out. John Deere workers strike as company rakes in record profits. After a tweak was made to the law that allows the Pentagon to give war machines to local police depts, many are now citing natural disasters and climate change to get the equipment, only to use them to intimidate and attack citizens. Hosts: Ana Kasparian Hosted ...

Oct 20, 202159 min
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