“In the wake of a judge’s decision not to block Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID law, Mike Turzai, the Republican legislator who made headlines in June when he said the law would help Mitt Romney win the state in November, repeated the falsehood that the state has a history of election …
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Women Sexually Harassing Men At Work
“With the American workforce majority female for the first time, and the number of women in management jobs having doubled between 1983 and 2002, the number of harassment and discrimination suits filed by men has also shot up. More women in power, it seems, means more complaints about women abusing …
Read More »Anti-Semitism Fail: Csanad Szegedi To Resign From European Parliament?
“When one’s political career is premised on virulent anti-Semitism, one can expect a hard fall when he discovers his own Jewish roots. Csanad Szegedi, a former member of Hungary’s ultra-nationalist Jobbik Party, might want to consider a new job track. Forced to resign from the party after discovering he is …
Read More »Smuggled Sperm Used By Palestinian Prisoner’s Wife
“A Palestinian prisoner has fathered a son after his sperm was smuggled out of prison and his wife received artificial insemination, his family says…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. *Read more here from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19268638 Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us …
Read More »Paul Ryan Loves Crony Capitalism
2012 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan accused President Obama of ‘crony capitalism’. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur explains why Ryan lives in a glass house. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/paul-ryan-fundraising_n_1791799.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012 Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OkX87X Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/
Read More »Anti-Muslim Ads Hit NYC, SF
“Fresh off a legal victory in New York that allowed anti-Arab, anti-Muslim ads to go up on city buses, the nation’s leading anti-Muslim activist, Pamela Geller, has brought the offensive message to San Francisco. The ads, which were rejected in New York by the Metropolitan Transit Authority before a judge …
Read More »Nike ‘Greatness’ Ad Exploiting Fat People?
Does Nike’s ‘Greatness’ Ad Exploit Fat People? That’s the question some are asking. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks. Read more here from Bonnie Rochman: http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/13/does-nikes-greatness-ad-featuring-an-obese-boy-exploit-fat-people/ Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OkX87X Buy TYT …
Read More »Compliance: Most Disturbing Movie Ever?
“Halfway through a special screening of “Compliance,” the deeply unsettling new film from writer/director Craig Zobel, a woman stood up, yelled out, “Give me a f*cking break,” and walked out of the theater. As the film progressed, other women joined her. At least eight by one count, although in the …
Read More »Mitt Romney Dreams Of Tax Shelters With Paul Ryan
What did Paul Ryan say that got 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney daydreaming about tax shelters during a 60 Minutes interview? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur shares a fun/accurate new ad by American Bridge PAC. http://www.americanbridgepac.org/2012/08/newsroom/presidential/video-romneys-cayman-daydream/ Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: Follow …
Read More »What The F**K Is Cenk Saying?
New fans of The Young Turks might not understand what Cenk means by ‘ha siktir’, so Uygur explains in a segment with co-host Ana Kasparian. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OkX87X Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/
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