Via Naked Capitalism: “…under Bush, the 1% captured a disproportionate share of the income gains from the Bush boom of 2002-2007. They got 65 cents of every dollar created in that boom, up 20 cents from when Clinton was President. Under Obama, the 1% got 93 cents of every dollar …

Via The Huffington Post: “Roger Ailes made a jaw-dropping comment about CNN’s Soledad O’Brien during a college lecture on Thursday night. The Fox News chief was speaking to journalism students at the University of North Carolina. In the question-and-answer segment of the talk, he referred to O’Brien as “that girl …

Is porn star James Deen luring teen girls to porn? That was the suggestion made on ABC’s Nightline. Ana Kasparian, neuroscientist Cara Santa Maria, and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks – is Deen the new Ron Jeremy? http://www.salon.com/2012/02/03/porn_is_coming_for_your_daughter/ More Cara: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cara-santa-maria https://twitter.com/carasantamaria Subscribe to The Young …

Did comedian Sarah Silverman post ‘before and after’ photos of her abortion? No, it was a joke relating to the attack on women’s rights by the Republican party. Ana Kasparian, neuroscientist Cara Santa Maria, and Cenk Uygur explain on The Young Turks. http://jezebel.com/5901670/sarah-silverman-winkingly-posts-before-and-after-abortion-pix?tag=dirtbag More Cara: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cara-santa-maria https://twitter.com/carasantamaria Subscribe to The …

Via Think Progress: No one is arguing that raising children isn’t work. Democratic strategist and CAP Action board member Hilary Rosen is a single mother of twins who had to go through the expensive and challenging process of adoption with her then partner Elizabeth Birch. Now, she’s trying to stick …

Via Yahoo News: “Mitt Romney linked North Korea’s failed rocket launch to the Obama administration in a statement released late Thursday night, saying the president’s efforts to appease the regime have “emboldened” Pyongyang…”. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down the absurdity of Mitt hitting Obama after the failed …

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer chastised Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and made her double-down on her apology to Ann Romney for saying Ann had ‘never worked a day in her life’. The Romney campaign has spun the comment into a ‘war on moms’, desperate to drive attention away from the Republican …

Via The Washington Post: ” Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he “felt terror” as he shook off his bodyguards and rescued a next-door neighbor from her bed last night in a burning, smoke- filled apartment…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more from Elise Young and …

Via The Raw Story: “Republicans have made headlines this year by demanding that people collecting unemployment benefits and public assistance be subject to drug testing. Now Iowa Republican state senator Mark Chelgren (Ottumwa) proposed Thursday that people who receive child support payments should also be drug tested if the person …

Via The Huffington Post: “In a move that will no doubt rankle the efforts of anti-gay institutions, the psychiatrist who published a controversial 2001 study proclaiming that “highly motivated” gay and lesbian people could change their sexual orientation is now retracting his initial claims. Psychiatrist Bob Spitzer, who had ironically …