The Young Turks, July 24, 2013

The Young Turks: July 24, 2013

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Rep. Amash and John Conyers have teamed up to defund the portion of the NSA that allows the agency to collect phone data on people not under suspicion.  The Establishment lost its mind over this, including Michele Bachmann’s claim that the NSA isn’t compiling info on citizens.  Obama’s approval ratings are dropping, but Congress’ disapproval is at 83%.  57% of the people would replace every single member of Congress.  President Obama’s bipartisan compromise to remedy the student loan disagreement.  Cenk breaks down the sham part of the deal.  Obama took to Knox College to begin his speaking tour of getting ahead of the GOP’s talking points on the economy. Story of how major banks have thoroughly manipulated the aluminum market to jack up the price and make billions of dollars.Cenk announces the next TYT Meetup in San Diego.  Video of Steve King comparing the number of Latino immigrant valedictorians to the 100 drug smugglers with cantaloupe sized calves.  This statement was so off that Eric Cantor and Boehner spoke out against it.  It seems that President Obama is going to nominate Larry Summers to the head of the Fed.

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Due to a lot of the controversy surrounding Robin Thicke’s song Blurred Lines, an opposite version objectifying men has been created.  Cenk doesn’t agree with the assumption that the song is talking about raping women.  The identity of the newest woman/object of Anthony Weiner’s affection has been outed by Buzzfeed. A small PA town’s police chief has released several profanity-laced videos targeting Progressives.  A police officer in Texas was charged with assault for slamming a female pedestrian on the ground and knocking her teeth out. Jimmy Dore and Gina Grad join Cenk.

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Bonus Episode, July 24, 2013

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Gina Grad and Kim Horcher talk to Cenk about their experiences at ComicCon last week.  The difference between a nerd and a geek.  Videos of some of Kim’s interviews, including the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants, who is a big TYT fan.  

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