The Young Turks, August 9, 2013

The Young Turks: August 09, 2013

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Ben's audition for a Clint Eastwood film.  President Obama speaking about a new level of transparency following the revelations of Edward Snowden . Discussion of whether or not Americans can change this trend of extreme spying.  The email service that Snowden has used has been getting extreme pressure from the American government, so it shut down in order to not cooperate with their hunt of the whistleblower. Alec Baldwin on MSNBC.  Florida Republican Rep Ted Yoho’s   idiotic beliefs about America’s credit problems.  Video of angry GOP Town Hall attendees. Video of the Australian Sarah Palin.  Louie Gohmert spoke at an event, claiming that radical Islamists are now learning Spanish so that they can pass as Hispanic and easily come into America.  You know, because we aren’t suspicious of people with Hispanic names entering the country. Cenk, Ben, John, and Wes Clark Jr hosting.

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Matt Damon voiced his disappointment with President Obama.  Talk about possible ways to change the system of simply choosing between someone like Obama and someone that is insane.  Forbes’ top 10 list of wealthy celebrities. A Florida man arrested for murdering his wife during an altercation and posting pictures of her body on Facebook.  Will he evoke Stand Your Ground?  Another case of potential Stand Your Ground in Florida where a Black teenager was being attacked and he used it to kill his attacker. PBS pulled the Citizen Koch film and the $150,000 in funding that had been promised. Crowdfunding effort had attracted a lot more money.

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