Bonus Episode, October 9, 2013

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Fox News makes a pathetic and cynical attempt to appeal to women and younger viewers with Megyn Kelly’s new show. Does maintaining eye contact for extended periods of time make you feel awkward? There are stories of a real life Jason Bourne. Awesome.  

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The Young Turks, October 9, 2013

The Young Turks: October 09, 2013

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Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. The government shutdown situation has been rolled back to DEFCON 4. There are a few enormous indicators that the GOP will negotiate over the debt ceiling. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, FreedomWorks, a Koch brothers PAC, and a Murdoch spokesman have all indicated that the GOP will not let the government default due to pressure from the financial sector. Representative Paul Ryan had originally planned to use the debt ceiling negotiations as leverage to cut from social programs including “Obamacare”. Senator Ted Cruz’s antics foiled Ryan’s plot with an obstinate plot of his own. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi along with Senate Majority leader Harry Reid are both perplexed by President Obama’s negotiation tactics during the shutdown. It looks like another “supercommittee” is on the horizon in order to arrive at a “grand bargain”  to resolve the shutdown. Wolf Blitzer actually challenges a Republican on CNN. Senator Tom Coburn claims to be apolitical and says not raising the debt ceiling will not lead to a default. Riiiiiight. The list of what the government considers “non-essential” during the shutdown is appalling. The list of items the government is deeming “essential” is even worse, namely the services and programs that directly affect the lives of politicians. Surprise, surprise. Mechanical bulls are essential, right? If you thought the Citizens United decision was bad, just wait until you hear about the McCutcheon V. FEC case. A US Supreme Court ruling in full favor of McCutcheon and the conservative position could effectively remove all limits on private donations for wealthy individuals and corporations toward political campaigns and PACs. This could possibly lead to the legalization of unthinkable government corruption. Get money out of politics. Visit Wolf-PAC.com! Heed the howl.

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Ana Kasparian joins Cenk for the second hour. Cenk gives an Indiegogo campaign update. Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets. An 8 year old is tased to death by police in South Dakota after threatening to hurt herself with a knife. The passengers on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco were so absorbed with their phones that they failed to notice a gun-toting man who went on to commit murder. Are smartphones taking over our lives? A homeless man in Boston returns $40,000 to its rightful owner and is rewarded with $148,000, raised from an online campaign. Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets. An unpaid intern at a New York media outlet will not be able to file a sexual harassment suit because she was not considered an employee. This law obviously needs to be changed as interns deserve the same legal protections as full fledged employees. Are unpaid internships as a concept in general acceptable? Do the contributing bloggers at The Huffington Post deserve compensation? A man from Texas pulls an “Old School” and fakes his own violent kidnapping to spend some time away from his wife. The man was charged with a misdemeanor count of false report to a police officer and will face jail time. 4 malnourished children in the Denver area were neglected so severely that they were found in a home covered in cat feces and could only communicate with each other using a language of grunts.  

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