Bonus Episode, January 30, 2015

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The Young Turks, January 30, 2015

The Young Turks: January 30, 2015

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Cenk, John, Jimmy, and Brian Unger hosting. Mitt Romney has announced that he won’t be running for president for the 3rd time afterall. Despite his announcement, Jake Tapper pointed out the caveats within his announcement that indicate he’s leaving the door open, still. Video of Tapper making his case. Video of Stacey Dash on Fox News claiming that Romney is only playing chess because he’s a numbers guy. Cenk brings up his prediction that Romney’s attempt at a 3rd run would fail due to the rabid nature of his GOP opponents. Conservative blogs claim to have debunked the racial nature of Charles Blow’s son’s story of being harassed by Yale police since they discovered the cop was Black. Video of Charles Blow responding to this on CNN. Unger talks about being pulled over by Georgia cops. An Idaho bill designed to discriminate against the LGBT community has been voted down, sparking a heartfelt speech from a Republican on the committee that was previously against gay rights. After nearly crying over his newfound compassion, he declared that he will still vote against their rights. The army found itself in the middle of a PR nightmare when they tweeted a message about “chinks in the armor of technology” causing them to immediately take it down. Cenk thinks that although the term, chinks in armor has nothing to do with an Asian slur, it still makes people’s mind go there, similar to niggardly.  

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Ana replaces John for SCS. A NYT editor responded to criticism of the mainstream media and admitted that they totally dropped the ball on reporting the real news after 9-11, not being aggressive enough in asking questions about going into the Iraq War. Suge Knight has turned himself in after running over two people while trying to leave the set of a movie. One of the victims died of his injuries. Former Duke student, turned porn actress Belle Knox is planning on starting up a political career as a Conservative, formulating her stances behind Ayn Rand. Germany’s Supreme Court has ruled that children have the right to know who the father is from sperm donors,which trumps the donor’s right of privacy. Brimar College is in trouble for sending out BMIs to their female students,which some people think Brimar are fat shaming their students.

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