The Young Turks, May 29, 2015

The Young Turks: May 29, 2015

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Today’s Power Panel for both hours Ben, John, Cenk, Jimmy Dore hosting. In a new poll from Quinnipiac, leading the pack for the Republican ticket are Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, and Dr. Ben Carson all tied at 10 percent. Another sign of improved diplomatic relations, Cuba is now officially off of the United States list of state sponsored terrorism. More of the same reckless behavior from Wall St. is still happening, from a poll by Notre Dame,with 23% of people who knowingly observe others, pursuing financial misdeeds, and 25% would do insider trading with a big pay and no arrest. Video of a cop from Minneapolis telling a black kid that he feels like arresting him and will break his legs.

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Sepp Blatter has prevailed over the FIFA scandal by winning re-election as President of the organization and thanked the organization, along with receiving a standing ovation from his acceptance speech. Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has been indicted for paying someone $1.7 million to keep hush over sexual abuse when he was a teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois, along with C SPAN video of a caller by the name of Bruce calling in to talk to Hastert. Male Silicon Valley tech workers have been shown to be more vulnerable and disconnected on issues of love, sex and relationship towards women, according to sex therapists from the area. A muslim televanglist  from Turkey answers a letter about masterbation and claims that your hands will get pregnant in the afterlife from masterbation. Lawmakers in the state of Nebraska have abolished the death penalty, with state legislators overriding a veto from Gov. Pete Ricketts, who is pro death penalty. Nebraska is the first conservative state in more than four decades to abolish the death penalty.

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