The Young Turks, March 24, 2016

The Young Turks: March 24, 2016

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Wonder where Al Franken is and why he’s suddenly so silent and complacent. Fox News ran a piece hitting Hillary Clinton on multiple fronts, and used footage from TYT’s interview with Sanders to drive some points home. They didn't realize that they were helping to spread Sanders’ message. Video of the FNC piece. An internet generated robot has conversations with real people and learns their thought processes. With the voice of a teenaged girl, the robot has learned that Trump is a deity from internet trolls. The Family values Gov of Alabama is in hot water after audio of a racy phone call with his mistress was released. Cenk is disappointed in the tame nature of his phone sex. North Carolina lawmakers passed a law overnight that would prohibit cities in the state from creating nondiscrimination laws that would grant equal rights to LGBT citizens. A JetBlue flight attendant tried to smuggle 68 lbs of cocaine onto a flight. When she was pulled aside for a search, she freaked out and took off running. Video was released online of two off duty NYPD officers arresting a Black mailman that yelled at them when they almost hit his mail truck.

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Cenk hosting. Bernie Sanders has been picking up momentum and is tied in National polling with Clinton. He surprisingly has beat Donald Trump in polls in red part of Utah. No matter what polls say, establishment continues to not recognize Sanders’ increasing success. Trump has back and forth twitter drama over Ted Cruz’s wife--calling her unattractive. Ted Cruz responds by complimenting both Trumps wife, and his own wife Heidi. Video of Ted Cruz defending wife against Trump’s attacks with movie quote “Out of your league.” Voting fraud in Arizona. Cutting back on voting locations in county where fraud occurs, making numbers of people at each location increase and become more difficult to regulate. Result--last vote cast after midnight when polling places closed at 7pm. Almost four hours after close, hundreds of people still in line to vote, causing frustration and more chaos with voting process. Video of Maricopa County recorder Helen Purcell claiming voting issue was not their fault and was instead a result of too many people in line. Cenk hosting. Lawnmower debacle--Man loses leg after shooting lawnmower packed with explosive. Italian fire chief in this region of Georgia says it has become common to get 2-5 phone calls a week about explosions and harm due to gun use. TX official posts fake pic of Obama in Che Guevara shirt. The original shirt refers to Math equations. According to poll, 63\% of Facebook and Twitter users get their news from these social media outlets. Many assume what they see and read is true. Cenk discusses fact-checking in digital journalism, and how much social media “news” people believe is true--perpetuating misinformation. Meme trends for each presidential candidate, and the differences between democratic and republican vernacular. Turn now to police and intelligence force in Belgium. Belgian ministers resigning bc they ignored warnings of bombers. Fingerprints believed to be the culprits discovered. Elizabeth Warren went on a warpath against Donald Trump and the GOP that are now against the monster they created. She then spoke about how to defeat this sentiment while calling him a Loser.

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Bonus Episode, March 24, 2016

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Funtime with the soundboard and the origins of the soundclips. Ana dives into the upcoming season of Game Of Thrones.

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