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TYT on Current TV Feb. 29 Highlights
Wall Street bonuses drop 14 percent, so bankers cry about losing Aspen vacation homesCenk calls out Wall Street employees whining about the 14 percent drop in their cash bonus pool. Although 2011 bonuses were at their lowest since 2008, the average Wall Street employee still took home $121,000 in cash, according to NY State Controller Thomas DiNapoli. "You've got to have a sense of perspective, and these guys don't have it," Cenk says. "They feel like they're owed everything." bit.ly/yVctNF
Mormons perform proxy baptisms to help release the dead from 'spirit prison'
Author Latayne Scott helps Cenk shed light on why Mormons keep baptizing the dead, including Anne Frank and slain journalist Daniel Pearl -- two Jewish people. Scott says, "Mormons believe you can't go to the highest level of heaven, or to any level of heaven, unless you've been immersed in water." Since the dead have missed the opportunity, Mormons believe standing in for dead individuals is doing them a great service. bit.ly/A7gQ8j
Is the White House responsible for changing the conversation on climate change?
Sam Seder and Amanda Terkel join Cenk's Power Panel to talk climate change. After more than 12 different billion-dollar natural disasters in world last year, is it time to admit that climate change is an important issue? "At the end of the day, scientists say this is what we can expect, and then we see it," Seder says. "The real problem is that the press is just not talking about the broader issue." Terkel points out, though, that "part of the reason it's out of the media is that the White House and Congress aren't addressing the issue at all." bit.ly/AcmqKp
TYT on Current TV Feb. 28 Highlights
Virginia's ultrasounds-for-abortions bill only exempts rape and incest victims who have a police reportCharniele Herring, the minority whip of the Virginia state assembly, tells Cenk that the slightly less terrible ultrasounds-for-abortions bill, which passed the state senate, is still deeply problematic. While the bill no longer mandates a trans-vaginal ultrasound, and includes an exception for victims of incest or rape -- as long as they have a police report -- Herring says it's a "humiliating" test meant to intimidate women. "This is now tantamount to state-mandated assault on a woman," Herring says. "This was never about science," Cenk says. http://bit.ly/z38ZmI
'Rolling Stone's' Michael Hastings: Homeland Security monitored Occupy Wall Street, Wikileaks emails show
Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings tells Cenk how the Department of Homeland Security monitored Occupy Wall Street activists, according to emails from private intelligence contractor Stratfor that were released by Wikileaks. Hastings asks, "Do we want our taxpayer dollars going to the government monitoring what should be a natural part of the democratic process?" http://bit.ly/y1x9bF
Corporate tax rate was 12.1 percent in 2011 -- a 40-year low
Cenk does the math to prove how totally right Warren Buffett was to say that corporations aren't being taxed as heavily as average Americans. In fact, corporations had a 12.1 percent effective tax rate in 2011 -- a 40 year low. In many cases, corporations are actually getting what amounts to a refund. "At the end of all this, they're still bitching about, 'Oh, we didn't get enough of a tax break.'" http://bit.ly/yeJ3AT
TYT on Current TV Feb. 27 Highlights
Granholm on Michigan primary: 'Romney has gone so far to the right, I don't know how he walks it back'Michael Shure talks to Current correspondent David Shuster, on location in Michigan, and Jennifer Granholm, the state's former governor (and now host of "The War Room"). "Romney has gone so far to the right, I just don't know how he walks it back," Granholm says. "People are loathe to predict [the Michigan outcome]." http://bit.ly/yn5tu1
Will GOP candidates' right turn on social issues ultimately help Obama?
Michael Shure and Power Panelists Rashad Robinson from Color of Change and Benjy Sarlin of Talking Points Memo talk about whether the "Culture War" issues brought up by GOP candidates might ultimately be good for President Obama. "This isn't a debate that even looks good for them to be having with the economy the way it is right now," Sarlin says. Robinson says, "The Republican candidate who ends up winning the nomination won't have as much time to move back to the middle." http://bit.ly/xZ19SM
Dan Savage helps us pick a #SantorumCodeName for his new Secret Service detail
When Mitt Romney got Secret Service protection, on viewer contributed code name "RoboCorp," which has become a favorite nickname for TYT. With Rick Santorum now getting his own detail, we asked you for #SantorumCodeName suggestions, and you delivered. Even Dan Savage, the architect of Santorum's "Google problem," sent in his pick. Plus, a gay Marine was welcomed home with a passionate kiss by his partner in a post that went viral this weekend. http://bit.ly/yeTtoH
Epic Guest Host Michael Shure on his first time in the host's hot seat
"Epic Politics Man" Michael Shure debriefs his first time stint as guest host for Cenk Uygur, who is out sick. "This was a long day," Shure admits. "When I heard last night that I was doing the show, I was obviously incredibly nervous. What Cenk does is unbelievable." Ben Mankiewicz gives Shure high marks. "Somehow I wasn't worried," he says. http://bit.ly/xhTU5z
[BLOG] Santorum gets Secret Service, so the TYT Army help pick some #SantorumCodeNames
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Hollywood Violence, The Pentagon, & Marlon Brando Oscar Rejection (The Point)
Mimi Kennedy (actress, Midnight In Paris) makes a point about how Hollywood exports violence abroad, and Jordan Zakarin (writer/editor, The Huffington Post) shares his thoughts on the cozy relationship between the film industry and the Pentagon. The final point is on what may be the most controversial moment in Oscars history involving Marlon Brando and Native Americans. Cenk Uygur (host, The Young Turks) leads the discussion with Mike Farrell (actor/activist/writer - president, Death Penalty Focus), Tina Dupuy (managing editor, CrooksAndLiars.com), and Ed Rampell (film critic and author, 'Progressive Hollywood').
TYT on Current TV Feb. 22 Highlights
Who benefits from a war with Iran?Cenk breaks down which people would benefit from war with Iran. U.S. military and intelligence officials are against the country getting involved in conflict, but evangelicals, neo-conservatives, oil speculators, and defense contractors all have a lot to gain. Cenk points to the $3 trillion spent on the Iraq war to help explain what. "Somebody made that 3 trillion dollars," Cenk says. "It didn't just come out of our pockets and go nowhere. It went into someone else's pocket." http://bit.ly/yZ8YzH
Rep. Yasmin Neal fights the war on women with an 'anti-vasectomy' bill
Georgia Rep. Yasmin Neal joins Cenk Uygur to talk about her bill seeking to ban male sterilization. Neal says she hasn't experienced vehement opposition to the bill so far, though some Republican members of Congress also aren't taking the proposition seriously either. "It's funny that when you say, 'hey, let's control men's bodies,' everybody's like, 'oh, that's pretty funny,'" Cenk says, "but when you go to control women's bodies, they're deadly serious." http://bit.ly/wTFM28
Tricia Rose and Raul Reyes disagree with Cenk that affirmative action 'reinforces stereotypes'
USA Today's Raul Reyes and Professor Tricia Rose join Cenk's power panel to debate whether the U.S. is ready to eliminate affirmative action. Cenk worries that keeping the legislation paints minorities as people who always need extra help. He says, "at some point, we're reinforcing the stereotype." Rose thinks the national conservation has been distorted to make it seem "that fundamental white rights are being reduced. And that's not it at all." Reyes thinks preferential treatment beyond race should be investigated. "Why don't we start looking at the preferences given to legacy students?" Reyes says. "They receive many preferences and special needs that are not given to everybody." http://bit.ly/A1kaIc
TYT on Current TV Feb. 21 Highlights
Rick Santorum actually 'thinks he knows what Satan's up to'Rick Santorum continues to bring the truly crazy in an increasingly insane GOP primary field. In 1999, he compared a ruling upholding Roe v. Wade to the shootings at Columbine High School. "God protect us from predators who can do whatever they want to do with us," Santorum shouted on the floor of the Senate. Cenk says, "You run that campaign and see how badly you get slaughtered in the general election. The country's nowhere near as extreme you... This guy thinks he knows what Satan's up to. He thinks we're in a war with Beelzebub. The guy's a lunatic." http://bit.ly/ygPbUO
Cenk interviews Sandra Fluke, the woman Congress was afraid to let testify about access to contraception
Cenk talks to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who was scheduled to testify before Congress about access to contraception, then bumped in lieu of...five men. Fluke tells the story of her friend who had to have an ovary removed because she was not able to get medically necessary birth control that could have shrunk her ovarian cysts. "So, women lose their ovaries and I guess Rick Santorum throws a party, 'cause he doesn't give a damn?" Cenk says. "This is really a women's health issue. Who would know better, your doctor or Rick Santorum?" Fluke will testify this Thursday in a hearing called by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, though Republicans have vowed to block televised coverage of the hearing. http://bit.ly/A8rTrg
Could Jeb Bush save the GOP from their own terrible field of candidates?
Michael "Epic Politics Man" Shure and Cenk talk about the potential of a third Bush presidential candidate. After the "underrated" George H.W. Bush and the "worst president ever" George W. Bush, can Jeb "the smart brother" Bush save the GOP from the not-Romney mess they've gotten themselves into? http://bit.ly/xPjtwa
TYT on Current TV Feb. 14 Highlights
Andrew Breitbart: 'I stand by precisely what I said' about Occupy protesters to 'raping people' (Interview, Part 1)Cenk talks to Andrew Breitbart about a video that captures him yelling "stop raping people!" at Occupy protesters outside the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). "I stand by precisely what I said," Breitbart says. http://bit.ly/xBxveF
Andrew Breitbart: It's OK to smear Occupy, because Tea Party has been unfairly portrayed (Interview, Part 2)
Cenk talks to Andrew Breitbart about a video that captures him yelling "stop raping people!" at Occupy protesters outside the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). "What I'm trying to understand is if you're doing it on purpose, like you know you're being unfair, or do you think you're being eminently fair?" Cenk asks. "Do you really think you can smear the whole movement?" Breitbart answers, "I'm being too fair. Fair is playing by the same rules that you and NBC and 'The Huffington Post' played against smearing the Tea Party." http://bit.ly/yQ1iiR
On Iran coverage, Greenwald says 'whoever has any tension with the U.S. is inherently the evil party'
Cenk interviews Salon.com writer Glenn Greenwald about the similarities between warmongering arguments in mainstream media about Iran and those made about Iraq. "The campaign and the propaganda are still similar," Greenwald says, "but the government seems to be lagging behind rather than driving the propaganda. The way that the American media looks at the world is very nationalistic. It's very simple-minded and very kind of xenophobic. The idea always is that whoever has any tension with the United States is inherently the evil party." http://bit.ly/zH3Hxp
'The Young Turks' crew tells Cenk he was too easy on Andrew Breitbart
Cenk and "The Young Turks" celebrated their 10th anniversary by inviting one of the most hated conservatives in America on the show: Andrew Breitbart. But in true keeping it real fashion, Ana Kasparian, Michael Shure, Jayar Jackson and Jesus Godoy aren't about to let Cenk off the hook for going easy. http://bit.ly/yl9TCd
Worst Drunken Experience?
CLICK HERE to WatchYeah, yeah, you've probably had much worse experiences drinking than Ana or John (off the top of their heads, anyway.) We want to hear about them!
John details how he made the most of a magic show and defiled the George Carlin experience, while Ana used her feminine charms to gain VIP access.
What about you? What are your worst, best, most disgusting, and most epic stories of drunken excess? Comment down below - or even better, send us a video!
Oh Carolina! Weekly Enewsletter
Hey TYT Nation!It was another week on the GOP presidential campaign trail, and therefore another week of Cenk practically jumping up and down like an excited schoolgirl relating a juicy piece of gossip as he covered yet another crazy, unpredictable Republican primary in South Carolina:
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TYT on Current TV Jan. 25 Highlights
GOP pushes ineffective, revenue damaging cuts to IRS, even as tax code gets more complicatedCenk looks at Romney's tax returns as a case study in how rich people avoid paying more in taxes. With income of more than $57,000 a day -- without a paying job -- Romney pays less in taxes than most Americans. It helps that Republicans have pushed for lower funding for the IRS, even though studies have shown that government auditors can find almost $10,000 in owed taxes for every hour worked. David Cay Johnston explains that with more complex tax laws and a larger population, the IRS actually needs more staff. http://bit.ly/zsdd8a
'I'd rather have promises Obama doesn't keep than promises Republicans might keep'
Cenk asks his Power Panel -- Michael Shure, Richard Eskow and Robert Borosage -- whether President Obama's strong State of the Union showing is a sign he can win re-election in November. "The guy I saw last night -- I thought, that guy may be able to fight back and make his case and actually beat Mitt or Newt," Cenk says. Eskow praises Obama's "fighting speech" but says it's time for him to think a couple steps ahead -- otherwise the GOP line will be ,"Nice guy, doesn't deliver on his promises." Shure says, "I'd rather have the promises that he doesn't keep than the promises that the Republicans might keep." http://bit.ly/yqelpP
MegaUpload indictment strikingly similar to Napster rhetoric, but this time DOJ does the dirty work
MegaUpload owner Kim Dotcom, who was arrested in New Zealand, was denied bail until an extradition hearing in late February. Rhetoric in this case and that against Napster 12 years ago is strikingly similar -- except the RIAA sued Napster and the site stayed open for two years of court wrangling. Compare that to the DOJ's pre-emptive shutdown of MegaUpload.com. "Industry going over to the prosecution's side and shutting these sites down is outrageous," Cenk says. http://bit.ly/xyQrY3
TYT on Current TV Jan. 24 Highlights
Obama has to be the adult in the room, no matter how angry he isEvery person on our Power Panel -- Tina Dupuy, John Fugelsang and Zaid Jilani -- has a different opinion on what President Obama should and will say during a major speech such as the State of the Union. Cenk says "I would come out and say, 'These bankers have been screwing you, and no more Mr. Nice Guy. And if I need to, I'm gonna break their goddamned kneecaps." Fugelsang says, "As a black man, he's got to work twice as hard because he's being judged by so harshly." Dupuy points out that Rep. Boehner pre-emptively called Obama's speech "pathetic." "No other president has had to deal with this," Dupuy says. "He has to be the adult in the room." http://bit.ly/x9WywF
Robert DeNiro would never settle with big banks that caused housing crisis
Since the beginning of the housing crisis in 2007, 7.5 million homes have been foreclosed, with another 1.9 million in foreclosure. "Not a lot of help has arrived for homeowners," Cenk says, and even a proposed $25 billion settlement with bank owners -- which might give blanket immunity to banks for any wrong-doing -- doesn't come close to the total $700 billion negative equity on houses in this country, and doesn't address the issue of executive pay. Robert DeNiro's got something to say about that: "Clean up, go home." http://bit.ly/zgdER9
LAPD coordinated with CIA, former chief Bratton tells 'The Young Turks'
Former New York City police commissioner and LAPD chief William Bratton joins Cenk to talk about his new book, "Collaborate or Perish!" Despite recent criticism of the NYPD for unauthorized coordination with the CIA, Bratton says that communication can be an important strategy. "In dealing with information intelligence as it relates to terrorism, the CIA has a lot of information that is appropriate for use by American police forces," Bratton says. At the LAPD, "We had interactions with the CIA in the sense of meeting from them from time to time, certainly, just in order to make them aware of our capabilities and our needs. There is nothing that precludes that." http://bit.ly/yMRp3Q
TYT on Current TV Jan. 23 Highlights
'Food stamps' went up 63% under Bush and other stories you missed on 'The Young Turks'Cenk on Newt Gingrich's giant elbow from the sky on Mitt Romney in South Carolina -- and how Romney's trying to fight back. Even two years of tax info from Romney might not help him against Gingrich's "food stamp" assault on Obama. "Sixty-three percent increase of food stamps under Bush, which no one talks about," Cenk says. "And by the way -- who gave us the goddamned recession?" For more of "The Young Turks," watch weeknights at 7/6c. http://bit.ly/wsvS4Y
Should liberals root for Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich?
Cenk asks his Power Panel -- Karl Frisch, Thomas Schaller and Michael Shure -- whether liberals looking for the best GOP candidate for President Obama to go up against should choose Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. Shure says, "Democrats have thought all along that Mitt Romney would be the tougher opponent, but I'm not sure I agree," and Cenk agrees. "People have forgotten how much they hate Newt Gingrich," Frisch points out, when his unfavorables were somehow even higher than they are today. "Newt will get the base fired up," Schaller says, "but a vote cast with intensity counts the same as a vote cast reluctantly. It doesn't matter how juiced up the conservative id is. The votes in the middle are going to matter." http://bit.ly/wec4F1
Giffords' YouTube resignation a viral hit, but no one's talking about guns
Rep. Gabby Giffords posted to YouTube her announcement that she will resign from Congress this week to focus on further physical recovery from being shot just over a year ago. The video racked up nearly 400,000 views in its first day online, and yet among almost 12,000 Tweets we analyzed via our partner Crimson Hexagon, only about 300 even mentioned guns. "They shot her with a gun, and there was 33 bullets in that gun," Cenk says. "What happened after the shooting? What kind of legislation did we have? What kind of proposals did we have? Nothing. Nothing." http://bit.ly/wcZPBs
Obama squandered a year of potential gun reform after Giffords shooting
In this exclusive commentary, Cenk talks about President Obama's promised policy proposal on guns in the wake of Rep. Gabby Giffords' shooting last year. "Guns are a tough issue" for Democrats, Cenk acknowledges, but even so the lack of true follow-up has been deeply disappointing. In an op-ed in the tiny "Arizona Daily Star," Obama wrote, "Hunting and shooting are part of our national heritage. And, in fact, my administration has not curtailed the rights of gun owners -- it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks and wildlife refuges." Cenk says, "It's really disheartening. People wonder why I get frustrated with the president. I don't have any personal animus. I wanted the guy to win. You should have seen the show when he won -- I was ecstatic... But he took that situation and, as usual, squandered it, because he was too afraid to take on the Republicans and the gun lobby." http://bit.ly/y3x5KK
Show Update & Fox News Most/Least Trusted News Source - Poll
Ben Mankiewicz and Ana Kasparian will be hosting the show today. Same bat channel, same bat time.
Fox news is the most and least trusted name in news according to the latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) TV News Trust Poll. What about CNN, MSNBC, Comedy Central, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and PBS? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
TYT on Current TV Jan. 20 Highlights
Occupy Update: Romney tells S.C. activists that he'll get money out of politics by beating ObamaCenk interviews Tim Liszewski from Occupy Columbia, S.C., about the battle against Gov. Nikki Haley, who kicked Occupy out of the statehouse grounds in a move that was struck down by a federal court. Liszewski has been bird-dogging candidates and spoke to both Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney about getting money out of politics. Santorum blamed union contributions and Romney said his plan was simply to beat Obama. http://bit.ly/xetPaB
Obama's Al Green performance is one bona fide success of his administration
President Obama sang Al Green's "Let's Get It On" at a fundraiser -- but he's far from first official or candidate who's belted one out. Brian Unger and Jayar Jackson critique Obama's performance, "American Idol"-style, but when put head to head with others it's clear that in this respect Obama is above reproach. http://bit.ly/xGUScO
Save the whales movie 'Big Miracle' makes Cold War look friendly compared to American politics today
Ana Kasparian interviews Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski and Kristen Bell about their new save the whales movie, "Big Miracle" -- a true story from 1987 about Americans and Russians coming together to rescue California gray whales trapped by ice in the Arctic Circle. "If three whales were trapped together somewhere near Alaska today, would Democrats and Republicans come together to save those whales?" Ana asks. http://bit.ly/zaS0NN
Plenty of rich guys have been president -- but is Romney just too out of touch with his own wealth?
Guest host Brian Unger asks the Power Panel -- "Daily Show" co-creator Lizz Winstead, Amanda Terkel and Ari Berman -- whether Mitt Romney is simply too rich to be a viable candidate for president. While plenty of wealthy men have occupied the White House, all the panelists agree Romney seems particularly out of touch. "I think maybe that dog ate the tax returns," Winstead says. "The bigger issue is somebody who is the son of a rich guy who never learned about noblesse oblige." Terkel points out that Romney's father released 12 years of tax returns as governor. "Mitt Romney isn't committing to that -- even though he often invokes his father," Terkel says. http://bit.ly/zvhWyc
SOPA On The Ropes! - Weekly E-Newsletter
Hey TYT Nation!
All of a sudden this past week, members of the mainstream media woke up to the very real threat posed by the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), most likely when they discovered Wednesday that they couldn't update their own Wikipedia pages. The horror! Of course, TYT has been ranting and raving about the topic for weeks. So welcome to the party, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC! Also waking up has been the Motion Pictures Association of America's president and top lobbyist Chris Dodd, who spent the past week angrily denouncing SOPA's opponents in the tech industry as "irresponsible." You remember Chris Dodd - he's the former Connecticut senator who retired in 2010, promising that he wasn't going to become a lobbyist. Here's Cenk's take on just where the former Democrat can cram his SOPA/PIPA thoughts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9ub2HNnlg
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TYT on Current TV Jan. 19 Highlights
Sh*t Erin Says: Is Burnett running for office in Wisconsin, or did she just steal their talking points?Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch is running ads about how the recall of top elected officials there is too expensive for taxpayers. That's ridiculous enough -- but wait until you see Erin Burnett's "OutFront" segment on CNN with almost the exact same language. "There isn't a Republican talking point that Erin Burnett didn't want to make out with," Cenk says. We've got a hashtag for this kind of mess: #shiterinsays. http://bit.ly/AwiHGw
Operation Rescue wants your help making a list of every U.S. abortion provider -- to 'hold them accountable'
Anti-abortion advocates Operation Rescue are crowd-sourcing the creation of a list with information about every abortion provider in America -- in order to hold them accountable, they claim. "It's not like pro-life fundamentalist extremists haven't done violence!" Cenk points out. "They've killed abortion doctors. They've done assassinations. They've literally done terrorism." Ana says, "In this country, we have an issue with right-wing extremism, but right now the government is ignoring that in order to tackle this non-existant problem of Muslim terrorism." http://bit.ly/ybltOR
Newt Gingrich's 'open marriage' is the worst example of family values ever & other stories you missed
On Thursday's show, Cenk covers the end of the Rick Perry campaign, Newt Gingrich's "open marriage" family values scandal, Herman Cain's endorsement fail, the major salaries ex-senators and representatives are making and more. Watch "The Young Turks" on Current TV, weeknights at 7/6c.
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