The Young Turks, June 26, 2013

The Young Turks: June 26, 2013

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Supreme Court strikes down vital parts of DOMA.  The Court also dismissed Prop 8’s case in California, which will allow it to be challenged again.  Antonin Scalia’s hateful dissent. Mashup of Republicans lamenting the decision by the Court.  Many Conservatives put out statements and tweets filled with dramatic fears to the decision. President Obama called the plaintiffs of Prop 8 while they were live on MSNBC to congratulate them.  Limbaugh claimed that no one in this country has been denied the right to get married since marriage is defined as man and woman.  Glenn Beck and Rand Paul speculated that Muslims will come into our country and want to have 3 wives.  After the Senate passed a bill that would provide tons of border agents to watch the southern border at a cost of $46 billion, Sen McCain bragged that the militarized nature of the border will be comparable to the Berlin Wall. President Obama’s aggressive climate change speech yesterday wasn’t covered very much at all by cable news networks.  The Weather Channel is the only station that played the entire thing.  MSNBC played only 40 seconds, while Fox played 4 minutes.  Fox went on to advertise climate deniers while Obama spoke.

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Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered a Republican-led bill that would eliminate nearly every abortion clinic in the state.  Despite GOP’s attempts to lie and cheat, it was held off until it passed the midnight deadline.  Paula Deen’s continuing attempt to clear her name after allegations of racial discrimination came to light. Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been arrested and charged with murder.  Forbes’ most powerful celebrities list. A Mexican amusement park has an attraction that mimics an illegal border crossing.  A bikini-clad coffee shop was busted for prostituting one barista to a cop

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Bonus Episode, June 26, 2013

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Ana and Gina.  Discussion of whether or not they would ever give accused murderer Aaron Hernandez a chance at dating if he were acquitted of all charges.

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