The Young Turks, June 20, 2014

The Young Turks: June 20, 2014

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The Sexy felon with the hot mugshot has gone viral over his picture.  Talk about his crimes and potentially violent gang history.  American Apparel founder has been ousted from his position over accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct in the workplace.  A Goldman Sachs trader got an $8+ million bonus, and complained that it was too little. A Christian metal singer has been convicted of killing his wife, and has just admitted that he’s not even a Christian, just played the role.  He also claimed that the majority of Christian bands are not real believers.   A man was forced to remove his American flag from the front door of his apartment in order to avoid offending a Muslim neighbor.  Cenk talks about how he dodged serving his time in the Turkish army.  The 2nd most common religion in America, state by state, is Islam, and is most concentrated in the South.

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Cenk, Ben, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore hosting.  Jimmy plugs his new book.  Ben proposes a bet to Cenk that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency in 2016.  Cenk talks about the March for Democracy initiative to take money out of politics.  The House voted to rein in the NSA from forcing device manufacturers to allow them inside their technology to spy on Americans. Saba Aksaid made an appearance on Sean Hannity defending herself against Sean and Brigitte Gabriel. Sean and Brigitte bullied Saba about a Heritage Foundation panel she attended and asked about addressing the ideology of radical Islam, pointing out there are more peaceful Muslims than radicals.  Talk about the political reaction after the attack in Benghazi.  In the midst of John McCain’s constantly angry and conflicting comments about the situation in Iraq, political reporters Chuck Todd, Ed Henry, and Major Garrett were caught on a hot mic pointing out how McCain must be stumbling over himself.  The Internet has now caught up to being a more reputable news source than television.

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