The Young Turks, June 30, 2014

The Young Turks: June 30, 2014

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Facebook conducted an experiment in Jan 2012, manipulating news feeds with positive and negative posts to monitor the effects of the posts on its users. Oxford University did a survey on what the consequences are when someone enters into a monogamous relationship and its effect on friendships. Five year old Eric Lopez is accused of sexual misconduct for dropping his pants in the schoolyard. Parents are overreacting over a teacher in Alberta, Canada, and a risque picture of the Washington Monument that was posted to social media. Video of an ASU professor being abused by campus police surfaces. Muslim World Cup Soccer players are observing Ramadan, with health concerns coming into question during the games. Women continue to fight for the right to walk topless with an art protest by narcissister.com Show notes by Bart Kyle Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment http://goo.gl/fO5q0Z Dashcam Footage Shows Officer Throwing ASU Professor to Ground http://goo.gl/KOvcze Narcissister Is The Topless Feminist Superhero New York Needs (NSFW) http://goo.gl/yczutn World Cup's Muslim Players Face Big Challenge With Ramadan Fast [UPDATE] http://goo.gl/xo1aB8

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Cenk hosting. Another blow to unions in the US with the Supreme Court decision of Harris vs. Quinn on how unions dues and fees are collected. The Supreme Court has also decided that corporations have religious freedom and protection from the Hobby Lobby case with a 5-4 decision opening up a can of worms calling in to question which religious values are protected and which are not. Conservatives are celebrating the decision. Video of Bob Beckel on Fox News is shown giving his take on the Hobby Lobby Case saying “that the idea that I would impose my values on 13,000 people is obscene”. Rush Limbaugh says the Hobby Lobby “decision defended liberty” Fun Fact:Hobby Lobby’s 401 k programs and mutual funds have held up to 73 million dollars in investments in birth control devices. President Obama has appeased Republicans again with the appointments Bob McDonald at  Veteran Affairs and Phil Johnson for the Director of US Patents. McDonald has financially supported Republican candidates, along with Johnson a former pharmical industry executive. Obama will ask to provide Congress to 2 billion dollars to control the surge of South American illegal migrants at the South Texas border. Bill Clinton strikes back by making an appearance on Meet The Press defending Hillary Clinton and dismissing the Benghazi scandal. New York Times has reported that a Blackwater company official threaten a government chief investigator's life. Show notes by Bart Kyle Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptives Mandate for Some Corporations http://goo.gl/noLY55 Fox Host Hails Hobby Lobby Ruling as ‘Huge Win for Women’ http://goo.gl/519moz Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater http://goo.gl/vPKXGQ Bill Clinton says GOP is guilty of double standard on Benghazi http://goo.gl/jnvN8J Staunch opponent of reform tapped to head US Patent Office http://goo.gl/NvySVn

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Pop Trigger, June 30, 2014

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Artist Uses Disney Princesses For Shocking Campaign Aimed At Raising Rape Awareness Transformers: Age of Extinction kills it in the box office Facebook Data Scientists Manipulated News Feed For Psych. Experiment On 600,000 Users Shia LeBeouf Gets Kicked Out Of Broadway Play Host: Samantha Schacher Co-Hosts: Bree Essrig Brett Erlich Shanna Malcolm

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