The Young Turks, December 23, 2014

The Young Turks: December 23, 2014

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Cenk hosting. Sen Tom Coburn gives President Obama some love on 60 Minutes saying “he loves him as a man”. New York Rep.Michael Grimm is now weeping for being convicted in a 20 count indictment and has pleaded guilty for tax evasion and faces three years in prison. Rush Limbaugh is now furious over the possible casting of Idris Elba for the next James Bond movie. Rep Darrell Issa has concluded his investigation and found no evidence linking the White House in targeting conservative groups in the IRS scandal. Catfight:Marco Rubio vs Rand Paul over the recent open diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba with Rubio saying that Rand Paul is an pursuing the “Obama/Paul” foreign policy and Paul saying Rubio is an isolationist. St. Louis Prosecutor Bob Mc Cullah recently made an appearance on a local talk show, talking about Witness 40 in the grand jury proceedings of Officer Darren Wilson saying that he put her on the stand knowing that the testimony was made up in the shooting of Michael Brown and that it is not his job as a prosecutor to get an indictment. The Feds are investigating Ex Milwaukee Cop Chris Manning over the shooting of Dontre Hamilton. The White House has hired a lobbyist to lobby congress.    

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Ana & Cenk hosting. The Interview will now be screened at the independent movie theatre Alamo Drafthouse in Austin TX. Actors James Woods and Stacey Dash has given harsh criticism with tweets over the murder of the NY cops by blaming Al Sharpton, Mayor De Blasio and a placement of a jihad on cops. A 27 year old man is being investigated over his Facebook writings of putting “wings on a pig”, in reaction of the NY cops shootings. Update on the Rolling Stone/UVA rape story: The Columbia University Journalism Review will be investigating the editorial process of the Rolling Stone piece. A new reality TV show from Iraq called “In The Grip of Law” has terrorists meet the families of the victims they killed, with the hopes of the producers that some viewers would not pursue acts of terrorism. TLC is starting a new show called “My Husband Is Not Gay” with the wives questioning the husbands sexuality, along with the couples forced relationships over religious beliefs. Josh Paller conducted an experiment by shooting a video, in which he gave a homeless man $100.00 and followed him to find out how the money was spent.  The US recently helped a Cuban spy to impregnate his wife through artificial insemination over recent prison exchanges.  

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Bonus Episode, December 23, 2014

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Cenk and Ana talk about their activities over the holiday season. Cenk dives into the history of Solvang California. Cenk talk about not liking rough Chinese massages. The question of getting perks by being part of The Young Turks is discussed. Cenk goes into a old school story of going to Cirque du Soleil and Ben Mankiewicz applying to Columbia University.

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