The Young Turks, December 31, 2014

The Young Turks: December 31, 2014

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Cenk, Ben, Ana, and John Iadarola hosting for the year end special. The panel recaps the rise and scare from ISIS. Videos of the “Doom Brothers” McCain and Lindsey Graham attempting to scare the country over the terrorist group. Video of a Texas sheriff that pointed out ISIS is crossing the Mexican border as Hasselbeck asks if they are poised to drown us in our own blood. Cenk points out how the attacks on ISIS is basically a restart of the Iraq War. Talk about the Russian invasion of Crimea and American reaction to the military action. Video of Conservatives’ love affair with Putin in order to bash Obama as weak and feckless. Discussion about the actions that led to the takeover of Crimea. Another story revisited from 2014 is the violence and bombings between Israel and Hamas, that left many innocent Palestinians dead from Israeli rocket attacks. Talk about the defense of the killings from Israel and America. Video of Sec of State John Kerry mimicking the talking points that Netanyahu used to justify the killing. Updates of what is happening now between the two warring groups. Ebola spreading and American fear is the 4th large story of 2014. Videos of Fox News panicking over the virus, not listening to sane logic from experts like doctors and the CDC Director. Doocy asked the Director why we should believe him. Videos of Hasselbeck worried that the calm doctor explaining the science behind how its spread was too calm. Obama Admin will never get credit for cornering the virus and keeping people safe. The last story of 2014 is the beatdown Democrats received in the midterm elections after their strategy of running to the Right, away from Obama, failed. Video of Joni Ernst’s crazy ads where she shot guns and castrated pigs. Videos of Democrat Mark Pryor’s ads that were weak and leaning Conservative. Video of Alison Lundergan Grimes refusing to answer if she voted for Obama in 2012.  

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Jill Pike replaces Iadarola for SCS. Talk about how things are going, including her pending divorce. Jill proclaims that she will never get married again, no matter what. She wants to write a book to 20 something women that are panicking about marriage. She also talks about her theory about online dating. The Fappening leak of a bunch of celebrities nude pictures is the 1st of the Top 5 stories of 2014. Ben asks Cenk if he accidentally looked at the celebrity pictures. The #2 story of 2014 is the rape allegations for Bill Cosby. Video of him asking the AP reporter to not include his answers about the charges. Discussion about role models and the disappointment in finding out who they really are. The 3rd big story was the unrest in Ferguson and NYC after Michael Brown & Eric Garner were killed by police officers. Ben talks about the vile manner in which cops have responded to outcry over their abuse and killings. The 4th story of 2014 is the Sony hacks that ended up having the film The Interview cancelled from theatres. The last top story of 2015 was the host of NFL scandals that included players being suspended over domestic violence cases that they weren’t held accountable for in the past. The larger story was about how the NFL didn’t respond to the punch Ray Rice hit his fiance with. Adrian Peterson’s punishment over beating his son with a switch.  

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Bonus Episode, December 31, 2014

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