The Young Turks, March 20, 2015

The Young Turks: March 20, 2015

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Cenk and Ana hosting. John Boehner is leading a coalition of Republicans to Israel to meet with Netanyahu about the state of the negotiations with Iran. Cenk points out that this is the 3rd blatant attempt to undercut the power of the president in favor of another foreign leader.  A Texas man was executed in 2004 after being convicted of arson that led to the death of his three young daughters. Evidence slowly came out that the prosecutor withheld evidence and generated false testimony from a fellow inmate to implicate the executed man. Despite this information, Rick Perry ignored the possibility that he was innocent and allowed the execution to take place so that he wouldn’t get politically embarrassed. James O’Keefe is on his heels after a former employee that posed undercover for his agitations and fake exposes has revealed he wanted him to pose as an anti-police protester and incite violence against the cops. Ana reads the script that O’Keefe wrote to get trouble started. DEA’s own version of Stop and Frisk that targets minorities in order to take their money via “cold consent” encounters. After financial guru David Ramsey was reported to have bought a 13K sq foot mega mansion, he caught some heat from readers. He responded on Fox and Friends by claiming its a war on success from the Left and that rich Christians only manage their wealth for God. Ana goes through several Bible quotes that speak against money and greed.  

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After Suge Knight’s bail was set at $25 million, he collapsed in court. Video of his faint reaction. Tons of parents in India scaled the side of their kids’ school building to help them cheat on a test. Cenk sees this more as desperate parents looking for any way to help their kids get ahead in life. A deaf Ethiopian man was arrested for unknown reasons in Virginia, thrown in jail without an interpreter, and suffered in every way possible behind bars for 6 weeks due to his lack of hearing. Several businesses in Austin had “Exclusively for White People” signs posted in their windows, causing an uproar with the public. The stores declared that they didn’t put the signs up, but that they were planted as a prank. 80K Brits have signed a petition to reject Kanye West’s performance at a big music fest. Cenk talks about his hate for live music. Sandy Rios of the American Family Assoc spoke about how gay marriage will lead to the biggest fight among the religious and the rest of the country. She went on to say that they need to be prepared for martyrdom. Cenk points out that if this was said by a Muslim, he’d be immediately investigated and roasted on Fox News. A Tennessee church ruffled some feathers after they posted a sign out front pointing out that Satan was the first one to demand equal rights. The church responded by claiming they didn’t mean it toward any group that successfully gained equal rights. A priest performed multiple exorcisms on a teenaged anorexic girl, which led her to attempt suicide.  

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