The Young Turks, January 8, 2016

The Young Turks: January 08, 2016

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Obama's Town Hall on guns. Philly police officer shot by ISIS supporter. Gov. LePage racist comment. Sexual disclosure bill in MO. Power Panel with Jayar Jackson, Jimmy Dore and Johnny Sprinkles. President Obama appeared with Anderson Cooper in a town hall meeting and discussed gun control in the US and mentioned that he is willing to meet with the NRA in a reality based conversation. A spokesman from the NRA appeared on Fox News with Megyn Kelly and mentioned that he won't talk to Obama and that he is creating an Illusion of keeping people safe. A Philadelphia police officer Jessie Hartnett was shot and seriously wounded in an ambush-style attack while sitting in his patrol car and the shooter admitted to committing the assault “in the name of Islam”. Maine governor Paul LePage blames the state’s heroin problem on men with names like "Shifty" and "D-Money" and says dealers come from out of state, then "impregnate a young, white girl before they leave". LePage later admitted, that he made a slip up and says “ I was going impromptu in my brain, didn't catch up to my mouth. Instead of saying, 'Maine women,' I said, 'White women.' I'm not going to apologize to the Maine women for that because if you go to Maine you will see we are essentially 95 percent white." A proposed bill in Missouri would require lobbyist to admit they had sex with a lawmaker. Ben Carson inspired some 5th graders, in a Iowa Christian school, on who is the dumbest kid in class. Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD SUSPECT CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER http://6abc.com/news/police-suspect-confessed-to-cop-shooting-in-name-of-islam/1150918/ NRA lobbyist rants after avoiding Obama town hall: ‘What are we going to talk about, basketball?’ https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/nra-lobbyist-rants-after-avoiding-obama-town-hall-what-are-we-going-to-talk-about-basketball/ Obama crushes Anderson Cooper and ‘gun grab’ conspiracy theory once and for all https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/obama-crushes-anderson-cooper-and-gun-grab-conspiracy-theory-once-and-for-all/ Maine Governor Warns That Drug Dealers Named "D-Money" Are Impregnating Young White Girls http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/01/maine-governor-warns-drug-dealers-white-girls-racist

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Power Panel with Jayar Jackson, Jimmy Dore, Becca and Ana Kasparian. El Chapo has been caught by the Mexican Marines. A 16 year old NJ student, Bethany Koval of Fair Lawn High School was called into the principal office for making Tweets that criticized Israel but the Tweets were deemed as bullying towards Pro Israeli students. Update on Cologne sex attacks, with some of the suspects seeking asylum in Germany at the time of the attack. The EPA has conceded that a well known pesticide has been killing off the bee population, according to a report from Mother Jones. The CDC has released stats on the current sexual behavior in the US. Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Infamous drug kingpin 'El Chapo' has been caught http://www.businessinsider.com/el-chapo-caught-mexican-president-2016-1 Cologne sex attacks: Police could not cope - report http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35256576 Tweets About Israel Land New Jersey Student in Principal’s Office http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/nyregion/anti-israel-tweets-land-new-jersey-student-in-principals-office.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=2 Researchers Just Made An 'Astonishing' Finding About Americans' Sexuality http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-sexuality-cdc_568fc48de4b0c8beacf69af8?cps=gravity_5119_-6931668217712279983&kvcommref=mostpopular

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