The Young Turks, March 16, 2016

The Young Turks: March 16, 2016

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Cenk holds it in for a while, then EXPLODES on Merrick Garland. Video of Mitch McConnell saying the American people have a voice to choose the direction in which the court will go. Cenk predicts that the Obama administration is going to brag about how progressives don’t like their pick. John Boehner said that he would back Paul Ryan for the republican nomination if the GOP cannot settle on one of the three choices they have now. Trump said that there would be riots in America if he doesn’t get the nomination at the convention. Video of Trump threatening with riots. Two of the prosecutors involved in the most high profile police brutality trials lost their primary election battles. Candidates usually take office with little or no opposition after the fall’s general election, so their losses are a huge victory for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Cenk, Hannah, and Francis hosting. An American college student has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for drunkenly trying to steal a sign from a hotel. Video of student being detained. An Oregon man has been arrested for going on a shooting spree around his house just because he felt like it. He says his intentions weren’t to harm any of his neighbors, he just wanted to shoot at random because he had some guns. A recall was issued for a popular toy truck for having a symbol of heart surrounded by another heart, which signifies that a female is ready to be trafficked for sex. Forever 21 issued an apology for a t-shirt being sold on their website that reads, “Don’t say maybe if you want to say no,” after receiving criticism for victim blaming and condoning a rape culture. A university student posted a creepy open letter to all women shaming them for rejecting him and other “good guys,” and instead choosing the “scum” that they “think they love.”

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