The Young Turks, August 7, 2013

The Young Turks: August 07, 2013

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Georgia Republicans favor Paula Deen more than Martin Luther King, Jr.  A 2 year old epileptic girl that was suffering from brain damage due to the seizures was given some marijuana; now rarely has seizures.  1 in 25 Americans were arrested for drug use.  A 2 year old Texas girl  died from severe brain injuries inflicted by her foster mother after she was taken from her actual parents because her father smoked weed while she would sleep. A devout Christian model has opened a new sweatshirt/pants line with a bunch of Christian based words etched on them.  A single mother was caught shoplifting at a K-Mart in WV, but after police came and busted her, the two cops felt bad for her and bought her the items she was stealing for her kids just to get by.  A school bus driver in Florida is being questioned over a fight that happened on his bus because he didn't get directly involved. Article.  Chinese judges were busted on prostitution charges after a citizen followed them for a year after a ruling went against him in order to dig up this dirt. Ana and Cenk hosting.

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President Obama decided to cancel a one-on-one meeting with Putin that was supposed to take place just before the G20 Summit.  Some of our politicians have mindlessly called for us to move the Summit from Russia as punishment when America has no right to do this.  Foreign policy and Terrorism experts are puzzled by the closings of 19 embassies over the intelligence intercepts.  Newest spying program scans people and labels them as insider threats if they have family abroad, voice frustration about the government, or have money problems. Rep. John Lewis, the lone Civil Rights leader left that marched with MLK, had some very positive things to say about Edward Snowden, comparing him to Ghandi and MLK.  Glenn Beck declared that the Obama Admin is planting the seeds for a race war.  Protesters outside of a Phoenix high school that President Obama spoke at had some outrageously racist signs as they chanted racist things. Steve King’s latest insane comments came at a Koch Brothers sponsored event.  He made the case that climate change actually has some positive effects on plants.   Today’s catfight is between Ted Cruz and the Establishment Republicans over whether or not to shut down the government to defund ObamaCare.  RNC Chairman Reince Priebus sent a threatening letter to CNN and NBC to pull GOP debates from their networks unless they don’t air the two Hillary Clinton documentaries just before the 2016 elections.  Lightning round.  Video of Bill Clinton talking about the difficulty of watching the Anthony Weiner race.  CNN plans on giving even more time to Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper.

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Bonus Episode, August 7, 2013

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Cenk and Ana.  President Obama spoke to Jay Leno about our spying programs.  Cenk talks about how unfunny Letterman and Leno are.  

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