The Young Turks, March 31, 2015

The Young Turks: March 31, 2015

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Cenk and Iadarola hosting. Backlash against Indiana’s new law that would allow businesses to discriminate against gay citizens continues. Several large companies that had conferences planned for Indiana have pulled out, while the NCAA voiced its concerns with the Final Four being held in Indianapolis. In response, Indiana Gov Mike Pence went on Fox & Friends to announce possible corrections to the law right after the panel defended the law for most of the show. Video of Hasselbeck and crew’s full throated defense. Videos of Pence defiantly declaring they are trying to add language to avoid discrimination, since the liberals mischaracterized the law. Videos of Gov Pence directly contradicting his views on discriminating against gay citizens in his state. Naturebox mention. After some critics bashed Bill O’Reilly’s movie, Killing Jesus, he went off on them based on his assertion that the critics are all Liberal haters with an anti-Conservative agenda. Videos of O’Reilly going through his mental gymnastics to indict the critics. After Detroit resident Floyd Dent was beaten mercilessly by Inkster police, another video has come out that shows one officer pulling a baggy full of the drugs he claimed were found in the car. Rand Paul interview from 2013 is circulating now as it has been highlighted that he claimed he doesn’t believe in gay rights since its based on behavior. Video of his words from 2013. Former NH Gov John Sununu told Fox News that Obama’s upcoming trip to Kenya is a ploy to get Birthers to start talking about it again, just to make the Republicans look bad. Video. Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Video Shows Cop Planting Drugs, Assaulting Unarmed Black Man http://thefreethoughtproject.com/video-appears-prove-officer-planted-drugs-brutal-beating-floyd-dent/ Bill O'Reilly Temper Tantrum Over Negative Killing Jesus Reviews http://www.salon.com/2015/03/31/bill_oreilly_blames_bad_killing_jesus_reviews_on_prejudice_it_is_open_season_on_christians/ States And Groups Boycott Indiana Over Anti-Gay Discrimination Law http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/30/washington-indiana-discrimination-law_n_6973700.html Mike Pence Two-Faced On Anti-Gay Discrimination Law http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/mike-pence-defends-religious-freedom-law-116542.html

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Ana replaces John for SCS with Cenk. Naturebox mention. Two men that are serving life sentences in a British prison are allowed to get married after they were both sent to prison for killing gay people. A Louisiana man that was wrongfully convicted of murder has been exonerated after 30 years in prison and on death row. The state has decided to not pay him any restitution for the wrongful incarceration. The judge claimed that even though he didn't commit the murder, he was guilty of knowing about the robbery that ended up leading to the death, and trying to pawn the murder weapon. The new host of the Daily Show is already under fire for some tweets where he made fun of Jews and women. Cenk and Ana defend his benign jokes that the sensitive Twitter followers were offended by. After a CFO of a medical device company bereted a Chik-Fil-A employee for the anti-gay stance of the company and posted it on the internet, he was fired from his $200K job, and hasn’t been able to get another job since. Another story of a PR agent that tweeted about flying to an African country and not getting AIDS because she’s White, was fired from her job and hasn’t been able to explain it away, either. Video excerpt from AJ+ on the new Scientology documentary that explains how people get wrapped up in the religion. Details about L. Ron Hubbard’s extreme tactics to influence followers. A man has won a $2400 lawsuit against Pizza Hut after their hard croutons damaged his dentures. Ana is in favor, while Cenk is against it. Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD People Are Mad About Trevor Noah’s Old Tweets About Women And Jews http://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/some-old-tweets-are-getting-trevor-noah-in-trouble-already#.xt0x9qXZ9K Scientology: My First Audit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlg55L6RlyM Glenn Ford, Wrongfully Convicted And Dying Of Cancer, Denied Restitution For 30 Years On Death Row http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/30/glenn-ford-restitution_n_6972158.html Convicted murderers become first gay couple to marry in prison http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/28/convicted-murderers-become-first-gay-couple-to-marry-in-prison  

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Bonus Episode, March 31, 2015

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Cenk and Ana. More on Scientology and cults. Bart told Cenk about almost getting scammed by Scientologists until they asked him for $250. Edwin told his story of going through the motions to be accepted.  

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