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Young Turks host: Louisiana’s sheriffs get a cut of America’s ‘prison capital’
The Young Turks host Ana Kasparian explained Tuesday how Louisiana sheriffs had an incentive to keep the inmate population high. “None violent drug offenders end up in these prisons for very, very long sentences just because these sheriff’s departments profit from it,” she said. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is the highest…
Young Turks: GOP attacks on Newt almost make you feel sorry for him
The Republican establishment is mounting a full court press to try and avert a Newt Gingrich candidacy. In this clip from The Young Turks, host Cenk Uygur gives a run-down of this week’s fusillade of anti-Newt sentiment from right wing opinion-makers from Newt’s main rival Mitt Romney to The Weekly…
Cenk Uygur mocks Erik Erikson for anti-’Occupy Wall Street’ website
The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur on Tuesday slammed Erick Erickson, founder of RedState.org, for the “We are the 53 percent” website he helped create. The “53 percent” is a reference to the 53 percent of Americans who pay federal income taxes. The other 46 percent don’t pay federal income…
Cenk Uygur: New Current TV show will be open, honest and aggressive
The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur said in a conference call on Tuesday that he was excited about his new show on Current TV, which would be open, honest, aggressive, and fun. “It is a true home for independent television and for progressives all across the country,” he said. The…
Why is this guy obsessed with sodomy?
That’s the question The Young Turks asked at the GOP convention, after awaiting for a batsh*t fundie to show up, and their wish was granted — when apparent Hartline-wannabe Ryan Sorba showed up. His lot in life is to “expose the dark secrets of the homosexual political community.” (Read past…
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