May 24, 2013 Hour 1

New proposals in Congress to weaking financial regulations; proposals were written by bank lobbyists, of course.  Average CEO pay continues to break records. Lanny Breuer, whose job was to prosecute bankers, explained why he didn’t pursue these criminals and outlined that he’s worried about other banks coming to get him for taking down their cohorts.

Analogy about drug dealers being prosecuted while bankers walk free for their crimes.  A bridge in Washington state collapsed last evening.  It was on a list of bridges labeled “functionally obsolete.”  All of the state’s bridges get a grade of C-.  The debate over whether or not tornado relief for Oklahoma should be offset by spending cuts before funds are administered.  Sen Tom Coburn called it typical Washington B.S.  Lack of safe rooms or tornado shelters in Moore, OK.

The new Pope Francis has declared that Atheists can make it into Heaven.  House Republicans passed a bill that would cause students rates to go up over time. The DCCC created a simple ad pointing out their attack on students with loans.  Elizabeth Warren proposed that students pay what we comically charge the banks, a rate of .75%.  Conservatives lost their minds at this reasonable proposal.  Bernie Sanders proposed allowing his state of Vermont to label foods with GMOs, but was greeted with lies and manipulation in opposition by paid-off senators.  Progress report of states that are pursuing an amendment to get money out of politics.

May 23, 2013 Hour 2

The heckler Medea Benjamin of Code Pink during Obama’s speech.  Ana’s experience at a gun range this morning.  Kaitlyn Hunt, 18 year old girl in Florida facing charges for having sex with a minor girl.  TYT Supreme Court about whether she should take a plea deal or not.  A 27 year veteran at a local news station fired for a statement on his personal Facebook account saying that the IRS was pressuring him after an interview with Obama.  Ricky Gervais made fun of Christians in an Oklahoma tornado tweet, and got in trouble.

Mayor Rahm Emmanuel of Chicago is shutting down 53 public schools, mostly with black student populations.  There is a 9-year old boy who spoke out eloquently against this plan VIDEO.  Rahm Emmanuel is doing a lousy job.  A Game of Thrones actress is complaining about nudity on the show.  Cenk is glad he wasn’t an actor because he doesn’t want to kiss men.  Marijuana can make you thinner, impacting your insulin.  Singles-only public transportation. “It’s Obama’s fault” meme.   Member shout outs.

May 23, 2013 Hour 1

Obama’s speech on terrorism, the post-9/11 mentality, drone strikes etc.  Speech sounds good, but Cenk’s not buying it.  Look at the numbers of terrorist killed vs. civilians killed, including children.  Obama didn’t distinguish between personality strikes and signature strikes, when you don’t know who you are hitting.  And no mention of double taps.  VIDEO of Obama bragging that we don’t kill as many civilians as the terrorists do. And he uses a false choice that it’s either drone strikes or nothing.  Obama says conventional weapons or invasions would be worse options.  Obama says he doesn’t support targeting American citizens, but makes exceptions for al Awlaki.  The actions don’t live up to the rhetoric.  Don’t believe that this speech marks a change until we see the change.  Dissecting the Osama bin Laden raid and assassination.  Obama talking about briefing Congress about drone strikes.  VIDEO of Obama talking about closing Gitmo, which should never have been opened in the first place.

Obama talking about security leak investigations and a free press (AP scandal).  Obama talks about protecting journalists, but a few years ago he killed a media shield law.  The only thing Obama was completely right on was saying Muslims are part of the American family.  Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly cat fight.  John McCain vs. Senator Mike Lee cat fight about debt ceiling and budgetary issues.

Kristen Anderson is part of the Iowa GOP caucus, and filed a sexual harrassment claim, and she was fired.  London soldier attacks were by two people of Nigerian origin, one born in England, converts to Islam.  Update on Boston bomber friend shot dead by FBI – he had a knife and attacked the agent.
 

May 22, 2013 Hour 2

Golfer Sergio Garcia made a racist joke about Tiger Woods, referring to fried chicken.  His apology included that the joke wasn’t meant in a racist manner. Jayar chimes in.  A lesbian couple in Texas is not able to live together due to a morality clause in a previous divorce one of them went through.  Surprisingly, the gay parent capital of the country is Salt Lake City, UT.  An AZ St Rep has refused to do a prayer during public meetings. A woman in NYC walks around topless because its legal, as long as lude acts aren’t being done.  She was arrested and put in a mental facility.  The most recent female version of Viagra is a pill. The NY Times article about this wondered why men want it when women don’t.  Courts have been utilizing Urban Dictionary to understand what the young kids are saying nowadays.

May 22, 2013 Hour 1

In South London, two men attacked a soldier returning from his barracks, butchering him with knives.  When people filmed them, one addressed the camera to explain their motivations.  The country is considering it an act of terrorism.  As of today, the U.S. government has killed 4 American citizens in drone strikes overseas.  An acquaintance of Tamerlan Tzarnaev was brought in for questioning by the FBI, who eventually shot him to death.  They claimed that he charged one of the officers, injuring him & forcing him to shoot.

The anatomy of a journalistic leak vs. the scenario the DOJ describes to indict Julian Assange.  Fox News didn’t have any problem with this when it was focused on Assange, but now that its been exposed that they have targeted their own James Rosen, they are outraged.  Fox and Friends mentioned that when positive news about the Admin is leaked, its celebrated, but when its not flattering, someone gets wiretapped.  Video of McConnell agreeing with the Admin’s decision to probe the AP over potential national security leaks.

It has been exposed that the Apple company has only paid 2% in taxes on billions in overseas income.  The CEO of Apple was brought in front of a Senate panel to be questioned about it, and Rand Paul gushed over the company and vehemently defended them.  Paul is going on a fundraising tour in Silicon Valley next week.  He also went on a tirade about how high our corporate tax code is.

May 21, 2013 Hour 2

Wolf Blitzer interviewed a young mother affected by the tornado in Oklahoma, and asked her if she thanked the Lord for getting out.  She replied that she’s an Atheist.  Tornado Truthers believe that the government created the tornado to take the nation’s attention off of the scandals surrounding the Obama Admin.  3 boys in Chicago raped a 12 year old girl, taped it, and put it up on their FB pages.  Discussion about why rape isn’t considered a serious issue by many people.

The homeless man who was attacked by the Miami Zombie on bath salts filmed a video at the facility he’s being treated at, showing his progress.  Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine have donated $70 million to USC to develop a new major that focuses on the music production business.  The criticism is that he should’ve donated to a HBCU.  Cenk’s criticism is that he should donate his money to causes that help our dire problems in the world.  The Dove ad, Real Beauty Sketches, has the most views of any commercial on the internet.  Ana almost got teary eyed at the ad.  The owner of Rolling Stone has named his 22 year old son the head of operations for the publication.

Member thanks.  A Singaporean employee was caught on camera beating on an intern.  In the end, the intern was fired after he didn’t move a muscle.  The most expensive home in the U.S. is on sale for $190 million.

May 21, 2013 Hour 1

Tornado devastation in Oklahoma.  Video of Obama speaking about federal assistance.  Cenk thinks that we should force the two OK senators, Tom Coburn and James Inhofe, to apologize for their constant votes against federal assistance for other devastated areas in other states.  Video of Inhofe claiming that the “slush” fund for the people devastated by Sandy didn’t go to the disaster.  A senator tweeted that we should pray for Oklahoma, figuring that God will answer prayers if they are tweeted.  One of the creators of The Daily Show tweeted that the tornado clearly was targeting Conservatives in Oklahoma, causing an uproar.  John points out that hateful Conservative groups claim that God targets gay people and Liberals with natural disasters.

GOP Sen Dean Heller is using the IRS scandal to attack ObamaCare.  He’s looking to implement an amendment that would keep the IRS from funding a critical portion of the law since no one trusts them anymore.  Cenk explains how Karl Rove and his 501c3 is the big winner in this investigation.  The WH is threatening to veto a House approved bill to expedite the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.  Cenk talks about how this does nothing to stop the eventual building of the pipeline.  The NRA’s flagship publication came out with their list of the top 10 gun movies of all time.  This comes after Wayne LaPierre claimed that our bloody movie culture is the true cause of the shooting at Sandy Hook.

A right wing radio host named Pete Santilli spoke about his desire to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina, and see her die slowly.  Due to this outrageous rant-filled threat, he was contacted by the Secret Service.  Twitter Storm with Jenny Huang.

May 20, 2013 Hour 2

A tour bus of impoverished areas of the Bronx purposefully mocks the poor.  An 18 year old woman is facing charges for dating a 15 year old girl.  The minor’s parents went straight to authorities when the girlfriend turned 18.  Drama surrounding the Taliban’s targeting of vaccine workers.  At the same time, polio cases are on the rise in Somalia. The phenomenon of status enhancing overspending.  The Quiverfull movement of having tons of kids in order to have more people in the world as Christians, is spreading to the UK and the area is concerned about the negative effects of it.  Kanye West’s latest song has a strong political slant.

May 20, 2013 Hour 1

The launch of TYT Investigates. Tumblr sold to Yahoo for $1.1 billion.  IRS scandal.  Steve breaks down why this isn’t a targeting scandal at all.  Video of Rand Paul asserting that there is a memo proving that there was a written policy to target opposition to the President. Despite the scandals surrounding the White House, Obama’s approval numbers are up 2 points. Video of Donald Rumsfeld with Larry King, claiming to have never heard of any other government official going after leakers the way the Obama Admin went after the AP. Steve goes after Eric Holder for calling the AP leak one of the greatest threats to our security.  The DCCC has introduced a petition to rid the military of their jurisdiction over sexual assaults, which sparked opposition from some Republicans.

May 17, 2013 Hour 1

Republicans outrage over Benghazi, although evidence doesn’t show much.  Emails leaked to ABC were doctored by a Republican source.  The IRS scandal testimony.  Fox News guest compared the IRS drama to Nazi Germany.  Video of Glenn Beck’s comparison of the Administration to a scene from Untouchables. Michael breaks down the IRS scandal, uncovering the actual validity of their scrutiny of certain Conservative groups.  Allen West is joining Fox News as a contributor.  John goes over some of West’s most ridiculous statements.  A Media Matters study showed the media’s coverage of the economy and the severe inequalities within. Scientist confirmation of climate change.  Only .7% had some doubt that humans drive climate change.  Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been taped smoking crack.