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The Young Turks

The Young Turks is Home of The Progressives. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and a host of progressive voices deliver the news and provocative commentary. Whether you are seeking a breakdown of current events, politics and the mainstream media or just a quick laugh, the TYT daily podcast will always keep you informed and entertained.

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Hostility & Hearbreak Mar 14, 2022

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Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met again on Monday for another round of talks aimed at finding a way out of the war, even as Russian forces broadened their devastating offensive and the Kremlin insisted that it would not pull back until “all plans” for the invasion are fulfilled. A pregnant woman who was injured when a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was bombed on Wednesday has died, along with her newborn baby, a surgeon who was treating her confirmed on Monday. According to U.S. officials. Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month. Tucker Carlson is claiming that Ukraine is making bioweapons by citing a Pentagon official who actually said the exact opposite. 82% of U.S. voters believe inflation is fueled by corporations ‘jacking up prices.’ Far-right activist and Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy was arrested for trespassing at a hospital protest.

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Bioweapon Birds Mar 12, 2022

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Russia has widened its offensive in Ukraine, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial city in the east, while the huge armored column that had been stalled for over a week outside Kyiv was on the move again, spreading out into forests and towns near the capital. Russia is also claiming that the U.S. has trained birds to deliver Ukrainian bioweapons. An accused Russian double Agent donated to only one U.S. politician, Tulsi Gabbard. Sidney Powell has secretly been funding the legal defense of the Oath Keepers.

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Ticking Time Bomb Mar 11, 2022

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The Biden administration has publicly warned that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in the country it has invaded. Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for breaking into laughter after she was asked whether the US will take in Ukrainian refugees. Inflation hit another 40-year high as the Consumer Price Index jumped 7.9 percent in the past year. Republican-led state legislatures are intensifying attacks on transgender and reproductive rights by trying to bar people from leaving their home states to receive gender-affirming healthcare and abortion care. Sidney Powell has secretly been funding the legal defense of the Oath Keepers.

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Dumpster Fire Mar 10, 2022

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Russia’s Central Bank limited withdrawals of foreign currency, hoping to shore up the plunging ruble as Western economic penalties take a serious toll. In Ukraine, efforts to evacuate civilians from battered cities resumed, but many remain trapped in the areas of heaviest fighting. The Department of Defense rejected an offer from Poland, a fellow NATO member, to send fighter jets to a U.S. air base to then send to Ukraine for use against Russian forces. A Missouri lawmaker is seeking to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state. After leaks at a Navy fuel storage facility culminated in a water contamination crisis impacting thousands of military families, The Department of Defense said that it will permanently shut down the World War II-era facility in Hawaii.

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No Oil Mar 09, 2022

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President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. A major religious leader in Russia has come out in support of the invasion of Ukraine and laid the blame on the support of gay rights. The United Nations has emailed staff advising them not to refer to the situation in Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion”, in a move to balance political sensitivities as powerful member state Russia cracks down domestically on those who use the words. Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, doubled down on his pledge to raise most Americans’ taxes if the GOP retakes the Senate in this year’s midterms. A new report says the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division had identified “specific” threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the attack on the US Capitol, but did not widely share any intelligence it had gathered until two days after the riot.

Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur

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Burning Bridges Mar 08, 2022

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Russian forces hit a bridge being used by civilians evacuating the fighting in Ukraine and four people were killed. A former Trump official said that Russian forces were “too gentle” on Ukraine. The Biden administration is seeking to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela as part of a broader U.S. strategy to temper oil prices that have skyrocketed because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump wrote a letter to Lester Holt that thoroughly trashed Bill Barr by calling him ‘slow, lethargic’ and ‘broken’ by the media elite. A Judge allowed a former deputy who was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl to avoid prison and sex offender status. Stephen Moore blamed Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on “a radical green energy policy by the Biden administration.”

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Costs Of War Mar 05, 2022

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Russian troops have seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine yet. Three commanders in Russia’s army have been killed after moving up towards the frontline in an apparent attempt to restore momentum to the invasion of Ukraine. President Biden wants no-strings-attached bailouts for profitable microchip giants that spent billions enriching their shareholders. Bombshell footage shows Roger Stone railing against Trump and planning to challenge the 2020 election as early as July. Students at the University of North Texas shut down a speech by an anti-trans legislative candidate seeking to make it illegal for children to begin transitioning, yelling “F#ck these fascists!” and “Protect trans kids.”

Hosts: Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Ramesh Srinivasan

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Criminal Clown Show Mar 04, 2022

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A Ukrainian MP said on Fox News, “You care more about whether you pay extra 50 cents for your gas” than “how many people die in Ukraine.” The January 6th committee says it has evidence showing Trump committed crimes including obstruction and fraud while trying to overturn the election. A homeless defendant with a double-digit rap sheet, accused of smearing his own feces on a woman inside a Bronx subway station, left a courtroom in handcuffs — for his months-old murder threat against a Jewish man, the final twist to a bizarre court appearance. But hours later, he was free again.

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian

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2022 STATE OF THE UNION: TYT Coverage Hour 3 Mar 03, 2022

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Hour 3. Join Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Francesca Fiorentini as they give live updates of the Texas Primary and offer live commentary of the State of the Union address.

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2022 STATE OF THE UNION: TYT Coverage Hour 1 & 2 Mar 03, 2022

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Hour 1 & 2. Join Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Francesca Fiorentini as they give live updates of the Texas Primary and offer live commentary of the State of the Union address.

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