The Young Turks

Senator Joe Manchin’s refusal to support the centerpiece of President Biden’s climate agenda puts the Democrats’ entire infrastructure and social spending agenda at risk. However, Manchin did meet with Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal to try and address the spending stalemate. Nina Turner gave Bernie props for smoking Manchin with his recent op-ed. West Virginians are paying incredibly high prices for energy bills in their homes because of the state’s reliance on the skyrocketing price of coal. Roughly 24 hours after the death of Colin Powell, Donald Trump proved, again, that he is utterly incapable of empathy, grace or even common decency.Texas Republicans looking to pass legislation to outlaw vaccine mandates get a dose of reality from their bosses, as the business community opposes it. Radio talk show host Dennis Prager informed his audience on Monday that not only does he have Covid-19, but he was trying to get infected in order to achieve “natural immunity.” A museum started an OnlyFans account after its TikTok got banned for posting nudes.Hosts: Ana, Cenk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite being vaccinated, Colin Powell has died due to complications from COVID. Joe Manchin has reportedly told the White House that the child tax credit must include a firm work requirement and a family income cap in the $60,000 range. Manchin also wants to keep elderly caretakers from getting the benefit. After getting ousted by AOC, Joe Crowley is now lobbying against tax hikes on giant corporations. The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U.S. stocks.A Republican governor is sounding off about former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him, and suggesting that the GOP’s chances in the midterms may be doomed if Trump does not change his tune soon. 9% of Georgia Republicans would consider sitting out the 2022 election unless the 2020 vote totals are audited. Australia's Northern Territory Chief Minister demolished Ted Cruz's attempt to lecture the country on their COVID prevention policies.Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A record-breaking 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August. More than 100,000 workers threaten to strike as unions flex their muscles. During the COVID-19 meltdown, corporate executives pocketed millions in bonuses while their companies went bankrupt. California will ban gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers. Do individual consumer choices matter when combating climate change?Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Rep. Ilhan Omar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pelosi gives a stammering press conference about how she caves to Manchin and Sinema's corporate interests, then she snaps at a reporter. Billy Graham's son, Franklin Graham, is secretly bankrolling the National Prayer Breakfast. A new report says American real estate has become a “safe haven” for money laundering. Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist, and almost nothing happened to the adults in charge. Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Scalise is so afraid of Donald Trump that he's promoting the 2020 election was stolen without ever fully saying it. Senator Kyrsten Sinema has reportedly proposed cutting $100 billion in climate provisions from the reconciliation package. Former Trump attorney Lin Wood called Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a “communist.” Ohio Police launched an investigation after bodycam footage showed a disabled man being pulled from a car by officers.Hosts: John Iadarola, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senator Joe Manchin had a very noticeable reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Kyrsten Sinema TSchumer’s debt ceiling speech. The Senate Judiciary Committee released details of Trump's attempts to weaponize the DOJ to overturn the election. Gavin Newsom gets slammed for issuing 138 new oil drilling permits as the California cleanup continues. Fox's Mark Levin says Black Lives Matter protesters use “spears” as weapons.Hosts: John Iadarola, Cenk Uygur, and Ben Carrollo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tucker Carlson cited the Unabomber's writings to Andrew Yang. Ted Nugent made sheep sounds to mock people who are vaccinated. A man allegedly killed a pharmacist's brother to stop him from giving COVID vaccines. A group of militant anti-vaccine activists protested children walking to school in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, with one of them screaming, “they’re trying to rape our children with this poison.” AT&T apparently funded and continues to fund OAN.Hosts: Cenk Uygur and Michael Shure Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions. President Biden continues to scale back his agenda to try and get moderates onboard. After his house and offices were raided by the FBI, the head of the NYPD Sergeants Union, Ed Mullins, has resigned. DC bulldozed a homeless person's tent while they were still inside. Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in "almost all situations."Hosts: John Iadarola and Adrienne Lawrence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Bannon is pushing "shock troops" to be on standby to deconstruct and reconfigure the government when a Republican takes office. Rep. Madison Cawthorn posted a clip calling for holy war. Senator Kyrsten Sinema remained largely silent during a tense encounter with a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient onboard an airplane. Republicans shouted down Lindsey Graham when he pushed for them to get vaccinated. And Trump's cronies gave their new PAC a name that's just as dumb as the people who give it money.Hosts: Cenk Uygur, David Shuster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden called out filming Krysten Sinema in the bathroom as "not appropriate," but also added, "it's a part of the process." Polls show that the policies in the $3.5 trillion budget package are very popular. According to a whistleblower, Facebook is well aware that its algorithms are pushing QAnon and white nationalist content to Trump fans. In the "biggest-ever leak of offshore data," a cache of nearly 12 million documents shows the hidden wealth, secret dealings, and corruption of hundreds of world leaders, billionaires, public officials, and celebrities. California passed a law that keeps bad cops from getting hired again.Hosts: John Iadarola and Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices