The Young Turks

Jim Jordan's office denied that he was caught blabbing to a reporter about Trump running for president in 2024. Cops pulled over a white suspect but allowed him to drive away because of his "unpredictable and violent history." An anti-masker tried to zip-tie a school principal over COVID rules. Progressives jumped on Joe Manchin after he proposed hitting the pause button on the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court denied requests to stop Texas's 6-week abortion ban. We tell you what Democrats could do to stop it if they only gave a damn. Brian Stelter, Briahna Joy Gray, and Jimmy Dore all had impressively bad takes about the Supreme Court, we can prove it, and we call on them to admit it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A controversial new Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court failed to rule on emergency requests brought by abortion providers. Republicans are turning up the pressure for House minority leader Kevin McCarthy to impeach President Biden. Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Scott Perry claimed that allowing “poorly-vetted” Afghan refugees into the U.S. could lead to “little girls raped and killed in the streets.” A man working out of his apartment in Las Vegas has been arrested for selling a miracle bleach solution that supposedly cures COVID-19, cancer, and autism.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Richard Engel called the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan the "worst capitulation of western values in our lifetimes." Despite what Republican lawmakers, including Ted Cruz, are claiming, the Taliban did not hang an interpreter from a U.S. helicopter. Even with the war in Afghanistan coming to an end, the GOP is attempting to add $25 billion to the military budget. What happens now that the Taliban have access to U.S. military aircraft.  As the battle over mask mandates grows more contentious, Florida has begun to withhold school funding.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republicans are advocating for the U.S. to get back into Afghanistan. Trump went on TV to claim he knocked all the ""ISISes"" out, but now they've got ""ISIS-X."" However, no one has ever heard of ISIS-X. James Carville calls the media coverage of Afghanistan ""hysterical and stupid."" Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan would prefer that lawmakers stop using the word “racism” while they are debating the state's voter suppression bill. Some MAGA fans are turning on Larry Elder because he said the 2020 election wasn't stolen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War Hawks of CNN and Team Trump Caught Making Up Nonsense about Kabul Bombing. An apparent suicide attack rocked U.S. evacuation efforts in Afghanistan as President Biden's deadline to leave the country approaches. Rep. Seth Moulton and Rep. Peter Meijer are pushing back on the criticism of their unapproved trip to Afghanistan. Moulton is now saying he was rescuing families. Ron DeSantis says President Biden should follow Florida's lead on COVID. Children are now being hospitalized in record numbers across the United States, and doctors are warning that it could get worse as schools begin to reopen. Rebel sheriffs are freaking out over COVID vaccine mandates that don’t even exist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Democrats passed a budget resolution to trigger the reconciliation bill process on Tuesday. Congressmen Seth Moulton (D- MA) and Peter Meijer (R- MI) secretly traveled to Kabul to observe the evacuation efforts. As the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan get more and more difficult, people like Erik Prince are offering private escape services on nearly empty flights for thousands of dollars. The FCC proposed fining conservative conspiracists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman $5.1 million for voter suppression robocalls. The American Medical Association has called for Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A top U.S. military officer finally admits he was wrong about Afghanistan. Tensions flare in the House of Representatives as moderate Democrats continue to try and hold up President Biden's budget plan. Wall Street wanted millions of Americans to be evicted, and they gave thousands of dollars to Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer. A startup is turning houses into corporations, and neighbors are fighting back. A Proud Boys leader has been sentenced to five months in prison on weapons and vandalism charges.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden will face pressure from the G7 to extend his Afghanistan withdrawal deadline. Liz Cheney says politicians have to explain why a never-ending presence in Afghanistan is necessary. FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. They would also like you to not attempt to treat Covid-19 with horse dewormer. Donald Trump was booed at his rally in Alabama after he told his supporters to get vaccinated. Right-Wing Democrats are beginning to cave as progressives hold their ground on the upcoming reconciliation bill vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Several GOP lawmakers joined anti-vaccine activists in protesting mask mandates for healthcare workers. An internal memo revealed that Fox News forces their employees to share their vaccination status and wear masks in certain spaces. Data from a new poll says that 1 in 5 Americans are avoiding loved ones because they aren't vaccinated. Lawmakers scrap qualified immunity deal in police reform talks. Insurance companies are saying they will charge more for COVID-19 treatment in the coming months." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices