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The Young Turks

The Young Turks are the Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8pm ET. The Young Turks were the first original talk show on Sirius satellite radio and the first live, daily webcast on the internet. But that is not the revolution. We are a rare show that combines all of the news that people care about in one place. We are not afraid to talk about politics and entertainment and sports and pop culture. But that is not the revolution either. Subscribe to The Young Turks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theyoungturks

Iran
Fake Newsman: Anti-Iran Forbes "Writer" is a People's Jihadi Front (TYT Video)

Fake Newsman: Anti-Iran Forbes “Writer” is a People’s Jihadi Front (TYT Video)

The Young Turks

“Heshmat Alavi” who has published anti-Iran screeds in Forbes, the Daily Caller and other substandard rightwing venues, does not, according to The Intercept, actually exist. The name is a front propaganda efforts of the People’s Jihadis (Mojahedin-e Khalq or MEK). The MEK has committed numerous acts of terrorism in Iran and then collaborated with Iraqi […]

Far Right
After Death Threats, Rep. Rashida Tlaib Pleads with FBI to take Far Right White Terrorism Seriously (TYT Video)

After Death Threats, Rep. Rashida Tlaib Pleads with FBI to take Far Right White Terrorism Seriously (TYT Video)

The Young Turks

“Rep. Rashida Tlaib gets emotional while questioning FBI officials about domestic terrorism: “How is that not enough to fall under domestic terrorism if they’re targeting solely based on my faith, and others, and saying that a good Muslim is a dead one?”. . . Rashida Tlaib revealed what the opposite of white privilege truly is. […]

Islamophobia
GOP Rep's Tweet seen as Racist toward Muslim-American Congresswoman (Young Turks)

GOP Rep’s Tweet seen as Racist toward Muslim-American Congresswoman (Young Turks)

The Young Turks

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | The Young Turks | – The Young Turks: “Republican’s Tweet seeen as Racist On Twitter” Lee Zeldin let his bigotry show on Twitter. A Republican congressman was angered when Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a Muslim and a Somali-American, was chosen to be on a committee with oversight on U.S.foreign […]

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