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Cenk Uygur Calls GOP Politicians ‘Fascists,’ Says ‘Republican Voters Are Literally Detached From Reality’

Cenk Uygur Calls GOP Politicians ‘Fascists,’ Says ‘Republican Voters Are Literally Detached From Reality’

In a series of tweets posted on Thursday, founder and CEO of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, slammed President Donald Trump and Republican Party politicians. In the first tweet, Uygur accused Trump of trying to instigate a coup d’état by repeatedly disputing the results of the 2020 presidential election. “Now, you’re openly calling for a […]

3y ago

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is ‘Single-Handedly’ Sustained By ‘Free Media’ Coverage, Says Nando Vila

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is ‘Single-Handedly’ Sustained By ‘Free Media’ Coverage, Says Nando Vila

During a recent segment of the progressive news show The Young Turks — available on YouTube — hosts Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Nando Vila covered Andrew Yang’s recent $10 million fundraising haul and the mainstream media’s choice to ignore it, which The Inquisitr previously reported. The trio discussed their belief that the snub is […]

5y ago

‘Young Turks’ Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes For ‘Ugly’ Blog Posts On Women That He Wrote As A Conservative

‘Young Turks’ Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes For ‘Ugly’ Blog Posts On Women That He Wrote As A Conservative

Cenk Uygur, host and creator of the progressive news YouTube channel titled, The Young Turks, has apologized to his audience and supporters for a slew of old blog and social media posts about women that he now recognizes to be “insensitive and ignorant.” In the blog posts, Cenk stated that the “genes of women are […]

6y ago

‘The Young Turks’ Progressive Media Group Raises $20 Million [Video]

‘The Young Turks’ Progressive Media Group Raises $20 Million [Video]

The Young Turks are a progressive media group who have been broadcasting on YouTube now for years. But until recently, their budget for extensive media coverage, particularly in the political arena, has been quite low. But all of that is about to change with a new investment and a round of fundraising that has led […]

7y ago

‘Weapons of War’: Maryland Assault-Rifle Ban Constitutional, Rules Federal Court

‘Weapons of War’: Maryland Assault-Rifle Ban Constitutional, Rules Federal Court

Yesterday, the Richmond, Virginia Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-4 that a Maryland assault-weapons ban is constitutional, citing a 5-4 2008 Supreme Court case, as reported by Salon. The decision is said to be the fifth by a federal court upholding a state assault-weapons ban. The most recent ruling goes further than previous, being […]

7y ago

Texas Hunters Walker Daugherty And Michael Bryant Blame Shootings On Immigrants

Texas Hunters Walker Daugherty And Michael Bryant Blame Shootings On Immigrants

Two Texas hunters, Walker Daugherty and Michael Bryant, have been charged with “using deadly conduct by discharging firearms in the direction of others” after an investigation by Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez found that the pair had lied when they reported that gunshot wounds suffered by Daugherty and another hunter, Edwin Roberts, had been caused […]

7y ago

Cenk Uygur On Connecticut Senate Race: How ‘To Send A Huge Signal To Trump’

Cenk Uygur On Connecticut Senate Race: How ‘To Send A Huge Signal To Trump’

Yesterday, Cenk Uygur, host and co-founder of The Young Turks, hosted a live stream on YouTube where he called on Democrats, and those frustrated by Donald Trump around the country, to rally behind Greg Cava for Connecticut Senate in the state’s upcoming special election on Tuesday, February 28. A win by the Democrat would flip […]

7y ago

Ana Kasparian On Trump Wall: ‘More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming Into’ Country

Ana Kasparian On Trump Wall: ‘More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming Into’ Country

Ana Kasparian, host of The Young Turks, featured a recent article by The Atlantic in last night’s show that pointed to the lyrics of a well-known Los Tigres del Norte song, “Jaula de Oro,” which means “Cage of Gold,” to help explain how President Donald Trump’s plan for a wall to be constructed along the […]

7y ago

‘The Young Turks’: Does Donald Trump Know Roger Stone?

‘The Young Turks’: Does Donald Trump Know Roger Stone?

On February 14, the New York Times reported that four campaign advisers to President Donald Trump had “repeated contacts” with senior members of the Russian government in the 12 months leading up to the November election. The four advisers are said to include former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, […]

7y ago

Bashar Al-Assad: Dictator Said To Be Fan Of ‘The Young Turks’

Bashar Al-Assad: Dictator Said To Be Fan Of ‘The Young Turks’

Last night, progressive newscaster The Young Turks hosted a fifteenth-anniversary special that included revelations regarding the program’s audience, to the apparent amazement of hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. According to journalist Michael Isikoff, a regular guest on the program, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a regular TYT viewer. Cenk Uygur described Isikoff, who now […]

7y ago

Obama Gun Resolution Restricting Mentally Ill Ownership Expected To Be Repealed

Obama Gun Resolution Restricting Mentally Ill Ownership Expected To Be Repealed

The U.S. Senate, controlled by the Republican Party, voted on a new gun bill today, a “Resolution of Disapproval,” putting an end to approved regulations brought in under the administration of former President Barack Obama that will allow about 75,000 social security recipients deemed incapable of managing their own financial affairs the right to buy […]

7y ago

Justice Democrats: Cenk Uygur Interviews Saikat Chakrabarti, Executive Director

Justice Democrats: Cenk Uygur Interviews Saikat Chakrabarti, Executive Director

On Tuesday, Cenk Uygur, co-founder of The Young Turks, interviewed Saikat Chakrabarti, the executive director of Justice Democrats, a new wing of the Democratic Party, the existence of which was announced on Monday evening, as previously featured by the Inquisitr. Saikat Chakrabarti brings a great deal of experience to the Justice Democrats initiative, having served […]

7y ago

Pat McCrory: ‘Shame’ Protest Prompts Anti-Free Speech Bill

Pat McCrory: ‘Shame’ Protest Prompts Anti-Free Speech Bill

A protest aimed at former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, while he was in Washington, D.C. to attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, has resulted in calls for a new law that would “make it a crime to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against a present or former North Carolina official in the course […]

7y ago

Justice Democrats: Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Progressives Launch Party Takeover

Justice Democrats: Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Progressives Launch Party Takeover

“From now on there will be a new wing of the Democratic Party,” The Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur explained during the opening of the nightly two-hour TYT YouTube program this evening. “It will be the Justice Democrats.” The host explained that this new group will represent voters and not corporate donors. He used a […]

7y ago

‘The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Makes A Case For Pardoning Edward Snowden And Julian Assange After Presindential Commutation Of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence [Video]

‘The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Makes A Case For Pardoning Edward Snowden And Julian Assange After Presindential Commutation Of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence [Video]

After president Barack Obama commuted the sentence of military whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, who was arrested seven years ago for leaking more than 700,000 diplomatic cables, videos and documents to WikiLeaks, calls for pardoning other whistle-blowers like WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Edward Snowden have gathered pace. Cenk Uygur, founder of the progressive YouTube newscast “The […]

7y ago

‘The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Rips Into Complicit Media For Helping Spread Donald Trump ‘Propaganda’ [Opinion]

‘The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Rips Into Complicit Media For Helping Spread Donald Trump ‘Propaganda’ [Opinion]

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur tore into President-elect Donald Trump for wrongly taking credit for having created 8,000 more jobs for American workers. While Uygur is known to be a progressive YouTube newscast host who is often critical of Trump and his policies, Uygur’s taking down of the American media was a little more […]

7y ago

Bernie Sanders Leads ‘TYT’ ‘Turk Of The Year’ Voting; Trump, Wasserman Schultz Lead ‘Jerk Of The Year’

Bernie Sanders Leads ‘TYT’ ‘Turk Of The Year’ Voting; Trump, Wasserman Schultz Lead ‘Jerk Of The Year’

Each year, since 2012, The Young Turks has been honoring an individual as “Turk of the Year.” That year, the online progressive news organization named Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by Taliban gunman for learning to read and writing a blog when she was 12-years-old, as previously examined by the Inquisitr, as […]

7y ago

Justin Normand: ‘TYT’ Asks ‘How Would Jesus Treat Muslims?’

Justin Normand: ‘TYT’ Asks ‘How Would Jesus Treat Muslims?’

Justin Normand, a 53-year-old man who stood for days outside the Islamic Center of Irving, in Texas, holding a sign reading “YOU BELONG STAY STRONG. BE BLESSED. WE ARE AMERICA” explained his motivation in a recent Facebook post. Normand wrote that the act was a response to a number of “right-wing drivers driving down Esters […]

8y ago

Trump Carrier Deal Wins Praise From ‘Young Turks’ Host Cenk Uygur [Video]

Trump Carrier Deal Wins Praise From ‘Young Turks’ Host Cenk Uygur [Video]

The Carrier deal brokered by Donald Trump and Mike Pence, the president- and vice president-elect, that saved 1000-plus manufacturing jobs at the Indianapolis United Technologies subsidiary has won praise from an unlikely source: Cenk Uygur, the liberal/progressive host of The Young Turks online political show. Trump and outgoing Indiana Governor Pence visited the air-conditioning and […]

8y ago

Cenk Uyger Of ‘The Young Turks’ Will Vote For Hillary Clinton [Video]

Cenk Uyger Of ‘The Young Turks’ Will Vote For Hillary Clinton [Video]

Cenk Uyger, host and founder of the popular online news outlet The Young Turks, stated in a video on Thursday that he will vote for the Democratic Party nominee for president, Hillary Clinton. You can view the video itself below. The video, taken from the nightly live broadcast of The Young Turks, features Cenk Uyger […]

8y ago

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