The Young Turks, March 30, 2016

The Young Turks: March 30, 2016

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Iadarola and Jimmy hosting. At their recent primary election, Arizona voters had to wait in line for hours to cast their vote. Some weren’t allowed to vote at all because their voter registration was suddenly inactive or they were listed with the wrong party, and thousands of provisional ballots weren’t even counted. Video of Arizona hearing on the irregularities during the voting process. A 15 year-old protester was pepper sprayed at a Trump rally after defending herself when another supporter groped her. Video of the man and girl arguing. Video of argument from another angle, showing the man who pepper sprayed her. Last week Ted Cruz said there should be more police patrolling and surveillance of muslim neighborhoods, in response to the Brussels attacks. Nearly half of american voters agree with Cruz. Forty-five percent of respondents said US should start using techniques such as waterboarding to get information to take down ISIS. Public sector unions triumphed before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday when the justices preserved money for organized labor unions. Because of Scalia’s death court was split 4-4 without him. Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD After alleged groping, teen Trump protester pepper-sprayed by Trump supporter outside Wis. rally https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/30/after-alleged-groping-teen-trump-protester-pepper-sprayed-by-trump-supporter-outside-wisc-rally/ New Poll Indicates One-Third Of Democrats Support Islamophobic Policies http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/29/3764274/new-poll-indicates-one-third-of-democrats-support-islamophobic-policies/ Showdown in Arizona: Voter-suppression hearing gets wild https://www.rt.com/usa/337496-arizona-primary-hearing-recess/ Victory for Unions as Supreme Court, Scalia Gone, Ties 4-4 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/friedrichs-v-california-teachers-association-union-fees-supreme-court-ruling.html?_r=0

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MSNBC is set to host a GOP town hall that has already been pre-taped. While Chris Matthews asked Trump whether women should be punished for having an abortion. Trump said he is pro-life and would punish women for having an abortion. In 1999, Trump emphasized how pro-choice he was. Microsoft released its AI bot on twitter and it turned out to be a disaster after the it analyzed human interaction on twitter to tweet out racist and sexist comments. They removed the bot from twitter after its controversial comments, but have brought it back again and this time it has returned with tweets about smoking weed in front of police officers. HBO is set to come out with a film about Anita Hill and the confirmation of Clarence Thomas. She alleged that he had sexually harassed her, and  later testified about in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Members of the GOP and Joe Biden are trying to control their character in the show. Video of Joe Biden questioning Anita Hill. Another video of Joe Biden questioning Anita Hill. A waitress bragged about a large tip from George W. Bush by tweeting a picture of her with Bush and his wife with the caption, “Bush did 911 but he did me a solid and left me a hella tip.” She received so much backlash, she had to make a public apology to Bush. A 20 year old man who started #BlackWomenAreGorgeous in response to white women like Kylie Jenner being applauded for culture appropriation, was found to have tweeted racial slurs in the past. Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Trump call to punish women for illegal abortions sparks firestorm http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/donald-trump-abortion-punishment-ban-illegal-pro-life Microsoft’s racist chatbot returns with drug-smoking Twitter meltdown http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/30/microsoft-racist-sexist-chatbot-twitter-drugs White Guy Who Started #BlackWomenAreGorgeous Says Anti-Black Slurs on Twitter a Lot http://mic.com/articles/139275/white-guy-who-started-black-women-are-gorgeous-says-anti-black-slur-a-lot-on-twitter#.rHIemYAaX George W. Bush Drops A Massive Tip And The Waitress’ Tweet Goes Viral http://uproxx.com/webculture/george-w-bush-huge-tip-viral/2/

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