November 18, 2019

The Damage Report: November 18, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaBrooke Thomas Guests: Zeke StokesNina TurnerPhillip Agnew

Donald Trump explodes on Fox News host Chris Wallace. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-trashes-foxs-chris-wallace-as-nasty-obnoxious-over-scalise-interview-dumb-and-unfair/ “President Donald Trump unloaded on Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace for his combative interview with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise. Wallace challenged Scalise during the interview for “very badly” mischaracterizing witness testimony and saying at one point, in response to Scalise dismissing “Schiff’s witnesses,” that “these are people who worked in the Trump Administration.” The president took to Twitter this afternoon to rage against Wallace, derisively contrasting him with his father Mike Wallace and calling him “nasty & obnoxious.”” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Fox News freaks as Disney flags its own racism. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://time.com/5730892/disney-plus-content-warnings-racist-movies/ “(NEW YORK) — Disney’s new streaming service has added a disclaimer to Dumbo, Peter Pan and other classics because they depict racist stereotypes, underscoring a challenge media companies face when they resurrect older movies in modern times. The move comes as Disney+ seems to be an instant hit. It attracted 10 million subscribers in just one day. The disclaimer reads, “This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.” Companies have been grappling for years with how to address stereotypes that were in TV shows and movies decades ago but look jarring today. Streaming brings the problem to the fore.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Bernie Sanders’ new imitative gives voice to HBCUs. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, Nina Turner, and Phillip Agnew break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461323-sanders-to-visit-three-historically-black-colleges-as-part-of-campus-tour “White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Friday he will visit three historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) during a multiday tour in North and South Carolina as he seeks to chip into former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead among African American voters. The tour includes stops at North Carolina A&T State University, Benedict College and South Carolina State University, the three HBCUs, as well as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Winthrop University. The campaign said in a press release that the trip is intended to “engage students on issues that matter to them, including Senator Sanders’ plan to cancel all student loan debt and make public colleges and universities tuition-free.” Sanders will be joined on the tour by campaign co-chairs Nina Turner and Ben Cohen — the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s — as well as other surrogates for his campaign including rapper Killer Mike, activist Phillip Agnew, actor Danny Glover and professors Cornel West and Adolph Reed. The tour comes as Sanders and other Democratic contenders seek to win over African American voters who have largely backed Biden in polls.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Attorney General William Barr loses it in desperate impeachment speech. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/calls-for-ag-barrs-impeachment-intensify-after-lunatic-authoritarian-federalist-society-speech/ “Attorney General Bill Barr launched into an emotional tirade against “the left” at an annual meeting of the conservative Federalist Society on Friday evening. Now, lawyers and legal commentators are intensifying calls for Barr’s impeachment. Barr’s eyebrow-raising speech was widely-panned after a video of the following portion made the rounds on social media: Unfortunately through the past few years we have seen these conflicts take on an entirely new character. Immediately after President Trump won election, opponents inaugurated what they called ‘The Resistance’ and they rallied around an explicit strategy of using every tool and maneuver to sabotage the functioning of the executive branch and his administration. The fact of the matter is: that in waging a scorched earth, no holds-barred war of resistance against this administration, it is the left that is engaged in the systemic shredding of norms and undermining the rule of law.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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November 15, 2019

The Damage Report: November 15, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaJayar Jackson Guests: Daniel Markovits

AOC’s Dave Rubin roast even has republicans laughing. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1195132507752206336?s=09 "This is the official Congressional press list, not a supporter mailing list. Our apologies, as someone must have mistaken you for a journalist. That’ll be fixed right away." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Fox News calls out Trump threat. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470652-bret-baier-says-trump-attacking-yovanovitch-could-be-article-of-impeachment "Fox News host Bret Baier said Friday that President Trump's tweet criticizing former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was "adding an article of impeachment real-time." "That was a turning point in this hearing so far," Baier said on Twitter of Trump's tweet. "She was already a sympathetic witness & the President’s tweet ripping her allowed Schiff to point it out real time characterizing it as witness tampering or intimidation -adding an article of impeachment real-time," he added. The host made similar comments during his network's broadcast. "This whole hearing turned on a dime when the president tweeted about her," Baier said. "During the questioning, Adam Schiff stopped the Democratic questioning to read the president's tweet to her and get her response.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Giuliani prepares for Trump’s attack on him. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/470516-giuliani-jokes-he-has-very-good-insurance-if-trump-turns-on-him "President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani says in a new interview that he isn't worried about the prospect of the president turning on him, but joked that he has "very good insurance" in the event that he does. Giuliani made the joke during a phone interview with The Guardian published Thursday in which he discussed his work for Trump and the latest revelations in the House's impeachment inquiry. Asked whether he was concerned Trump would "throw him under the bus" amid the probe, Giuliani laughed and said, “I’m not." "But I do have very, very good insurance, so if he does, all my hospital bills will be paid," he added. The Guardian noted that Robert Costello, Giuliani's lawyer who was sitting in on the call, interjected and said, "he's joking.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Laura Ingraham steals Trump defense from The Simpsons. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-simpsons-sideshow-bob-defense_n_5dce3c39e4b0d2e79f8a2b79 "Republicans speaking out in support of President Donald Trump during this week’s impeachment hearings are using a tactic straight out of “The Simpsons,” a former writer for the show said. The GOP argument is that Trump’s attempt to use foreign aid to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rivals wasn’t a crime because it was unsuccessful. Fox News host Laura Ingraham even said on her show this week that bribery was specifically named as an impeachable offense in the Constitution, but “attempted bribery is not.” Bill Oakley, a writer and showrunner on “The Simpsons,” wrote in The Washington Post that this argument calls to mind the defense used by the malevolent cartoon character Sideshow Bob when he was jailed for attempted murder. He quoted the character:" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, gives dramatic testimony. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/politics/public-impeachment-hearings-day-2/index.html "(CNN)The ousted US ambassador to Ukraine testified Friday that she was "shocked and devastated" after learning that President Donald Trump had disparaged her in his July phone call with the Ukrainian President, while a tweet from the President attacking her during the impeachment inquiry hearing sparked a real-time response and new Democratic accusations of witness intimidation. Trump tweeted as former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's testimony was underway that "everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," which prompted a response minutes later from House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, who allowed Yovanovitch to react to Trump's latest attacks. Schiff charged that the tweet was "designed to intimidate" her and other witnesses. "Now the President in real time is attacking you," Schiff said. "What effect do you think that has on other witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing?" "It's very intimidating," Yovanovitch said." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump Jr.’s book scams NYT Bestseller List. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-jrs-book-tops-ny-times-best-seller-list-but-theres-a-catch/ "President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., vigorously toured over the last week to promote his new book, sparring with hosts on “The View” and with audience members at in-person events. All that fighting seems to have paid off, as his title now tops the New York Times best-seller list, but there’s a big catch. Next to his book, “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us,” there is a little dagger. According to Jonny Diamond at Literary Hub, the small symbol “means that a significant number of the books sales are a result of ‘institutional, special interest, group or bulk purchases,’ which likely means (at least in the case of conservative titles) that a right-wing think tank of some variety has bought pallet-loads of the book.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The sad myth about working hard in America. John Iadarola and Daniel Markovits break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/548174/the-meritocracy-trap-by-daniel-markovits/ "A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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November 14, 2019

The Damage Report: November 14, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaMichael Brooks Guests: Jordan Smith

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders kill two birds with one stone. John Iadarola and Michael Brooks break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/ocasio-cortez.house.gov/files/OCASNY_053_xml.pdf "116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. ll To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green New Deal for 5 Public Housing Act’’." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The mainstream media needs more 'pizzazz' from the impeachment hearings. John Iadarola and Michael Brooks break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediamatters.org/trump-impeachment-inquiry/fox-friends-drastically-waters-down-bombshell-testimony-acting-ambassador "On November 13, acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testified that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland called President Donald Trump from a cell phone in Kyiv, Ukraine, in what national security experts say was an extraordinary breach of security. The Fox & Friends hosts drastically watered down the significance of this revelation, leaving out key details from Taylor’s testimony. During Wednesday’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Taylor testified that a “member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone” asking Sondland about “the investigations,” referring to Trump’s campaign to pressure Ukraine into announcing an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company whose board Biden’s son Hunter served on. According to Taylor, Sondland told Trump that “the Ukrainians were ready to move forward” with the investigations. National security experts have emphasized the remarkable security breach in making a private cell phone call to the president. Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff to the CIA director, said that “the security ramifications are insane -- using an open cellphone to communicate with the president of the United States.” He pointed out that Ukraine is a country “that is so wired with Russian intelligence, you can almost take it to the bank that the Russians were listening in on the call.” Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tweeted that “ambassadors rarely call presidents directly” and stressed that “that usually happens only during a major crisis.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Former Bolivian President, Evo Morales, flees after mass public protests. John Iadarola and Michael Brooks break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/evo-morales-arrives-mexico-bolivia-power-vacuum "The Bolivian senator Jeanine Añez has declared herself the country’s interim president after the resignation of Evo Morales, even though lawmakers from his party boycotted the legislative session where she assumed office. Añez, 52, took temporary control of the Senate late on Tuesday. “I will take the measures necessary to pacify the country,” she said, swearing on a bible to loud cheers and applause. The move is expected to pave the way for fresh elections. Morales’s Movement Towards Socialism called the session illegal and its legislators refused to take part. Nearby hundreds of Morales supporters marched against Añez assuming the role. “She’s declared herself president without having a quorum in the parliament,” Julio Chipana told the Guardian. “She doesn’t represent us.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Rodney Reed case expert gives an update. John Iadarola and Jordan Smith break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Support Justice for Rodney Reed here: https://justice4rodneyreed.org/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://theintercept.com/2019/11/08/rodney-reed-death-row-texas/ "DEKE PIERCE WAS wearing civilian clothes as he took to the lectern in a narrow press room inside the Texas Capitol in Austin last month, but it was still obvious that he was a cop. He stood with his feet wide and his arms slightly away from his body, a stance molded by years in a uniform encumbered by heavy gear. He was there to make an extraordinary announcement: He and 12 other members of law enforcement with more than 250 years of combined experience had filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a Texas death row prisoner named Rodney Reed, slated for execution on November 20. “We each care deeply about the criminal justice system and the rule of law. While that often means holding wrongdoers accountable, it is the equally important goal of the criminal justice system to avoid punishing the innocent,” Pierce told a group of reporters. “Not only would moving forward with Mr. Reed’s execution be cruel and immoral, it would also undermine the rule of law and the legitimacy of the very system we as law enforcement officers swore to uphold.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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GOP is cracking over impeachment. John Iadarola and Michael Brooks break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/joe-digenova-pushes-bonkers-conspiracy-on-fox-business-george-soros-controls-many-state-dept-and-fbi-agents-abroad/ "The husband-and-wife Trump defense team of Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing appeared on Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs Tonight to push an outlandish conspiracy theory about Ukraine, baselessly alleging that left-wing billionaire George Soros “controls a large part of the foreign service part of the State Department and the activities of FBI agents overseas.” “As I watch and I’m sitting here thinking, I am going to give them credit for being well intentioned public servants,” Dobbs said, referring to top State Dept. official on European Affairs George Kent and acting US Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, the first public witnesses in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s alleged extortion of Ukraine for personal, political reasons. “Because they weren’t in the special, super-duper, irregular chain and no one patted them on the back or spent time having a sip of tea with them. That’s what they seemed most upset about and it was outrageous to me that they have this sort of, I can I think of no other word, petty reaction to not being in the regular chain as well as the irregular chain.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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November 12, 2019

The Damage Report: November 12, 2019

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Jordan UhlKen KlippensteinHeidi Sloan

Pentagon laughs at Trump over absurd border procedure. John Iadarola and Ken Klippenstein break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/5P53ekkx1pnuQ5fvUTRANG "U.S. military forces deployed to the southern border are monitoring domestic protesters, including anti-border wall groups, according to an internal Pentagon document obtained exclusively by The Young Turks and The Intercept. The military, the document reveals, has focused particular attention on an interfaith group peacefully protesting the Trump administration’s child separation policy. The document includes what’s called a “threat estimate” — an assessment detailing the risk of perceived border threats. Among those threats are protests by members of religious groups against “the detention of families and children,” as well as anti-ICE protests and protests by “anti border-wall extremists.” Asked why they were monitoring an interfaith group, Defense Department spokesman John Cornelio replied, "DoD works closely to support Federal law enforcement agencies along the Southwest border. Law enforcement agencies share information regarding migrant caravans and protestors with DoD consistent with applicable laws and policies for DoD force protection purposes." Jake Laperruque, Senior Counsel for the Constitution Project at the Project on Government Oversight, said of the document: “The ‘threat estimates’ focused on protesters are highly disturbing. Cataloging individuals protesting government policy creates serious risk of abuse, and even without misconduct, monitoring protesters is likely to chill the exercise of First Amendment rights.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Giuliani to expose impeachment story. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-considers-launching-impeachment-podcast "Rudy Giuliani is reportedly considering launching his own impeachment podcast that would essentially provide his side of the story. According to CNN, Giuliani was overheard discussing details of the podcast with an unidentified woman at a New York City restaurant Saturday—including recording dates, release dates, logo design, and the process of distributing the podcast on iTunes and other platforms. The former New York mayor and current Trump lawyer reportedly said he’d hope the podcast would have four or five episodes “to analyze the impeachment in every aspect,” and seemed to want to have four episodes completed before a prospective Senate trial. He also mentioned publishing two op-eds in newspapers, one discussing why Trump was “unimpeachable” and another one explaining his own defense of Trump." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump panics over public impeachment hearings. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/469743-trump-says-that-he-will-probably-release-transcript-from-april-phone "President Trump said Saturday he will “probably” release the transcript of another phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week as the House impeachment investigation enters a new, public phase. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews that he will likely release the transcript Tuesday of a conversation he had with Zelensky in April, three months before a second conversation the two leaders had that is now at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. "They want to have a transcript of the other call, the second call, and I'm willing to provide that," Trump said Saturday. "You'll read the second call, and you'll tell me if there's anything wrong with it." Trump’s dealings with Ukraine first came under scrutiny after a whistleblower raised alarm over a July conversation between the two presidents. A rough transcript of the call later released by the White House showed Trump repeatedly leaned on Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a chief political rival, on ungrounded corruption allegations." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump to be condemned on national TV during public impeachment hearings. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/trump-impeachment-house-intelligence-committee-hearings-2019-11-12-live-updates/ "Washington -- House Democrats are ramping up the impeachment inquiry with the first public hearings scheduled for later this week, raising the stakes of their investigation into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine. On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing with Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a high-level State Department official. Both raised concerns over the administration's attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating supposed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election and a company that had employed Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden's son." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Billionaire crybaby, Leon Cooperman, throws fit over Elizabeth Warren. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/billionaire-leon-cooperman-goes-off-on-warren-why-villainize-people-like-bezos-bill-gates-who-do-a-lot-for-society/ "You may remember how just last week a Wall Street billionaire got emotional on TV talking about Elizabeth Warren and her attacks on the super-rich. That billionaire, Leon Cooperman, appeared on CNN tonight and continued to criticize Warren for “villainizing” billionaires. Erin Burnett brought up Warren’s response mocking him and other billionaires sounding alarms. Cooperman asked, “What is the purpose of vilifying successful people that have done well for society? I don’t get it. She can say that wealthy people should pay more in taxes. I happen to agree with that… They should be paying more and they are paying more. If they want to raise the taxes on the wealthy, that’s fine. I have no problem with that. But the wealth tax is a stillborn idea.” He continued, “I’m not crying over my personal income tax liability. I’m distressed over the dialogue. Why villainize wealthy people? Bill Gates has done a lot for society. David Rubenstein has done a lot for society. Jeff Bezos has done a lot for society. They should be complimented, not criticized. The wealth tax makes no sense!”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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DSA member fights for the working class. John Iadarola and Heidi Sloan break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://heidisloan.com/about/ "Heidi Sloan is a working class woman. A worker since age fifteen in her native Cedar Hill, Heidi spent years teaching children with disabilities in public schools. She learned to create spaces where kids felt safe and watched them explore, observing students hold the hands of their blind classmates and walk down the hall together just for the sake of their own curiosity and compassion. Heidi has devoted the last six years of her life to Community First Village, where she has worked as a farmer and service provider with the formerly homeless. Organizing the residents who wanted to do farm work, Heidi created the farming program and taught residents to train new volunteers. She gets up early each day to grow produce, livestock, and community with her neighbors, sharing the bounty with the residents doing the work and reminding them just how much they are worth." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

9 minutes

November 11, 2019

The Damage Report: November 11, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaBrooke Thomas Guests: Nina Turner

GOP representatives run scared, abandoning Trump. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20959123/peter-king-20th-house-republican-announce-retirement "Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who has served in the House of Representatives for nearly three decades, announced his retirement Monday, becoming the 20th House Republican to retire ahead of the 2020 election. “The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week in Washington, D.C., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home in Seaford,” King, who is 75, wrote in a statement. “There is a season for everything and [my wife] and I decided that, especially since we are both in good health, it is time to have the flexibility to spend more time with our children and grandchildren.” King is an ally of President Donald Trump with his own history of controversial stances, from his support for the Irish Republican Army, to his claim that “80 to 85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists,” to blaming Eric Garner rather than the New York City police officer who killed him for his death: “If he had not had asthma, and a heart condition, and was so obese, he would not have died from this.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Michael Bloomberg would be the most hated presidential candidate. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/10/opinion/michael-bloomberg.html "His expansion of the notoriously racist stop-and-frisk program is a ... We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. ... Charles Blow joined The Times in 1994 and became an Opinion columnist in 2008." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Uber CEO’s outrageous take on Jamal Khashoggi’s death. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50373852 "The chief executive of ride-hailing app Uber has called the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi "a mistake", comparing it to his firm's failings with self-driving cars. Pressed on Saudi links with Uber in a TV interview, Dara Khosrowshahi said: "People make mistakes, it doesn't mean they can never be forgiven." He later said the comments were wrong. Khashoggi - a US resident and prominent Saudi critic - was killed in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate last year. Saudi Arabia is Uber's fifth-largest shareholder and the head of its sovereign wealth fund is also on the company's board of directors. Mr Khosrowshahi made the remarks during a discussion about Saudi Arabia's involvement in Khashoggi's murder as part of the series Axios on HBO. When pressed on whether a representative from Saudi Arabia should remain on Uber's board, he said: "I think that government said that they made a mistake.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Amy Klobuchar throws Pete Buttigieg under the bus. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/klobuchar-a-woman-with-same-experience-as-buttigieg-wouldnt-make-it-to-presidential-debate-stage/ "Amy Klobuchar today elaborated on comments she made about Pete Buttigieg’s experience by asking if a woman with his level of experience would be on the debate stage. After talking about Michael Bloomberg getting in the race, Jake Tapper asked Klobuchar about recent comments about Buttigieg’s qualifications. Klobuchar said Buttigieg or any of the candidate on the debate stage are “more qualified than the President of the United States right now.” She contrasted her support with Buttigieg’s and, while not saying he’s unqualified, told Tapper, “He’s had a different experience. We should be able to have those debates about candidates without being accused of being negative.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Bernie Sanders’ campaign talks Michael Bloomberg’s presidential run. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, and Nina Turner break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/10/20957773/bloomberg-run-president-trump-sanders-warrent-poll "Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering entering the Democratic presidential primary, and though he has not yet declared his candidacy, he has not received a warm welcome to the race from current candidates, particularly those concerned another billionaire, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, may have tried to recruit Bloomberg to the race. Bloomberg hasn’t formally announced he’s running, but he filed paperwork to run in the Alabama primary on Friday. One of Bloomberg’s advisers tweeted Bloomberg is considering a run because he’s “increasingly concerned that the current field of candidates is not well positioned” to beat Trump in the general election. Recode’s Jason Del Rey reported Saturday Bloomberg also faced some peer pressure — Bezos reportedly called Bloomberg months ago and asked if he would run. The former mayor told his fellow billionaire at that time he would not." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Bernie Sanders rallies south around ‘Medicare For Y’all’. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, and Nina Turner break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/event/detail/volunteeractivityormeeting/4v7qq "America’s current health care system is the most expensive per capita and yet fails to provide quality health care. Millions of dollars are wasted in administrative costs, while lives are put at risk. Our country has a health care crisis. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is a national champion of Medicare for All. As we rally together on October 20 for “Medicare for Y’all”, Senator Sanders, along with Senator Nina Turner, President of Our Revolution, South Carolina Representative Justin Bamberg, Our Revolution Board Member Lucero Mesa, and others will shine a light on the need for Medicare for All. South Carolinians and all Americans need a health care system that prioritizes the needs of the patients, not the needs of health insurance and pharmaceutical companies. This is especially true in South Carolina where the Republican-held legislature and Trump-backed governor have continuously and strongly rejected Medicaid Expansion under the ACA for purely political reasons. Nearly 100,000 South Carolinians live with a gap in coverage and thousands more are completely uninsured." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Sanders campaign talks about how to pay for medicare for all. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, and Nina Turner break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/medicare-for-all-2019-summary?id=FA52728F-B57E-4E0D-96C2-F0C5D346A6E1&download=1&inline=file "The Medicare for All Act of 2019 Our dysfunctional health care system is unaffordable. Today, the United States has the most expensive, inefficient, and bureaucratic health care system in the world. Despite the fact that we are the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care for all -- and have 34 million Americans who are uninsured and even more who are underinsured -- we now spend more than twice as much per capita on health care as the average developed country. According to a recent study, 45 percent of Americans are worried a major illness could leave them bankrupt, 1 out of 4 Americans skipped needed medical care because they could not afford it, and 77 percent are concerned rising health costs will cause significant and lasting damage to our economy." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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A human rights triumph just took place in Chicago. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/11/01/chicago-will-stop-shutting-off-water-service-due-to-unpaid-bills-water-is-a-basic-human-right/ "NORTH LAWNDALE — The city will no longer shut off a resident’s water supply because of unpaid utility bills, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday. At the announcement at Saint Agatha’s Church in North Lawndale, Lightfoot said access to water is a basic human right that too many Chicagoans have had to go without because they have had to choose between paying the utility bills and paying for other needs. The city’s new Utility Billing Relief and Debt Forgiveness program aims to alleviate the burden of overdue water bills on residents. The new policy will also provide pathways for residents to settle their utility debts by paying a discounted rate of 50 percent for water service, sewer and water-sewer tax bills. After one year of meeting the discounted payments, the city would forgive previously incurred debt." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

3 minutes

November 8, 2019

The Damage Report: November 8, 2019

Hosts: Brett ErlichJohn Iadarola Guests: Zina Spezakis

A new (anonymous) book 'A Warning' depicts hysteria, racism, and total lawlessness from inside Trump's White House. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich discuss on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/anonymous-book-author-compares-trump-to-pantsless-elderly-uncle "The anonymous White House official who wrote of a “resistance” movement working to save the nation from Donald Trump’s worst impulses makes a stunning claim in their upcoming book: that members of the Trump administration once considered doing something brave. In A Warning, which describes the president as a cruel, narcissistic buffoon and seems to be aimed at readers who’ve been in a coma for the past four years, Anonymous writes that in 2018, top Trump officials weighed resigning en masse in an attempt to sound alarms about their boss, but ultimately declined to do so out of concern that their “midnight self-massacre” could leave the government even more debilitated. “I am not qualified to diagnose the president’s mental acuity,” the author writes, according to excerpts of the book obtained by the Washington Post. “All I can tell you is that normal people who spend any time with Donald Trump are uncomfortable by what they witness. He stumbles, slurs, gets confused, is easily irritated, and has trouble synthesizing information, not occasionally but with regularity. Those who would claim otherwise are lying to themselves or to the country.”* #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Michael Bloomberg is taking steps to run for President in 2020 and Chuck Todd is VERY excited. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich discuss on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/8/20955068/bloomberg-president-good-for-warren "Michael Bloomberg’s renewed interest in running for president seems motivated in large part by intellectual and emotional hostility to the prospect of an Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders nomination. But — to the extent that the billionaire philanthropist manages to garner any support at all — the actual effect of him entering the race is likely to be the reverse: undermining frontrunner Joe Biden to some extent without materially damaging Warren or Sanders or having any realistic chance of winning himself. The key is that in recent years moderates who’ve successfully fended off the left wing of the Democratic Party have done so with the support of black and Latino voters, who tend to be more moderate on the whole than white Democrats. But Bloomberg’s specific political career gives him little access to this constituency and thus little hope of securing the nomination."* #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #2020

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A man who enslaved, beat, and forced to work an intellectually disabled man was sentenced to 10 years in prison. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich discuss on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/08/south-carolina-white-restaurant-manager-sentenced-jail-enslaving-black-man/2527814001/ "A white South Carolina restaurant manager has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for enslaving a black worker with an intellectual disability for five years, forcing him to work more than 100 hours a week without pay and frequently beating him with a belt, the Justice Department said Thursday. On one occasion, according to the Department of Justice, Bobby Paul Edwards, the manager of J&J Cafeteria in Conway, South Carolina, "dipped metal tongs into hot grease and burned the victim’s neck" for failing to deliver fried chicken to the buffet quickly."* #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #2020

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Andrew Yang is gearing up for Iowa with a new ad. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich discuss on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/andrew-yang-goes-mainstream-in-new-million-dollar-ad-campaign "Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is unveiling a seven-figure ad buy on Thursday, his first of the 2020 election. Yang is spending $1 million on a new spot, set to run statewide in Iowa over the next week, according to details of the ad campaign first shared with The Daily Beast. “Parent, patriot, not a politician,” the narrator in the 60-second spot, titled, “A New Way Forward” states. “A new leader who understands that what’s coming is the greatest transformation in history.”* #TheDamageReport #YangGang #2020

6 minutes

Glenn Beck has an insane new theory about the whistleblower. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

4 minutes

The race for New Jersey's 9th congressional district, and how climate change inspired Zina Spezakis to run for office. Learn more here: https://www.zinaforcongress.com/ Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

6 minutes

November 7, 2019

The Damage Report: November 7, 2019

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Ryan GrimChristopher Armitage

Donald Trump cries after William Barr tells him no. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/7/20953216/trump-attorney-general-bill-barr-ukraine-call-press-conference "Attorney General William Barr has mostly stayed quietly on the sidelines in the Ukraine impeachment investigation — apparently to President Donald Trump’s irritation. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Trump had wanted Barr to hold a press conference declaring the president had done nothing wrong in his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump pressured the leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son. The New York Times and ABC News later confirmed the Post’s reporting. Trump, however, vehemently denied the story in a series of tweets on Thursday morning. “The degenerate Washington Post MADE UP the story about me asking Bill Barr to hold a news conference,” Trump tweeted. “Never happened, and there were no sources!”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Lindsey Graham flies off the deep end. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/lindsey-graham-claims-trump-donor-gordon-sondland-is-in-cahoots-with-democratic-operatives "Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) openly speculated on Wednesday night that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland recently changed his impeachment testimony because he was now partnered up with “Democratic operatives” and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA). Graham, who has been one of the president’s fiercest defenders amid the Ukraine scandal, appeared on Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum to address Sondland suddenly recalling that he did tell Ukrainian officials that they needed to make a “public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks” to receive U.S. military aid. One of the main targets of the “anti-corruption” investigations was Burisma, the company on whose board Hunter Biden served." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Mark Zuckerberg outed by Facebook employees. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/06/time-break-facebook-sanders-says-after-leaked-docs-show-social-media-giant-treated "After NBC News on Wednesday published a trove of leaked documents that show how Facebook "treated user data as a bargaining chip with external app developers," White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders declared that it is time "to break Facebook up.” When British investigative journalist Duncan Campbell first shared the trove of documents with a handful of media outlets including NBC News in April, journalists Olivia Solon and Cyrus Farivar reported that "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network's power and control competitors by treating its users' data as a bargaining chip, while publicly proclaiming to be protecting that data." With the publication Wednesday of nearly 7,000 pages of records—which include internal Facebook emails, web chats, notes, presentations, and spreadsheets—journalists and the public can now have a closer look at exactly how the company was using the vast amount of data it collects when it came to bargaining with third parties. Technically still under protective order in a California state civil lawsuit that the startup app developer Six4Three filed against Facebook in 2015, the leaked documents from the case include 3,799 pages of sealed exhibits, 2,737 pages of exhibits, 415 pages of related notes and summaries, and a 20-page memorandum (pdfs). More than 1,000 pages are labeled "highly confidential.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Bernie Sanders unveils his immigration policy. John Iadarola and Ryan Grim break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/7/20951821/bernie-sanders-immigration-plan-worker-rights-legalization-labor "Bernie Sanders’s immigration platform, released Thursday, is a classic Bernie Sanders plan: a policy agenda that reflects demands from activists on the left while still framing immigration as part of his signature issue of workers’ rights. Sanders’s progressive bona fides on immigration have been questioned in the past. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton criticized the senator for voting against comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 — a bill that would have opened a pathway to citizenship for 12 million undocumented immigrants while investing in border security. (Sanders, who has long supported a pathway to citizenship, says he voted against the bill because of the lack of labor protections in the bill’s guest worker provisions.) He has also repeatedly warned against “open borders,” which he calls a “Koch brothers proposal,” arguing it would depress wages for American workers. “If you open the borders, my God, there’s a lot of poverty in this world, and you’re going to have people from all over the world,” Sanders said at an April town hall in Iowa. “And I don’t think that’s something that we can do at this point. Can’t do it.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Netflix bows to Saudi Arabia pressure canceling an episode of ‘Patriot Act’. John Iadarola and Ryan Grim break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/tech/netflix-ceo-defends-buckling-to-saudi-arabia-on-hasan-minhaj-episode-were-not-trying-to-do-truth-to-power/ "Last year, in the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Hasan Minhaj devoted an episode of his show Patriot Act to calling out Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year Netflix pulled the episode from its platform in Saudi Arabia following complaints. At the time, Netflix said in a statement to NPR, “We strongly support artistic freedom and removed this episode only in Saudi Arabia after we had received a valid legal request — and to comply with local law.” Minhaj called out Saudi Arabia in a subsequent episode and remarked, “Of all the Netflix originals the only show that Saudi Arabia thinks violates ‘Muslim values’ is the one hosted by a Muslim.” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times DealBook conference today about Netflix itself, the growing streaming industry, etc." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Bill Gates weighs in on Trump vs Warren. John Iadarola and Ryan Grim break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/bill-gates-goes-after-warren-on-wealth-tax-wont-commit-to-backing-her-over-trump-voting-for-whoevers-more-professional/ "Wall Street has not been shy in expressing reservations over Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) presidential candidacy — given her desire to install a wealth tax. Now, you can add one of the world’s richest people to the list of those who are less than thrilled by the prospect of a Warren presidency. Speaking at a forum in New York with New York Times writer Andrew Ross Sorkin, Microsoft founder Bill Gates came off as far from enthusiastic about Warren 2020. Speaking about the wealth tax, Gates said there’s a limit to what he would be willing to pay. “If I had to pay $20 billion, it’s fine,” Gates said. “But when you say I should pay $100 billion, then I’m starting to do a little math about what I have left over.” Sorkin asked Gates if he’d consider sitting down with the Massachusetts senator." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Air Force veteran fights for progressives. John Iadarola and Christopher Armitage break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://armitageforcongress.com/about/ "Christopher Armitage is a progressive running for US Congress in Washington State’s 5th Congressional District, because he believes it’s time the working people of Eastern Washington have a voice that doesn’t sell them out to the highest bidder. Chris served abroad in the US Air Force, was a small business owner and is a stand-up comedian. He uses his experience (and his humor) to break the stalemate of our politics to engage with people to get stuff done." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

8 minutes

November 6, 2019

The Damage Report: November 6, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaJayar Jackson Guests: Dr. Nazita Lajevardi

DaProgressives win big in red states in the 2019 elections. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/5/20949741/winners-and-losers-election-night-2019 "Virginia and Kentucky demonstrated one clear thing: Democrats were fired up. No matter what caveats exist in each state, that’s great news for the Democratic Party heading into 2020. Beyond his turnout wins, Beshear’s message could give the national party hope. He ran primarily on health care and education — vowing to protect Medicaid and boost funding for teachers — a strategy Democrats could replicate in other Trump-friendly states and regions like West Virginia, another state that has seen teachers strikes. Democrats also won their enthusiasm test in Virginia. A caveat here — Virginia has been trending more and more blue every year, so winning was not a huge surprise. However, Democrats were looking for signs of enthusiasm, and they got them in Virginia. Anecdotally, turnout was up significantly in the state. That’s important especially because Virginia had no governor’s race or US Senate contest on the ballot, presenting both Democrats and Republicans with a unique opportunity to show how strong the party apparatus was."

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Donald Trump’s spiritual advisor offers demented guidance. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1191448953847517185 "Pastor Paula White, Trump's personal spiritual adviser and newest administration official, tells her congregation that if they give her money, God will reward them with a divine revelation outlining His plan for their lives." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Jane Fonda shuts down Abby Huntsman on The View. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jane-fonda-shuts-down-abby-huntsman-on-the-view "With Meghan McCain sitting out Jane Fonda’s appearance on The View Tuesday morning, Abby Huntsman was both the only conservative and the only millennial co-host left to mix it up with the legendary actor-turned-environmental activist. Fonda had no time for her. The interview started out as a love-fest between Fonda, Joy Behar, and Whoopi Goldberg, who asked their guest what’s like to spend a night in jail for protesting climate change at age 81. “You know, the conditions weren't great for old bones like mine on a metal slab,” Fonda said, “but the saddest part of it was seeing how—because our country doesn't give enough money to resources like social safety nets and mental health institutions—there's so many people in jail, you know, for poverty and racism and mental health issues.” “But is there a way to do it without breaking the law? You think of all the peaceful protests that have led to change,” Huntsman said, implying somehow that Fonda’s protests have been anything but peaceful. “I worry about living in an uncivil society.” " #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Death row bombshell could save inmate, Rodney Reed. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Sign the petition to stop this execution: https://www.freerodneyreed.com/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/11/5/20948639/rodney-reed-execution "Rodney Reed, who is scheduled to be executed later this month, has spent the past two decades on death row for a murder he says he did not commit. Now, a new witness has come forward claiming that it was the victim’s fiancé, a former police officer, who killed the woman, not Reed. The new information has shed light on what many criminal justice advocates say is a case of another black man caught up in a system that was stacked against him. On October 30, Reed’s lawyers and the Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization for criminal justice reform, filed an application for clemency with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles following the sworn affidavit of Arthur Snow, who says ex-officer Jimmy Fennell confessed to the murder of Stacy Stites when the two men were in prison together. In addition to Snow’s testimony, several other witnesses have come forward with similar stories around Fennell and his disdain for his fiancé, who he suspected was sleeping with a black man behind his back." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump tanks GOP in 2019 elections. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/5/20949741/winners-and-losers-election-night-2019 "Voters all over the country headed to the polls to decide local and state elections. The headline-grabbing contest was Democrat Andy Beshear beating Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin in the Kentucky governor’s race — a state President Donald Trump won by a whopping 30 percent in 2016. Some caveats: Bevin was among the most unpopular governors in the country, and other Republican leaders in the state outperformed him on Tuesday. But Beshear’s win was still a big loss for Trump, who campaigned in Kentucky just a day before the election, explicitly tying Bevin’s race to his own reputation. The results also showed that Democrats in Kentucky were fired up — Beshear outperformed the 2015 Democratic gubernatorial candidate in many areas of the state. The other huge story was Virginia’s state legislature elections, where Democrats flipped both the state House and Senate, ensuring a trifecta with Gov. Ralph Northam (D) already in the governor’s mansion. Virginia has been trending blue for years, but the fact that Democrats generated so much enthusiasm in an off-year where state legislature elections were the biggest thing on the ballot means the party is organized and enthusiastic, even for traditionally sleepier races." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Trump supporters admit their insanity. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.axios.com/monmouth-poll-trump-approval-a05b8144-1d1b-4296-a0d4-6ca0390b05ee.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic "62% of people who approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president say they can't think of anything he could do that would cause him to lose their support, according to a Monmouth University poll published Tuesday. The sample size for the question was 401. Why it matters: The figures come in the midst of an impeachment inquiry that has highlighted fierce partisan divisions. Not a single House Republican voted in favor of a resolution formalizing impeachment inquiry procedures last week. The other side: Among those who disapprove of the job Trump is doing (467 respondents), 70% say there's nothing the president could do to gain their support. The big picture: 43% of all respondents in the Monmouth poll approve of Trump's job, versus 51% who disapprove. 41% approved in the same poll in September, while 53% disapproved.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The true cost of Trump’s Muslim ban. John Iadarola and Dr. Nazita Lajevardi break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: http://nazita.squarespace.com/book "Outsiders at Home evaluates the status of Muslims in American democracy. It reveals that Muslim Americans are systematically and grossly marginalized; the public views them negatively, legislators ignore them, and the media communicates them frequently in gross disproportion to their group size. Moreover, U.S. Muslims are aware of their current situation towards the bottom of the sociopolitical hierarchy and this awareness has induced avoidance behaviors. Overall, the rampant discussion of Muslims, most of which is negative, likely has yielded dangerous consequences for Muslim Americans." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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November 5, 2019

The Damage Report: November 5, 2019

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Peter KhalilEmma Vigeland

China reaches a new level of brutality. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-monitor-home-shared-bed-report-2019-11 "Chinese men assigned to monitor the homes of Uighur women whose husbands were sent to prison camps frequently sleep in the same beds as them, Radio Free Asia reported last week. It appears to be another facet of the Communist Party's hardline campaign against the mostly-Muslim Uighur people in their home region of Xinjiang, in western China, over the past two years. Beijing sees all Uighur people as terrorists and has used Islamophobia to justify its actions in the past. Authorities have detained at least 1 million Uighurs in prison-like camps, euphemistically called "re-education centers." Activists have likened the campaign to ethnic cleansing." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Pete Buttigieg breaks fake news to everyone. John Iadarola and Emma Vigeland break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/03/buttigieg-fourth-warren-second-nationally-poll "Pete Buttigieg is fourth in a four-strong pack clear of the Democratic presidential field, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But he thinks the final choice of who will challenge Donald Trump will be between him and Elizabeth Warren. In an interview to be broadcast on Showtime on Sunday, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said the race is “getting to be a two-way” between him and the Massachusetts senator. “A world where we’re getting somewhere is that world,” he said, “where it’s coming down to the two of us”. According to the Post-ABC poll, former vice-president Joe Biden leads nationally among likely primary voters, with 28% support, from Warren in second on 23%, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders on 17% and Buttigieg on 9%." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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A rival leaks Richard Spencer’s racist tirade. John Iadarola and Emma Vigeland break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/11/4/20947833/richard-spencer-white-nationalism-audio-milo-alt-right "In audio first put online by right-wing pundit and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on Saturday, white nationalist Richard Spencer can allegedly be heard ranting about Jewish people and mixed-race people. The audio — purportedly from an emergency meeting that took place on August 13, 2017, the day after the far-right “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, disintegrated into violence, resulting in the murder of a counterprotester named Heather Heyer — features Spencer screaming racist and anti-Semitic slurs he has generally avoided using in public in an effort to more politely argue for “the creation of a White Ethno-State.” Spencer is perhaps the most prominent and arguably the most successful of the so-called “alt-right” white nationalist activists attempting to inject overtly racist ideas into mainstream political thought. In fact, Spencer can be credited (alongside Peter Brimelow and Paul Gottfried) with inventing the term “alt-right,” resulting in the magazine Alternative Right in 2010. I emailed Spencer for comment and will update if I hear back." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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White supremacist douses Hispanic father Mahud Villalaz in battery acid. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Donate to Mahud Villalaz here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-brother-mahud-victim-of-another-hate-crime Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-terrorism-white-supremacists-islamist-extremists_n_594c46e4e4b0da2c731a84df "When it comes to domestic terrorism in America, the numbers don’t lie: Far-right extremists are behind far more plots and attacks than Islamist extremists. There were almost twice as many terrorist incidents by right-wing extremists as by Islamist extremists in the U.S. from 2008 to 2016, according to a new report from The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund and The Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal. Looking at both plots and attacks carried out, the group tracked 201 terrorist incidents on U.S. soil from January 2008 to the end of 2016. The database shows 115 cases by right-wing extremists ― from white supremacists to militias to “sovereign citizens” ― compared to 63 cases by Islamist extremists. Incidents from left-wing extremists, which include ecoterrorists and animal rights militants, were comparatively rare, with 19 incidents." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Trump’s Paris Accord withdrawal to impact local communities. John Iadarola and Peter Khalil break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Khalilforcongress.com "The son of Egyptian Coptic Christian immigrants, a graduate of Columbia University and Stanford Law, devoted father and husband, and local small business owner, Peter and his family have called Southwest Washington home for almost a decade. Hailing from a small town, Peter attended Columbia University and then Stanford Law, where he met his wife, Rebecca. After a beautiful wedding in Ocean Park, WA, Peter went to work as a securities lawyer on Wall Street where he witnessed first-hand the corruption that hurt millions of people and threatened our economy. After deciding to raise their family in Southwest Washington, Peter devoted his passion for justice into building a thriving business as a mediator and doing pro bono work helping individuals obtain legal services who could not otherwise afford them. Peter’s commitment to service extends beyond his mediation and arbitration practice; volunteering as a coach for local high school mock trial programs, tutoring underprivileged youth and adults, including ESL programs, and training guide dogs for the visually impaired are all areas of service Peter enjoys." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Ex-Wall Street employee joins progressive fight. John Iadarola and Peter Khalil break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Khalilforcongress.com "The son of Egyptian Coptic Christian immigrants, a graduate of Columbia University and Stanford Law, devoted father and husband, and local small business owner, Peter and his family have called Southwest Washington home for almost a decade. Hailing from a small town, Peter attended Columbia University and then Stanford Law, where he met his wife, Rebecca. After a beautiful wedding in Ocean Park, WA, Peter went to work as a securities lawyer on Wall Street where he witnessed first-hand the corruption that hurt millions of people and threatened our economy. After deciding to raise their family in Southwest Washington, Peter devoted his passion for justice into building a thriving business as a mediator and doing pro bono work helping individuals obtain legal services who could not otherwise afford them. Peter’s commitment to service extends beyond his mediation and arbitration practice; volunteering as a coach for local high school mock trial programs, tutoring underprivileged youth and adults, including ESL programs, and training guide dogs for the visually impaired are all areas of service Peter enjoys." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Trump’s horrific decision risks civilian lives. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/773474657/u-s-formally-begins-to-leave-the-paris-climate-agreement "The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. The withdrawal will be complete this time next year, after a one-year waiting period has elapsed. "We will continue to work with our global partners to enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change and prepare for and respond to natural disasters," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Monday. Nearly 200 countries signed on to the agreement in 2015 and made national pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Each country set its own goals, and many wealthy countries, including the U.S., also agreed to help poorer countries pay for the costs associated with climate change. The U.S. is now the only country to pull out of the pact. "The United States is not cooperating with the rest of the world on dealing with climate change," says Andrew Light, a former climate official in the State Department who helped develop the Paris Agreement." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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November 4, 2019

The Damage Report: November 4, 2019

Hosts: John IadarolaBrooke Thomas Guests: Sharon Kann

Is Bill Maher an anti-vaxxer? John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninashapiro/2019/11/03/bill-maher-supports-vaccine-autism-connection/#4916606f723d "On the November 1, 2019 episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” he had a conversation with pediatrician Jay Gordon, MD, known for providing troves of high-profile families with personal belief exemptions and medical exemptions to postpone or forego vaccinations for their children. As the tony pockets of Los Angeles county have seen some of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, coupled with increasingly frequent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as measles, pertussis (whooping cough), and flu, many have raised concerns about the validity of such exemptions. Bill Maher, known for having his share of skepticism of health care recommendations and physicians (”the people in the white coats,” as he refers to them with a pejorative tone), brings up the point that vaccines may play a role in causing autism. Within hours, the Twitterverse, physicians, and mainstream media outlets dug in their heels on this seemingly endless debate. The idea that it should even be a debate is, well, debatable." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump says it’s all over for him. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-impeachment-quid-pro-quo-tweet_n_5dbf79c5e4b0bedb2d4e5bb0 "President Donald Trump seemed to suggest Sunday night that while he personally didn’t do so, asking a foreign government for a quid pro quo in exchange for a political favor is not an impeachable offense. “False stories are being reported that a few Republican Senators are saying that President Trump may have done a quid pro quo, but it doesn’t matter, there is nothing wrong with that, it is not an impeachable event,” Trump tweeted in the midst of a particularly busy night on the social media platform. “Perhaps so, but read the transcript, there is no quid pro quo!” The White House did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for clarification about the president’s remarks." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Fox News destroys Kellyanne Conway. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-chris-wallace-grills-conway-over-trump-withholding-ukraine-aid-isnt-that-the-definition-of-a-quid-pro-quo/ "White House special counselor Kellyanne Conway went on a media tour on Sunday morning, during which, Fox News’ Chris Wallace put her through a tough round of questions about the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry. During the broad-range conversation, Wallace noted that Trump and his fellow Republicans have complained about the closed-door interviews being held with the inquiry’s witnesses, but the GOP used to hold a more favorable view of those kinds of hearings during the Benghazi investigation. “Why is it okay for Republicans, when they are in charge, to conduct hearings, depositions, interviews behind closed doors but its unacceptable for Democrats?” Wallace asked. Conway pivoted from the question in order to attack Hillary Clinton, eventually complaining that Trump has had “no due process” and “there is no analogy” between impeachment and any other type of congressional hearing. From there, Wallace turned to the various Trump foreign policy officials who testified that the president engaged in “repeated instances” to withhold military aid and pressure Ukraine into conducting the investigations he wanted." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump and his sons get booed at the UFC Championship. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-host-ed-henry-defends-trumps-ufc-reception-there-clearly-were-a-ton-of-cheers/ "Fox News’ Ed Henry was thoroughly dismissive of the press coverage on President Donald Trump’s less-than-stellar reception at the UFC Championship on Saturday night. Days after Trump was booed while attending World Series Game 5 at Nationals Park, the president drew a lot of jeers again when he appeared to watch the fight at Madison Square Garden. When Fox & Friends covered this, Pete Hegseth reacted by saying Trump “got a big reception. The media can say what they want about it, but this is not a PC crowd right here. This is a crowd that appreciates the brawler style of a brawler president.” When Henry noted the media focus on the booing Trump got, he said “this has become so juvenile. If you actually listen to the audio, there clearly were a ton of cheers. The bottom line: who cares at the end of the day?” Watch above, via Fox News." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Edward Snowden reveals the truth about aliens. John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.businessinsider.sg/edward-snowden-no-evidence-in-cia-databases-that-aliens-exist-2019-10/ "Edward Snowden shut down the conspiracy theory that the US government is secretly harboring aliens at its top secret facilities during an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, which aired on Wednesday. Snowden, an American whistleblower who revealed details of classified US government surveillance programs in 2013, addressed rumors about secret extraterrestrial lifeforms in his recently released memoir “Permanent Record.” “I know, Joe, I know you want there to be aliens,” he said. “I know Neil deGrasse Tyson badly wants there to be aliens. And there probably are, right?”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Fox News spreads right-wing abortion lies. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, and Sharon Kann break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/other-networks-are-letting-fox-news-poison-abortion-related-coverage-dangerous-lies "A 12-month-long Media Matters study of evening cable news programs found that CNN and MSNBC allowed Fox News to dominate abortion-related conversations with dangerous misinformation. Fox aired 94% of the three networks’ statements about four common abortion-related topics, and it was wrong 85% of the time. When CNN and MSNBC did talk about abortion, they were wrong 67% and 40% of the time, respectively. Media Matters analyzed evening cable news programs on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC from March 2, 2018, through February 28, 2019, looking for segments that included a substantial conversation about abortion or reproductive rights. The resulting 526 segments were then coded for the number of accurate or inaccurate statements each speaker made about four common abortion-related topics:" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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