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October 22, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 22, 2019

Donald Trump’s racist outburst horrifies America. 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.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/congress-reaction-trump-lynching-tweet-054387 "Many Congressional Republicans are done trying to defend President Donald Trump after he said he was the victim of a lynching on Tuesday — but that doesn’t mean they’re trying to rein him in, either. Trump’s tweet comparing the impeachment process to a “lynching” set off a firestorm of Democratic criticism but largely a wrist slap from Republicans, who have grown frustrated but accustomed to the president's inflammatory rhetoric. After more than four years of trying to limit the president's divisive style, asking him to stop tweeting or focus on the economy, the Republican Party has given up any pretense of even trying to rein in the president. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the lone African-American GOP senator, said he “wouldn’t use” the term but largely supported the president’s broader frustrations." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Mike Pompeo speechless in quid pro quo interview with George Stephanopoulos. 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://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/1185947146891288576 "Adam Weinstein @AdamWeinstein Just watch this video. Joe Pompeo knows some shit and is in way over his head" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
Forestry workers keep mysteriously dying. 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.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50094830 "Forest ranger Liviu Pop was responding to a tip-off about illegal logging when he was shot dead with a hunting rifle this week. He is the second Romanian forest ranger killed in just over a month, and the two deaths have heightened fears for the safety of those whose job it is to protect the forests of this eastern EU country. Romania is home to more than half of Europe's last remaining old-growth and primeval forests — valuable ecosystems home to bears, wolves, lynx, and wildcat. There is considerable alarm at the levels of violence illegal loggers are willing to use in order to steal wood. That wood can end up anywhere across Europe, from furniture to paper or building materials. Liviu Pop had gone out to investigate a possible case of illegal logging in a mountainous region of Maramures in north Romania when his colleagues became concerned." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
Ilhan Omar blasts Facebook for GOP propaganda. 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/news/nd-gop-state-senator-posts-debunked-image-of-rep-ilhan-omar-on-facebook-calls-her-elected-terrorist/ "North Dakota state senator Oley Larsen posted a photo on his Facebook page falsely claiming that it depicted Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) holding a weapon at an Al Qaeda training camp. Larsen, a Republican from Minot, also called Omar, one of two Muslim women elected to Congress, an “elected terrorist” in the post’s comments. According to the Associated Press, Larsen posted the image on Monday, but did not respond when contacted hours later by the news organization. North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, a Republican, also did not comment in response to AP inquiries. The black-and-white image in question has been frequently circulated on social media in the past few months as part of a conspiracy theory smearing Omar. It has been thoroughly debunked. In fact, the image of the unnamed women in a Somali terrorist training camp was taken by an AP photographer on Feb. 25, 1978, nearly four years before Omar was born." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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October 21, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 21, 2019

Fox host, Chris Wallace, calls out Mick Mulvaney to his face for lying about Trump’s quid pro quo. 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://crooksandliars.com/2019/10/mulvaney-falls-apart-chris-wallace-plays "White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney struggled on Sunday to deny earlier remarks when he admitted President Donald Trump wanted a quid pro quo for as a condition of aid to Ukraine. During an interview on FOX News Sunday, host Chris Wallace forced Mulvaney to watch video of himself bragging that Trump held up aid to force Ukraine to investigate the Democratic Party. According to Wallace, Mulvaney "flinched" by denying that he ever admitted the quid pro quo. "That's not what I said, that's what people said I said," Mulvaney pleaded. "Here's what I said... there were two reasons that we held up the aid." But on Thursday, Mulvaney had said that the aid was held up for "three reasons," which he said included the Democratic Party's server." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account raises questions. 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://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/mitt-romney-has-a-secret-twitter-account-and-it-sure-looks-like-its-this-one.html "Earlier today, the Atlantic’s McKay Coppins published a lengthy profile on Mitt Romney, apparently part of Romney’s effort to set himself up as the noble Republican foil to an out-of-control president. These sorts of pieces, which are more about narrative setting than anything else, typically don’t contain a lot of new information, but this had one notable exception. About midway through, the usually guarded senator revealed that, just like fellow lone-voice-of reason-haver James Comey, he was the owner of a secret Twitter account. At one point, as Coppins asked him about the #IMPEACHMITTROMNEY hashtag Trump tweeted into being earlier this month, Romney said this:" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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What Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know about Syria. 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://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466609-defense-chief-says-us-troops-leaving-syria-will-go-to-western-iraq "U.S. troops leaving Syria will be relocated to western Iraq, where they will continue to conduct operations to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday. Esper told reporters traveling with him to the Middle East that details regarding the U.S. military's efforts in western Iraq would be worked out in the upcoming weeks, The Associated Press reported. The comments came after weeks of bipartisan scrutiny of President Trump's abrupt decision to pull roughly 1,000 troops from northern Syria ahead of a planned Turkish offensive in the area. Trump has repeatedly argued that it is time to get out of "endless wars" and promised to bring U.S. troops home." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bernie Sanders for President. 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.cnn.com/2019/10/19/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorses-bernie-sanders/index.html "(CNN)Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez never hid from the fact that choosing between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, as she weighed her 2020 presidential endorsement, would be a difficult one. She was open, when asked, about her affection and appreciation for both Democratic candidates. A decision, if it was going to come at all, wasn't expected until later this year. "I would like to see in a presidential candidate is one that has a coherent worldview and logic from which all these policy proposals are coming forward," Ocasio-Cortez told CNN in May. "I think Sen. Sanders has that. I also think Sen. Warren has that. I also want to see us centering (on) working people in the United States to stem income inequality (and) tackle climate change.” But as the primary heated up, with Warren surging and Sanders stalling in the polls, the process appeared to be speeding up." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Bernie’s back rally with AOC in New York terrifies opponents. 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.politico.com/news/2019/10/19/bernie-sanders-ocasio-cortez-endorsement-rally-051491 "NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders one-upped Elizabeth Warren. In his first rally since suffering a heart attack, the Vermont senator delivered a speech Saturday to a crowd his campaign estimated at 26,000 people, the largest number any Democratic presidential candidate has drawn this year. And he was joined by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the star liberal congresswoman who made her endorsement official onstage. It was a triumphant moment for Sanders, coming after his hospitalization triggered questions about his candidacy. The crowd apparently eclipsed the more than 20,000 people that Warren's team said attended her September rally a few miles away in Washington Square Park, as well as the estimated 20,000-plus at Kamala Harris' campaign kickoff in January." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
October 18, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 18, 2019

Fox News’ Andrew Napolitano calls out Donald Trump’s ‘profound violation’. Brett Erlich 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.thedailybeast.com/foxs-judge-napolitano-g7-at-trump-doral-is-as-profound-a-violation-as-one-could-create "Immediately after acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced Thursday that President Donald Trump’s Doral golf club will host next year’s G7 summit, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano declared such a move represents a clear emoluments clause violation. During Thursday’s broadcast of Fox Business Network’s Cavuto: Coast to Coast, eponymous host Neil Cavuto noted that the announcement of the G7 location “is effectively saying the president has given himself this contract.” Pointing out that previous summits in the United States took place at Camp David and Sea Island, Cavuto said the White House is arguing that holding the event at the president’s property is not a violation of the emoluments clause. “I believe the judge has a different notion of that,” Cavuto added, turning to Napolitano." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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James Mattis, former defense secretary, utterly destroys Donald Trump. Brett Erlich 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.npr.org/2019/10/18/771206785/mattis-takes-swipe-at-trump-i-earned-my-spurs-on-the-battlefield "President Trump fired him (after he submitted his resignation) and earlier this week reportedly called him "the world's most overrated general," but former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had a few barbs of his own to sling in a speech he gave in New York on Thursday. Delivering the keynote address at the 74th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Mattis — a retired four-star U.S. Marine general — said he felt he had finally "achieved greatness.” "I'm not just an overrated general, I am the greatest, the world's most overrated," he said to laughter. "I'm honored to be considered that by Donald Trump, because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress," Mattis continued. "So, I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals. Frankly that sounds pretty good to me.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump baited and embarrassed by Turkey ‘ceasefire’. Brett Erlich 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.thedailybeast.com/syria-fighting-erupts-in-kurdish-held-town-hours-after-trump-lauded-ceasefire “Fighting erupted Friday morning in a Kurdish-held Syrian town just hours after President Trump lauded a supposed ceasefire. The Associated Press reported that its journalists witnessed shelling, billowing smoke, and gunfire in the town of Ras al-Ayn. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported clashes in the area. Trump breathlessly praised a ceasefire agreement between the Turkey and the U.S. on Thursday as a “great day for civilization” and said “millions of lives will be saved.” The agreement requires Kurdish fighters to leave a large area of territory along the Turkish border and will allow Turkey to solidify its position there. Turkey invaded Kurdish-held Syria after Trump ordered U.S. troops to withdraw" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Mick Mulvaney’s epic screw up dooms Donald Trump. Brett Erlich 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/2019/10/17/20919430/mulvaney-trump-ukraine-quid-pro-quo-conspiracies "Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted — on camera, in front of reporters, in the White House briefing room — that the Trump administration withheld military aid to Ukraine to get it to investigate absurd, debunked conspiracy theories President Donald Trump believes in. That’s a clear quid pro quo — something the Trump administration has long denied existed. Trump has pushed two Ukraine-related conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly and widely discredited: 1) that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, not Russia; and 2) that a Ukrainian-owned company whisked away a computer server from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to the Eastern European country to cover up that fact. The truth is literally the opposite of all of that: Russia meddled in the 2016 election while favoring Trump; the company the president maligns — CrowdStrike — is headquartered in the US, not Ukraine; and there was never an actual physical server for anyone to take to Ukraine anyway." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Jesse Watters can’t hide his elitism during this Fox News segment. Brett Erlich 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.mediamatters.org/five/foxs-jesse-watters-doesnt-tip "MARTHA MACCALLUM (GUEST CO-HOST): The thing that really tips me off is the iPad thing that they hold up in your face after they give you coffee and say, "Do you want to tip me 10, 15, or 20%?" And just putting -- JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): Oh yeah, right in front of them. MACCALLUM: I hate that. I think that's rude. WATTERS: Yeah. I'm not afraid to go zero right in their face. GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Of course, Jesse. WATTERS: Well I mean all you're doing is handing me coffee." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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MLK’s daughter, Bernice King blasts Mark Zuckerberg. Brett Erlich 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.com/bernice-king-daughter-mlk-criticizes-mark-zuckerberg-2019-10 "Bernice King, the daughter Martin Luther King Jr, slammed Facebook's CEO on Thursday after he invoked the civil iconic rights leader's name to defend the social networking platform from critics. Referring to "disinformation campaigns" that resulted in MLK's assassination five decades ago, Bernice King took Zuckerberg to task for name-checking King when Facebook's service has been instrumental in the spread of propaganda and misinformation. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, cited the civil rights struggle, The Enlightenment and other historical movements in a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday that described Facebook as a vital platform for freedom of expression and for progressive societies." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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October 17, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 17, 2019

China bans items used in Hong Kong protests. 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.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3033312/china-bans-exports-black-clothing-hong-kong-amid-protests "The Chinese government is cracking down on exports of black clothing to Hong Kong from mainland China. The protesters who have taken to the streets of Hong Kong for the last four months, initially to oppose a now-withdrawn extradition bill, have adopted as their uniform black T-shirts, black jeans and black sneakers, often paired with a black face mask. According to a notice issued by Guangdong courier company PHXBUY on July 11, mainland Chinese customs required courier companies to halt delivery of a list of products. “They include yellow helmets, yellow umbrellas, flags, flagpoles, poster banners, gloves, masks, black T-shirts, metal rods, fluorescent tubes, bludgeon clubs. We cannot take delivery of the above products … Thank you for supporting us,” the notice said." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump did exactly what he was not suppose to do. 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/2019/10/16/20917841/house-republicans-democrats-condemn-trump-action-in-syria "In a bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump, the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning his decision to pull United States troops out of Syria, abandoning US allies in the region as Turkish troops have moved in. The 354-60 vote on the resolution Wednesday was largely symbolic, but it signaled the widespread disapproval among lawmakers for Trump’s latest controversial foreign policy move. It came as fighting continued in northeastern Syria between Turkey and Kurdish fighters, who have been a key US ally in fighting the terror group ISIS. “At President Trump’s hands, American leadership has been laid low, and American foreign policy has become nothing more than a tool to advance his own interests,” said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel (D-NY), who introduced the resolution. “Today we make clear that the Congress is a coequal branch of government and we want nothing to do with this disastrous policy.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Remembering the life and legacy of chairman Elijah Cummings. 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.cnbc.com/2019/10/17/elijah-cummings-death-key-moments-from-his-career.html "With Rep. Elijah Cummings’ death, Capitol Hill loses a widely respected lawmaker who brought gravitas to his role as a key player in challenging President Donald Trump. The longtime Democratic representative and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform died Thursday at age 68 due to what his office called longstanding health challenges. The lawmaker, who represented major parts of Baltimore and its outskirts since 1996, was seen as an advocate for cutting prescription drug prices, fighting addiction, strengthening gun control and reforming the criminal justice system. Cummings gained more national prominence in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the widely covered death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, in Baltimore Police Department custody. His role as chair of the House Oversight Committee put him in the position of being a major foil to Trump, and in a leading spot in the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into the president." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Democratic debates ignore attacks on democracy. John Iadarola and Adam Eichen 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/blogs/congress-blog/politics/462179-again-dnc-debate-moderators-fail-to-ask-about-democracy-issues "Americans are beyond frustrated with our political system defined by the rich turning their wealth into political influence. And voters across the political spectrum are ready for reform. Unfortunately, some in the media fail to take seriously the legitimacy crisis facing our political institutions. This month’s Democratic presidential primary debate—and the analysis that accompanied it—illustrated as much. Following in the footsteps of NBC and CNN, the ABC News debate moderators did not ask a single question about democracy—nothing about campaign finance, voting rights, or gerrymandering. A few candidates brought up reform unprompted, most notably Andrew Yang, who reframed a question about climate change to explain how progress couldn’t be made until special interest influence was reduced. To do that, he proposed a “democracy dollars” program in which every American citizen would receive $100 in vouchers to donate to eligible candidates." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Andrew Yang is on to something huge. John Iadarola and Adam Eichen 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.yang2020.com/policies/democracydollars/ "The trend over the past half century has been to allow unfettered spending in elections. This culminated in the decision made in Citizens United, allowing unlimited money to be spent by corporations in elections. It’s no surprise that this has resulted in mega-donors flooding the pipes of our democracy. We need to diminish the influence that mega-wealthy individuals and companies have in our elections. While we must push for a Constitutional amendment to allow our campaign finance laws to properly limit the power that the top 1% have, we must act much faster to save our democratic processes. To do so, we must make it possible for all Americans to contribute to candidates they feel strongly about, in order to drown out the voices of the few who can spend millions of dollars to influence our politicians." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Ranked-choice voting explained. John Iadarola and Emily Risch 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.fairvote.org/editorial_board_support_for_rcv_in_2018 “In 2018, there has been a significant increase in editorial board support for ranked choice voting. Some highlights: Editorials A Congress for Every American The Editorial Board on November 12, 2018 According to FairVote, a group that advocates for electoral reforms, the optimal number of members in a district is five, but three works, too. So Massachusetts could divide its nine seats into three districts of three members each. (The district lines would need be redrawn, of course, to comply with the one-person-one-vote requirement, and federal laws like the Voting Rights Act.) By itself, these new districts wouldn’t solve the problem. Democratic voters would still dominate in every district and prevent any Republicans from being elected. The solution is to elect members through ranked-choice voting, a process in which voters rank listed candidates in order of preference." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 6 minutes
October 16, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 16, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The Squad endorse Bernie Sanders. 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/policy-and-politics/2019/10/16/20917010/aoc-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-endorse-bernie-sanders-president-2020 "First-term Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’s candidacy for president. Their backing comes as Sanders is struggling in the polls, and the endorsement of the representatives, all popular with the Democratic base, could help the candidate find new support and reenergize his campaign. Ocasio-Cortez will reportedly officially announce her endorsement of Sanders Saturday at a rally in New York City; his campaign has said the event will include a “special guest,” and the Washington Post reports that guest is the first-term lawmaker. A spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez told the Post, “We’re looking forward to Saturday,” but declined to comment on her plans. Omar, one of Ocasio-Cortez’s closest allies in the House of Representatives and member of a group known as the Squad (which is comprised of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley), was not so tight-lipped. She tweeted Wednesday that she was “proud to endorse” Sanders and that she was “glad that [Ocasio-Cortez] and [Tlaib] are on board too.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump spits in the Kurd’s face. 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/trump-says-kurdswho-led-us-fight-against-isisare-no-angels "President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to pull U.S. troops from northern Syria, saying the Kurds are “not angels,” and Turkey’s invasion is “not our problem.” “If Turkey goes into Syria, it is between Turkey and Syria. It’s not our problem,” he said during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the White House. “The Kurds know how to fight. As I said, they are not angels.” Trump brushed off Turkey’s invasion of Syria just as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plan to visit Turkey to urge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to end the conflict. Since the president authorized a withdrawal of troops from northeastern Syria last week, Turkish forces have bombed Kurdish civilians at least three times. Republicans have accused Trump of betraying the U.S. ally, which lost roughly 11,000 troops during the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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John King slammed for his attack on The Squad. 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.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-john-king-is-aoc-rashida-tlaib-and-ilhan-omars-endorsement-of-bernie-sanders-too-urban/ "CNN’s Chief National Correspondent John King expressed doubt of the political benefits Bernie Sanders might receive from notable endorsements in a curious way Tuesday night when he asked if the official support from members of “the squad” — all of whom are women of color — might be “too urban.” The conversation came shortly after the sixth Democratic primary debate had just wrapped Tuesday night on CNN, and was pegged to the news that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar were planning to endorse fellow progressive politician Bernie Sanders in his quest for the White House. King first noted that this was certainly good news for the Sanders campaign as these endorsements “will help him,” but in the classic cable news style, he presented the other side of how this endorsement may present a political hindrance by asking rhetorical questions that can be posed by fellow Democratic hopefuls that seemed to undermine the benefits of the endorsement." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 4 minutes
Fox & Friends guest applauds progressives. 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.rawstory.com/2019/10/fox-friends-host-gets-unexpected-lesson-on-wealth-inequality-from-ohio-diner/ "A “Fox & Friends” host got an unexpected lesson on wealth inequality from a retired man eating breakfast in an Ohio diner. Pete Hegseth visited a diner Wednesday in Columbus, where he encountered a few fans of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) the morning after the latest Democratic presidential debate. “I think she makes a lot of sense,” said Bill, a longtime Democrat sipping coffee in the diner. “You know, when she brought up that billionaires and taxing them after about $50 million, two cents of every dollar that they’ve made after, it’s nothing to them, and it would help so many people here.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
Donald Trump ambushes Harry Dunn’s grieving family to make himself look good. 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/anne-sacoolas-grieving-parents-ambushed-by-trump-who-was-hiding-spy-wife-at-the-white-house "You can almost imagine the reality-show excitement that surely went into the ill-considered plan to introduce Anne Sacoolas, the American diplomatic wife who killed 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn when she drove down the wrong side of an English lane in August, to Dunn’s grieving parents. Sacoolas left the U.K. in early September under diplomatic-immunity protections and has not been seen in public since. The Dunn family, now in the United States to drum up support to send Sacoolas back to the U.K. to face justice, had accepted an “urgent” invitation by the White House from National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, to visit Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
NYPD fails victims of sexual assault. John Iadarola and Meg O'Connor 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://theappeal.org/it-was-almost-worse-than-the-incident-itself/ "‘IT WAS ALMOST WORSE THAN THE INCIDENT ITSELF’ New NYPD data show that in 2018 the department closed nearly 500 rape cases due to an alleged lack of participation from victims and had a declining clearance rate for rape, raising questions over its handling of sexual assault. On Sept. 21, 2014, Racheal Stirling was sitting in the bedroom of her East Village apartment when her neighbor made a chilling confession. Juan Scott told Stirling he liked to go to his rooftop to watch naked women through their apartment windows. He called it “showtime.” Sometimes, Scott said, he would find these women on the street and ask them out. “Kind of makes you wonder how I found you,” Scott told Stirling. She had been casually dating Scott for a few months; they had met when he approached her outside her apartment.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
Fox News anchor, Neil Cavuto rips Donald Trump to shreds. 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/459365-foxs-cavuto-roasts-trump-over-criticism-of-network "Fox News host Neil Cavuto tore into President Trump during his closing monologue on Thursday, defending his network from the president's criticism earlier this week that Fox "isn't working for us anymore." "Well I think the president watches Fox," Cavuto began. "I also think he is getting sick of Fox. Which is weird because I think he gets pretty fair coverage at Fox.” After reading Trump's tweet, Cavuto said, "first of all Mr. President, we don't work for you. I don't work for you. My job is to cover you, not fawn over you or rip you. Just report on you." Cavuto said his job as a journalist covering business and the economy in particular was to report on economic numbers when they are good and bad, and when trade talks are going poorly and when it looks like there will be a deal." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
Rudy Giuliani and Mike Pence run from the law. 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/465973-white-house-pentagon-giuliani-reject-impeachment-subpoenas "The White House, the Pentagon and President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday all refused to comply with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry subpoenas, escalating the fight between the administration and Democratic lawmakers. Democrats set a Tuesday deadline for Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Giuliani and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to turn over documents related to Ukraine. Three House committees also requested Vice President Pence hand over documents by Tuesday, though no subpoena had been issued. The refusals from top administration officials were unsurprising after the White House counsel's office sent a letter to top Democrats last week making clear that the administration would refuse to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 6 minutes
October 15, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 15, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez destroys Pete Buttigieg. 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://twitter.com/AOC/status/1183881130107428865 "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC Small-dollar grassroots campaigns, aka what Buttegieg insults here as “pocket change,” out-fundraise him by millions. Our nation’s leaders should be working to end the era of big money politics, not protect it. & Beto’s gun policy isn’t “picking a fight,” it’s taking a stand." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 6 minutes
The National Enquirer hid damaging, never-released Trump stories in a safe. 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://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/national-enquirer-allegedly-ordered-staff-to-shred-several-secret-trump-documents/ "American Media, Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the National Enquirer, destroyed various documents related to then-candidate Donald Trump just before he was elected president in 2016, according to an excerpt from a new book by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. According to Farrow, Dylan Howard, the Enquirer‘s editor in November 2016, demanded that a staff member “get everything out of the safe” and told them “we need to get a shredder down there.” Howard’s order to delete the evidence allegedly occurred the same day that a Wall Street Journal reporter called for comment on how the publication’s parent company paid $150,000 to keep a damaging story about Trump’s extramarital sexual activity from being published. As Law&Crime previously reported, those long gone documents likely included several negative and damaging stories about Trump’s personal life–which were acquired by the tabloid powerhouse in an effort to benefit the candidate’s long shot presidential bid." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
GOP consultant gives a ridiculous take on violent Trump video. 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.rawstory.com/2019/10/gop-consultant-gruesome-fake-video-of-democrats-being-massacred-endangers-trump-more-than-anybody/ "Republican analyst Rick Tyler on Monday insisted that President Donald Trump is at greater risk due to a fake video which shows him massacring members of the media and prominent Democrats. Tyler made the remarks in reference to a video that was shown at Trump’s Miami resort during a three day conference supporting the president. In the mock video, Trump appears to murder his perceived foes, which include members of the media and public officials. Tyler called the video “maniacally stupid” because it was played at a Trump resort. “I hate to say this and I contemplate not saying it but I’m going to say it,” Tyler began during an appearance on MSNBC. “This video endangers Donald Trump more than anybody else because there are crazy people out there.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Mark Zuckerberg secretly meets with conservative figures. 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.newsweek.com/deletefacebook-trends-after-report-that-mark-zuckerberg-held-secretive-meetings-conservative-1465165 “On Monday afternoon #DeleteFacebook made a comeback as a Twitter trend after it was revealed that Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg had held informal meetings and off-the-record dinners with conservative journalists, commenters and at least one Republican congressman in a Politico article, including Tucker Carlson and Lindsay Graham. Many in the hashtag either reacted with scorn to the trend or in a supportive manner. "I stopped actively posting on @facebook in 2016 after it was revealed that it helped elect the orange fecal smear. Now #DeleteFacebook seems like the best course of action. Yes, I'm still on IG but I feel it does less to push the trump agenda. Less older white supremacists", said actress Yvette Nicole Brown. Others supported Zuckerberg's dinners. "Don't back down Zuckerburg! You don't have to worry about liberals actually following through with their #DeleteFacebook threats. Not a chance in Hell they can go without harassing people who don't think the same way they do. All social media platforms are safe," said Mary Mariacher." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
Fox News fallout after Shepard Smith’s exit. 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.mediamatters.org/shepard-smith/shep-smiths-departure-disaster-fox-news "Fox News chief news anchor Shepard Smith’s shocking on-air resignation sends a clear and dismaying message: Fox’s vaunted “news” division has been routed. Its right-wing opinion hosts, loyal allies of President Donald Trump, stand unchallenged. And truth and accuracy have no place on the network’s airwaves. Smith announced at the end of his Friday afternoon broadcast that he had asked management to allow him to leave the network where he had worked for more than two decades. Moments before, a Fox press release detailing his resignation sent shockwaves through Twitter. His on-air statement noticeably rattled his colleagues, apparently taking them entirely by surprise." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Democratic Socialists Of America (DSA) brings power in election. John Iadarola and Albert Lee 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://albertlee2020.com/ "I’m not a professional politician—I’m an Oregonian who comes from humble beginnings who has a passion for bringing people together and the drive to tackle difficult problems with both creativity and tenacity. I am running for Congress because we need bold action, not just incremental steps to combat the crises we face. I love our state and our country. I want to face the challenges of the future head-on, proactively, so that we can reach our true potential as a nation. Join me in moving forward, together." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
How elitism led to Donald Trump. John Iadarola and Joel Stein 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.amazon.com/URL-change/dp/1455591475 "From Thurber finalist and former star TIME columnist Joel Stein comes a "brilliant exploration" (Walter Isaacson) of America's political culture war and a hilarious call to arms for the elite. "I can think of no one more suited to defend elitism than Stein, a funny man with hands as delicate as a baby full of soft-boiled eggs."--Jimmy Kimmel, host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The night Donald Trump won the presidency, our author Joel Stein, Thurber Prize finalist and former staff writer for Time Magazine, instantly knew why. The main reason wasn't economic anxiety or racism. It was that he was anti-elitist. Hillary Clinton represented Wall Street, academics, policy papers, Davos, international treaties and the people who think they're better than you. People like Joel Stein. Trump represented something far more appealing, which was beating up people like Joel Stein. In a full-throated defense of academia, the mainstream press, medium-rare steak, and civility, Joel Stein fights against populism. He fears a new tribal elite is coming to replace him, one that will fend off expertise of all kinds and send the country hurtling backward to a time of wars, economic stagnation and the well-done steaks doused with ketchup that Trump eats." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 9 minutes
October 14, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 14, 2019

Trump supporter targets TYT and other media organizations in a psychotic video. 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://thehill.com/homenews/media/465646-video-depicting-trump-killing-media-critics-draws-backlash "A video depicting President Trump shooting and stabbing media organizations and some of his most prominent critics drew widespread backlash after The New York Times reported it was played at a conservative conference over the weekend at Trump's Doral resort. Democrats and media organizations warned as the video circulated on YouTube and social media that it could incite further violence, with some calling on Trump to speak out and condemn the clip. "At a conference of Trump supporters, they played a video of our president murdering journalists in a church. Last year, a Trump supporter sent bombs to CNN—and a shooter entered a church yesterday. This video isn’t funny. It will get people killed," tweeted former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Cindy McCain, the widow of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), weighed in after it was reported that the late senator was among those depicted as Trump's victims in the video." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 11 minutes
Bill de Blasio’s human rights atrocity persists with new prison replacement. John Iadarola, Brooke Thomas, and Jimmy Van Bramer 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://queenseagle.com/all/2019/9/30/opinion-building-mega-jails-to-replace-rikers-wont-end-the-prison-industrial-complex "When Mayor de Blasio announced his long-overdue plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex, the concept was to create a new jail system that was "smaller, safer and fairer." Instead, the current jail plan calls for four mega-jails, including a 27-floor building here in Queens. Rikers is a human rights atrocity, but building mega jails won’t solve the problem. At a time when we should be ending the jail and prison industrial complex, this proposal will invest ten billion dollars right back into the system. It’s a waste. The city’s crime rate continues to decrease dramatically, with fewer than 7,000 people held on Rikers; way down from more than 20,000 in the nineties. So why are we spending billions of dollars to build sky-high cages stacked on top of each other? It’s also personal for me. My older brother was arrested several times as a teenager for small burglaries. We were poor and scrambled to cobble together enough money to spare him from a night in Rikers. We always came up short, and as a consequence, he was shipped off for a few days each time. The trauma of being locked up in such a horrific place changed him. For a troubled kid involved in non-violent, petty criminal activity, incarceration did not help: it set him back." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 6 minutes
Donald Trump’s Turkey deals end in disaster, costing thousands of lives and US troops. 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://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1182769613416882176 "TRUMP: "Are you ready? Saudi Arabia at my request has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing. That is a first. Saudi Arabia, and other countries soon now, but Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing to help them and we appreciate that.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 8 minutes
Atatiana Jefferson was executed by a police officer in her own home. 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.theroot.com/texas-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-black-woman-in-he-1839002398 "A white male officer with the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas is on administrative leave after shooting and killing a 28-year-old black woman in her own home early Saturday morning. NBC News reports that the shooting of Atatiana Koquice Jefferson was captured in its entirety on the unidentified officer’s body camera, and authorities have released part of that footage, which shows the officer peering inside one of the woman’s windows using a flashlight, apparently seeing a person standing in the room and yelling for them to “Put your hands up. Show me your hands,” then immediately firing his weapon. Jefferson was shot through the window from outside the home. The video then goes black." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
Bill Maher interviews Amy Klobuchar to bash progressives. 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/amy-klobuchar-attacks-kamala-harris-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-on-bill-maher-show/ “Minnesota Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar took shots at Democratic primary rivals like Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren during an interview with Bill Maher, in a possible preview of next week’s CNN debate. On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Senator Klobuchar talked about needing a “viral moment” to catch fire in the primaries, and Maher said “I don’t know if those moments are so great, I mean, Kamala Harris had moments, and she’s not doing too good. You know?” “You’re right,” Klobuchar said, and added “I think that moments work when they are, actually happen, that people don’t manufacture them.” Klobuchar was referencing Harris’ exchange with former Vice President Joe Biden on the subject of busing. She then contrasted that moment with her own questioning of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who later had to apologize for asking Klobuchar if she had ever blacked out from drinking." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 8 minutes
October 11, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 11, 2019

Joe Biden’s inappropriate ‘coming out’ moment. 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: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/joe-bidens-weird-gay-acting-cnn-lgbtq-town-hall.html "Joe Biden started his spiel at Thursday’s Democratic presidential town hall on LGBTQ issues with a disclaimer. All the candidates support LGBTQ rights, Biden warned, so there wouldn’t be much space between their positions. Any difference between the candidates, he said, would be in their “degree of emotional concern.” To prove the depth of his own emotional concern for queer people, Biden decided to act like one. He flirted with multiple men, joked that he was about to come out as gay, and at one point, clasped Anderson Cooper on the shoulder and mimed giving him a kiss. If you weren’t watching the town hall, you probably think I’m joking right now. I assure you, I am not. I expected Biden to say some nice things about Title IX, the Equality Act, and hate crimes legislation, then call it a night. I did not expect to see the former vice president try to show off his ally bona fides by telling a well-dressed audience member he looked like he’d “just stepped out of Gentlemen’s Quarterly” as the man stepped up to ask a question about racial health disparities." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 5 minutes
Rudy Giuliani busted after video surfaces with his arrested associates. 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: https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/465312-giuliani-planned-to-fly-to-vienna-a-day-after-arrested-associates "President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani reportedly planned to fly to Vienna, Austria, a day after his now-arrested associates attempted to travel to the city. The Atlantic reported that it was unclear why Giuliani was traveling to Vienna, but that he had said he couldn't meet with one of the magazine's reporters on Thursday evening due to his expected travel. Multiple news outlets reported that the Giuliani associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were carrying one-way tickets to Vienna when they were arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Wednesday night. Giuliani told The Wall Street Journal that Parnas and Fruman were going to Vienna for business-related reasons but declined to elaborate. He said he planned to meet with them when they returned to Washington, the newspaper reported." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Elizabeth Warren dunks on marriage equality haters at LGBTQ+ town hall. 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: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/warren-jokes-at-lgbtq-town-hall/index.html "(CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren was met with loud applause at CNN's LGBTQ Town Hall in Los Angeles on Thursday when she joked about a potential faith-based argument against same-sex marriages. Morgan Cox, chair of the Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors, asked the Massachusetts senator how she would respond if an "old-fashioned" supporter told her that they believe marriage is between one man and one woman. "I'm going to assume it is a guy who said that," Warren started. "And I'm going to say, 'Well, then just marry one woman. I'm cool with that.'" She then paused and shrugged before finishing her joke -- "Assuming you can find one" -- with a deadpan delivery that sent the crowd into loud applause. Warren later reflected on how faith influences many people's beliefs towards the LGBTQ community, including her own, and recited the first song she remembers learning as a child in Oklahoma." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump goes off in a wild rant against Rep. Ilhan Omar at his MN rally. 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: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-goes-off-on-furious-screed-against-rep-omar-at-mn-rally-im-very-angry-at-you-people-for-electing-her/ "President Donald Trump went off on a wild screed against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a rally in her home state. Speaking at the Target Center in Minneapolis Thursday night, Trump ripped the congresswoman, and mockingly slammed Minnesotans for putting her in office. “I know the people of Minnesota. I want to tell you, and I also at the same time — it’s both a question and a statement — how the hell did that ever happen!?” Trump said — referring to Omars election. “How did it happen?” He added, “How do you have such a person representing you in Minnesota? I’m very angry at you people right now.” The president went on to smear Omar as an “American-hating socialist,” and alluded to several controversial remarks previously made by the congresswoman. Trump later referred to her as being part of “AOC plus three,” a clear indication that he plans to put Omar, as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) front-and-center in the run-up to the 2020 election." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary challenger defends the rich. 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: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/cabrera-its-hard-to-be-rich,63018 "Councilman Fernando Cabrera can’t seem to get away from one video that some of his opponents believe endorse the death penalty for homosexuals in some countries. But now there’s a new video one of Cabrera’s primary opponents is circulating, which he claims show’s Cabrera’s insensitivity to the poor. “Do you know it’s harder being rich than being poor?” Cabrera said to a church congregation in a video obtained by Paste magazine. “Millionaire people, they have a lot of stuff to worry about, more stuff to manage. It’s really they got there because of their ability to handle more pressure. Every CEO and every president got in there and stay there because of their ability to handle pressure. They had increased their capacity. “You know why your boss pays you what he pays you? Because of your capacity.” The comments, according to primary candidate Randy Abreu, was at the New Life Outreach International Religious Center where he serves as a senior pastor." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Chris Cuomo makes fun of gender pronouns. 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: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/cnn-chris-cuomo-apologizes-for-joke-gender-pronouns-kamala-harris "CNN host Chris Cuomo has apologized for joking about his pronouns when introducing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at an LGBTQ town hall event on Thursday night. When the California senator was introduced on to the stage at the event in Los Angeles, she was quick to make an addition. “Thank you, guys,” she said to the audience. “My pronouns are she, her and hers.” Harris’s add elicited applause, but Cuomo’s response did not. “She, her and hers?” he asked, adding jokingly: “Mine too.” Harris replied flatly: “All right”." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Science exposes Greta Thunberg haters. John Iadarola and Paul Beckwith break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ https://paulbeckwith.net/ 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://paulbeckwith.net/ "Well known and respected creator of entertaining and comprehensible videos of sometimes daunting subjects, especially in climate system science, meteorology (weather), oceanography and Earth Sciences at YouTube. Has a knack for explaining complex issues in easily understood language to the general public. Paul has been frequently called upon by fellow educators, activists, and concerned persons in the public and government (locally and nationally) to speak, narrate, expand in video, podcasts, and other interview formats such as panels, conferences, and events. Widely followed ‘influencer’ at Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for sharing significant resources and content in Earth Sciences, climate change and geo-engineering, to name but a few." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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The Damage Report: October 10, 2019

Rudy Giuliani's henchmen have been arrested in connection to the Trump Ukraine scandal. 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.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-10-09/trump-urged-top-aide-to-help-giuliani-client-facing-doj-charges?__twitter_impression=true "President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office. Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request. Tillerson immediately repeated his objections to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly in a hallway conversation just outside the Oval Office, emphasizing that the request would be illegal. Neither episode has been previously reported, and all of the people spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversations. The White House declined to comment. Kelly and Tillerson declined to comment via representatives. Another person familiar with the matter said the Justice Department never considered dropping the criminal case. Zarrab was being prosecuted in federal court in New York at the time on charges of evading U.S. sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program. He had hired former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Giuliani, who has said he reached out repeatedly to U.S. officials to seek a diplomatic solution for his client outside the courts." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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AOC brilliantly destroys right-wing trolls. 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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/10/aoc-slams-story-criticizing-her-price-her-hairstyle/3928926002/ "WASHINGTON – Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. shot back after a story in the conservative Washington Times criticized her for a "high-dollar hairdo." "40 million Americans live in poverty under today’s extreme inequality, yet the right-wing want you to blame Democratic socialism for their own moral failures. Our policies, like Medicare for All, advance prosperity for working people," wrote Ocasio-Cortez. "They're just mad we look good doing it," she added, with the hair-flip emoji. She later tweeted another response to the story with criticism of Vice President Mike Pence's stay at a Trump Organization-owned resort in Ireland. "Won’t you look at that: Mike Pence used *taxpayer funds* - not personal ones - to spend several thousand haircuts’ worth of public money on a visit to Trump golf courses. I wonder if Republicans care about corruption as much as they care about a woman’s cut & color," she wrote. " #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump’s embarrassing history fail. 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/trump/trump-gets-pilloried-after-dismissing-kurds-for-not-helping-u-s-at-normandy-most-disgusting-disgraceful-thing-hes-ever-said/ "President Donald Trump offered a bizarre defense for his abrupt decision to pull back US forces from northern Syria and expose our Kurdish allies to attack from the Turkish military, citing the Kurds absence from the Normandy invasion 75 years ago as a reason for abandoning them. “The Kurds are fighting for their land, just so you understand, they’re fighting for their land,” Trump said at a White House event on Wednesday. “And as somebody wrote in a very, very powerful article today, they didn’t help us in the Second World War, they didn’t help us with Normandy, as an example, they mention names of different battles. But they’re there to help us with their land.” The US allied with Kurdish militias to fight the terror caliphate, ISIS, not merely to “help them with their land.” Currently, nearly 10,000 ISIS fighters are being held prisoner by the Kurds, but if Turkish forces overrun the Kurds in northern Syria, there is a risk these ISIS fighters could escape." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Bernie Sanders shuts down health critics. 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.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1064351?__twitter_impression=true "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday tamped down speculation that he would slow his presidential campaign after he suffered a heart attack last week, saying he plans to compete as vigorously as ever for the 2020 Democratic nomination. The Vermont independent told NBC in an exclusive interview airing Wednesday night on "Nightly News" and Thursday on the "Today" show that his health scare has only strengthened his resolve, despite telling reporters a day earlier he planned to curtail his normally packed schedule. "I misspoke the other day. I said a word I should not have said and media drives me a little bit nuts to make a big deal about it," Sanders said during the interview alongside his wife, Jane Sanders. "We're going to get back into the groove of a very vigorous campaign, I love doing rallies and I love doing town meetings.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Progressive power surges with grassroots coalitions. John Iadarola and Gayle McLaughlin break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ From more information on the California Progressive Alliance email: [email protected] 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://californiaprogressivealliance.org/ "The California Progressive Alliance (CPA) is a statewide independent volunteer network of progressive individuals, groups, and organizations united by our shared belief that a better California is possible by reclaiming our government from the corporate interests that have overshadowed the voice of the people. Together–regardless of party affiliation or no party affiliation–we seek to (1) elevate progressive ideas throughout the state, (2) promote the creation of local political alliances and people-powered coalitions to enact progressive change in local government, (3) support corporate-free progressive candidates and progressive issue-based electoral campaigns, and (4) wield our collective power to lobby the state legislature on current and future legislation, as well as research and write new model legislation." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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PragerU is a right-wing propaganda machine. John Iadarola and Parker Molloy 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/dennis-prager/prageru-relies-veneer-respectability-obscure-its-propagandist-mission "Despite the name, Prager University is not, to quote from the disclaimer pasted on the bottom of its homepage, “an accredited academic institution” -- nor does it “offer certifications or diplomas.” Despite its claim that its videos are being “censored” by social media platforms, the site boasts that those same videos have racked up more than 2.45 billion views across YouTube and Facebook. Despite -- once again, quoting from its homepage -- being “a place where you are free to learn,” it’s liable to leave you misinformed. And despite being built upon this absurd collection of contradictions, PragerU is arguably one of the most influential right-wing propaganda networks put into motion since Fox News." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 7 minutes
October 9, 2019
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The Damage Report: October 9, 2019

Donald Trump says pass to the impeachment inquiry. 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/policy-and-politics/2019/10/8/20905469/white-house-letter-democrats-impeachment-inquiry “The Trump White House is refusing to participate in the House’s impeachment inquiry, the administration announced in a strongly worded letter to House Democrats Tuesday evening. The letter, from White House counsel Pat Cipollone, reads more like a political document than a legal one. It claims Democrats are violating President Donald Trump’s right to due process, as well as violating “the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent,” with their inquiry, and suggests the inquiry is politically motivated and seeks to nullify the results of the 2016 election. “Put simply, you seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the American people of the President they have freely chosen,” Cipollone wrote. “Many Democrats now apparently view impeachment not only as a means to undo the democratic results of the last election, but as a strategy to influence the next election, which is barely more than a year away.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
  • 9 minutes
An angry New Yorker attacks homeless. 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://gothamist.com/news/angry-queens-residents-shout-down-plans-for-homeless-shelter-i-hope-someone-burns-it-down "A community hearing on Monday night over a planned homeless shelter in Glendale, Queens was drowned out by opponents of the shelter, who shouted down city officials and residents who attempted to defend the facility. Hundreds of angry community residents packed the auditorium of Christ The King High School in Middle Village to denounce the plan to build a new shelter to house 200 adult men at 78-16 Cooper Avenue. The facility, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to build 90 new homeless shelters and expand 30 existing sites, would be an employment shelter, meaning residents would need to qualify by having a job to stay there. Community Chairperson Vincent Arcuri Jr. moderated as a stream of speakers came to the microphones. Some raised widely-held concerns—including that the shelter is within a mile of several schools. Others were simply vitriolic." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Elizabeth Warren finally says no to big money if nominated. 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.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/elizabeth-warren-says-she-wont-take-big-money-if-elected-nominee.html "Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushed her pledge to have her presidential campaign avoid big-money donors a step further this week, committing to avoid pricey fundraisers even if she is elected the Democratic nominee. “I’m not going to do the big-dollar fundraisers. I’m just not going to do it. The whole notion behind this campaign is that we build this together. And that’s exactly what we’re doing,” the Massachusetts progressive told CBS News in an interview published on Tuesday. The interview came as Warren surged past former Vice President Joe Biden in several national polls, becoming the front-runner in an average maintained by Real Clear Politics." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Bernie Sanders' campaign reacts to health concerns. 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://time.com/5695921/bernie-sanders-heart-attack-campaign/ "(BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Bernie Sanders began reintroducing himself to the 2020 campaign on Tuesday, venturing outside his Vermont home to say that he doesn’t plan on leaving the presidential race following last week’s heart attack — but that he may slow down a frenetic pace that might have contributed to his health problems. “We were doing, in some cases, five or six meetings a day, three or four rallies and town meetings and meeting with groups of people. I don’t think I’m going to do that,” Sanders told reporters when asked what his schedule may look like going forward. “But I certainly intend to be actively campaigning. I think we’re going to change the nature of the campaign a bit. I’ll make sure that I have the strength to do what I have to do.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Donald Trump’s pal, Joe diGenova, terrifies Fox News. 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.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-pal-tells-fox-news-the-whistleblowers-are-suicide-bombers-the-impeachment-is-killing-a-king/ "Two Donald Trump supporters implicated in the scandal over President Donald Trump soliciting foreign election interference from Ukraine appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingraham on Tuesday evening. Trump defense attorney Rudy Giuliani sat next to Joe diGenova — who reportedly worked with Giuliani on the effort to see dirt on Joe Biden from a foreign government. dGenova used violent imagery in his comments. First, he accused Democrats of “regicide” — which is the action of killing a king. He then went on to refer to the two whistle-blowers as “suicide bombers.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Joe Biden fails in his ‘crack house’ crusade. John Iadarola and Zachary Siegel 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://theappeal.org/joe-biden-crack-house-statute/ "JOE BIDEN’S ‘CRACK HOUSE’ CRUSADE Nearly 20 years ago, Biden urged prosecutors to wield the ‘crack house‘ statute against rave promoters. Now it’s being used to stamp out public health responses to the opioid crisis. In August 1998, 17-year-old Alabama resident Jillian Kirkland collapsed and later died after a night of partying at the State Palace Theater in New Orleans. The coroner could not determine what drug she overdosed from, but law enforcement, politicians, and the media blamed MDMA, better known as Ecstasy. Politicians and prosecutors then turned their focus on the rave promoter behind the party on that August night: James D. Estopinal a.k.a. “Disco Donnie.”” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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Rudy Giuliani loses it on Fox News over the Salem Witch Trials. 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/JasonSCampbell/status/1181734828963778561 "Jason Campbell @JasonSCampbell Rudy Giuliani: "The Salem Witch Trials required people to testify against you and face your accuser and face the accused. These guys want to conduct a secret proceeding so we never find out who the accusers are so we can test their credibility. Are they Americans?”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
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