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Trump wants you to pay the legal fees for his rape case. Jayar Jackson and Adrienne Lawrence 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.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/doj-seeks-to-take-over-trump-defense-in-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit "The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over the defense of President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claims Trump raped her two decades ago. The move could further delay a suit in which Carroll is demanding potentially damaging evidence from Trump during the final weeks before the presidential election, including a deposition and a DNA sample to compare to a dress she claims she was wearing at the time of the alleged attack. It could also leave taxpayers on the hook for any damages awarded in the case. In a court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department said Trump was acting “within the scope” of his job as president when he said Carroll lied about the incident, prompting her lawsuit. The U.S. also moved the case to Manhattan federal court from a New York state court, where a judge last month denied his request to stall the suit." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksSeptember 9

WTF who gave Ben Shapiro a show?! 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.thedailybeast.com/why-conservatives-like-ben-shapiro-are-triggered-by-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap “It’s clear enough that Ben Shapiro and Republican candidate James P. Bradley’s puritanical pearl-clutching over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s (censored!) music video “WAP,” which stands for Wet-Ass Pussy, is largely irrelevant. Shapiro’s and Bradley’s statements decrying the explicit message of the song and the (un)dress in the video constitute the kind of performative moral panics that are so baldly opportunistic as to render them banal. (Though, aside from his ranty and tedious video, Shapiro’s tweets express a bizarre curiosity about the rappers’ vaginal health in which he solicits input from his “doctor wife”.) Yet, here I am writing about them because it is now a central function of being a public conservative scold to swer8ve boldly out of your lane and perhaps onto an entirely different highway, in another country. These hysterical men have made lascivious rap their business by cosplaying as responsible parents, framing their repulsion as dignity and concern. (Bradley exclaimed on Twitter that the song made him “pour holy water in my ears and I feel sorry for future girls if this is their role model!”) So, the moment has arrived at which we must reckon with the not-so-slick game potential conservative lawmakers and self-righteous “dark web” lecturers are playing by supplying us with their Wet-Ass Pussy takes." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksAugust 11

New Supreme Court decision sides with Donald Trump on birth control. 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.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/us/supreme-court-birth-control-obamacare.html "The justices upheld regulations from the Trump administration that allowed ... By Adam Liptak ... regulation that lets employers with religious or moral objections limit women's access to birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act. ... The new case presented the opposite question: Can the Trump …" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJuly 8

Brett Kavanaugh shatters all precedent in his anti-choice vote. 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.rawstory.com/2020/06/susan-collins-says-she-had-no-idea-brett-kavanaugh-was-so-anti-choice/ "After being shredded online Monday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was trying to clean up her vote to support anti-choice justice Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. Collins, who has long claimed to be pro-choice, said that she believed Kavanaugh when he lied to her saying that he would uphold all legal precedent for abortion cases. The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would strike down the Louisiana law that required abortion physicians to have hospital admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic. Chief Justice John Roberts said that he must follow the precedent and strike down the law because a similar Texas law was also struck down." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 30

Susan Collins basically admits she is the absolute worst in response to the Supreme Court decision striking down the Louisiana abortion law. 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.rawstory.com/2020/06/susan-collins-says-she-had-no-idea-brett-kavanaugh-was-so-anti-choice/ "After being shredded online Monday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was trying to clean up her vote to support anti-choice justice Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. Collins, who has long claimed to be pro-choice, said that she believed Kavanaugh when he lied to her saying that he would uphold all legal precedent for abortion cases. The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would strike down the Louisiana law that required abortion physicians to have hospital admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic. Chief Justice John Roberts said that he must follow the precedent and strike down the law because a similar Texas law was also struck down." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 30

Masks trigger men who are afraid of looking weak. 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://nypost.com/2020/05/14/men-less-likely-to-wear-face-masks-because-theyre-not-cool-and-a-sign-of-weakness/ "As the coronavirus death toll ticks up and some states ease their restrictions, a new study suggests that men might be more likely to leave their face coverings at home. Men in the US report less intention than women to wear face coverings, especially in counties that don’t mandate wearing them, according to a paper authored by researchers from Middlesex University London in the UK and the Mathematical Science Research Institute in Berkeley, Calif. This, the authors say, suggests that making face coverings mandatory “has a larger effect on men than on women.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 15

Here is Donald Trump's extensive sexual assault history. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini 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/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12?%252F=&utm_source=reddit.com#ivana-trump-2 "In a 1990 divorce deposition, Trump's first wife and the mother of his three eldest children Ivana Trump accused her then-husband of raping her in a fit of rage in 1989. Ivana said Trump attacked her after he underwent a painful "scalp reduction" procedure done by a doctor she had recommended, tearing her clothes and yanking out a chunk of her hair. "Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than 16 months. Ivana is terrified … It is a violent assault," Harry Hurt III, who obtained a copy of the deposition, wrote in a 1993 book about Trump. "According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, 'he raped me.'"" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 4

Republicans target women during this pandemic to further their horrific agenda. John Iadarola and Erin Ryan 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.vice.com/en_us/article/epgy5w/coronavirus-has-created-abortion-deserts-across-the-us "For the fourth time in a whiplash-inducing month, abortion providers can resume services in the state of Texas. But what weeks of legal back-and-forth in Texas has shown is that even when providers win, women who need abortions lose. The mess has caused uncertainty for not only patients seeking services but also the clinics providing them. This has resulted in gaps of coverage in Texas, as well as in six other states facing similar legal battles over the essentiality of abortion during the pandemic. On a national level, it has put what was once considered a legal reproductive health procedure into question." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 30

New video evidence supporting credibility of Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden emerges. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini 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://theintercept.com/2020/04/24/new-evidence-tara-reade-joe-biden/ "A NEW PIECE of evidence has emerged buttressing the credibility of Tara Reade’s claim that she told her mother about allegations of sexual harassment and assault related to her former boss, then-Sen. Joe Biden. Biden, through a spokesperson, has denied the allegations. Reade has claimed to various media outlets, including The Intercept, that she told her mother, a close friend, and her brother about both the harassment and, to varying degrees of detail, the assault at the time. Her brother, Collin Moulton, and her friend, who has asked to remain anonymous, both confirmed that they heard about the allegations from Reade at the time. Reade’s mother died in 2016, but both her brother and friend also confirmed Reade had told her mother, and that her mother, a longtime feminist and activist, urged her to go to the police. In interviews with The Intercept, Reade also mentioned that her mother had made a phone call to “Larry King Live” on CNN, during which she made reference to her daughter’s experience on Capitol Hill. Reade told The Intercept that her mother called in asking for advice after Reade, then in her 20s, left Biden’s office. “I remember it being an anonymous call and her saying my daughter was sexually harassed and retaliated against and fired, where can she go for help? I was mortified,” Reade told me." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 27

Will the media cover Tara Reade's story? 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://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/ "LAST APRIL, Tara Reade watched as a familiar conversation around her former boss, Joe Biden, and his relationship with personal space unfolded on the national stage. Nevada politician Lucy Flores alleged that Biden had inappropriately sniffed her hair and kissed the back of her head as she waited to go on stage at a rally in 2014. Biden, in a statement in response, said that “not once” in his career did he believe that he had acted inappropriately. But Flores’s allegation sounded accurate to Reade, she said, because Reade had experienced something very similar as a staffer in Biden’s Senate office years earlier. After she saw an episode of the ABC show “The View,” in which most of the panelists stood up for Biden and attacked Flores as politically motivated, Reade decided that she had no choice but to come forward and support Flores. She gave an interview to a local reporter, describing several instances in which Biden had behaved similarly toward her, inappropriately touching her during her early-’90s tenure in his Senate office. In that first interview, she decided to tell a piece of the story, she said, that matched what had happened to Flores — plus, she had filed a contemporaneous complaint, and there were witnesses, so she considered the allegation bulletproof. The short article brought a wave of attention on her, along with accusations that she was doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin. So Reade went quiet." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 2

Nearly 2 in 5 female suicides are Indian. Are 'lazy men' a cause of exceptionally high female suicide rates in India? John Iadarola and Nilanjana Bhowmick 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.trtworld.com/opinion/are-indian-women-killing-themselves-because-indian-men-are-lazy-20681 "If Indian men did just a little more housework they could save thousands of women's lives and potentially add 16 percent to the country's GDP. India’s long-hidden gender crisis is out in the open now. Thousands of women have been killing themselves in India consistently since the 1990s. Despite occasional reports or studies, not much has been done about it. Last week, a Lancet study put it down in black and white. Nearly two in every five women in the world who kill themselves are Indian. Most of these women are married, below the age of 35. The report said India holds over 17 percent of the global population in 2016, but accounted for over 36 percent of the global suicide deaths among women. “The proportion of global suicide deaths in India has increased since 1990 for both sexes, but more for women than for men,” the report stated. In fact, more than 20,000 housewives have been killing themselves in India every year since 1997. In 2009, more than 25,000 housewives killed themselves. In 2013, the leap was almost double. According to India’s national crime records bureau a total number of 44,256, 42,521 and 42,088 women committed suicide during 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 10

Bill Maher is desperately trying to stay relevant, defending Chris Matthews. It’s bad. Just bad. Brett Erlich & Francesca Fiorentini 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.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/08/bill_maher_defends_chris_matthews_slams_cancel_culture_as_a_cancer.html "HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher and the rest of his panel sided with fired MSNBC host Chris Matthews during a panel discussion on Friday's show. "I think this cancel culture is a cancer on progressivism,” Maher said about the "Hardball" host's abrupt resignation last week. "Liberals always have to fight a two-front war: Republicans only have to fight Democrats, Democrats have to fight Republicans and each other." Maher said Matthews "said some things that are kind of creepy to women... You know, I just, guys are married for a million years, they want to flirt for two seconds. He said to somebody, Laura Bassett, four years ago, she’s in makeup, he said, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?’ Yes, it is creepy. She said, ‘I was afraid to name him at the time out of fear of retaliation. I’m not afraid anymore.’ Thank you, Rosa Parks. I mean, Jesus fucking Christ! I guess my question is: Do you wonder how Democrats lose?” "Is she a compliment-victim or a compliment-survivor?" he joked about Matthews apologizing for giving women compliments." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 9

Chuck Schumer gave a fiery speech then walked it back.March 5

Brutal violence against women and girls in Mexico sparks nationwide outrage. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ 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.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-women-call-national-strike-after-series-brutal-femicides "Feminist activists, social media users, and women in general are calling for a national strike on March 9, a day after International Women’s Day, commemorated on March 8. In Mexico, at least 10 women are murdered every day, four children go missing, and authorities rarely solve the cases or punish the criminals. Therefore, women are raising their voices to demand equality, justice, and the eradication of gender violence, especially femicide. For decades, Mexican women have been besieged by both femicide and impunity, which prevails since a series of femicides took place in Ciudad Juárez in the 90s, alarming femicide rates in the state of Mexico in the last two decades, and more recent cases such as Ingrid Escamilla and Fátima Cecilia Aldrighetti." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksFebruary 27

A lawsuit exposes Bloomberg’s checklist for female employees along with more of his sexual harassment & misconduct. 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://twitter.com/CANCEL_SAM/status/1232097629380710400 "I read one of Bloomberg's sexual harassment lawsuits ('98). These were allegations against Bloomberg––not the company––the man. ∙ Encouraged general degradation of women ∙ Required female applicants to meet sex appeal criteria ∙ Repeated, unwanted sexual gestures & touching" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksFebruary 25

Trump has been implicated Fox News bombshell. 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.thedailybeast.com/was-this-ex-fox-news-anchor-courtney-friel-benched-for-accusing-trump?ref=home "Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel’s salacious book excerpt was featured by the New York Daily News. The next day, Friel wasn’t in the anchor chair at her regularly scheduled 5 p.m. slot, nor was she in it at 6 p.m., nor was she in it at 10 p.m., nor was she in the chair at 11 p.m. And on Sunday, she again was not in the anchor chair at 5, 6, 7, 10, or 11 p.m. No, the Los Angeles local TV anchor has been sent on “vacation” after the Daily News revealed that, in her new book Tonight at 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News, Friel claims President Donald Trump once phoned her and called her “the hottest one at Fox News” and then allegedly said: “You should come up to my office sometime, so we can kiss.” Why would KTLA remove a popular anchor one day after she revealed that the president of the United States made a sexual overture toward her? Friel wasn’t planning to go on vacation until the following Monday, but KTLA seemingly disappeared her right after the Daily News excerpt published, causing observers to question such an unannounced break. KTLA did not respond to multiple requests for comment. On Saturday, according to a firsthand witness who spoke to The Daily Beast, Friel was interrupted by a paparazzo while shopping for groceries at a West Hollywood Whole Foods. The photographer asked her: “Why are you not on the news right now?”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJanuary 10

Instagram influencer Kaylin Ward was banned from the platform for her Australia Fires Fundraiser. 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/who-cares-if-women-get-nude-for-australian-fire-relief-efforts-money-is-money?ref=home?ref=home “The Associated Press reports that 140,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Australia due to devastating bushfires, which have claimed the lives of at least 18 people. Around 12.35 million acres have been burned. Over 480 million animals are dead. Photos show scorched earth and dystopian red skies. Donations to relief efforts are pouring in. The actor Chris Hemsworth, who lives in New South Wales, has pledged a million dollars and encouraged others to “dig deep” and chip in. Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, and Nicole Kidman have also made online promises of financial aid. The Australian comedian Celeste Barber organized a Facebook group that has raised $26 million for the NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund which, per NBC News, has been the website’s highest-grossing fundraiser to date.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJanuary 8

Michelle Williams gives a powerful speech advocating for women’s rights in at the 2020 Golden Globes. 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/culture/2020/1/5/21051186/watch-michelle-williams-golden-globes-2020-acceptance-speech-abortion-rights-choice "Michelle Williams just won the second Golden Globe of her career for her role on Fosse/Verdon — and she used her acceptance speech to plug the importance of reproductive freedom. “When you put this in someone’s hands, you’re acknowledging the choices made by the actor but also the choices they made as a person,” Williams began as she accepted her award at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of the choices I’ve made, and I’m also grateful to have lived in a moment in our society where choice exists.” As Anna North has reported for Vox, it’s likely that the Supreme Court will dismantle Roe v. Wade in 2020. Already, multiple states have passed laws that amount to a total ban on abortions. And in March, the Court will hear arguments for June Medical Services v. Gee, a case centered on whether or not Louisiana can restrict abortions to treatment centers at which at least one doctor has admitting privileges at an area hospital." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJanuary 6

Porn website owners charged for sex trafficking. 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/girls-do-porn-police-reports/ "At least three women made police reports about Girls Do Porn in 2015, but recruiters continued to exploit women until the FBI stepped in last month. On Oct. 10, the operators of popular pornography website Girls Do Porn were charged with trafficking and conspiracy in a federal criminal complaint. But The Appeal has learned that three women who say they were victimized by the men behind the site filed police reports as far back as 2015. According to records obtained by The Appeal, it appears that police never followed up. In one case, a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was raped by a man who worked for Girls Do Porn was closed the day it was filed. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California allege that Michael Pratt, Matthew Wolfe, Andre Garcia, and Valorie Moser “used deception and false promises” to lure college-age women to fly to San Diego to film pornographic videos they said would never be posted on the internet. Prosecutors say they used “fake names, fake phone numbers, and fake business names” and an elaborate system of “reference” girls who were paid to lie to the young women that Girls Do Porn attempted to recruit. Prosecutors allege that Pratt and others tricked women into participating in commercial sex acts they never would have agreed to had they been aware of the actual purpose of the videos. " #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksNovember 26

During 2020 Democratic Primary Debate, the all-female panel asks the candidates an important question. John Iadarola and Betsy Sweet 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/2019/11/21/20975363/democratic-debate-paid-family-leave-child-care "On Wednesday, something unheard of happened on the 2020 Democratic debate stage: Moderators asked candidates what they would do about high child care costs and the lack of paid parental leave in the US. It just took five debates and a panel of all-women moderators for this to happen. Ashley Parker, a White House reporter for the Washington Post, pointed out that child care and paid family leave are important issues to many voters. “Here in Georgia, the average price of infant daycare can be as much as $8,500 per child per year. That’s more than in-state tuition at a public college in Georgia. Mr. Yang, what would you do as president to ease that financial burden?” she asked. Yang responded by saying that the US is one of only two countries without mandated paid family leave laws (the other being Papua New Guinea). That’s not entirely true. There are a handful of small countries without it, such as Suriname and Lesotho. But he was pointing to a big problem: The US is the only developed country in the world that doesn’t guarantee new parents paid time off." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksNovember 21

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 #TheYoungTurksNovember 4

Chris Coons isn’t comfortable with the changing make up of congress. October 3

The HEARTBREAKING Reason Brock Turner's Victim Revealed Her Identity September 23

CNN and MSNBC lie on behalf of anti-abortion Republicans. 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.mediamatters.org/cnn/fox-failed-cover-rep-steve-kings-latest-abortion-comments-other-networks-missed-context "Fox News was uncharacteristically quiet about abortion after Rep. Steve King (R-IA) made comments on Wednesday criticizing rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans. Although CNN and MSNBC covered the topic more, both networks prioritized the inaccurate narrative that King's position is an aberration from the Republican Party’s stance on abortion access. On August 14, King defended eliminating rape and incest exceptions from abortion bans, suggesting that there wouldn’t be “any population of the world left” if abortions were allowed in these instances. Media Matters analyzed coverage of King’s comments on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox from the time the story broke around 2 p.m. on August 14 through 9 a.m. the next day. We found that CNN covered the topic for 54 minutes and 28 seconds, followed by MSNBC reporting on it for 40 minutes and 28 seconds. Meanwhile, Fox News discussed King’s remarks for a meager one minute and 22 seconds. This silence from Fox News is uncharacteristic, as the network typically dominates abortion-related conversations with sensationalized misinformation. CNN’s and MSNBC’s coverage, however, repeated a right-wing media framing of the story." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksAugust 16

A constituent confronted Rep. Steven King about his extreme stance on abortion. August 15

A critical look at the hypocrisy of the pro-life movement. http://tyt.com/hasan #TYT #HasanPiker #TheBreakdownJune 17

Another unearthed video of Biden shows just how conservative he is. 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/homenews/campaign/448473-biden-says-he-doesnt-see-abortion-as-a-choice-and-a-right-in-unearthed-2006?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true "A resurfaced 2006 interview by former Vice President Joe Biden may again put his views on abortion under scrutiny in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. An interview Biden gave ahead of his 2008 run — unearthed by CNN's KFile on Thursday and later reported on by The New York Times — shows the current Democratic front-runner signaling support for Roe v. Wade but not full-blown support for abortion as a "choice and a right." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 14

Kamala Harris says she's done with the spread of anti-abortion laws. 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/2019/5/28/18643591/kamala-harris-2020-msnbc-town-hall "Again and again during her MSNBC town hall Tuesday night, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) reminded voters and was reminded herself that the United States Senate is a sizable obstacle to any Democratic agenda. “2020 is about the White House, but it’s also about the United States Senate,” Harris told the audience in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Harris made the case for her 2020 presidential candidacy. She defended her plan to stop states from restricting abortion rights, called the family separation crisis “a human rights abuse being committed by the United States government,” and promised to prosecute the case against Donald Trump and his associates if elected. But the specter of the US Senate — and the difficulty Democrats will have securing a bare majority, much less a 60-vote filibuster-proof supermajority that can pass everything without Republican buy-in — hung over much of the conversation. It would be a barrier to Harris’s plan to require states to get preclearance from the Justice Department before they could institute new abortion restrictions. It makes impeachment exceedingly unlikely unless there is a dramatic shift in Republican leadership’s political calculus." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 29

The AP is downplaying how disastrous the recently passed anti-abortion laws are. 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.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/28/ap-promoted-anti-choice-misinformation-about-abortion-access-and-roe-v-wade-here-are-facts/223802 "On May 27, The Associated Press’ David Crary and Clara Johnson wrote an article that uncritically repeated talking points from anti-abortion advocates to claim that if the Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade, the impact will not be as drastic as pro-choice activists allege it would be. In reality, overturning Roe could have detrimental impacts on low-income communities’ ability to access care and could spur a reinvigorated anti-choice movement pushing to restrict access to contraceptives and abortion in states where these reproductive rights are currently protected. Crary and Johnson began the piece by stating that recently adopted state restrictions on abortion access have “set off speculation” about what would happen if the Supreme Court overturned Roe, thereby reverting abortion policy to individual states. The article explained some of the “abortion-related changes that have unfolded since 1973,” the year Roe was decided, and quoted a few abortion rights advocates. But Crary and Johnson also talked to two anti-abortion advocates, and the journalists failed to fact-check the anti-abortion misinformation they offered. Dr. Donna Harrison, the executive director of the anti-abortion group American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, told the AP that advancements in ultrasound technology mean pregnant people who view ultrasound images -- as some states mandate they do -- change their minds about having an abortion. However, research shows that viewing an ultrasound “does not alter decisions of the large majority of women who are certain that abortion is the right decision.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 28

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