May 5, 2022

Conservative Democrat Senators Joe Manchin and Mark Kelly joined their Republican colleagues in blocking President Biden from declaring a national emergency from the effects of climate change. The Biden administration has been under pressure from environmentalists to declare the emergency from his first days in office and although the decision is non-binding, Manchin and Kelly have shown where their loyalties lie on climate issues.
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  • 12 minutes

The Young Turks: May 5, 2022

Sen. Nina Turner joins TYT to talk about her recent primary election loss, the extraordinary efforts that both parties went to defeat Nina Turner, how Congressional progressives, inside and outside of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, abandoned her challenge against Shontel Brown, and her future as a progressive candidate.
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  • 14 minutes
Conservative Democrat Senators Joe Manchin and Mark Kelly joined their Republican colleagues in blocking President Biden from declaring a national emergency from the effects of climate change. The Biden administration has been under pressure from environmentalists to declare the emergency from his first days in office and although the decision is non-binding, Manchin and Kelly have shown where their loyalties lie on climate issues.
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  • 12 minutes
Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal appeased the right wing’s anti-choice abortion fervor by watering down language in a new abortion access bill in hopes of gaining any Republican support as well as conservative Democrats like Joe Manchin. Some of the provisions excluded from the bill include language linking abortion access to white supremacy and gender oppression, as well as protections for transgender men and members of the non-binary community.
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  • 10 minutes
Alleged Russia asset professional sellout Tulsi Gabbard went on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to play defense for the Republican Party by agreeing that abortion rights should be left up to the states to decide as well as attacking the leaker of the decision draft. Tulsi marketed herself as a pro-choice candidate for President and a supporter of the Roe v. Wade precedent.
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  • 9 minutes
Louisiana’s Republican state legislators are advancing a bill that would categorize abortions as homicides, charging the pregnant person and anyone who assists with the abortion with murder. The bill will move to the state House for a full vote and if passed, by law, the state could charge a woman who got an abortion with the death penalty.
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  • 8 minutes
Extremist Republican Matt Gaetz sent out a tweet railing against women pro-choice protestors, saying that they’re just “over-educated, under-loved millennials”. Gaetz’s comments perfectly epitomize the Republican Party’s social views as he is just rehashing old anti-feminist talking points.
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Geraldo Rivera got into a pretty heated debate with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News’ The Five about abortion rights and how Trump’s Supreme Court Justices flat out lied during their confirmation hearings. Gutfeld’s main criticism relied on women of social media supposedly “bragging” about getting abortions, going back to the old talking point of demonizing women who have had an abortion, shaming women who express their bodily autonomy.
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The newest chapter in the Madison Cawthorn opposition research saga has unfolded as a newly leaked video shows him simulating sexual acts allegedly with his male cousin. Cawthorn has been hit with the incredibly sinister opposition research campaign seemingly from members of his own party after he claimed that the Republican Party holds cocaine-fueled orgy parties.
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The man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle on stage during a comedy show will not be prosecuted for felony charges for the incident. The attacker was carrying a gun replica with a knife blade inside, so it is a curious decision from the prosecutor.
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  • 8 minutes