Cenk Uygur

ReThink Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats -- the First Earth Battalion Wants You!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Yoga, Ewan McGregor, The First Earth Battalion, Jim Channon, Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Environment, Meditation, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Movie Reviews, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Simultaneously a dark, sometimes surreal examination of the US military's foray into psychic warfare, and a comedy with some nuggets of alleged truth.

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ReThink Review: Where the Wild Things Are -- the Wild Within

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, The Young Turks, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Kim, Childhood, Spike Jonze, Kenneth Turan, Manohla Dargis, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Making a fantasy movie about a 9-year-old learning to understand his emotions and empathize with others seems like an almost impossible task, and Jonze pulled it off in a way I could have never imagined.

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ReThink Review: American Casino -- Gambling on Timebomb Loans

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Wells Fargo, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, American Casino, Credit Default Swaps, Jonathan Kim, Housing Crisis, Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Reverse Redlining, The Young Turks, Alan Greenspan, Subprime Loans, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

When you hear terms that sound very technical like "credit default swap" and "reverse redlining", it's easy for part of your brain to shut off. I was guilty of this myself.

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400 Former Obama Staffers: Don't Demobilize the Troops Before the Battle With the Insurance Industry

Mike Elk | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Tea Bag, yeswestillcan.org, Public Option, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Freedom Summer, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Barack Obama, Organizing for America, Marhsall Ganz, Politics News
Mike Elk

It has become clear that Obama's supporters are beginning to lose faith and the desire to fight for the president if he drops the public option.

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ReThinking Standard Operating Procedure: Yes, Virginia, We Really Do Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Movie Review, Standard Operating Procedure, George W. Bush, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, John Yoo, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Abu Ghraib, The Young Turks, Movie Reviews, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Lynndie England, Charles Graner, Film Critic, Errol Morris, Documentary, Iraq, Torture, Sabrina Harman, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

In light of a new report set to be released today from the CIA, I want to take another look at Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about torture at Abu Ghraib.

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Newt Gingrich: My Third Wife Wants Me to be a Good Catholic

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Catholics, Newt Gingrich, Catholicism, Barack Obama, Notre Dame, The Pope, Newt Gingrich Catholic, Religious Right, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Religion has been turned into a political farce in this country. Nobody gives a damn what the Bible actually says or what the religions are supposed to stand for.

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Web Ad for Bobby Jindal Uses Celebrity Voices (and Mine) Without Permission

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Msnbc, Bobby Jindal, America for Change, Washington Post, Alan Colmes, Young Turks, Chris Wallace, David Gregory, Eugene Robinson, 2012 Election, Jay Leno, NBC News, Chris Matthews, Fox News, You Tube, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

How do I know? I'm one of the voices they used, which is quite curious because I am neither a celebrity nor anywhere near a Bobby Jindal fan.

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Fake Outrage by Politicians About AIG Bonuses

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Bailout, Larry Summers, Politicians, Aig Outrage, Tim Geithner, Aig Outrage Lawmakers, Cenk Uygur, AIG Bailout, Aig, Bonuses, Executives, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Time after time, Bush, Obama and Congress had an opportunity to attach limits on executive pay to legislation authorizing bailout money. And time after time, they refused. So, spare me the outrage.

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Let's Talk About Race: With Baratunde and Cenk (Part 3)

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Youtube, Racism, Race, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Baratunde Thurston, Politics News
Baratunde Thurston

People of color have carried most of the burden of racial dialogue and fights for justice, but that's the way it is.

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Let's Talk About Race, Baby!

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Dialogue, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Race Talk, Msnbc, Baratunde Thurston, Eric Holder, jackandjillpolitics.com, Race, Video, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Baratunde Thurston and I appeared on MSNBC together to talk about the infamous chimp cartoon. Since then, we have been having the national conversation about race that Eric Holder wanted us to.

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Sam Stein

Progressive Hosts Vie For MSNBC's 10PM Slot

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Young Turks, Seder Msnbc, Msnbc, Young Turks Msnbc, Msnbc Phil Griffin, Seder Air America, Sam Seder, 10 Pm Slot, Uygur Msnbc, Cenk Uygur, Media News

With MSNBC announcing that it was looking to fill its 10PM time slot with original broadcasting, two prominent self-avowed liberals are positioning th...

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The Young Turks Announce Candidacy for MSNBC Slot

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Msnbc, Cable News, Media, Keith Olbermann, Tyt, Media News
Cenk Uygur

Yes, I might have a funny name. Yes, I might have been accused of being a Muslim. But I remember another man who had similar problems who didn't let those things stand in his way.

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Give Someone a Compliment Today

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Poker, Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Compliment, Family, Happiness, Joy, Living News
Cenk Uygur

My close friends have already vomited and will not read my next three columns in protest. But I believe in joy.

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Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators "Lieberman Must Go!"

ZP Heller | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Committee, John McCain, Homeland Security, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Iraq, Robert Greenwald, Democrats, Chairmanship, Barack Obama, Brave New Foundation, Satyam Khanna, Blackwater, Joe Lieberman, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans, Politics News
ZP Heller

Stripping Lieberman of his committee chairmanships is not about exacting revenge. Lieberman has careened to the right on both foreign and domestic policy issues.

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Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

ZP Heller | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Cheryl Contee, Brave New Foundation, Ari Melber, Melanoma, Charles Karel Bouley, Meet the Bloggers, Media, Richard Sagebiel, 2008 Election, Death, Robert Greenwald, Doctors, Zp Heller, Cancer, Censorship, Health Records, John McCain, Media News
ZP Heller

McCain is the most public of public figures right now. We have the right to know about his health history because it could interfere with his ability to lead and become a national security issue.

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Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Need a Timeout to Fix the Economy

ZP Heller | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Brave New Foundation, Depression, Meltdown, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Meet the Bloggers, 2008 Election, Recession, Main Street, Roberto Lovato, Mortgages, Henry Paulson, Barack Obama, Bailout, Robert Greenwald, Matthew Yglesias, Banks, Financial Crisis, Washington George Bush, Wall Street, John McCain, Rick Davis, Phil Gramm, Politics News
ZP Heller

Pelosi has made a difference in negotiating this bailout while still managing to speak directly with the public (imagine that!).

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What Is Wal-Mart So Afraid Of? Four Words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Walmart, Civil Liberties, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Baratunde Thurston, Seiu, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Pensions, American Rights at Work, Robert Greenwald, Recession, Working Class, Brave New Foundation, Efca, Jack and Jill Politics, Michael Whitney, Ceos, Andy Stern, Class,War, Unions, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Employee Free Choice Act is a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in our country.

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"PUMAMAs" - And How the Clintons Can Channel the Power of Positive Resentment

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taylor Marsh, Bill Clinton, PUMA Voters, Hillary Rosen, Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Puma, Democratic Convention, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, Michigan Delegates, 2008 Election, Florida Delegates, Denver, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

While conventional wisdom says that Obama needs to reach out to disaffected Hillary supporters, another school of thought says nothing he can do will win them over. Only the Clintons can.

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Meet the Bloggers: Darcy Burner Can End the Iraq War Responsibly

ZP Heller | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, David Goldstein, Congress, Brave New Foundation, Time Horizon, Timetable, Meet the Bloggers, George Bush, Media, Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Surge, Iraq War, Oil, Joan Mccarter, Darcy Burner, Iraq, Matt Stoller, John McCain, Warwire, Iraq Warwire, Politics News
ZP Heller

When it comes to the Iraq war, the question is no longer whether the U.S. should end it, but how.  On yesterday's Meet the Bloggers, special guest Darcy Burner made the case for A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, which she co-authored earlier this year. 

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Harry Reid Knows How to End the Energy Crisis

ZP Heller | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Anwr, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, Meet the Bloggers, Oil, Gas, Cenk Uygur, Harry Reid, Jonathan Kim, Nico Pitney, Matt Stoller, Kevin Grandia, Offshore Drilling, Oil Politics, Oil Prices, Politics News
ZP Heller

2008-07-28-cenkreid.jpgReid emphasized the need to cut off government subsidies for oil companies in this week's Meet the Bloggers.

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Six Degrees of Barack Obama

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, Six Degrees of Separation, Harry Belafonte, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, John McCain, Six Degrees of Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The latest right-wing game is to pin controversial figures, who might have said or done anything objectionable at any point in their lifetimes, to Obama.

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Talk-Radio Host Accuses Colbert Of Stealing His Joke

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Young Turks, Stephen Colbert, Colbert Report, Media News

A talk-radio host is claiming Stephen Colbert stole his joke. Cenk Uygur of Air America's morning show "The Young Turks" insisted on his program Wedn...

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