The Young Turks

Hour 1: Join Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, and David Shuster as they name the best and worst people of 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Santos's lies have not stopped; the newest one is a doozy. An airport police officer threatened to arrest stranded passengers. Home Depot’s 93-year-old co-founder has gone on a crazy entitled rant. A survey says that most Americans today cannot afford their house. An ex-aide of Mark Meadows has testified that he threw important documents in a White House fireplace.Host: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Santos basically says that he has absolutely no shame! Southwest flights continue to be delayed and canceled leaving thousands stranded. Kansas police busted into a terminally ill patient’s room for smoking weed. On the first day of 2023 corporate CEOs will have made more than the average U.S. worker.Host: Ana Kasparian Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos came clean and admitted that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience. Human rights defenders condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and “extremist Republicans’ cruel values” after several busloads of migrants were dropped off outside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ home on Christmas Eve. A water war is brewing over the dwindling Colorado River. Billionaires lost nearly $2 trillion this year.Host: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk touted the results of a Twitter poll and called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to kill a major spending bill. Sean Hannity didn’t really believe Trump’s claims about 2000 election fraud. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) redoubled his opposition to Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House Speaker with a scathing essay on his various gripes with the congressman. Candace Owens has no issue with people waving the confederate flag. Wall Street landlords who’ve stockpiled $110 billion are lying in wait for their biggest American home-buying spree yet.Host: Michael Shure, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his first three years as president, Donald J. Trump paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes before paying no tax as his income dwindled and losses once again mounted in 2020. U.S. President Joe Biden said in a November exchange caught on camera and now circulating on social media that the Iran nuclear deal “is dead.” Florida insurance company executives saw big payouts in years without hurricanes. Three minor teens working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant were allowed to operate a dangerous machine in North Carolina. The Biden administration is expected to announce a roughly $2 billion military assistance package for Ukraine.Host: Ana Kasparian Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration Saturday night to address the increase in migrants crossing the southern border, citing the dangerous winter conditions and shelters lacking the capacity to meet the demand next week. A Tennessee man already facing charges in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was arrested for allegedly planning to kill FBI agents. A majority of Twitter users voted “yes” in a poll posted by owner Elon Musk asking if he should step down as CEO of the social media company. The fate of President Joe Biden’s multibillion-dollar student debt relief plan could hinge on an obscure financial services company just outside of St. Louis.Host: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Thursday night, Twitter banned a number of prominent journalists who had reported on Elon Musk and in some cases criticized him. Retiring anti-Trump Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois used the occasion of his farewell address from Congress to slam his fellow Republicans for sheltering “the ignorant, the racist.” On Thursday, when Trump announced that he was launching a series of $99 digital trading cards with some truly disastrous graphic design, even QAnon supporters turned on the former president. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the 28,000-member union of railroad workers ousted their president who supported the Biden labor deal.Host: John Iadarola, Cenk Uygur, Nina Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Club Q bartender Michael Anderson testified about the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ bar. Texas lawmakers are drafting legislation to censor abortion pill websites. A Wisconsin man was prescribed a medical device that could save his life, but his insurance provider has denied coverage, calling the device “not medically necessary.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ron DeSantis just can’t seem to let the anti-vax movement go. Democrats have gained no momentum to bring cash in for struggling parents. A spokesman from FTX says he lost a $15M paycheck. Almost half the young adults are still living with their parents causing a “luxury boom.”Host: Ana Kasparian Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices