Cenk Uygur on the killing of Kajieme Powell

This is well worth watching. Warning: actual, graphic violence.

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How can we overturn Citizens United? With cute cats, cuter babies, and mentos geysers!

From my email inbox comes this video from Negin Farsad and the Vaguely Qualified Productions team, who are hoping to inject some comedy into the fight against Citizens United with a video starring Katrina vanden Heuvel (Editor/Publisher of The Nation), Cenk Uygur (Host, Current TV’s Young Turks), Ben & Jerry…

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VIDEO: Cenk Uygur explains his departure from MSNBC

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, who had been filling in on MSNBC’s 6 p.m. eastern weekday slot, won’t be continuing at MSNBC, having decided to leave after being asked to change his tone by the MSNBC President Phil Griffin. Here’s Uygur explaining in his own words why he left…

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Just a thought on MSNBC’s new nightly lineup

Last week Proud Progressive noted the departure of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC, with Olbermann’s last show airing last week Friday. Last night marked the first night of MSNBC’s new nightly lineup, with “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell replacing Olbermann at 7 p.m. CST, “The Ed Show” with Ed Schultz…

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random thoughts and links…

1. Thanks to President Obama and the democratic congress we will now be able to feel safe when we eat. They recently passed the Food Safety Modernization Act. While the vote ended up unanimous in the Senate, the partisan hacks in the House voted almost on a party line. Luckily…

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