Tag Archives: Cenk Uygur

Judge Rejects Bid To Force Florida Democratic Primary

Politico reports: A federal judge on Friday rejected a bid to require Florida Democrats to hold a presidential primary in March. Florida’s Democratic primary was scuttled because President Joe Biden was the lone candidate certified to state election officials. It was a decision that rankled other Democrats, including Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) who is challenging Biden and called it “intentional …

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Arkansas Rules Cenk Uygur Ineligible For 2024 Ballot

The Associated Press reports: Arkansas election officials on Monday said online news personality Cenk Uygur, who was born in Turkey, can’t appear on the state’s Democratic presidential primary ballot next year. The determination comes weeks after Uygur proclaimed that he had become the first naturalized citizen on a presidential ballot after filing paperwork with the state and the Arkansas Democratic …

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Progressive Podcaster Cenk Uygur To Challenge Biden

Semafor reports: Progressive pundit Cenk Uygur will challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination, offering himself as an alternative to an incumbent who “is definitely going to lose” if he makes it to the general election. “I’m going to do whatever I can to help him decide that this is not the right path,” Uygur, 53, told Semafor, as he …

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Young Turks Founder Cenk Uygur Loses US House Bid

The Wrap reports: Cenk Uygur, the host and creator of the progressive news and opinion program “The Young Turks,” lost his bid for the Congressional seat vacated by former California Rep. Katie Hill Tuesday night. According to the New York Times, he came in fourth place, with about 5% of the vote in California’s 25th congressional district. In the lead …

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Cenk Uygur Urges Young Turks Staff Not To Unionize

The Huffington Post reports: Top leadership at the progressive news network The Young Turks held an all-staff meeting at its office in Culver City, California, on Feb. 12. The regularly scheduled gathering was supposed to deal with personnel matters, but instead the focus turned to the staff’s nascent union campaign, which had just gone public. Earlier that day, a Twitter …

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Bernie Sanders Retracts Endorsement Of Cenk Uygur

Mediaite reports: The Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur is running for Congress in California and yesterday he received an official endorsement from Bernie Sanders — an endorsement that has now been retracted. Since Uygur announced his candidacy for the seat held by former Congresswoman Katie Hill, he’s faced criticism for comments he’s made about women, while Sanders has been criticized …

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Bernie Sanders Endorses Cenk Uygur For US House

The Los Angeles Times reports: Bernie Sanders endorsed a California congressional candidate Thursday with a long history of making crude and degrading comments about women and provocative statements about Jews, Muslims and other groups. The Democratic presidential candidate said Cenk Uygur, founder and co-host of “The Young Turks” online talk show, is “a voice that we desperately need in Congress” …

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Cenk Uygur Launches Bid For Katie Hill’s House Seat

Axios reports: Cenk Uygur, founder of the liberal news site The Young Turks, announced he is running to replace Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), in a tweet Thursday night. The state of play: Uygur is also running against former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos — who, in 2017, pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI about Russian contacts. The …

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Charlie Kirk Flips Out At Young Turks Founder [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Charlie Kirk, head of college grievance network TPUSA, absolutely lost it on The Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur during a debate at Politicon. Kirk was stage on to debate Hassan Piker of Uygur’s progressive network, and challenged him to reveal his salary or “go live like a socialist.” He then absolutely lost it when faced with heckling from …

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CLEVELAND: Mayhem And Shoving After Alex Jones & Roger Stone Crash Young Turks Show [VIDEO]

The Young Turks were attempting to live-stream their daily show from the GOP convention tonight when lunatic Alex Jones and Trump dirty trickster Roger Stone crashed their set to scream insanities and throw around a “Hillary For Prison” shirt. Watch below. Young Turks host Cenk Uygur was initially caught off guard and tried to laugh off the intrusion, but Jones …

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