Episode

4/17: Tort Conference: Cenk Uygur & Brian Barr & Virginia Buchanan

April 17, 2015

The host of The Young Turks Cenk Uygur explains the passage of Fast Track Authority for the TPP in the Senate. Why TPP is going to pass because the corporations control America. How TPP shows the hypocrisy of the Republicans. Will Chuck Schumer be progressive on TPP? Comast and MSNBC. Cenk, MSNBC and corporate Democrats. Why Hillary Clinton is no progressive. The moral obscenity of overturning the Estate Tax. Kansas’s new cruel attack on the poor is also a giveaway to the banks. If Jesus comes back will he just beat on Republicans. Also what will the future of media be in twenty five years?

Brian Barr an attorney with Levin Papantonio, explains how BP triad to get out of a settlement for the BP Gulf oil spill, why BP still hasn’t given any money to the victims of their leak. BP’s stunning claim that they didn’t cause any real harm in the Gulf. BP’s lack of conscience and disgusting pr strategy. Also why BP could cause another disaster.

Virginia Buchanan an attorney with Levin Papantonio explains the health dangers of the Energy drink industry. How youth are targeted by the Energy drink industry and how to protect the public from these drinks.

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