From the show: Education around the world and a presidential history of drugs
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Topic: Business & Finance
No HSBC bankers going to prison for aiding al-Qaida proves that the wealthy ‘have a get-of-out-jail-free card forever’
Cenk calls out the justice system for letting HSBC get away with paying only $1.92 billion in fines after laundering money for Mexican cartels and al-Qaida. watch video
Eliot Spitzer pulls a Cenk Uygur about HSBC scandal during a live tease for ‘Viewpoint’
In what was supposed to be a quick live tease during “The Young Turks” for “Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer,” the former governor went all … Cenk Uygur on us, ranting about HSBC’s lightweight fine for its role in helping terrorists [...] watch video
From the show: Oliver Stone, estate taxes and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
RIGHT TO WORK (FOR LESS) CNN Money Michigan lawmakers approve right to work legislation CBS News Right-to-work poised to become law in Michigan ‘ZERO DARK THIRTY’ The Huffington Post ‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Debate Rages over Film’s Depiction of … read post
Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder, big business and wealthy GOPers have ruined our democracy
Cenk Uygur digs into the income inequality at the root of the protests against the “right-to-work” law in Michigan. watch video
From the show: GOP time machine, weed in Washington and the end of the world
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Cenk: ‘The Heritage Foundation is not a think tank — it’s a money-laundering operation’
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., is leaving office to run the Heritage Foundation, an infamous Republican think tank — but Cenk suggests it’s more about money than wanting to advocate for GOP-supported policies. watch video
From the show: Budget stalemates, drone strikes and weed wars
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Wal-Mart factory fire proves that ‘workers in Bangladesh are dying just like workers in the US did 100 years ago’
Cenk Uygur talks with Theresa Haas, director of communications for the Worker Rights Consortium, about Wal-Mart’s decision not to make safety improvements at the Bangladesh factory that later caught fire, killing more than 100 workers. watch video
Congressman Heath Shuler, a lead fiscal cliff negotiator, accepts a job with an energy company that fears major tax increases
Cenk Uygur and The Nation contributor Lee Fang break down exactly why a congressman like Heath Shuler, D-N.C., would turn to lobbying after leaving the House. watch video
