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Should Oklahoma Be Denied Disaster Relief?

Are Republican Senators James Inhofe and Tom Coburn the most loathsome politicians in the country? Oklahoma undeniably needs FEMA aid after the tornadoes  but these politicians refused aid to other disaster-stricken states, including those hit by Hurricane Sandy. Why do they believe their state is more deserving than others? Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) discuss.

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Who Took Down Stockton?

Via the Center for Investigative Reporting:

Since 2010, 33 municipalities across the country have filed for bankruptcy. Not since the Great Depression have so many cities been so broke. No other place in the U.S. has borne the brunt more than the Central Valley city of Stockton, Calif. – the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy. Now, the city has defaulted on its bond payments and stripped health care from retired police officers and firefighters. All the while, an unprecedented legal battle is raging between creditors and the city in federal bankruptcy court.

We dig deep into the financial ruin of Stockton. In the first documentary in a series of films produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting for The Young Turks, we look at the bad deals that brought this city to its knees.

Watch it here.

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'Bronx Ghetto Tours' Make Fun of the Poor

Via Alternet: ““A Bronx bus company is offering tours billed as a “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO’,” the New York Post reports.

The company, Real Bronx Tours, has taken largely white foreign tourists around the Bronx. The tour guide was caught mocking the Bronx by Post reporter Candice Giove.”

A bus tour in New York City reportedly drives around “a real ghetto” and openly mocks people going to soup kitchens and church pantries. Is there a market for making fun of the poor? Apparently. Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Cara Santa Maria discuss

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