The Young Turks - The Trash Revolution

Episode Date: September 27, 2024

Israel rejects U.S.-backed Lebanon ceasefire proposal. A Cornell graduate student faces deportation after a pro-Palestine action. NYC Mayor Eric Adams is indicted in New York." HOST: Ana Kasparian (@anakasparian), Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ https://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks FACEBOOK: ☞ https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER: ☞ https://www.twitter.com/theyoungturks INSTAGRAM: ☞ https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK: ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕 Merch: https://shoptyt.com ❤ Donate: http://www.tyt.com/go 🔗 Website: https://www.tyt.com 📱App: http://www.tyt.com/app 📬 Newsletters: https://www.tyt.com/newsletters/ If you want to watch more videos from TYT, consider subscribing to other channels in our network: The Watchlist https://www.youtube.com/watchlisttyt Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey https://www.youtube.com/indisputabletyt The Damage Report ▶ https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport TYT Sports ▶ https://www.youtube.com/tytsports The Conversation ▶ https://www.youtube.com/tytconversation Rebel HQ ▶ https://www.youtube.com/rebelhq TYT Investigates ▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNJt9PYyN1uyw2XhNIQMMA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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wrong because this is American politics. You just go tribal right away, okay? True. Yeah. And but that story does have a number of hilarious elements to it. And then is Kamala Harris gaining or losing steam? That's now a significant debate. That's later in the program. And of course, unfortunately, we start with war, news of war. Anna. Yes, the story in the Middle East, unfortunately, continues to escalate. So let's talk about the latest details. Israel has now officially rejected a U.S.-backed 21-day ceasefire with Lebanon, which the leader of Hezbollah, by the way, Hassan Nasrallah, had accepted even without a ceasefire in Gaza. Remember, the reason why Hezbollah has been attacking Israel is due to the fact

that Israel is raining terror on Palestinians in Gaza. They wanted a ceasefire in Gaza and would not stop trying to strike Israel until they, you know, agreed to a ceasefire. Now with Israel planning a ground invasion in Lebanon, you know, you have the United States and its Western allies trying to encourage Israel to sign a ceasefire deal with Lebanon. I'm sorry, with Israel in regard to Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Netanyahu's not buying it. So now Israel is continuing to bomb the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. More than 600 people in Lebanon have been killed by Israel since Monday, and half a million people in Lebanon have been displaced as a result of this fighting. Now, an Israeli war plane struck the edges of the capital, Beirut, killing two people in wounding 15, including a woman in critical condition.

Lebanon's health ministry said, now that took deaths from hits overnight and during Thursday to 28. So now every day you're hearing about, you know, dozens of casualties. And as we know, earlier this week, you literally had the single most deadly day in Lebanon since the previous war between Lebanon and Israel. And on that day, there were about 500 people who were killed. So this is just devastating news. The Lebanese health ministry said most victims on Thursday were Syrians killed in the town of Unine and the, or in the Beka Valley, Lebanon is home to around 1.5 million Syrians who fled civil

war there. And now they're being greeted with more war in Lebanon. So America just sent Israel $8.7 billion. And Israel just rejected our ceasefire requests. Those two things are not disconnected. They're 100% connected. So Biden says, please do a ceasefire, stop attacking Lebanon, stop attacking Gaza. By the way, here's $8.7 billion because I think you're doing a fantastic job of attacking Gaza and Lebanon. Nobody, nobody's ever given me any amount of money and said, this is because I don't like what you're doing, let alone $8.7 billion.

So that's Biden talking out of both sides of his mouth. So when the Israelis publicly humiliate us for the, you know, 12th time. 88th time, 128th, it doesn't matter. Natyao comes out and goes, oh, America wanted to ceasefire, no, why? He just got a $8.7 billion check telling him, yes. Yeah, I would prefer if Biden were just honest with what he genuinely believes. So at least he can save himself and the country, the embarrassment that we're currently undergoing.

Because Biden is not against what Israel's doing. If Biden were genuinely against it, he would hold back the military funding and the weapon He is not doing that because he is supportive of what Israel is doing. So Biden is essentially calling for a broader regional war in the Middle East. And by the way, don't take this story as an isolated incident to make all of your judgments on. Take a step back and look at the broader picture. Because not only have we approved the military funding and continue to funnel the weapons to Israel, but remember, I mean, there's just, there has been no indication.

really in terms of the actions of the Biden administration to show that they want to reign Israel in. Again and again, they say Israel has a right to defend itself. In no way will we hinder their ability to defend themselves. And that means continuing to send them the weapons. Even now, Lloyd Austin said we're going to keep sending them the weapons. Yeah. So look, the reason I come back to the mainstream media so often is because if people don't have the right information, they can't make the right decisions in a democracy.

So mainstream media has said in every single article now thousands upon thousands of times and in every segment on television that Joe Biden, Anthony Blink and John Kirby, et cetera, they really want a ceasefire and they're working day in day out for a ceasefire and they care so much about the Palestinian people and so much about peace. Never do they put the caveat of they just at the same time put it, sent them an $8.7 billion check. there's a $26 billion package, et cetera. If you're a real reporter, wouldn't you say, hey, Biden says this, but he does the exact opposite, none of them mention that he's doing the exact opposite. That is a weird group think for all of mainstream media to go, oh, golly, gee, I don't know why Netanyahu keeps saying no, when poor Biden is trying so hard. But you don't know that money is the thing that makes a difference, especially billions of dollars?

Really? Isn't that like humiliating if you're a mainstream media reporter and that never occurred to you? And you never put it in a single story about whether Joe Biden is actually trying hard for a ceasefire or he isn't? Did you ever consider that he might be lying? You never even considered that, did you? That's unbelievable. Right now the Biden administration, in my view, is doing what they can to manufacture consent for a hot war with Iran. Now, why do I think that? Well, think about all the propaganda that we've heard from members of the Biden administration

in regard to Iran. So you had Avril Haynes, who's part of the State Department, allege, you know, that Iran is meddling in our elections and Iran is, you know, funding the college protesters, allegations that Iran is behind assassination attempts against Trump. Has anyone presented any evidence for this? Or we're just supposed to believe it, believe them at face value? Okay. There's a story involving J.D. Vance's dossier, right? That got leaked. Everyone is saying

that it was leaked by Iran. What is the evidence behind that? What is the evidence? Seriously, I want to know. No, look, is it plausible? It's plausible. Of course it's plausible. Right? So it's not like we're saying, oh, that's impossible and blah, blah, blah. But if you say I'm never going to show you the evidence, trust me that Iran is trying to do all these nefarious things, right as Israel wants us to help them attack Iran, and I'm not going to give you any evidence, and I'm a proven liar, because I've told you a hundred times that I'm working towards a ceasefire while secretly funding, not secretly, it's secret only because mainstream media reporters refuse to tell you the obvious fact, while openly

funding the genocide in Gaza, the attacks against Lebanon, and sending one thank you note in a giant check after another two, Netanyahu. So these are the liars pretending to be for peace who are actually paying for the war. So when you tell me that that war you obviously love and are trying to promote by Iran, and then you tell me that you have all the secret evidence that you're never going to share that Iran is doing X, Y, Z, you'll forgive me if I don't believe you, because you've proven what a gigantic liar you are over and over again for the last 11, 12 months here. So let's talk a little bit about the impending ground invasion that the IDF is planning and how the Biden administration is allegedly divided on it.

Okay, so look, IDF reservists are also being called to active duty as Israel prepares for a ground invasion into Lebanon, which sounds like it's going to be disastrous, right? I mean, it just continues to escalate. And while Iran has kind of stayed back so far and kind of said over and over again that they do not want to engage in war with Israel or the United States, we are headed in that direction. As long as, you know, the Benjamin Netanyahu regime in Israel decides that they want to keep going, they're going to keep going. And if no one stops them, this is just going to keep escalating. Now, according to the Washington Post, there are some divisions within the Biden administration. And I think that's also possible.

But I'm also not buying that the majority of the Biden administration is against what Israel is doing right now. So let's get to some of these details. So for instance, you have some of the anonymous State Department officials telling the Washington Post things like, I can't recall, at least in recent memory, a period in which an escalation or intensification led to a fundamental de-escalation and led to profound stabilization of the situation. So that State Department official is essentially saying that Israel's talking point about how they're escalating this in order to finally arrive at peace, it's just not buying it, total BS. Of course, no one that has more than two brain cells believes that you get to de-escalation through escalation. You would have to be maniacally stupid to believe that.

Yes. Another senior official told the Washington Post that the U.S. policy of military support to Israel should not be considered a blank check. It's definitely a blank check. I mean, it is, it is, it's so obvious it is. But this is what the State Department official says, this is a senior defense official. As we've said to them, it's not unconditional. You cannot open a new front, meaning war with Lebanon, and there are no consequences.

And that's not in fact the fastest way to return your citizens to the northern border. And you know, that is the argument that Israel is using. We're doing this because we want the 70,000 or so Israelis who live near the border with Lebanon to be able to return to their homes. I agree that, I agree with this individual, I'm skeptical that this is the right way to get to that. Yeah, look, there's two different types of people inside the government. And that part is real and earnest. So one is lifelong bureaucrats whose job is, you know, being expert on these policy matters. And those folks are not paid well. They're not part of any kind

of, you know, donor class or anything like that. They're just going like, this is crazy. No one's ever heard of de-escalation through escalation. That's just the most maniacal thing. That's what you say when you know that you're above the law and you want to rub it in people's face. Go, yeah, it's an Orwellian thing I'm saying. Ha ha, it's almost like a way of showing dominance. There is nothing I can say to you where it's a big enough line that the Americans will oppose it. By the way, I just want you to all remember, okay, that Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, agreed to the ceasefire deal, the U.S. back ceasefire deal, even without a ceasefire in Gaza,

wouldn't that allow for Israeli citizens to return to their homes? Because there's a ceasefire in place and they don't have to worry about Hezbollah. Seems like Netanyahu doesn't actually care about the Israelis being able to go back to their homes. Look, guys, look at real reporting. Every real reporter explains. And here I'll give even some of the major media reporters credit in Washington Post, New York Times, et cetera, that it's constantly Israel rejecting the ceasefires. So Hamas agreed to a ceasefire all the way back on July 2nd based on Israel's original

proposal. Then Israel said, oh, you accepted? Now we're changing our proposal. So Hezbo accepts the ceasefire in Lebanon. They don't care. Israel's the one not accepting the ceasefire. If you're here otherwise, honestly, go dig further. You will see the actual news.

And it comes even out of Israel, right? And know that whoever told you that Biden wants a ceasefire or the next. Netanyahu and Israel are the victims here, and that, you know, it said the Hezbollah terrorists that rejected the ceasefire and not Israel, they're literally lying to you. It's not even close. So. Now finally, let's get to some of the individuals in the Biden administration who are kind of behind Israel. And I think that's the majority of them, to be honest. So Matthew Levitt, who's an expert on Hezbollah at the Washington Institute for Near East policy and a former counterterrorism official told the post that other administration officials are cautiously

supportive of the strategy to de-escalate by putting pressure on Hezbollah, meaning de-escalate by escalating, which makes no sense. They are vigorously pursuing a diplomatic effort, but the leverage for it has been the Israeli escalation. Yeah, Matthew Levitt's a liar. Yeah, that makes no sense. Israel has not aggressively pursued any ceasefire deal. In fact, they have publicly rejected every ceasefire deal, including the last one proposed, Matthew Levitt is not stupid enough. No human being is stupid enough to believe that, oh, if you just keep attacking and killing members of Hezbollah and keep attacking Iran and attacking, attacking, attacking, and then get your ground troops ready that Hezbollah and whoever it is, fill in the blank,

whoever your opponent is, is going to go, oh, we surrender to the mighty Israel, we fall humiliated in your honor and your grace, and we please, we beg for your mercy. That's not a thing. Of course they're going to counterattack. There is, that's not like, please, really, Matthew Levin, are you embarrassing yourself like that, pretending that's a thing that happens in this world where they just fall down and just surrender instantly? No, of course not.

They're going to fight back. The war's going to get way, way worse. Look, guys, here's the giant thing we do not know. What is Hezbole and Iran's actual capabilities? Because if it turns out their capabilities are what they've done so far, no, Israel's going to get to humiliate them and slaughter them and they'll destroy Lebanon and and there'll be no fight back just like in Gaza. And then America will declare that the dirty Muslims were at fault and Israel had a right to defend itself. Maybe it'll just take Lebanon as it did with the

occupied territories. I don't know how much land they're going to grab in the Middle East, etc. And so that's the situation we're headed towards. And so if we keep sending them checks, That's what they're going to do. There's no question about it. There's no one that could tell you, oh, yeah, poor, poor, poor Israel. They had to attack every one of their neighbors, hit all of their capitals, kill hundreds of people there over and over again. Because, golly, gee, there was no other solution.

If you want, if Israel wants peace, it's super easy. Seas fire with, as well, ceasefire with Hamas, you're a two-state solution, and you actually have a safe haven for Jews, which is what Israel was intended. But right now, they're not going in that direction at all. They're grabbing more land in the West Bank. They were demanding a further occupation of Gaza. They're putting Israelis in more danger. They're putting it.

So again, to finish the thought, you're absolutely right, Anna. If it turns out, though, that Hezbo and Iran do have bigger capabilities, as our officials keep warning us that they do, and they find a way around Israel's defenses, then it's going to be the worst thing you've ever seen in your life. Because right now, the last couple of days, 600 people were killed in Lebanon. But they're Muslim, so no one cares. Like literally no one in earth cares, no one's going to do anything, Israel's going to get another big check for killing Muslims. But if Hezbollah can kill, winds up killing 600 Israelis in a counterstrike, that'll be considered the second October 7th.

And then Israel will get to bomb every country in the region to absolutely obliterate Lebanon. And we'll have to send not a $26 billion check. That was for Gaza, that was the easiest thing in the world. We'll have to send like a $260 billion check, et cetera. because remember, Israeli lives are worth their weight in gold. It's the most precious thing on earth. Their Muslim lives around them are worthless, useless to Americans. Yeah, and look, it is true that the majority of casualties, civilian casualties have been

and will continue to be Muslim civilians. But in Lebanon, you have a large Christian population. You have a large Armenian population, Armenian diaspora, who are also Christian. But it doesn't matter. Nothing matters. None of these people matter, okay? Civilian doesn't matter. They're going to keep carrying out this terror when, again, there's another option, but they just

refuse to take it because Netanyahu wants to stay in power. Really, at the end of the day, that is the foundation of the decision making taking place right now in the Israeli government. Yeah, last couple of things here. Look, you know, Anna mentioned that's at terror. And that's what Leon Panetta, former CIA director, former defense secretary, said the other day, Israel is doing the terrorism. That is unprecedented for an American official like that to say something like that.

And he's saying they've got to stop, but they're not going to stop. And so now that brings me to one last thing. It's from one of our members from Twitch. It's funny handle skittled butt dragon rass. But what I tell you guys all the time is our members are infinitely smarter than every reporter in the country, almost every reporter in the country. So look at this simple statement. If you really want to ceasefire, you stop giving them bullets and money to buy it.

more. That's the most obvious thing in the world, yet not a single major reporter in the country has figured that out. Oh, you want a ceasefire. Oh, you would stop sending them money for bombs and bullets. Oh, I couldn't figure it out. I couldn't figure it out. I thought Joe Biden was being an honest, decent man who really wanted a ceasefire. Okay, so that's where we are today. And at some point, if they figure out how to strike back, all your money is going to go to that war. There's already 40,000 U.S. troops there are waiting to get hit. There's no reason for them to be there other than to get hit. There'll be sitting ducks. We're going to get dragged into this war. It is an absolute guarantee. The only way out of it

is two years of massive frustration in America until things explode. And we finally say enough with doing everything that Israel wants for no goddamn reason. All right, when we come back from the break, it looks like Cornell University has already begun implementing a policy to punish students who engage in protests, including actions that lead to deportation for some of their foreign students. So that and more coming up, don't miss it. All right, back on TYT, Jank and Anna with you guys. Karen Belcher is an American hero, because she just joined.

You're never going to guess it. Ah, you got it. Through the join button below the video. And Bruce Salazar are also an American hero gifted five actress memberships on YouTube. Thank you, Bruce. Anna. All right, let's get to our next story. So yeah, I've been suspended.

And it's okay. But every night before I go to bed, I say to myself, if I get to live into my 80s, would I ever regret going this hard for Palestine and I won't? We're talking about divestment. We're talking about a ceasefire. We are movement of peace, love, solidarity. You just heard from Cornell University graduate student Mamadu Tal, who unfortunately, unfortunately, has just been suspended from the Ivy League and could face deportation back

to the UK because he's here in the United States on an F1 visa. Now, the reason why he was suspended is due to his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus. So let's break it down, let's talk about what happened. So he is British Gambian and Muslim and was both an instructor at the university as well as a graduate student. Now, in the last academic year, he joined student-led actions demanding that Cornell University divest from industries complicit in Israel's war on Gaza. And in response to the growing unrest on campus last year, Cornell created a brand new policy to crack down

on these specific protests. I think that's the important thing to keep in mind. You know, You have demonstrations on college campuses all the time, but notice the difference in the response from the university and the general public to these pro-Palestinian protests versus all other protests that have taken place on these college campuses. So what did Cornell University do in response to the demonstrations? Well, first issued on January 24th, 2024, the interim expressive activities policy limits when amplified sound can be used, delineates which objects are prohibitive. at collective campus actions like candles and sticks, and subject some protesters

to increased disciplinary actions. And by the end of the spring semester, six Cornell students, including Tall, face temporary suspensions for helping to organize the pro-Palestinian encampment that took place on that campus. Now I'm gonna get to the current suspension and the reasoning or rationale given for it, but before I do, Jenk. Look, I get that there are always going to be a handful of people in every demonstration, every protest, regardless of what the protest is about, that ruin it for everyone else, right? They engage in bad behavior. In this case, might say or do anti-Semitic things. I feel that those individuals in this particular case are used to paint a picture of

the entire demonstration, when that doesn't tend to be the case with other campus protests. Yeah, a couple of important points here. First of all, Mamadu Tal in this case, not accused of saying anything anti-Semitic. So just involved in a peace protest, if you're pro-Palestinian, good enough, get the hell out of here. Hey, wait, I thought Trump was a monster because he threatened to deport people, not just the rest, but deport people who participated in peace protest against Israel. Cornell University is doing it right now. Yeah, and Biden isn't doing anything about it, Kamala Harris. isn't doing anything about it, they probably send him a thank you note.

Oh, way to deport this guy. This dumb, by the way, of course, he's Muslim. And they have provided no process and no evidence against them. They claim that it will get into it in a second that he pushed an officer. He's like, that's categorically false, not even close. Is there any evidence? No, there's no evidence. Did you guys even do a hearing?

No, we didn't do a hearing. No, I already saw what I needed to see. You're Muslim and you were criticizing Israel. That's it, get out of here. Okay, so you don't need Trump. It's happening right now. So let's talk about what he allegedly did, okay? So basically last week on Wednesday, the group that Tal is affiliated with, it's called the Coalition for Mutual Liberation, organized a walkout of over 100 pro-Palestine protesters who marched into a career fair on campus.

The students disrupted the event because defense contractors, Boeing, and L3 Harris, I haven't even heard of that defense contractor, but L3 named it. Yeah, had tables at the fair. I wonder why they keep doing rebranding, Jank. Why do these defense contractors keep rebranding them? Because they literally make a profit from killing people over and over and over again. That's why they are incentivized to help Israel start these wars. So it's not just about Israel.

And notice that they get arrested and deported when they go after money. Yes, yes. So, you know, you're going to protest defense contractors. They're even more powerful than Israel. So you have these defense contractors at this campus jobs fair, right? Again, Boeing and L3 Harris. And they are, in fact, involved in supplying Israel with military equipment, which is why this group decided to protest at this fair.

Now, here's a short clip of what that whole scene look like. Okay, so the university felt felt threatened and that protesters forcibly entered by pushing campus police officers. I don't, look, I don't believe that because if it's a campus jobs fair, everyone can go. They don't need to force their way into the jobs fair. How would they, how would the cops even know to stop these guys? Maybe because they're in the outfits like the kaffia and stuff. So were there cops blocking them illegally in the first place?

It doesn't matter because none of this is proven. None of this is even charged. There's video right there of the event. Do you have video of them, you know, pushing an officer? No, you don't. Do you have any evidence? No, you don't. Did you do a hearing?

No, you didn't. Yeah. So, but they, they heard all they needed to hear. you're protesting Israel and defense contractors, all American politicians, colleges, universities, they all take their cues. I'm sorry, I have to tell you the truth from donors. And if the donors want you gone, they're literally going to kick you out of the country. So as Jenk mentioned, Tall says, I did not push any police officers.

It's categorically false. He says that he spoke outside the protest and left five minutes later. Nonetheless, he was suspended anyway. And he appears to be the only student among the protesters to face suspension, which the university told him was for not complying with the police officer's orders. Oh, so now it's not complying with the police officer's orders. So which one is it? Yeah.

Okay. It's just this seems very suspicious to me. Did it look like any of the rest of them were complying with the orders? No. And by the way, if you're wondering, so why did they pick him out? What's the real reason? It's because he's one of the top leaders of the peace movement at Cornell. So they have the list of people who are in favor of peace.

And at Cornell, the administrators apparently hate peace, or at least their alumni donors do. So they funded them. You want to know something hilariously ironic? This year at Cornell is the year of freedom of speech. And do you want to know why? Because the right wing has been complaining about it for a long time. So they brought on Ann Coulter to give like a virulently. anti-immigrant speech and other right-wingers.

That's amazing. And they're like, see our commitment to freedom of speech. By the way. And then Mamadu in the corner is like, I object to Israel's war. They're like, get out of here, arrest them, get a kick him out of school and deport them, okay? Worry about Trump though, Trump's a threat to democracy and et cetera. Get out of here, man. You guys are giant liars.

So everyone who made this decision at Cornell is pathetic. So good luck sleeping with yourself. Oh, hey, I'm good, I'm good. I made the donors happy. Alumni, are you happy? Are you happy? I eliminated all protesters of Israel. Okay, come on.

That's obviously what's happening. So I have one last thing, but go ahead. Okay, I just wanted to note that, look, it's a temporary suspension. So you would think, well, it's temporary suspension. What's the big deal? Why are you guys mentioning deportation? Well, let's go to graphic three here. As a publication, the university still refers to disciplinary action against Tall as a temporary suspension.

But by suspending Tall, the university set in motion immigration procedures without having to provide the level of evidence that due process would require if the charges against Tall were criminal, which they are not. So if the visa is revoked, he would have to immediately pack up and leave the country. And so the consequences here are deeper than just a temporary suspension for being rebellious enough to call for peace in the Middle East. Yeah, remember, guys, there's not even a single charge of anti-Semitism, or that another student was harassed or that any laws were broken other than the cops told you not to protest Israel. You continue to be one of the leaders protesting Israel. Obviously in America, you can protest America or any other country all you want, but protesting Israel is illegal. So we are celebrating free speech at Cornell by having you remove from the country because it's only free speech for right-wingers and support. of Israel. Never for anyone else. Now finally, you could, among the 800 different ways that you

could tell that the administrators at Cornell have bad intent is the new rule that they had that Anna mentioned in the beginning. Sticks, okay, yeah, don't bring sticks like the pro-Israel guys did and beat the peace protesters with it in front of the cops at UCLA. Okay, I get that, etc. I don't want people breaking into buildings. So reasonable guidelines are totally fine. The candles. Violent. Now why? What on God's green earth? You know the excuse they'll use. Oh, you could light a fire with a can. Is that what you would light a fire with a candle? Right? But why? So why so specific? Not matches, not any kind of flammable stuff that's way worse. Nothing, right? Just candles. Why? Because they were doing vigils for the slain Palestinians. Candlelight vigils. And that

embarrasses Israel. So we can't have that on Cornell's campus. So the monsters that run Cornell who think that Muslim lives are dirt and useless and they don't want those lives celebrated or honored in any way. Those people had the temerity to be Palestinian. And this tall fella, he had the temerity to object the Muslims being butchered. So obviously he had to go. Cornell administrators, You must be so proud. You work at an Ivy League. You have your status. Oh, I hope that the, you know, the cocktail circuit crowd gives you a good pat on the back.

Wait a just take out any student that is against Israel. Ad boy. You sound so principled and lovely. Who would want to go to Cornell in this situation? On the other hand, where are you going to go? Columbia is just as bad. UCLA's just as bad. Wherever you go, there's giant donors screaming, arrest everyone who's.

against Israel. You tell me that isn't true. They say it publicly. They say it publicly. Yeah. And every one of these clowns that run these colleges get on their knees and go, you okay, okay, I'll arrest everyone. Israel is demigod. So this is guys, you want to talk about anti-Semitism? This is going to drive anti-Semitism. When you say you're not allowed to criticize, the one country you're not allowed to criticize is Israel. And if you do, we'll arrest you and you don't think that's going to create anti-semitism, you morons, you're making it way worse for everyone involved. All right, we're going to get off this topic entirely for the next segment, so we'll jump

right into the Eric Adams indictment. That story is juicy as hell, so stick around for that and more. All right, back on TYT, Jank, Anna, and Raphael Ligonde. Raphael, thanks for joining through the join button. And Moondragon, thank you for gifting five young tourist memberships. Casper. Big news in New York City. Today we are announcing campaign finance, bribery, and conspiracy charges against Eric Adams,

the mayor of New York City. As the indictment alleges, Mayor Adams engaged in a long-running conspiracy in which he solicited and knowingly accepted illegal campaign contributions from foreign donors and corporations. As we allege, Mayor Adams took these contributions even though he knew they were illegal. New York mayor, New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, has officially been indicted following a 10-month investigation by federal prosecutors. This is now the first time a sitting mayor in New York City is facing federal charges. The 57 page indictment accuses Adams of five counts that include bribery, conspiracy to commit

fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and soliciting improper foreign campaign donations. Now here you have the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damien Williams, elaborating more on those charges. Let's take a look. We also allege that the mayor sought and accepted well over $100,000 in luxury travel benefits from some of the same foreign actors who arranged many of the illegal campaign contributions.

These benefits included free international business class flights and opulent hotel rooms in foreign cities. The mayor had a duty to disclose these gifts on his annual public disclosure forms so so that the public could see who was giving him what. But as we allege, year after year after year, he kept the public in the dark. He told the public he received no gifts, even though he was secretly being showered with them. And the individuals showering him with those gifts and those luxury trips happen to be, according to the Justice Department, Turkish businessmen, which Jank will have to speak for in just a moment.

before he does a few more details about these allegations. So the federal prosecutors also allege that the solicitations for illegal campaign donations began as far back as 2018. After raising funds for his 2021 mayoral campaign, he agreed to take donations from multiple Turkish businessmen, according to these allegations. He met several of them in Turkey and allegedly knew that taking their money was against the law and even went to great lengths to hide where the most. money was coming from. In exchange for these Turkish bribes, he sped up the inspection process

done by the fire department in New York in order to open the new Turkish consulate sooner. And this, according to Damian Williams, actually allowed the building to open even before passing a fire inspection. And apparently this activity did not stop with his first campaign for mayor. He apparently continued with his reelection campaign. He sought contributions. from corporations that are not allowed to contribute to political campaigns at all in New York City, according to federal prosecutors. And not only did his mayoral campaign benefit from the alleged corruption, but he also personally benefited with $100,000 worth of luxury trips paid for by these foreign businessmen.

So I'll get to how Adams allegedly tried to hide all this money in just a moment. But before I do, Cenk, what do you have to say about your fellow countryman? Well, this is obviously racism against Turks. And so I won't stand for it, you know, classic anti-Turkish trope that were greasy bribers of people, okay? And I'm deeply offended by it. And in fact, I think the feds here should be arrested. For turkophobia? Yeah.

And, and Turkism. And, and I think that they're criticizing Turkey. And I think anyone who criticizes Turkey should be arrested. Oh, sorry, that's Israel. Okay, I get crazy talk. I thought for a second they were talking about Israel. Okay, no, it's Turks arrest them right away. Who cares?

They're dispensable. And okay, now in reality, what's my actual opinion? Of course, you should arrest them. And it looks, the feds don't act like this unless they have overwhelming evidence. So they'll have to prove it in court against all the people involved, Adams and the Turks. It's now a punk band's name Adam and Adams and the Turks. So, and yes, one of the guys whose home was raided was named Jank, okay, Jank O'Jal, not Jank Yuga. And so I believe it or not, there are still some people who don't act just tribally.

Yeah. And based on race or ethnicity, et cetera. So nor on politics, Eric Adams is a Democrat, no, I don't think the deep state targeted him. Well, it's interesting because there are federal investigations into Democrats. on a local level all across the country. Okay, like, there's a lot of corruption going on with local Democrats, like a lot. And so, and by the way, also on a federal level, I mean, you have Senator Menendez facing very similar charges, right, for taking bribes from foreign businessmen and all of that.

Henry Quayar, a Democrat out of Texas, was facing investigations as well. Now, let's talk about what the allegations having to do with, like, concealing the money come from, okay, because he's also accused of doing that. And so here you have an explanation of how far he went to conceal this foreign money. Let's watch. Adams allegedly disguised them all in the same way by accepting the money through so-called straw donors. A straw donor contributes someone else's money, hiding the money's illegal source,

such as a foreign businessman, a corporation, or a wealthy New Yorker who has already contributed the maximum amount allowed. And as we allege, Adam circumvented all of these laws, taking contributions from exactly the sources the law prohibits, all to benefit his mayoral campaigns. So the straw donor method has gotten others in hot water. And so that is what the federal prosecutors are alleging Eric Adams did to essentially hide the fact that he was receiving these illegal campaign donations from illegal sources. And he denies all wrongdoing, Jank. He says, I am innocent.

In fact, this investigation is mainly because of the fact that he is a brave warrior for the people of New York City and goes so far as to speak against his own party when it's necessary to do so. Let's watch. I have been fighting injustice my entire life. that fight has continued as your mayor. Despite our police, when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief. I have been facing these lies for months since I begin to speak out for all of you. So he's claiming that because he was critical and harsh toward Joe Biden's, you know,

handling of the border. That is why he was made a target. There are others who are alleging that like, look, there's all sorts of criminality in New York City and isn't it convenient that they went after the black mayor, you know, basically implying that this is a racially motivated attack against Eric Adams. But I want to be clear, there are plenty of people who aren't buying that argument, including the gentleman that you're about to hear from in the background as Eric Adams was trying to have a press conference. Let's watch. are anti-black. You are at the street to all black people in this city.

The things that you have done are unconscionable. You hurt our schools. Our streets are dirty. Our children are harassed by our police. This is ridiculous. This is ridiculous. You can just be all you want, and the people are with us.

And this is not a black day. This is a justice day. That's just being. That couldn't have been fun for Eric Adams, but he certainly deserved it. Yeah. So all of a sudden, the African garb comes out, uh, charges of racism. come out because, yeah, whenever you're, Menendez, same thing, in New Jersey, the senator there. Oh, they're targeting me because I'm like, because I fight so hard for Latinos,

first of all, do you? Do you? Yeah. You fight mainly for your donors. No, my favorite excuse for Menendez having the gold bars is because I'm Cuban. I mean, I'm, you know, I'm ready for anything. Got to make sure I protect my money and I do so in the form of gold bars, obviously. Yeah. And, and Biden was targeting you? Look, Biden can barely walk, talk, or think. I mean, I mean, he could barely function. You think he's bothering to target the Democratic mayor of New York? It's absolutely absurd, but I got hilarious parts for you, I gotta tell you. First, Marco Antonio, one of our members on YouTube made a good point.

Eric Adams is being controlled by the big kebab industrial complex. Now I gotta deal with this, okay. Okay, see we do a different kind of show here. A lot of leftists would be offended, right? But Turks do be making those kebabs. And they are big, to be fair. And we have done, I mean, just go to German. There is a big kebab industrial complex.

There really is. Okay. Anyways, Marco, that was funny, thank you. Appreciate it. Become one of our funny, smart members by hitting the join button below. And I'll read your comment during the airs. So Eric Adams is really vulnerable because he's down to 28% approval. And so it's not like he's got a lot of folks to back him up because of this.

And so now here comes the hilarious parts of the story. There's one Turkish guy called the promoter. And he says, why don't I get? I'm making up accent, okay, why I don't get him $100,000, okay, and sorry for using my dad's actual accent, okay, and his, Eric Adams, Stafford says, no, quote, that could cause a big stink later on. So they say, I don't think Adam's going to accept it. Adam, you go to Adams, Adams, Adams is like, $100,000, yeah, accept. Stamper's like, really? Yeah, he's like, yeah, okay. So these are according to the allegations. And then, then he's going to, he's going to

going to do a giant travel to Turkey, he's going to save the four seasons, fly first class. The tickets are worth at least $15,000 for him and his wife, right? And so the Turkish guy says, oh, no, it's okay, it won't be free because he's going to register his flying, we have to say, we'll charge him $50. And so the Stamber goes, no dear, $50, what quote a proper price? And they're like, please, and they say, please make it a thousand or so, let it be somewhat real. That's hilarious. Okay.

Oh my God. They're like, we want to take the bribe. We just, if you make it $50, everybody will know we're being bribed. So hilarious. And then the last one, this is my favorite. So you know how the FBI raided his car and went in and got his electronic device? He actually, it didn't have his cell phone on him at the time. So they said, okay, well, Mr. May, we're going to.

need your cell phone. He says, oh, no problem. I'll get it to you tomorrow. Okay, he says he didn't have it on it. Anyway, so he brings it to them. And before it had a four-digit security code, now all of a sudden it has a six-digit security code. Okay. And they're like, Mayor Adams, why did you improve the security on your code, right, on your phone? To make it harder for you, bro? No, no. He says so that his staff wouldn't inadvertently or intentionally delete the contents of his phone. He's trying to protect the evidence against them in the phone. He doesn't I want the staffers to get rid of it. So they say, the investigators say, oh, okay, well, no problem.

Thank you for protecting that evidence. So what's your six digit code? And he's like, I forgot. How is he this dumb? No, but that's the thing that stands out to me the most. Like how are you this dumb? By the way, good job throwing your staff under the bus. What a piece of crap.

But like, did you not think this through? Did you not think through that the investigators are going to ask for the code? Yeah, and so that's why he said, oh, I have a genius idea. I'll just tell him I forgot. They're like, you changed the code yesterday. You already forgot it? He's like, yep, and I'm not guilty at all. Biden and the deep state are targeting me. If you say so, brother, if you say so, but it doesn't look like it. Now, he intends to finish the remainder of his term, assuming that he isn't tried and put in prison. But he doesn't want to step down, even though there are increasing calls for

for him to do so. AOC called for him to step down just yesterday. The only person who can remove him from his position is Governor Kathy Hokel. And so far, she has given no indication that she intends to do that. Yeah, now fun fact, after the election, it is actually possible that Mayor Adams and President Trump could share a jail cell in New York. Okay, let's, I would like to dispel the notion that Trump will ever end up in prison. Okay, he's not.

Eric Adams, see, that's where race comes into play, a tiny, tiny. I don't think so. I don't think it's about race so much as his position, he wasn't president. Like, I just think, yeah, I hear you. But a white, rich, powerful mayor of New York, like Bloomberg ain't going to prison, right? We've seen white politicians get sentenced to prison. To be fair, to be fair to Anna's position. For corruption, by me.

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, is now indicted. Yeah. But that's when he beclowned himself so hard that he kind of stout. stepped out of the establishment. And so I guess it's more, not less about race, more about it, are you firmly entrenched to the establishment? And I guess Eric Adams isn't. So it's not impossible for him to see jail time as well as Donald Trump.

Haven't there been senators who went to prison for corruption? Am I misremembering? Yeah, I mean, Menendez is about to go to prison. Yeah, yeah. So anyway, we'll see what happens, we'll see how this plays out. Remember, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. So we'll see how the trial plays out. For now, we're gonna take a break when we come back.

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