The Young Turks - 07.02.14:

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 2, 2014. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.comCenk hosting. Republicans are threatening to shut down the government again because of the Export-Import Bank, which provides cheap loans to large companies like Boeing and Caterpillar. Republicans claim that the bank is corporate welfare and Democrats think the bank is good for them for the next political fight with the Republicans. Cenk and Alan Grayson agrees with the Republicans with Grayson saying that “it is corporate welfare at its worst”. A new poll shows Americans think Obama is the worst president. Cenk gives the lowdown on which presidents merit that title. In Nigeria, Mubarak Bala is locked up in a psych ward for being an atheist . Khaled Diab of the New York Times writes a story about the history of abbasid society in Baghdad with claims that “Muslims, Jews, Christians and even pagans had equal political and cultural rights”. Ana and Cenk hosting. With the loss of the US in the World Cup, US Goalkeeper Tim Howard breaks the record for saves.  Internet memes display other clever saves by Howard. Burger King introduces the “Proud Whopper” aka the “Gay Whopper” in its support to the LGBT community. The FTC investigates T-Mobile over deceptive charges of its customers. T-Mobile CEO John Legere makes the claim that he was unaware of this action by T-Mobile. John Legere in the past talked about how his competition rapes their customers and offers his views on T-Mobile’s  customer relationship.