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The Young Turks · Yesterday · 2 hr 7 min

Trump's Neverending War - August 7, 2026

A right-wing media campaign targeting Abdul El-Sayed is escalating with increasingly Islamophobic attacks following his Democratic Senate primary victory, exposing the growing backlash against the party’s leftward shift. Meanwhile, an 82-year-old American was reportedly left bleeding after Israeli soldiers flashbanged him in the West Bank, surprise strikes suggest Iran is preparing for a prolonged war, and a Trump-backed Republican’s history of racist and inflammatory comments is resurfacing after his primary defeat. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble Posting a job is easy at upwork.com Check out new podcast series by searching for Future Hindsight wherever you get podcasts Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Corbin Trent SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞ https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK ☞ https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER ☞ https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM ☞ https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH ☞ https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A right-wing media campaign targeting Abdul El-Sayed is escalating with increasingly Islamophobic attacks following his Democratic Senate primary victory, exposing the growing backlash against the party’s leftward shift. Meanwhile, an 82-year-old American was reportedly left bleeding after Israeli soldiers flashbanged him in the West Bank, surprise strikes suggest Iran is preparing for a prolonged war, and a Trump-backed Republican’s history of racist and inflammatory comments is resurfacing after his primary defeat.


Thanks to today's sponsors:


Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt


Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt


Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT


Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble


Posting a job is easy at upwork.com


Check out new podcast series by searching for Future Hindsight wherever you get podcasts


Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Corbin Trent


SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks


FOLLOW US ON:


FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks


TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks


INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks


TIKTOK  ☞          https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks


👕MERCH  ☞      https:/www.shoptyt.com


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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