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The Young Turks

Iran Divides MAGA - February 24, 2026

The Young Turks

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News, Politics, Government

3.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. orders the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and families from its embassy in Beirut as it braces for a possible strike on Iran—raising the specter of a wider regional war. Right-wing media fracture bitterly over whether to back escalation as Cenk goes head to head with Genral Clark on Piers Morgan. Alleged Mar-A-Lago gunman revealed to be vocal Trump supporter upset about the Epstein files. Thanks to Shopify and Zip Recruiter for today's episode: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: ziprecruiter.com/tyt Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur 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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0:26.2

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0:28.5

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0:33.1

Scum!

0:34.9

The guy!

1:30.3

The guy! Thank you. I want up listening to a little bit of a right wing show because it's in the rundown today.

1:37.3

And- I think the story would be better told on your one shot.

1:40.3

Sure, yeah, okay, why not?

1:43.3

And you know what I realize, they're still kissing Israel's ass and pretending that there's

1:49.5

a real reason to go to war.

1:51.8

And I don't mean all the right wing shows, but I do mean a lot of them.

1:57.0

And I don't know, that's like amazing to me that they haven't caught on to their own audience saying, we don't want this war. And it's incredible what Israel's power. The propaganda out there is amazing. Anyway, obviously the war is coming. So that's going to be the first topic. We've got the latest developments on when it might start. State of the unions tonight. So good news, A, we're gonna cover the state of the union, me, Anna, and John. So after the Young Turks

2:21.7

will have State of the Union. And then even further good news, after that, I'm going to

2:27.3

give my state of the union, which of course everybody's on the edge of their seats for.

2:32.3

That'll be fun. All right, anyways, Trump's polling disaster, Tom Massey,

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