Cenk Uygur, the founder of  The Young Turks, is running for former Rep. Katie Hill’s vacant congressional seat, it was announced this week. Hill resigned this month after facing mounting allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with congressional staffers, one of which she admitted to. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday set the special election date for the…

Hasan Piker, a contributor to progressive show The Young Turks and nephew of the show’s founder Cenk Uygur, said during a vulgar rant Tuesday night that America “deserved 9/11,” and praised the “brave f-cking soldier” who injured former Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). “America deserved 9/11, dude. Fuck it I’m saying it,” Piker said during an…