Cenk Uygur
Cenk Kadir Uygur is a Turkish-American left-wing political activist, commentator, and media host. He is the co-creator of The Young Turks, a progressive and a left-wing populist sociopolitical news and commentary program.1
840 posts tracked · 49 stories in 30 days · 9 Community Notes shown · #19 on the Top 100
Latest takes
Trump names Stephen Miller White House Chief of Staff
Grouped with voices who said: Miller's appointment rewards cruelty and extremism
So, the message Trump team got out of this election was to replace the Chief of Staff who used to literally work for Netanyahu with ... the most crazed, pro-Israel Zionist in the…View on X
Democrats sweep 2026 midterms, flipping House, Senate, statehouses
Grouped with voices who said: This is a repudiation of MAGA and Trump
Trump REFUSES Responsibility For Midterm BlowoutView on YouTube
Progressives push back on Jeffries' unopposed Speaker bid
Grouped with voices who said: Leadership should be replaced now
I have an idea for Senate Majority Leader. He might be too old to run for president, but he’s not too old to be the leader in the Senate for the next two years. And we can…View on X
Vance says Iran war cost Republicans the midterms
Grouped with voices who said: Any criticism of this take is Israel-driven
Every Republican or right-wing media host attacking JD Vance for his post about the Iran War works for Israel. Period.View on X
Democrats push resolution to cut funding for Iran-Israel war
Grouped with voices who said: Democrats must act now to end this war
If Donald Trump continues this war and the funding of Israel, he'll be spitting in the face of America. The American people could not have been clearer - get out of the war and…View on X
5 of 49 stories from the last 30 days. The rest are in Perspectives.
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290 of Cenk Uygur's posts drew a Community Note. In the last 2 years, 9 had a note shown on X. That ranks #1,286 of 44,614 accounts on X.
Posts most about
Israel & Palestine 212 · Elections & Campaigns 115 · Iran Conflict 77 · Trump Administration 58 · Congress & Legislation 39 · Media & Press 38
Often makes the same point as
The Young Turks 21 · MeidasTouch 13 · John Iadarola 11 · Kyle Kulinski 9 · Trita Parsi 9 · Mehdi Hasan 9
Sources
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026
Public posts, grouped by what was said, not by who said it. Every quote links to the post. Updated Nov 8, 2026. How it works · Corrections: jack@newsreel.co