Is Bruce Wayne secretly a right-winger, as some suggest? “The latest iteration of Batman is actually a billionaire taking on the secret cabal of evil billionaires,” @WajahatAli says — and he’s got some ideas for how Bruce Wayne should spend his dollars. WATCH:
NERD ALERT: The online debate over whether Bruce Wayne’s money would be better spent on social programs instead of his alter ego has gone on for ages. So is it time for Gotham’s hero to hang up his Batsuit?
@KatiePhang weighs in:
America’s billionaires are out of control. But one of those billionaires always seems to escape being looped in with the likes of Musk and Bezos: Bruce Wayne. And while @mehdirhasan has a soft spot for the Dark Knight, he says it’s time Gotham got a new hero:
Republicans’ newest target in their war on “woke”: American Girl dolls. But in all their outrage, did they just agree that representation matters? WATCH:
We’ve all heard about the “glass ceiling”, but what about the “glass cliff” that pretty much sets women and people of color up for failure?
@research_usu’s Christy Glass explains how it works:
For a lot of women — and especially women of color — Claudine Gay’s landmark appointment as Harvard’s first Black president feels like another case of women getting much-deserved leadership opportunities as their institutions face a profound crisis, says @ProfMMurray:
House Dems will release Donald Trump’s long-sought-after tax returns. And while it may be a few years late, the ex-president “did not get away with not showing the American public his taxes,” @DelPercioS says: “It always catches up to you."
State supreme courts are in the spotlight with Republicans hanging onto or gaining majorities in key swing states. What does this all mean with issues like abortion and voting rights on the line?
@alicia_bannon joins the show to discuss — be sure to tune in on @MSNBConPeacock.
Between the 1/6 panel's criminal referral to the DOJ, to a House committee preparing to release Donald Trump’s tax returns, the ex-president is starting to face the fire for his years of lies and coverups.
Watch @JulianCastro and @DelPercioS weigh in: peacocktv.com/mehdi
"Andor" tells the story of a rebel hero — but it also spotlights everyday people facing oppression, @mehdirhasan says.
Lightsabers are "undeniably cool. But...everyone can’t be a Jedi,” @tracycbrown says. In this show, "we finally see people we can really relate with.”
The new Star Wars spinoff ‘Andor’ is a hit, and that could be because it’s more poli-sci than sci-fi, @mehdirhasan says.
“It’s a middle finger to authoritarianism and fascism in a moment where the world is confronting these forces, politically and culturally,” @WajahatAli says:
In a year with plenty of great TV, @mehdirhasan says that one show in particular is the “political drama for our moment.” What lessons can we take from the Star Wars spinoff, ‘Andor’?
Catch the full segment here: peacocktv.com/mehdi
Following months of debate, the Jan. 6 committee has made four criminal referrals to the Justice Dept. related to Donald Trump and his team. The question then becomes, what happens now? (via MaddowBlog) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show…
“It’s difficult to think about going back and getting sworn into a body that’s led by people who...aren’t willing to obey their oath to uphold and defend our democracy.”
@RepKatiePorter weighs in on the 1/6 panel's findings, and what those’ll mean in a GOP-led Congress:
A House committee has produced a film on wealth inequality in America. What does a 30-minute documentary tell us that a report can’t?
“There’s a lot of shame around poverty, around struggling, around debt,” @RepKatiePorter says. “That’s where the documentary comes in."
The 1/6 panel referred Donald Trump to the DOJ for criminal prosecution. Now it’s in the hands of AG Merrick Garland.
"Frankly, if they do not act and indict Donald Trump," @DeeTwoCents says, "then we truly do live in a banana republic."
Watch her and @WalshFreedom weigh in:
The 1/6 committee used video and sound to dramatic effect to make their case to the American people. So why can’t Dems do that with an issue like income inequality?
Well now they have — and @RepKatiePorter joins the show to discuss. Watch on @MSNBConPeacock.
The 1/6 committee has asked the DOJ to pursue criminal charges against Donald Trump. But will Merrick Garland choose to prosecute the ex-president?
@WalshFreedom and @DeeTwoCents join the show to discuss — watch on @MSNBConPeacock.