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President Biden says he has been “considering the 14th Amendment” as a path to avert defaulting on the nation’s debt, if the GOP continues to hold the national economy hostage.
It’s about time. But it’s also not the only option available to him.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=GKSm6ehU…
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.@mehdirhasan on Republicans' "thoughts and prayers" after the TX mall shooting: "Don't mock or trivialize faith. Take action in the name of faith to protect innocents from gun violence."
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"We are at this moment on a road to Hell." @DanielEllsberg exposed the government's lies about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers. Five decades later, he's worried about where we're headed as a country, and as a human race.
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“Americans still don’t quite understand how unique this country is when it comes to gun violence. Still don’t quite understand that the rest of the world does not live like this,” @MehdiRHasan tells @AymanM in light of the TX mall shooting.
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.@ReenNahMean: "The fact that a man could have the life choked out of him in broad daylight... and whether or not this is horrific is up for debate makes me feel very sad for the state of our society."
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.@jduffyrice tells @MehdiRHasan Jordan Neely's death is a "failure of social services in New York City, a failure of the mayor. There's no reason a 24-year-old mentally ill unhoused person should be in that state of hunger and desperation."
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“We can’t be a city where you cheer on choking people to death,” @NYCComptroller tells @MehdiRHasan he hopes Jordan Neely’s death is a “wake up call” for leaders in New York.
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“Let’s stop treating the GOP as the party of law and order and treat them, more accurately, as the party of gun violence, of school shootings, of mall massacres. For God’s sake, ban the damn AR-15.” @MehdiRHasan doesn't hold back in tonight's monologue on the TX mall shooting
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"There are some gun extremists who have a hold of our legislatures, federal and state, and we have to show them there are consequences for their inaction." @shannonrwatts calls out the GOP's inaction when it comes to mass shootings.
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"Any alien landing from outer space would say: 'How can [the GOP] be tough on crime when they're okay with criminals using assault rifles to gun down kids?'" @mehdiRHasan and @JulianCastro discuss the latest mass shooting in Texas.
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Trump will get a live cable platform next week at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire. Here are the 10 questions @mehdirhasan would ask the twice impeached, and now indicted, former president.
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.@Jemima_Khan’s new film, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” deals with the topic of arranged marriage. So, @mehdirhasan asks, would she encourage her own children to be in arranged marriages?
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Ron DeSantis has used his power and pulpit to attack a free press... and create a safe space for his own political brand. But, @mehdirhasan says, this under-covered aspect of the Florida gov's reign could also spell doom for his 2024 bid before it starts: youtube.com/c-c_vklN79A
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.@Jemima_Khan tells @mehdirhasan the "scary stuff" in Pakistan is purely political, and she hopes her new rom-com depicts the country in a different light.
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.@MehdiRHasan brings the receipts on Tucker’s long history of racism and white supremacy. Roll the tape!
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In tonight’s #handover, @MehdiRHasan shares what went down inside the #WHCD, including the reactions from the Fox table you didn’t see on TV.
PLUS: @AymanM points out a missed opportunity at the event meant to celebrate press freedom.
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“I think that her testimony was very moving and very earnest and believable,” @joanwalsh on E. Jean Carroll taking the witness stand this week and the impact the trial might have on voters.
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.@jbouie: "I think the important thing to remember about [Tucker Carlson] is... all of his political positions, to the extent that he really believed anything, are tied up in this vision of the U.S. as being this exclusive, narrow, homogenous country."
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Does Watergate still have the same shock value as a political scandal in the age of Trump?
@DavidHMandel says no. "America has short-term amnesia... Watergate happened and then we elected Carter, and everything was fine. But everything wasn't fine."
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“If people cannot trust the integrity of this system that democracy is built on then what do we have?”
@CFColemanJr on the need for Supreme Court ethics reform.
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