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Joined October 2020
In tonight's 60-second rant, @MehdiRHasan ticks through Donald Trump's list of firsts that no president should want. Start the clock!
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.@renato_mariotti says that Trump's delay tactics will not work with Judge Chutkan: "She's going to teach him, ultimately, that at the end of the day she's the decider and there's a real big consequence that comes if you're going to try to constantly flout the judge's rule."
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"Here, it's important he have a timeout and in my view the timeout would be 'oh grab your toothbrush and spend about 3 to 5 days sitting in jail to think about how serious this is,'" @judgecordell tells @MehdiRHasan how she would handle Trump's online threats from the bench.
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"If you attempt a coup, we're going to get you in two years and 220 days." @DeanObeidallah jokes, pointing out that AG Merrick Garland should have appointed Jack Smith as special counsel back in March 2021.
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"The insanity defense. That's what the Trump legal teams seem to be offering in the wake of Special Counsel Jack Smith's stunning and damning 45-page indictment." @MehdiRHasan debunks the top 5 desperate defenses from Donald Trump's legal team.
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‘’It is something that should shock the conscience of every person in this country.’’ @JulianCastro weighs in on Texas Gov. Abbott’s brutal treatment of migrants at the border, and what Democrats should be doing in response.
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Razor-wire, water deprivation, family separations – these are just a few of the atrocities from Texas Gov. Abbott at the border. @mehdirhasan explains how the border program is more than cruel, and it’s a reminder of why Democrats need to stand up to the GOP.
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Could the DOJ have charged Trump sooner in connection with Jan. 6? "Yes," former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori tells @mehdirhasan. "And we should have gotten it earlier." What about people who say the DOJ couldn't have gone any faster? "Yeah, those people are wrong."
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