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Joined October 2020
COVID contrarians claim that closing schools was a mistake, in part because of the impact on their mental health. But that’s not what the data says at all. @mehdirhasan speaks to @tylerblack32 about one of the most pervasive myths about COVID, kids and remote learning.
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How bad was the first Trump-free GOP debate? Jam-packed with authoritarian talking points. “These are not serious people,” says @mehdirhasan, but “that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous.” WATCH: youtube.com/4Q01ZEqRivU
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“Nikki Haley asking the moderators to get control of this debate… was all of us last night” @SymoneDSanders weighs in on Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, the GOP debate’s moderators.
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“Every word he utters is directed at the Republican party base. He appeals to the worst of us, and that’s where the base is now.” @WalshFreedom on why Ron DeSantis has not been knocked out of the race yet.
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https://nitter.vloup.ch/t.co/YFCIuwpbp3 Asked about Trump’s indictments, Sen. Tim Scott… chose to attack the justice system instead. As @mehdirhasan noted earlier, Tim Scott is no moderate. #GOPDebate Full video here: youtube.com/0cv3b0rjq88
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https://nitter.vloup.ch/t.co/vYysKwiPH7 DeSantis brings up COVID out of the blue in response to a question that wasn’t about COVID. But as @mehdihasan explained earlier, DeSantis’s COVID record is… *not* something to brag about. Full video here: youtube.com/dj0s_TTArYo
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.@elonmusk's characterization of San Francisco as ‘post-apocalyptic’ is “woefully disconnected” from reality, @chesaboudin says. “It’s always a little disappointing to see people who really have no expertise, no background in [public policy] weigh in as though they’re experts.”
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91 criminal counts, four separate cases, dozens of co-conspirators. But if you remember one thing about Donald Trump’s alleged crimes, @mehdirhasan says, remember what the sitting president and his cronies did to two innocent black women in Georgia: youtube.com/Ne8mxEp3_Vo
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Trump & others are facing charges in Georgia over the vicious targeting and harassment of Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, two Black election workers. @MsLaToshaBrown tells @mehdirhasan Trump “is consistent around this – around weaponizing race, around weaponizing sexism.”
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More than a year after @chesabousin was recalled as San Francisco district attorney, @mehdirhasan asks, does he plan to run for office again? Watch his response:
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