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The ambitions of men who’ve held the post of top U.S. diplomat in China are well known. The name George Herbert Walker Bush comes to mind. The bigger question, asks Mehdi, as Biden weighs a pick for U.S. ambassador to China, is: What did they do before?
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"I agree with Senator Bernie Sanders that this is not a progressive Cabinet," says @_waleedshahid, but he adds the left should celebrate who *isn't* included: centrists like Rahm Emanuel and Larry Summers, who he says are "ideologically hostile to progressives and bold ideas."
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.@ChrisMurphyCT says “the U.S.-Israeli partnership is special,” but "for this partnership to continue, it necessitates better behavior from the Netanyahu government, and that includes keeping that country and the Palestinian administration on target for a two-state solution."
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Do you know how big a quadrillion really is? Neither do I. But as Mehdi explains, “one in a quadrillion” is all the math you’re going to need to understand Trump’s chances of being president next term.
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“The very people that are trying to help Americans survive the pandemic, are now being targeted by anti-maskers. How do you put out a forest fire, if some people are attacking the firefighters?” @mehdirhasan compares Giuliani’s Covid privilege to the denialism he’s helped spur.
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The defense bill requires so-called federal “little green men” to wear identifying info on their uniforms. It’s not the bill @ChrisMurphyCT wrote, but “It's still pretty strong language,” he says, that "will prevent what was the worst abuse during these protests over the summer."
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.@ChrisMurphyCT tells Mehdi he’s wary of approving a waiver for defense secretary nominee Lloyd Austin: “I think there are real reasons why we need to be careful about this. I have seen the influence that... the defense-industrial complex has on our policy.”
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Stream us tonight starting in 2 minutes on peacocktv.com or on YouTube youtube.com/TMIuz-5HzNo
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Tonight, @ChrisMurphyCT, @RepTimRyan, @_waleedshahid (corrects handle), and @emarvelous will join @MehdiRHasan to discuss Biden’s DoD secretary designee, COVID-19 relief, and more. Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacocktv or via livestream: youtube.com/TMIuz-5HzNo
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Will federal Covid relief get done and will it go far enough for millions of Americans out of work?
@RepTimRyan joins @mehdirhasan live tonight at 7 PM ET on @peacockTV
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"If someone is coming to you and they're saying 'I'm worried about this vaccine, I don't know if it could hurt me'... that's really them being vulnerable," says @mariasundaram. But that's very different from someone using their platform "to say things that they know are untrue."
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How do you talk to a Covid vaccine skeptic? First, says @mariasundaram, focus on the vulnerable and not the deniers. Tell them: "You don't want a vaccine that's gonna hurt you, and I also want that. I want you to have a good health outcome." She adds: "It's all about empathy."
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Mehdi presses @BhadeliaMD on how long it will be before vaccines can return us to “normal-ish” existence. “It'll depend on what country you're in,” she says, but by next fall, the U.S. might get to “where we can go back to having gatherings and potentially not wear masks at all.”
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“We have this artificial image of a country that is divided into red and blue blocs as though only liberals live in California and only conservatives live in Texas,” @jessewegman says on how the Electoral College has warped us. “Of course, the country is purple coast to coast.”
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Biden’s selection of a retired general to be defense secretary has raised eyebrows, but what Lloyd Austin has done *since* his retirement is far more important: "Some things in America still transcend party politics," @mehdirhasan explains. "Like a love of defense contractors."
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“The GOP was already moving toward being an authoritarian party when Trump came along,” says @ruthbenghiat, but Trump turned Republicans to a model “built on loyalty rather than expertise... and all of this is coming home to roost.”
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Why do Republicans keep going along with Trump’s election lies? “The greatest fear to any Republican these days is a primary challenge,” says former GOP congressman @carloslcurbelo, “but that's no excuse... people in leadership must be able to express simple truths.”
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“Yes, Donald Trump is not succeeding in his effort to overthrow the government… But so what? That's irrelevant. Attempted robbery is still a crime.” @mehdirhasan makes his brief case for impeaching Trump again -- yes, again.
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With all eyes on the presidential transition, @Ruthbenghiat, @Carloscurbelo, & @Jessewegman join @MehdiRHasan to discuss the meaning of Safe Harbor Day amid attempts to overturn the election. Then, @BhadeliaMD & @Mariasundaram will break down the latest in COVID-19 vaccine news.
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