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.@Mehdirhasan: “Let’s be clear, a mainstream Republican group used its resources to get the President's supporters to a rally that directly undermined the rule of law and wanted to overturn the results of a free-and-fair election. That's a fact.”
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Are local and state governments prepared for the violence that could break out this weekend? Minnesota AG @keithellison joins @mehdirhasan to take us inside preps tonight. Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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The Secret Service has declared a Green Zone around Washington, DC, where the National Guard will help to reduce the risk of more violence on Capitol Hill. @AymanM will join @mehdirhasan to discuss this and more at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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“I know this plan and I know how it is supposed to work,” said @ltgrusselhonore to @mehdirhasan last week. “It’s total failure and I’m thinking it's complicity on behalf of people inside that capitol chain of command.”
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NEW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that @ltgrusselhonore will head Capitol security probe. @mehdirhasan interviewed Honoré, who led the Hurricane Katrina Task Force, about the Capitol insurrection last week. Catch the full interview here: youtube.com/sk3AohkxMes
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It shouldn’t be a surprise that the MAGA rioters were not all unschooled or economically troubled, says @AdamSerwer. The KKK’s base of support was “lawyers, shopkeepers, and businessmen,” he adds: “This idea that only poor people are capable of political violence is nonsense.”
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.@BillPascrell is waiting for investigations into the Capitol siege, but “this was planned,” he says. “It had to be planned.” He saw the visitors on 1/5, and he knows Trump’s rhetoric well enough: “I'm not calling him a terrorist. But he used terrorism to get his point across.”
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Remember $2,000 checks? Well… Dems are working on $1,400 checks, so you’ll get to $2K when they’re combined with the earlier $600 stimulus. It’s not *quite* a bait and switch, says economist @StephanieKelton, but “my sense is that an awful lot of people are responding” badly.
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LIVE NOW: President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy
youtube.com/a7PkuxVXrVc
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Joe Biden’s inauguration is six days away. But is our nation’s capital secure enough for a peaceful transition of power? @BillPascrell joins @mehdirhasan to discuss the ongoing threat of domestic terror. Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV or live: youtube.com/a7PkuxVXrVc
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The Biden admin. will confront a crumbling economy, the Covid crisis, and the threat of domestic terror – on day one. @BillPascrell, @kavitapmd, @AdamSerwer, & @StephanieKelton join @mehdirhasan to discuss this and more at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV & live: youtube.com/a7PkuxVXrVc
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"If you're gonna ban Trump for inciting violence and hate online," Mehdi asks ex-Facebooker @alexstamos, why not India's Modi, or Brazil's Bolsonaro?
"That is the big question," Stamos says. Here's his not-at-all-comforting answer:
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Want to know how many white supremacists there really are in law enforcement? Too bad, says ex-FBI special agent Mike German, since no one has done the kind of investigation needed to find out. Besides, he adds, “What is an acceptable level of white supremacy in law enforcement?”
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If any of the Capitol insurrectionists are military members or veterans, says Iraq vet @RubenGallego, "I want to find a way to actually activate you, I want to take away your pension...We need to throw the book at them so hard that everyone up and down the line feels it."
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That's just an excerpt; you can watch @mehdirhasan's full segment on those House members here: youtube.com/watch?v=Wjc-rsXP…
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“Whatever happens in the Senate, Trump will be out of office in exactly one week. You know who won't be gone?” @mehdirhasan names some House members with questions to answer and reviews the fiery, falsehood-laden pre-1/6 rhetoric that they’d prefer if you forgot.
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“If people thought that it was gonna be incredibly difficult for a mob to overtake a capitol building, then again, all they had to do was look at what happened in Lansing, Michigan,” back in August,” says the state’s attorney general, @dananessel.
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Mehdi asks the NY Times’ @anniekarni: What are people around the president saying now that he’s been impeached again?
“There's not a lot of people around him anymore, period,” she says, adding, “He will never admit defeat. He will always portray himself as the victim.”
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Last week’s attack on the Capitol showed just how dangerous social media content can be. Tech companies are cracking down, but has irreversible damage already been done? @alexstamos joins @mehdirhasan to discuss at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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We learn more and more about the intelligence failures that led to the storming of the Capitol every day. Former FBI Special Agent @RethinkIntel joins @mehdirhasan to explain why the threat is far from over. Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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