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Joined October 2020
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The John Lewis Voting Rights Act is dead on arrival with the filibuster still intact. “All that’s being asked of Manchin and Sinema is to vote the right way,” @MehdiRHasan says, “that’s it. No skull fractures required.
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6 months into the Biden administration, @GretaThunberg’s view on how it’s handling the climate crisis has not improved. “This administration is not ready to act as seriously as we need, unfortunately.”
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It’s almost exactly 3 years since what began with @GretaThunberg sitting alone outside the Swedish Parliament has grown into a global movement. “At the time I just felt like I needed to do something. Someone needs to do something and I’m someone.”
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As FL Gov. Ron DeSantis bucks mask mandates, @AnnaForFlorida says “the rest of us are trying to push forward with public health initiatives to not only promote vaccine access, but to help create calm, while our governor creates chaos.”
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The GA Election Board is getting closer to taking over Fulton County’s elections, a place Trump targeted with false claims about election fraud after losing GA to Biden.
@MsLaToshaBrown tells @CapehartJ “what is happening right now is essentially what [Trump] wanted to happen.”
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U.S. troops were supposed to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by August 31st.
But @Malinowski wants Pres. Biden to make clear that “that deadline doesn’t apply to this evacuation. We’re gonna be there until the job is done.”
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How can the U.S. help clean up the mess it’s leaving behind in Afghanistan?
@Malinowski weighs in tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV: peacocktv.com/watch/playback…
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“I’m never gonna forgive myself if I don’t introduce myself and just thank him for everything he’s done.”
@BitsieTulloch tells @mehdirhasan about the time she met the late John Lewis at Comic-Con in 2016.
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Economist Emily Oster’s use of data of Covid cases in schools drew praise from some and criticism from others.
"I do academic work in this space," she says, adding that the critique of her boils down to "credentialism.”
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Author @ProfEmilyOster’s new book, "The Family Firm," asks readers to think of parenting as a business. "The real pitch of this book," she tells Mehdi, "is to be deliberate about decision-making" in ways that aren't always apparent to families:
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Remember how Donald Trump got Covid, got special treatments, got better, and told Americans the virus was no big deal?
Mehdi: "It’s a real Marie Antoinette, let-them-eat-cake mentality”
And now, there's a new round of GOP leaders showing their own Covid privilege:
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.@mehdirhasan: “How should we perceive Afghan security forces, given what we’ve seen in the last week?”
@FlorentGroberg: “I fought with some of the bravest men you could ever imagine that were part of security forces. I also saw those who betrayed us.”
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“We’re fighting...to make sure that our friends get to come home.”
@FlorentGroberg tells @mehdirhasan about his experience trying to get “Reggie,” his Afghan interpreter, and his family out of Afghanistan.
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War veterans are going through many emotions right now as Afghanistan falls deeper into crisis.
Medal of Honor recipient @FlorentGroberg joins the show.
Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/SXUP2veGO60
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Tonight, @BitsieTulloch joins @mehdirhasan to discuss her contribution to the fight for voting rights, how she met the late Rep. John Lewis, and what it’s like to play the iconic Lois Lane.
Watch tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/SXUP2veGO60
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Watch @HinaRKhar and @mehdirhasan discuss Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan here:
Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan hasn’t come without controversy, but @Hina_RKhar wants people to focus on where the country is at today.
“1996 and 2021 Pakistan are very different...Please do not judge the Pakistan of 2021 by the role that Pakistan played in 1996.”
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.@mehdirhasan asks Trump-Ukraine whistleblower @AVindman: "How hard was it for you, a behind the scenes figure, a soldier, to suddenly be thrust into the limelight?"
"What it was was the sum total of all my experiences to date," he says. Watch him explain how:
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What would @sethmoulton say to Americans who feel they’ve been misled on the Afghanistan war for 20 years?
“I think that in some cases we were [misled], in some cases the story is more complicated,” he says, adding that Congress has never exercised enough war oversight:
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Given how onerous the visa process is, should the Biden admin. improvise to get Afghans out of Kabul?
"Yes, absolutely, and they should have done this months ago," says Congressman and Iraq vet @sethmoulton. “We need to evacuate these people and *then* sort out the paperwork.”
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.@AVindman was a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment trial, where he stood up to the former president.
He joins @mehdirhasan to discuss his new book “Here, Right Matters” tonight.
Tune in live at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/S9oqju2Rkd8
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