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Come for @IsaacDovere’s analysis of how much Democrats need to get over their differences and agree on a legislative plan, stay for the Blazing Saddles reference.
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Some welcome good news out of Afghanistan: @FlorentGroberg has successfully helped his Afghan interpreter Reggie out of the country and into the U.S.
Both men join @mehdirhasan tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/TX9_uiLw8nw
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TOMORROW: A special edition of the show, where @mehdirhasan explores all that was lost on September 11th and the 20 years since, including how the ensuing domestic and foreign policy decisions reshaped global relations. Tune in at 7pm ET on @TheChoice.
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Biden’s agenda is being blocked in the Senate by 2 Dems resisting change. LBJ dealt with something similar.
@AJentleson says “History shows that when a president gets involved and applies relentless pressure over the course of weeks and months … it can make a big difference.”
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As Covid-19 continued to break records in the U.S., mostly in red states, @mehdirhasan points out that much of the media is still unwilling to call it what it is: a pandemic of choice, chosen by GOP governments.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she makes decisions by listening to business leaders.
@repmarkpocan has some advice for her, from one lawmaker to another: “I really think that Miss Sinema should listen to her constituents, all of them, not just the people who belong to chambers.”
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Part of America’s collective amnesia over the past two decades, as @mehdirhasan elaborates, includes forgetting President George W. Bush’s failure to heed warnings in 2001 about the impending 9/11 attacks. WATCH:
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How would @jeremyfaust react if he’d been told last year how high Covid hospitalizations would be on Labor Day 2021?
“I would’ve said to you, well, they must not have a vaccine yet, because that would be the best explanation at the time.”
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A twist could allow Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to split from Democrats while still passing voting rights legislation.
@AJentleson explains, saying “This is about as good a deal as they’re going to get.”
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.@JacksonLeeTX18 says she’s introducing legislation that would penalize those who interfere with abortions by classifying them as vigilantes and charge them criminally.
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The new Texas voting law isn’t about Red versus Blue. As @mehdirhasan explains, “It’s about voter suppression versus one person one vote.” And for American democracy to survive, we’re going to need Dems in DC to do something about it. WATCH:
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Some pandemic unemployment benefits have expired, leaving millions without a lifeline.
@repmarkpocan discusses that and more tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/Yo6vTfkM1rM
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Afghanistan’s economy is not in a good place after the U.S.’s withdrawal.
@vali_nasr tells @mehdirhasan an economic collapse is more of a threat than terrorism.
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Is the U.S. leaving itself an out by not recognizing the Taliban government right away?
@vali_nasr says, “let’s be clear, the United States and the Taliban left it on a high note.”
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“I don’t rule [criminal charges] out at all.”
@NYCMayor comments on what could be next for ousted NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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.@NYCMayor looks back on his initial handling of Covid and how his rocky relationship with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo impacted the response:
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NEW: @NYCMayor tells @mehdirhasan about a new $35M program for doctors in New York that would provide extra financial support for reaching out to patients and demystifying vaccines.
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A patient of @DrRobDavidson wouldn’t take the vaccine but requested the antiparasitic ivermectin. Another said the vaccine would *give* them Covid. 🥴
“These are the kinds of lines that the former president threw out there and people latched onto it and just haven’t let go.”
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.@Marie4Congress has some tangible suggestions for Pres. Biden to defend abortion rights like he’s pledged to do:
- An executive order
- Support expanding the Supreme Court
- Support the Women's Health Protection Act
- Find ways around the Senate filibuster
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