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Regardless of whether Saturday’s “Justice for J6” rally is big or small, the mentality that the insurrection was patriotic remains a rallying cry on the right. So where does the GOP go next?
@OliviaTroye weighs in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/GYybBP9H864
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Can the sensible majority of Democrats in Congress prevail over the vocal minority on issues like reconciliation and the filibuster?
@SenTinaSmith weighs in tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/GYybBP9H864
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.@MondaireJones is calling on Justice Breyer to retire so Biden can appoint a replacement.
He tells Mehdi, “It will not change the balance of the 6-3 majority, but it will prevent something even worse, if you can imagine, which is a 7-2, far-right, hyperpartisan majority.”
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Biden’s foreign policy approach looks familiar. @mehdirhasan asks:
Why aren’t presidents progressive with their strategies abroad?
Why doesn’t foreign policy tend to shift with presidents based on their politics?
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Some real can’t-miss TV right here! @mehdirhasan has an update on the biggest story of our time: Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s… you-know-what.
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.@MondaireJones is pushing to expand the Supreme Court, and his colleagues seem lukewarm on the idea.
But Jones explains why that’s not a concern:
“As with so many other issues, you won’t be surprised to learn that members of Congress are eclipsed by their own constituents.”
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Trump supporters plan to rally in DC on Saturday for accused Capitol insurrectionists, but so far the plan is a dud.
@MacFarlaneNews says one of the Jan. 6 defendants who’s in jail told him he “doesn’t think that Saturday’s gonna amount to a wet fart.”
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Is Naftali Bennett, the new Israeli PM who has made anti-Arab, racist remarks, the kind of ally the U.S. wants?
Watch @ChrisMurphyCT’s answer:
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Should Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman, resign in light of a new book’s revelations that he was communicating with foreign and congressional leaders about Trump’s fitness for office?
@ChrisMurphyCT: “No.”
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.@ChrisMurphyCT has been a longstanding critic of Saudi Arabia’s and Egypt’s human rights abuses, encouraging the U.S. to put its money where its mouth is:
“I think it’s time for the United States to not just talk tough on human rights, but to actually act tough.”
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In the wake of Texas’s draconian anti-abortion law, a plan to expand the Supreme Court from 9 justices to 13 is getting a new look.
@MondaireJones joins @mehdirhasan to discuss tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/qshEmgV7_EU
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In the wake of Texas’s draconian anti-abortion law, a plan to expand the Supreme Court from 9 justices to 13 is getting a new look.
@MondaireJones joins @mehdirhasan to discuss tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/qshEmgV7_EU
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.@ChrisMurphyCT joins @mehdirhasan tonight to talk Afghanistan, U.S. foreign policy, and the domestic political challenges facing the Democrats.
Tune in live at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/qshEmgV7_EU
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Today is a little-noted anniversary: 20 years ago today, Balbir Singh Sodhi became the first victim of a deadly 9/11-related hate crime.
Mehdi remembers him...and reflects how Islamophobia is “one of the last *acceptable* forms of racism in our politics.”
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CA gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder has charged that the recall election was stolen.
The problem is, he leveled those allegations before a single vote had even been counted.
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Democrats say they want to raise taxes on the richest Americans. Are they going about it the right way?
So far the focus is on income taxes, but @econjared46 acknowledges that wouldn't impact billionaires as much as taxes on stocks and real estate would:
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is making a big show of challenging Biden’s $3.5T infrastructure bill and calling for “bipartisanship.”
But the American people “don’t care about an antiquated Senate process or Washington procedures,” @AyannaPressley says. “They care about impact.”
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Biden's plan may tax the rich but does it do enough to tax the accumulated wealth of mega billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk?
@mehdirhasan asks @econjared46 tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/IPRnuLPLFsY
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It's a defining month for Pres. Biden's agenda and small-d democracy. There's a tightening window to pass legislation as tension simmers between centrists and progressives. Squad member @AyannaPressley discusses this + more tn @ 7p ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/IPRnuLPLFsY
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