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Georgia’s governor has signed a bill curbing voting access. Hundreds of bills in dozens of other states could soon do the same.
"Trump emboldened [the GOP] into legitimizing lawlessness," @ruthbenghiat says. "This is a very dangerous development."
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The odds of getting a Medicare-for-All bill through Congress seem slim to none, so why not continue to build upon the health care that exists?
"Every major social transformation in history seemed impossible until it was achieved," @awgaffney tells @mehdirhasan.
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Meet John Kennedy! No, not *that* John Kennedy. @MehdiRHasan introduces us to the fake populist, quip-spewing Louisiana Senator who seems to stress the grief of dog owners over the grief of gun violence victims’ families. WATCH:
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Regular viewers (and readers) of @mehdirhasan will know he feels like filibuster abolition can happen, should happen, and must happen. Find out what happens when he asks @NormOrnstein if he’s wrong:
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There is no doubt in @JocelynBenson's mind that the purpose of the ‘For the People’ Act is to ensure that every American can vote.
“Any elected official who implies or says otherwise” (*cough, cough* Ted Cruz), she tells @MehdiRHasan, "is misleading the public."
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With hundreds of GOP bills that would restrict access to voting under consideration in 43 states, Michigan's Dem. Secretary of State @JocelynBenson joins @MehdiRHasan tonight after testifying before the Senate on a major bill that would expand voting rights.
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Republicans are trying to rewrite the history of the filibuster. Why? And what are Dems going to do about it? @NormOrnstein joins @mehdirhasan tonight to discuss at 7 p.m. ET on @peacocktv and live: youtube.com/OjrouhgWaq8
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"If you had lost your job in the pandemic, lost your home in a hurricane, had no way to feed your family, and were worried about gangs threatening your kids' lives, what would you do?” Asks @mehdirhasan on the underlying factors impacting migration to the U.S. - WATCH:
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“I am on board with an ambitious, Biden green agenda.” Biden Senior Adviser Cedric Richmond explains to @MehdiRHasan how his past ties to the oil and gas industry aren’t going to stand in the way of working for climate change reform at the White House:
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To @MehdiRHasan it seems pretty clear that gun reform won’t pass the Senate without eliminating the filibuster. Biden Senior Adviser Cedric Richmond tells him they’ll find another path:
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Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell once sought to “Release the Kraken!” Find out what she’s claiming now that Kraken has cracked back in the form of a $1.3B defamation suit against her from Dominion Voting Systems:
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If we’re going to block DC statehood because it isn't what the founding fathers intended, @MehdiRHasan points out that they never intended abolish slavery or give women the right to vote, either:
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Why is it when tragedy and crisis occur, “As Americans, the go-to coping mechanism is to shake our heads in horror,” @MehdiRHasan asks, “and then just go on about our lives until the next incident strikes?”
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He's baaaaack.
Disgraced former Gov. Eric Greiten has re-entered Missouri politics with a bid for the Senate. By merely putting his name on the ballot, "he has already won" @LynzforCongress tells @mehdirhasan. WATCH:
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"Today if three people get shot, it might not make the national news at all, sometimes it might not even make the front page of the local newspaper," says @adamwinkler on the nation's numbness to mass shootings. Is it time for more Americans to finally demand reform?
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It’s not as if Americans aren’t getting health care help out of the stimulus: an estimated $35B in payments to cover COBRA costs for the jobless. But why not use that money, @MehdiRHasan asks the White House, to more efficiently invest in universal health care for everyone?
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Obamacare is officially 11 today. With the U.S. health care system under strain from the pandemic, how is the Biden admin. planning to shepherd health care reform into its teenage years? @Richmond46 joins us to at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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George Washington warned about the nation becoming too partisan. “America has now become that dreaded divided republic,” argues @leedrutman in @theatlantic. So is there a better way forward? Drutman thinks so. He joins @mehdirhasan tonight to Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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Way to commit to the joke, guys! @mehdirhasan examines why American conservatives are *still* defending the British monarchy, and killing irony, in order to own the libs:
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Donald Trump is backing a challenger against Brad Raffensperger, the *GOP* Georgia election official who wouldn’t change votes for Trump. “That’s what people want within the Republican party now,” former Republican strategist @DelPercioS tells @mehdirhasan:
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