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The WH is doing all it can to get vaccine patents waived. “If we let things like intellectual property & patents prevent us from bringing vaccines at a rapid pace to poor countries then we ought to be ashamed of ourselves,” Biden Sr. Adviser Andy Slavitt tells @MehdiRHasan
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In the Oscar-winning “Two Distant Strangers”, a young black man is caught in a cycle of police violence. @MehdiRHasan asks if the U.S. police force is too far gone for "reform"? @Travon replies we may need to consider what it looks like to “start over."
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The CDC has finally admitted Covid-19 is airborne, 14 months into the pandemic. WH Covid Response Sr. Adviser Andy Slavitt tells @MehdiRHasan, “They want to make sure they are getting the science right” instead of going one step forward, two steps back.
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This week, JPMorgan CEO said he wanted an itemized list of how federal money is spent if Dems raise taxes. Well, that’s exactly what an appropriations bill is. But, as @MehdiRHasan points out in his mini rant, it’s a pretty rich request coming from Jamie Dimon. Start the clock!
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If Republicans really want to win back control of the House, @chavezlinda tells @MehdiRHasan that the GOP should worry less about Liz Cheney and more about turning around battleground districts. “Sticking with Donald Trump and his ‘Big Lie’ is not going to do that.”
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Israel is bracing for more violence as its Supreme Court is set to decide on evicting Palestinians from their Jerusalem homes. @MehdiRHasan asks Rep. Joaquin Castro of the Foreign Affairs Cmte. if he’s willing to call for tougher measures against Israel. WATCH:
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“You have a Republican party that under Donald Trump moved towards authoritarianism and was moving towards fascism,” @JoaquinCastrotx tells @MehdiRHasan as TX moves closer to new voting restrictions. ”These are folks that are doing everything they can to hang on to power.”
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Across the country, with democracy under threat, the vast majority of the 361 voter restriction bills introduced by Republicans haven’t yet been passed into law. @MehdiRHasan says there’s still hope to fight back, but not if Dems and the media “both sides” the issue.
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There is an all-out assault on voting rights at the state level. In 47 states, GOP lawmakers have introduced more than 350 restrictive bills. Watch as @MehdiRHasan details exactly what Republicans are doing right now, state-by-state:
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WATCH: So...did Republicans ever have that bipartisan “epiphany” that Joe Biden predicted? @mehdirhasan takes stock:
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Do protests have to win hearts and minds to be effective?
No, says political scientist @ClarissaHayward: “Even if it’s annoying to have your brunch interrupted, that kind of attention-getting can be effective politically for activists.”
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No one:
Absolutely no one:
House Republicans: Hey you know that American Rescue Plan we all voted against, but whose financial lifelines you all really loved? You’re welcome!
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Elise Stefanik (Harvard ’06) is just one of many young GOP phenoms posing as Trumpy populists, says @Elise_Jordan: “They are highly educated. And they do know better. They continue, though, to act as if they're scorned by the elitists, even though they were educated at Yale Law.”
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WATCH: What is Elise Stefanik’s deal? @mehdirhasan tackles the story of the onetime moderate Republican whose evolution into a Trump sycophant -- and possible elevation to House GOP leadership -- “tells you almost everything you need to know about her party”:
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“I hope that Sen. Manchin and Sen. Sinema recognize the existential nature of this problem,” @JulianCastro says. If Dems don’t unite to kill the filibuster, he warns, “then these Republicans are gonna pass hundreds of pieces of legislation to suppress the vote.”
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The GOP says it’s easy -- too easy -- to vote in TX. Wrong, says @JulianCastro. “Actually Texas ranks 43rd in terms of voter turnout and 47th in terms of voter registration.” If new restrictions pass, “I believe that we’re gonna stay at the bottom. And that's what they want.”
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Now that Florida has its own Georgia-style voter-suppression law, is it time for a corporate boycott? “Absolutely,” says state Rep. @AnnaForFlorida. “We have been pushing for the business community to step up and hold the sponsors of this administration responsible.”
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The sponsor of FL’s new restrictive voting law is a state sen. who has pushed the racist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory. “His comments are racist. His intention is racist,” says Rep. @AnnaForFlorida, who adds the GOP agenda “is completely grounded in conspiracy theories.”
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Today, four months after Trump’s “big lie” spurred an attack on the U.S. Capitol, Florida Gov. DeSantis signed a restrictive voting rights bill into law. @AnnaForFlorida joins @mehdirhasan to discuss what it means for democracy at 7 p.m. ET on @peacocktv peacocktv.com/channels/the-c…
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“Joe Biden has done some really fantastic things on a domestic policy level,” @JeremyScahill, author of a new deep dive into Biden’s past, tells former colleague @mehdirhasan.
There’s a very big “but.”
Well, a few, actually:
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