Is the Trump grand jury news a sign that presidents can be held accountable after leaving office?
“No one is above the law,” @AGKarlRacine says. The grand jury “should treat President Trump just like it would any other individual.”
On rare breakthrough infections, @PeterHotez tells @mehdirhasan that “it’s important to remember that this is not unexpected. No one ever said the vaccines are 100% effective.”
Jon Stewart was back in DC today and, as @MehdiRHasan explains, he savored the chance to mock the District’s reaction to its newest (extremely short-term) residents. WATCH:
.@mehdirhasan: Is the battle with Amazon one we’ve already lost?
@AGKarlRacine: Just because Amazon is ubiquitous, doesn’t mean we should “continue to allow a big player like Amazon to use monopoly power in ways which result in higher prices for consumers.”
Republicans recruited people like the Proud Boys for ‘Stop the Steal’ rallies.
But now, @RoryDoesPhonics tells @mehdirhasan they’re having to grapple with who these recruits actually are and what they stand for.
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WATCH: @mehdirhasan argues that unless there are bombs falling in Gaza or Israel, there tends to be radio silence in the U.S. But even with a cease-fire, there are still underlying issues that need to be resolved.
“Black Americans should not have to die and then become hashtags en masse to enact change.”
@mehdirhasan discusses what’s changed and what still needs to be done on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.
Critics on the right charge that defunding the police is to blame for a rise in violent crime across the country. Philadelphia’s @DA_LarryKrasner has a few things to say about that to @MehdiRHasan:
Actor Mark Ruffalo apologized for posts that suggested Israel had committed genocide.
@mehdirhasan asks @OmarSShakir how difficult it is to tiptoe around words like apartheid and genocide in this situation.
“The fact that Israel allows a minority of the Palenstinians ... to vote doesn’t change the picture of systematic oppression” by Israel @HagaiElAd tells @MehdiRHasan. “The world must not move on.”
“It’s absolute nonsense.”
@OmarSShakir sets the record straight on Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar’s claim that rockets weren’t sent from civilian areas.
What does it mean now that a NY grand jury has reportedly been convened to look at the evidence against Donald Trump? @BarbMcQuade briefs @MehdiRHasan.
“Change is right on the horizon… that’s what George Floyd has stood for.”
Floyd family lawyers @LChrisStewart1 and Justin Miller discuss with @MehdiRHasan what Floyd means to them.
While Congress fights over ending qualified immunity for officers, Floyd family attorney @LChrisStewart1 says the goal should be to stop bad policing in the first place, rather than dealing with it after the fact.
WATCH: What did George Floyd’s family say to President Biden at a White House meeting today one year after his murder? Family lawyers @LChrisStewart1 and Justin Miller fill @MehdiRHasan in on what happened.