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NEW: Multiple sources tell NBC paid family and medical leave are expected to be out of the Build Back Better bill.
Why? Manchinema, of course.
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Why does @JoeLieberman consider himself a centrist?
“Centrism is a strategy and a process and it means that people who are all those other things...are willing on a given matter to come to the center.”
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.@mehdirhasan challenges @JoeLieberman on the Iraq War, asking if he’ll admit it was “a disaster.”
“Sorry to disappoint you,” the former Senator said. WATCH:
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“I still support the filibuster,” says @JoeLieberman.
But the centrist former Senator tells @mehdirhasan that could change if Republicans continue to obstruct.
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Even if Democrats get a deal to finally get the Biden agenda unstuck, what will still be in it?
Former Sen. @JoeLieberman joins the show tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV: peacocktv.com/watch/playback…
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.@DrTomFrieden and @Craig_A_Spencer join @mehdirhasan tonight to talk about whether the U.S. is doing enough to get the planet vaccinated.
Join us at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV: peacocktv.com/watch/playback…
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With China facing criticism for its treatment of Uighurs, @mehdirhasan asks, what more can and should be done to help them?
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What’s with Republicans’ obsession with ‘Brandon’ lately?
@mehdirhasan explains the new right-wing rallying cry that’s gone mainstream.
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She was 18. She didn’t speak any English. She was only planning to stay in the U.S. 2 weeks.
“My father forced me to get on the plane.”
But 8 years later the daughter of detained Uigher scholar Ilham Tohti @JewherIlham explains why she has had to stay.
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Elon Musk then: takes government stimulus
Elon Musk now: snarky tweet about government stimulus
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Tucker Carlson has pushed the great replacement theory on primetime television.
“This is not a matter of argument,” says @kathleen_belew. “This is a matter of simple historical documentation.”
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White power, white nationalism, white supremacy.
What do these buzzwords mean and how do they differ? @kathleen_belew explains:
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VA gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is trying to use schools and the critical race theory boogeyman to try and sway voters, but @cornellbelcher and @DelPercioS explain how it could backfire.
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43 countries have criticized China at the U.N. for the torture and repression of Uighurs.
@JewherIlham joins to discuss tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV: peacocktv.com/watch/playback…
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.@ArianMoayed is intent on breaking stereotypes as an Iranian American actor.
“They put you into two pockets: terrorist or victim… I found it very important to me that I don’t play either of those people.”
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Writers of “Succession” have said it’s loosely based on Rupert Murdoch. Actor @ArianMoayed says he does see some elements of nonfiction.
“Whether you think it’s Murdoch or not Murdoch, there are about 10 to 15 white men that rule the civilized world…It feels very close to home.”
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“Bannon, Trump, McCarthy, they’re circling the Capitol. They’ve got gas cans in their hands. They’re dousing the place. They’re ready to drop the match and we better be ready to extinguish it.”
@RepSwalwell says those investigating Jan. 6 “can’t do their work fast enough.”
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While conservatives claimed they were being muzzled on FB, a former Bush administration official was running public policy, and posts from Breitbart and Fox News were regularly among the most popular.
Watch what former employee @katieharbath says about company culture:
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.@katieharbath defended Facebook in 2019 for running false Trump campaign ads because of “Facebook’s fundamental belief in free expression.” Post-2020, post-insurrection, does she still feel the same?
“It’s one of the things I grapple with the most,” she says.
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Election misinformation.
The rise of authoritarianism.
“None of this happened by accident,” says @mehdirhasan. “They knew what they were doing at Facebook and they let it happen.”
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