Criticism of Israel is oftentimes deemed antisemitic, yet what about PEP (Progressive Except Palestine)?
@Martin_Indyk calls it “a double standard used on both sides.”
.@mehdirhasan: “It’s no coincidence, is it, that these books, these viewpoints being banned today tend to be ones that are grappling with race, with gender, with sexual identity?”
@AndreaKanePGSE, a former school superintendent: “That is absolutely correct.”
.@HumaAbedin says her faith saved her during low points.
“Faith was core to our life. Faith, anybody who’s a Muslim knows that it’s a whole entire way of life.”
.@AHammoudMI’s mother wishes he had become a doctor, but how does she feel now that he was elected mayor of Dearborn, MI?
“She is very proud and very excited, but I would lie if I did not say she still asks me if I would be willing to go back to medical school at some point.”
“The day after 9/11, I was walking home, I was 11 years old and had a gun pointed at me and someone said ‘keep walking before I decide to shoot you Muslim children.’ And 20 years later this same city elected its first ever Arab and Muslim American mayor.” - @AHammoudMI
“I am happy to dunk on Democrats’ messaging all day long… but we have to be realistic.”
@anatosaurus explains why news coverage of Build Back Better is giving Americans a “conflicting message.”
Huma Abedin to @mehdirhasan: “I get up every single day and I think of all the things that would’ve benefitted this country if Hillary Clinton had been elected in 2016.”
.@HumaAbedin says at one point she felt like Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss was because of her and Anthony Weiner.
“I did have to forgive myself. I did have to not carry the burden, not carry this weight, because really, it was killing me.”
The president is taking his massive infrastructure bill on the road and making it the center of what @mehdirhasan says “we might as well call the ‘Please Like Me Roadshow.’”
Last week’s election saw historic wins for candidates of color across the country.
@AHammoudMI is one of the history makers as the first Arab American and Muslim mayor of Dearborn, MI.
He joins @mehdirhasan tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/dmTQ5lzY4bk
She was a top aide to Hillary Clinton when she found herself in the middle of one of the biggest political scandals in the 2016 election.
What really happened and how does she see it now?
@HumaAbedin joins @mehdirhasan tn at 7p ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/dmTQ5lzY4bk
What do GOPers get for crossing the line? Party heads turning a blind eye.@mehdirhasan: "At the heart of all of this, is the rise of political violence and domestic terror in this country...violence that one party's not just ignoring, but dangerously, shamelessly normalizing."
Harvard Law Prof. Noah Feldman wrote last year that, while he disagreed with then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the law, she’s brilliant and deserves to be on the Supreme Court. After one year on the bench, @mehdirhasan asked him if he regretted his endorsement. WATCH:
“People are happy to enjoy immigrant food but they never think about the hands making that food.”
‘Taste the Nation’ host @PadmaLakshmi talks with @mehdirhasan about the disconnect some Americans have between their political beliefs and the meals before them.