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Steve Bannon has turned himself in on contempt of Congress charges. The strategist’s relationship with Trump has had as many ups as it’s had downs, so as he throws himself on his sword for the fmr. president, @mehdirhasan wonders how it's going to turn out for Bannon this time.
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Beto O’Rourke stuck around after his 2020 presidential run ended, campaigning for voting rights, and fundraising for victims of the Texas snowstorms (while Ted Cruz was hanging out at the Ritz Cancun). But, @mehdirhasan asks, will it be enough to beat incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott?
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Is it safe to say that even though the NRA has lost a battle or two, it’s winning the war?
“In terms of whether or not they’ve changed the very nature of the gun conversation in America,” @timkmak tells @mehdirhasan, “I think that’s indisputable.”
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In Arizona, Dem. Congressman Ruben Gallego is emerging as a favorite on the left to primary Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Watch what he says when @mehdirhasan asks him if he’s planning to run:
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“If we just pretend that if we go through the normal means that this will be stopped again,” @RubenGallego tells Mehdi about investigating the insurrection “We’re gonna find ourselves thinking about Jan. 6 as a dress rehearsal versus the last attempted coup at our democracy.”
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NEW: President Biden signs infrastructure bill, directing billions of dollars towards new construction on roads, bridges, airports and seaports.
@RubenGallego joins the show tonight at 7p ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/6IOXfd318ZM
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Did you know #TheMehdiHasanShow is available as a podcast? Now you can listen to the show on the go, anytime. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. link.chtbl.com/mehdi_tw
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Elon Musk has attacked @SenSanders over a tweet Bernie Sanders sent demanding that the super rich to pay their fair share of taxes
Does the billionaire think he’s invincible? @mehdirhasan asks @aymanM
“It’s very vulgar behavior,” @aymanM replies.
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Are America’s failures in fighting the pandemic a sign of things to come on tackling climate change? “To deny science is unconstitutional!” @BillNye tells @mehdirhasan. “Young people are not going to put up with it … You can’t deny science and succeed.”
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"Unfortunately, I can see so many signs of American culture or political culture moving toward a different kind of authoritarian state." That’s the warning world-renowned artist and anti-China activist @aiww gave to @MehdiRHasan about the U.S.’s current trajectory.
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As Joe Manchin tries to gaslight America into thinking this is really a center-right country, in tonight’s #minirant, @MehdiRHasan, says ‘Not so fast, Senator…’ Start the clock!
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What could a “university” without accreditation, or without the ability to confer -- oh, let’s see -- actual degrees have to offer? @MehdiRHasan calls out this so-called institution of higher learning for what it really is. You’re going to want to WATCH:
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How dangerous are threats of political violence in modern America?
"All of these threats, they aren't necessarily being carried out,” @jbf1755 tells @MehdiRHasan. “But they don't have to be, to have power.”
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"The next few years will be a period of political violence such as we haven't seen in this country for decades,” @jgoldsto tells @MehdiRHasan about the rise of political violence in America. “I do think we will see Americans taking up arms against other Americans."
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"Are we on the verge of a new era of mass violence? A new civil war even, as some on the far right openly fantasize about?"
In tonight's opening monologue, @MehdiRHasan warns about where the rise in U.S. political violence could be headed. WATCH:
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On this Veteran’s Day, how can Democrats really support veterans?
“Vote for the ‘Build Back Better' bill and its funding for the V.A.,” says @mehdirhasan.
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F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid leader, who freed Nelson Mandela, leaves behind a legacy that isn’t easily told. WATCH:
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“Democrats could win as many as 4M more votes and Republicans could still hold onto power in the House,” says @davedaley3.
And it’s all due to gerrymandering. WATCH:
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Another member of Trumpworld is embarking on a media redemption tour. This time it’s Chris Christie.
@mehdirhasan recounts Christie’s on-again, off-again relationship with Donald Trump. WATCH:
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Why focus on Henry Kissinger and the Middle East, rather than his role in places where he was accused of war crimes and complicity in genocide?
Watch @Martin_Indyk’s answer:
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