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The violence in Brazil took place almost exactly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And @mehdirhasan shows how the two failed coup attempts aren't just similar — they're linked.
One plaza is home to Brazil’s three branches of government.
On Sunday, far-right protestors breached the buildings that house all three.
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“There are many younger academics who see this and say, ‘If I criticize Israel, this will be the end of my career.' That’s a terrible message for the Kennedy School to be sending,” @KenRoth tells @mehdirhasan about being denied a Harvard fellowship over his Israel criticism.
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When Harvard denied a fellowship to an Israel critic, the free speech brigade was nowhere to be found.
Why? Because, says @mehdirhasan, when it comes to standing for pro-Palestine or anti-Israel views on campus, there’s a curious and shameful silence.
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.@mehdirhasan asks: Does our DOJ’s failure to hold 1/6 rioters to account contribute to the export of the ‘Big Lie’ abroad?
“The message the U.S. is sending is, ‘Coup plotting works,’” @djrothkopf says. “We need to fix that if we don’t want it to spread...even more rapidly.”
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“This isn’t a Brazilian story. This is a transnational story.”
@VianaNatalia and @mehdirhasan discuss how far-right violence in Brazil and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol aren’t just uncannily similar — they’re connected. WATCH:
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For most of U.S. history, attacking the Capitol in an attempt to overturn an election seemed inconceivable, until it wasn’t.
Two years later, it’s happened in another major democracy. As @mehdirhasan points out, the two failed coup attempts are eerily similar:
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McCarthy’s deal with the GOP rebels left him with a weak speakership. @kurtbardella predicts he won’t even last one term.
“The bill is always due with these people,” he tells @mehdirhasan. “The minute that McCarthy even thinks about not doing what they want, they’ll dump him.”
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“This is McCarthyism all over again. Only this time, it’s Kevin and not Joe,” @mehdirhasan says of the deal the new speaker made with rebels in his caucus to secure the top job. Jim Jordan will lead a new Judiciary subcommittee that will investigate the investigators. WATCH:
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Harvard has denied a human rights fellowship to the former head of Human Rights Watch (yes, you read that correctly).
How is that possible, you ask? @mehdirhasan asks @KenRoth on @MSNBConPeacock. Tune in: peacocktv.com/mehdi
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Two days after the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Brazil had an insurrection of its own.
How much of a role did America’s far-right play in the attack? Watch @mehdirhasan ask @VianaNatalia and @djrothkopf on @MSNBConPeacock.
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Be sure to catch the full interview on @MSNBConPeacock!
Harvard’s Kennedy School refused to hire human rights expert @KenRoth because of his criticisms of Israel. And if the school can censor him, @mehdirhasan asks, is there hope for anyone else?
“If they can do this to me, imagine what they can do to lesser figures," Roth says.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School refused to hire human rights expert @KenRoth because of his criticisms of Israel. And if the school can censor him, @mehdirhasan asks, is there hope for anyone else?
“If they can do this to me, imagine what they can do to lesser figures," Roth says.
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Right-wing media have wasted no time using Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s collapse to push anti-vaccine disinformation.
@MehdiRHasan debunks the right’s anti-vax lies in only 60 seconds. Start the clock!
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Bolsonaro’s “Trump of the Tropics” moniker took on a whole new meaning today after a mob of his far-right supporters stormed through Brazil’s Congress and other federal buildings. @mehdiRHasan and @AymanM discuss the scary episode, and its parallels to January 6th. WATCH:
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The modern conservative movement now relies on the ignorance of its voters. @KevinMKruse tells @MehdiRHasan that it's a remarkable change for conservatives who used to see themselves as clear-eyed warriors of the truth.
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Why has historical myth-making grown in recent years? @julianzelizer tells @MehdiRHasan that it’s partly because politicized classrooms have made it harder to teach self-critical history.
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“All Democrats had to do last week, as the Republican Party reaffirmed its incompetence for the entire world to see, was just stand up and say the name Jeffries unanimously,” @MondaireJones tells Mehdi as they discuss the challenge for Hakeem Jeffries going forward.
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Republicans are trying to fool the media into thinking far-right extremists aren’t controlling the party.
@MehdiRHasan brings the receipts in order to disprove the myth of “moderate House Republicans”. WATCH:
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Does fmr. GOP Congressman @WalshFreedom agree that members of the modern Republican Party are partly to blame for what we’re seeing unfold in Brazil?
“Completely,” he tells @MehdiRHasan. “The rest of the world watches us … Clearly, Brazil watched us on January 6th.”
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There's a lot we learned from the shambles of the Speaker vote. But the most worrisome, @mehdirhasan points out in his opening monologue, is that McCarthy made concessions with far-right rebels that risk holding the debt-ceiling hostage *and* tanking the economy. Thanks, Kevin!
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