On a day when 3,506 people died of Covid-19 in the U.S., journalist Bari Weiss complained that it’s “ridiculous” we “haven’t got back to normal.” @MehdiRHasan responds in tonight’s #60SecondRant. Spoiler alert, Bari: as much as we all hate it, Covid’s still a thing
Is there any pathway left to avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
“I think one of the ways to avoid the war is not to talk about the war as if it’s already happened,” @ninakhrushcheva tells @mehdirhasan
Week after week we (rightfully) talk about the crisis facing our democracy, but sometimes all that talk can start to feel a bit abstract. Tonight, @MehdiRHasan gets specific and takes a closer look at what Republicans are doing to suppress voting rights in Arizona. WATCH:
Thank you so much to @mehdirhasan for hosting me on the @MehdiHasanShow yesterday. Discussed school closures & kids mental health.
Full clip: youtube.com/w6YZ-ifxH9c?t=2040
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THREAD: BUT I AM A DATA GEEK so lets get into some data!!!
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.@ninaturner says Biden’s message about what he’s accomplished isn’t enough if those accomplishments aren’t having an everyday impact.
“To talk about the jobs and more people are employed and all that — it doesn’t matter if people don’t feel it.”
How should Biden’s pandemic response be rated?
According to former Obama White House staffer @TVietor08, higher than his old boss’s response to the financial crisis.
“When you have folks on my side screaming, ‘Socialism, socialism, socialism,’” says @MichaelSteele, “I go, ‘Baby, did your mama get her Medicare check this month? Did she get her Medicaid payment in time? Did she get her unemployment?’ Because that’s socialism!’”
.@mehdirhasan: “Democracy is on the line.”
“I agree with you, Mehdi. We agree with you on that. Democracy’s on the line,” @KJP46 says of voting rights.
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his failures in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his successes in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
I’ll be on the @MehdiHasanShow show tonight a little after 7pm EST with @MichaelSteele and @TVietor08 to discuss voting rights, BBB, midterms, the White House and the progressive movement.
Be sure to tune in 👋🏾
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his successes in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his failures in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his failures in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
To mark Biden's first year in office, @mehdirhasan brings you two 60-second rants today.
One on his accomplishments, another on his shortcomings. These are his successes in 60 seconds. Start the clock!
A doc coming to Netflix follows an Afghani couple.
@mirzaeifilms says “it was really important for [filmmaker Gulistan] to tell the story in his own voice at a time when Afghanistan is in the constant news cycle and it’s usually negative stories and there’s a lot of stereotypes.”
For a party that blasts “snowflakes” and “feelings” and “safe spaces,” the GOP can be awfully thin-skinned. Florida Republicans are targeting education with a bill that includes a provision protecting students from — get this — discomfort.