“It is late. It is really late to be working on this end piece.”
@RepJayapal says even though it’s not *too* late to pass voting rights reform, more should’ve been done on the legislative effort last year.
The family of MLK wants to mark today with more than just acts of service or commemorations. They want federal voting rights reform legislation passed. @coalitionbuildr joins the show to discuss tonight at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV and YT: youtube.com/U7PILiKgq_4
The charges against the Oath Keepers have exposed just how much planning went into the Jan. 6 attack, & how many guns were at the ready. That might come as a surprise if you’ve been watching Tucker Carlson. @MehdiRHasan asks, what’s it going to take to wake this country up?
"Arizona citizens have to make a decision, and if that decision is a change, then so be it."
That's what AZ State Rep. @reginaldbolding told @MehdiRHasan after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema picked protecting the filibuster over protecting voting rights. WATCH:
Blanket, permanent student-loan forgiveness should be a no-brainer for President Biden. @MehdiRHasan has six reasons why in tonight’s #60SecondRant. Start the clock!
How cynical is the GOP?
@juliaioffe tells @mehdirhasan that a senior Republican told her that although he and his team were vaccinated, “spreading the anti-vaxx message in conservative media was a way to make things bad for Joe Biden.”
The Novak Djokovic circus is over. He’s been deported from Australia.
“Rules are rules, you can’t just be exempt for being famous, rich or white,” says @AymanM
But as @Mehdirhasan explains, it’s far from an isolated incident. Just take a look at Boris Johnson. WATCH:
Is America leading or following the global authoritarian trend? Are we the tail or the dog?
“The United States is the dog,” @TadHomerDixon tells @MehdiRHasan. “What happens in the United States just has extraordinary consequences for the rest of the world.”
"In 2011, we were able to bomb a country, Libya, halfway around the world, at a few days' notice. But we can't send masks in the mail to every American household, nearly two years into this pandemic and a year into the Biden presidency? COME ON!"
- @mehdirhasan
It’s been more than 20 years since George W. Bush told American voters that he was a “uniter, not a divider.” In completely unrelated news, the GOP talking points offer a new word with which to attack President Biden.
Guess what it is?
A record number of senators voted to block U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia last month.
But Senator @ChrisMurphyCT didn’t, and @mehdirhasan asked him about it. WATCH:
Is it game over for American democracy?
@ChrisMurphyCT tells @mehdirhasan “The stakes are existential to the country” and it “doesn’t look great” now that Senators Manchin and Sinema won’t support changes to the filibuster to pass voting rights measures.
A violent insurrection couldn’t boot Trump out of office… but the British prime minister might lose his job over a garden party. Watch to see why PM Boris Johnson is in a hot cup of tea:
“What about a Harris-Cheney ticket?” @OliviaTroye asks about the possibility of bringing bipartisan unity to 2024 presidential politics.
“No! No Cheney tickets!” @mehdirhasan replies.
Thanks a lot, Tom Friedman. WATCH:
“I'll say this to the moderate voters and the swing voters out there who have January 6 fatigue... really evaluate the value of these [Republicans] and what they're actually bringing to the table, other than consistent lies.”
– @OliviaTroye