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“We’ve seen what happens when you get involved in never-ending conflicts with no real way of measuring success or defeat," @mehdirhasan says. So 100 days into Putin’s war in Ukraine, how do we end the war and end the suffering?
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As we approach the 100-day mark since Russia invaded Ukraine, w/ no end in sight, what will it take to end the war & the suffering it's caused?
@PeterBeinart and @juliaioffe join @mehdirhasan for an important convo on the conflict — be sure to tune in tonight on @MSNBConPeacock
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Remember the gov't payments during the height of the pandemic that helped keep so many Americans out of poverty? Some say there should be *more* of that.
@MichaelDTubbs & @OtisRolley join Mehdi on @MSNBConPeacock tonight to make the case for universal basic income. Tune in!
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If Texas Republicans were as vigorous about protecting school kids from gunfire as they have been about protecting internet trolls from social media bans, the 21 people massacred last week might still be alive. (via
@thereidout Blog) msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidou…
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As a political and religious identity has begun to merge among some U.S. evangelicals, “The worship of guns is contrary to the worship of God,” @jimwallis says. “Fundamentalism is a religion of power and control and violence. …[It] distorts religion in favor of political power.”
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“Let’s be blunt here: the rising racial fascism in this country … needs churches for its support,” @jimwallis tells @mehdirhasan. “And ironically, it may be only the churches that can help stop it.”
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What happens when radical white Evangelicals are welcomed into the modern GOP? A movement known as Christian nationalism is born. “It's a match made in a weird sort of political heaven,” @mehdirhasan says:
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An individual right to self-defense with a gun isn’t actually provided by the Second Amendment, @ElieNYC argues. Its original purpose was to preserve white supremacy and slavery. You’re going to want to hear him explain it:
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The original Constitution didn’t give women the vote, so we amended it.
It didn’t give slaves freedom from bondage, so we amended it.
So if a part of the document prevents even the most basic gun reforms to keep citizens safe, Mehdi asks, shouldn't it be time for an update?
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Our Founding Fathers gave us a Constitution with broad strokes and a mechanism for being updated. So is it time to amend the document when it comes to guns?
@ElieNYC joins @mehdirhasan to weigh in — hear their full discussion tonight on @MSNBConPeacock
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The right to self-defense with a gun isn’t actually provided by the Second Amendment, @ElieNYC argues — it was originally intended to preserve white supremacy and slavery.
Hear him explain — and be sure to watch his full interview with Mehdi tonight on @MSNBConPeacock
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Three weeks after Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, the U.S. still has not opened its own investigation. Her niece, @LinaAbuAkleh, asks: "What is the point of holding our American passport if they are not protecting us or bringing us justice?”
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Will anyone be held accountable for killing American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank 3 weeks ago?
“Most likely — according to journalistic investigations, so far — by the Israelis. And yet,” says @mehdirhasan, there’s been “no accountability whatsoever.”
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Remember in March when GOP Rep. Mo Brooks called Trump over his attempts to undo the 2020 election results? That was then.
Now, Brooks is back on board, pushing false claims in a fiery interview this weekend. @mehdirhasan looks at Brooks' off-and-on relationship w/ the Big Lie.
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Republicans say we don’t need new gun laws — we just need to enforce the ones we have. @bjoewolf’s response: “Hypocrisy is the name of the game.”
"They try to block enforcement mechanisms from being put in place,” he tells Mehdi. "They need to be called out for what they are."
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From widening the definition of gun sellers to beef up background checks, to declaring gun violence a national emergency, activists and Dems have a list of actions Biden can take, without Congress, on guns.
“Because we know what Republicans in Congress want to do: nothing.”
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After Sandy Hook, after San Bernardino, and after Orlando, it was supposed to be different. And then Republicans blocked gun violence reforms.
The pattern looks like it might repeat after Uvalde and Buffalo.
So @mehdirhasan asks President Biden: why not take executive action?
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New evidence suggests Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in a targeted attack by Israeli forces. Her niece @LinaAbuAkleh asks: "How many more Americans have to be killed for the Biden admin to act?"
She joins Mehdi tonight — tune in on @MSNBConPeacock
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.@HayesBrown: Politicians have trapped America in an agonizing loop of gun violence and crushing hopelessness. But we can come out on the other side wiser. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opin…
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