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“Why are you trying to justify, against an American citizen, what even an Israeli opposition leader and retired general has called ‘Jewish terror’ by settlers?”
On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
Mehdi Hasan quotes
160 things Mehdi Hasan said, verbatim, from June 17, 2026 to October 18, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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Mehdi Hasan on The Middle East47
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“There has never, in our lifetimes, been a genocidal ethnic cleansing campaign that the genocidal ethnic cleaners have so openly bragged about doing.”
Posted it themselves
“Me: "Do you regret [hosting Benjamin Netanyahu at CAP]?" Neera Tanden: "I wish we did not host him, a hundred percent." Mehdi: "When did you realize that you shouldn't have hosted him?" Neera: "I mean, he's been basically acting as a kind of war criminal, so yes, I absolutely regret hosting him." Mehdi: "Because at the time, Neera, you emailed John Podesta saying Jonathan Lavine at Bain Capital 'is joining our board. So Netanyahu was worth it.' Smiley emoji." Neera: "I don't remember that." Full interview: https:// youtube.com/watch?v=mh49HP VMAg0 …”
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“If he had his way, American soldiers killed by Iran would still be alive. You and your party got them killed for no reason.”
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“"You son of a bitch, you murdered my child." Maayan Sherman, whose son Ron Sherman was taken captive by Hamas but killed by an IDF air strike in Gaza, heckles and lambasts Benjamin Netanyahu at an election rally, calling him 'Mr Abandonment.'”
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“Shapiro says here that Hamas hid behind kids because they knew Israel wouldn't kill kids, which of course is a nonsense argument because Israel killed over 20,000 kids in Gaza.”
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“You're so dumb that you don't even know that I am referring to the several hundred Palestinians killed across Gaza, including dozens of children, by Israeli air strikes on the Sunday, not to the militants killed in Israel or at the Gaza border on Saturday. But I forgot, you've long been a proud apologist for the killing of Palestinian children. https:// ochaopt.org/content/escala tion-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-2 …”
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“Oh God, I can never decide whether you are more dishonest than you are dumb or more dumb than you are dishonest. Instead of making fun of me for accidentally making a pro-Israel statement and messing up the famous quote 'A ceasefire is when everyone ceases, and Israel fires', you go for the dumbest, most conspiratorial, most nonsensical 'explanation' possible. I was literally quote-tweeting a piece about how Israel has violated the ceasefire again and again in Lebanon, which you of course cut out of your screenshot. Why are you like this? Did your parents drop you on your head as a child? You support killing Palestinian civilians. I don't support killing Israeli civilians.”
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“Kasparov, who pretends to be a serious figure, is comparing one of the world’s most distinguished jurists, a former South African and ICC and Rwanda Tribunal judge, to a ‘Hamas bomb maker.’ These are not serious people. Just lazy pro-Israel partisans.”
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“You know what’s missing from this? The more than 1,400 Palestinians, including 300+ kids, that Israel has killed in the last year of this so-called ‘peace plan’/‘ceasefire’”
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“Israel had killed several hundred Palestinians including dozens of kids by the end of October 8th. By Oct 9th, Israel’s defense minister had already said he imposed “a complete siege on Gaza. There will be no electricity, no food, no water, everything is closed.” Ackman, as ever, is lying.”
on Ackman's claims about Israel's actions in Gaza on and after October 8th
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“After spending much of last night disagreeing with Neera at Georgetown for @AJHeadtoHead , I actually agree with her on this. It’s literally insane to be, right now, protesting Mamdani - and not Trump, or Rubio or Vance or the Israeli ambassador - over the Gaza genocide.”
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“"My big block is it just comes down to this whole thing with Israel" "We'd love for him to make a definitive statement, just say: I would like everyone to know I support Israel" I mean, at least they're honest. It was never really about antisemitism or Jewish safety. It's always about... Israel.”
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“One of the first people to promote the idea that Zionism was racism was not in fact the Soviets but UK cabinet minister Edwin Montagu, the only Jewish member of the Cabinet when the Balfour Declaration was issued, which he opposed, calling Zionism a ‘mischievous political creed’.”
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“Read what he wrote about Zionism and his opposition to it, because he thought it harmed both Jews and Palestinians.”
on a figure's writings opposing Zionism as harmful to Jews and Palestinians
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“They’re barring a Jewish party leader from entering Israel because he criticized a secular political ideology which is supposed to be built on the idea that all Jews anywhere in the world have a right to return to Israel. Beyond. Parody.”
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“Whether or not you personally are a racist is irrelevant. The issue is whether Zionism is an ideology that, in practice, has discriminated against and dispossessed Palestinians for decades, and continues to do so, and the answer to that question is: yes! Hence the racism label.”
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“1. Israel puts its own "key war-making facilities" under residential neighborhoods in the heart of Tel Aviv. 2 2. Israel bombed plenty of Gazan buildings and sites where there were no Hamas targets whatsoever, either above or below ground. They shot kids in the head. 3. Israel is not a "neighbor" of Gaza - its the illegal occupier and has been since 1967, under international law.”
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“That's impossible! I was told by Trump and Hegseth that the Iranian military was destroyed!”
on doubts about Trump and Hegseth's claim Iran's military was destroyed
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“The principal threats to peace and security in the Middle East right now are obviously the US and Israel which launched an illegal war on Iran and created the Strait of Hormuz crisis - also Israel which has bombed multiple countries in the region over the past year”
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“Remember the rule, folks;: Nothing justifies October 7th. October 7th justifies everything.”
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“In most countries, young voters are more left-wing than their right-wing elders. In Israel it's the reverse.”
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“Using Netanyahu's math, 73,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza would equal the death of around 11 *million* Americans.”
on scaling Gaza's death toll to US population size using Netanyahu's comparison
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“"In Gaza, ‘Whoever Survives the Bombing Won’t Survive the Rubble’" Read a gutting dispatch from Gaza City, where, after last week’s building collapse killed 21, Palestinians fear there will be many more similar tragedies unless Israel allows must-needed equipment in.”
on fears of more deaths from building collapses in Gaza City without proper equipment
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“How many times has Fetterman expressed public heartfelt condolences or thoughts for the families of US soldiers killed in action? He’s an honorary Israeli at this point.”
on Fetterman's silence toward US soldier deaths versus his support for Israel
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“Remember it’s often the most obsessively pro Israel people who turn out to be… antisemitic.”
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“"‘Liberal Zionism’ Is Dead, Says Leading Israeli Historian" The idea that Zionism is compatible with democracy, or even basic humanity, is absurd as the events of the last three years have proved, argues legendary Israeli academic Avi Shlaim for Zeteo UK:”
on historian Avi Shlaim arguing liberal Zionism is no longer viable
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“This was a year ago. The genocide continues. But Palestine will be free.”
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“They were also saying they were mad about US bases and support for Middle East dictators, sanctions on Iraq, and backing for Israel. Not sure why everyone is ignoring what they 1) said, and 2) the 9/11 commission and every expert on Al Qaeda and radicalization has affirmed.”
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“Who should we believe on genocide, Netanyahu’s pal, below, and ‘Grace’ from Will and Grace? And Boris Johnson? Or Holocaust historians like Omer Bartov and Amos Goldberg, human rights groups like Human Rights Watch and Btselem, genocide scholars like Dirk Moses & William Schabas?”
on who to trust on accusations of genocide against Netanyahu's government
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“How about… get America (troops, bases, bombs, wars, financial support for dictators) out of the Middle East? Idiot.”
on withdrawing US troops, bases and funding from the Middle East
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“Actually, Dan, I am on record repeatedly criticizing Hamas war crimes. My opponents and adversaries almost never ever criticize Israeli war crimes, let alone genocide, so I don’t need to take any lessons on mirror images or hypocrisy from anyone on the pro-Israel side.”
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“More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.”
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“Hi @SenFettermanPA , can you not even write your own pro-Israel talking points? You're not just a pro-genocide ghoul, you're a lazy pro-genocide ghoul?”
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“"Israeli Raid Forces Gaza Kindergarten to Frantically Evacuate 200 Children" On the ground in Gaza City, Zeteo speaks to the principals of a nursery school who had to calm young children and get them to safety amid Israeli gunfire and heavy bombardment near their school.”
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“Pro-Israel shills on this hellsite often do Sudan genocide whataboutism to try and deflect and distract from Israel’s genocide in Gaza. ‘Why don’t you talk about Sudan?’ Okay. Let’s:”
on accusations that critics use Sudan's genocide to deflect from Gaza
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“The UAE continues to host and promote the most shameless anti-Muslim bigots and pro-genocide activists.”
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“Just total misuse of religion here to defend a foreign government engaged in an illegal occupation and daily war crimes. Sanctions on Israeli settlers have nothing to do with British Jews. To use British Jews as a shield for Israeli settlers is not just dangerous but antisemitic. And as for Israel being singled out, this zombie lie never dies. Western governments sanction all sorts of foreign governments all the time - often for doing much less than Israel is doing!”
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“This is not true. This is a lie. He hasn’t done that. He has argued that rape by Hamas on October 7th wouldn’t justify, or change the dynamic of his opposition to, Israel’s subsequent attack on Gaza. Does CNN not have a standards department anymore?”
on a dispute over claims about someone's stance on Hamas's October 7 attack and Gaza
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“This is a lie. UNICEF has never said there 2026 data contradicts the 2025 famine assessment because of course 2026 is a different year to 2025. Idiot.”
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““Because of Israel they’re willing to give up winning the House,” says Moskowitz And yet… head over to Michigan and you can turn that line right around on his own faction of the party: “Because of Israel they’re willing to give up winning the Senate.””
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“"Pro-Israel Groups Want You to Believe That Israel’s National Security Minister… Doesn’t Represent Israel" Parts of the pro-Israel lobby are calling for the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir to be ousted from government, after he called for the mass murder of Palestinians. So what will they do when he isn’t?”
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“And if he doesn’t, which he won’t of course, does DFMI then support sanctions on Israel and restrictions on US arms sales? If not, why not? Why would you want to sell weapons to ‘heinous’ people?”
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“here are bill and hillary clinton with arafat at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the gaza international airport. what happened the airport? it is in ruins as a result of the second intafada.”
on the Gaza airport's destruction during the second intifada
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“There's zero evidence El-Sayed is "pro-Hamas." Fetterman is just an Islamophobic genocide apologist.”
on Fetterman's criticism of El-Sayed over Hamas claims
As printed
“Such is the madly erratic nature of Trump, that he can go from sounding like the most hawkish, pro-Israel president one day, to the most dovish, anti-Israel president the next day. Which is why listening to Trump is pointless; what matters is paying attention to what he does.”
Truthout “Without Me, There Would Be No Israel,” Trump Says as Israel Remains in Lebanon ›
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“The question is: why does Trump facilitate this obstruction by continuing to provide Israel with arms and military aid?”
on continued US arms and military aid to Israel amid its presence in Lebanon
Truthout “Without Me, There Would Be No Israel,” Trump Says as Israel Remains in Lebanon ›
Mehdi Hasan on Ukraine & Russia1
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“"Trump’s Biggest Con of All" The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.”
Mehdi Hasan on Foreign policy & the world9
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“"Exposed: The Israeli Lie Machine Targeting Britain" Andy Burnham is to set up a centre to counter ‘poisonous’ disinformation, focused on Russia. But will it only challenge foreign interference based on whether the country responsible is friend or foe?”
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“It's not that I am opposed to the US President hosting the Chinese leader, geopolitics is geopolitics!, but does anyone in our politics and media ever stop to think how weird and lopsided all our conversations about human rights and terrorism and dictators are - here is the US president, along with top US tech and media figures, having a celebratory grand state dinner with the brutal dictator of a foreign adversary that the US government has accused of engaging in genocide. And no one thinks this is abnormal or weird or offensive in the slightest. Meanwhile, the mere statements of California Twitch streamers or Democratic Congressional candidates about Yemen or Iran are pored over by an outraged media. And this, below, is NORMAL.”
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“This is what passes for foreign policy discourse in the United States Congress.”
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“Bush ‘reading’ Putin in June 2001: “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy... I was able to get a sense of his soul.””
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“"The Burning Towers Foreshadowed a Burning World – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the 25 Years After 9/11" On this anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes how the horrific 9/11 attacks exposed both the power and vulnerability of the U.S. empire.”
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“Top US diplomat, Christian evangelical @GovMikeHuckabee , accuses the Jewish Foreign Secretary of the UK, @Ed_Miliband , of “Jew hate.” (Funny how the ‘special relationship’ only ever runs one way!)”
on Mike Huckabee accusing UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband of antisemitism
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“Over 75 Americans, many of them religious pilgrims, remain missing in Nepal, in the tragic floods that have killed over 1,100 people. I am hearing from a friend of one of the missing Americans that the Trump State Department is AWOL on this.”
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“A million Iraqis are dead because of you.”
on blaming a commentator for Iraqi deaths from the Iraq war
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““You see this napkin? In twenty-four hours, we could have the signatures of seventy senators on this napkin.” - AIPAC official Steve Rosen to Jeffrey Goldberg in the New Yorker”
Mehdi Hasan on National security & surveillance1
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“Weekly murders from Hegseth and co and no real outrage in the US”
Mehdi Hasan on Economy, jobs & inflation1
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““Unfortunately Calvin Coolidge is not the example we want for good government because it all came crashing down in 1929. Was that his fault? I kind of think it was his fault.” - Nobel Economics Laureate Robert J. Shiller”
on economist Robert Shiller blaming Coolidge's policies for the 1929 crash
Mehdi Hasan on Immigration & the border3
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“Good. She needs to go and Burnham next needs to shift on both anti-asylum cruelty and anti-Palestine Action authoritarianism.”
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“"Inside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’" #mustread from @swin24 for Zeteo: The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we are failing it miserably.”
on the Trump administration's treatment of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio
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“White racists said stuff like this about Yusuf’s parents when they moved to the UK from Sri Lanka in the 1980s but now their son, who isn’t white, but wants the votes of white racists, is saying stuff like this about Somali immigrants. Truly disgusting.”
Mehdi Hasan on Healthcare & public health1
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“90,000 Floridians died during the COVID pandemic. 90,000.”
Mehdi Hasan on Guns, crime & policing1
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“The media never mentioned that the police officers called an ambulance immediately when Floyd complained of shortness of breath. Unusual behavior for “murderers”. x.com/mjtruthultra/s…”
Mehdi Hasan on Tech & AI7
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“"When the AI Bubble Bursts, Big Tech Will Be Scarier Than Ever" The AI bust will be a crucial moment in the history of capitalism. Big tech is organised – we need to get organised enough to resist. From @graceblakeley for @zeteouk :”
on an article about an AI bust and Big Tech's power
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“And a handful of tech oligarchs get to make that decision for the rest of us? No dice. x.com/politico/statu…”
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“This is Donald Trump's sole contribution to the crucial debate over the future and safety of AI. We live in the worst timeline. We live in Idiocracy. It feels like early 2020 all over again.”
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“I don’t understand. Why is no one being prosecuted for this? Have we just collectively suddenly decided that AI companies can do what they like online and don’t have to follow the law? Wouldn’t we be prosecuted if we ‘infiltrated’ a government website??”
on AI companies allegedly infiltrating a government website without prosecution
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“"Put more simply, the models are increasingly smart enough. They know when we’re watching them, and they change their behavior accordingly. So what they do when we are testing them, when we audit them, may not tell us what they’ll do in the wild. It surprises me that this counts as a radical proposal, but here it is: If you are losing your ability to evaluate the models you have now, maybe don’t let them build models you’ll be even less capable of controlling in the future." Important from @ezraklein”
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“"How to Stop AI From Killing Humanity" For Zeteo, Nate Soares, the bestselling co-author of ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Will Die,’ argues we aren’t witnessing a sci-fi story. We must immediately heed the warning signs and take action. Read/share:”
on Nate Soares' book warning AI could destroy humanity
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“Insane AI ad from a government minister of America’s top ally. But no time for US media to cover it as they’re all focused on a Twitch streamer.”
Mehdi Hasan on Campaigns & elections17
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“Me: "Would you host an event with Hasan Piker at your think tank, the Center for American Progress?" Neera Tanden: "I would be willing to have a conversation with him anywhere." Mehdi: "So you would host Hasan Piker at CAP?" Neera Tanden: I think so. I would have a debate with him. Sure."”
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“The Greens doubled their votes, Labour lost a third of their votes - in a seat where the Labour prime minister was elected two years ago, and which Labour has held since 1983. Oh and your pal Farage ran 8 times before getting elected to Parliament and being crowned PM in waiting.”
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“Some leftists attack Mamdani. Some centrists attack El-Sayed. Republicans sit back and laugh their heads off.”
on intra-left attacks on Mamdani and El-Sayed benefiting Republicans
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“First Draft: Top Republicans Privately Admit Their Hasan Piker Attacks Are a Dud Swin’s conversations with Trumpworld insiders reveal alarm at just how badly the plan to make the leftist streamer the main midterms character is misfiring. Also, Pete Hegseth beclowns himself again.”
on Republican attacks on streamer Hasan Piker as a midterms strategy, per his newsletter
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“"Those around Abdul El-Sayed seem to believe that the Hasan Piker controversy is a proxy for him being too critical of Israel—that what the critics really want is for El-Sayed to drop his support for an arms embargo." https:// theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/ abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-profile/688576/?gift=SKtFP-7gCBnFn1bNJdqPMjzViEqgbItGiYeyQAJaCGY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share …”
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“Democrats need to reclaim the patriotism card from the Republican Party because no one hates America and American freedoms more than Donald J. Trump. Exhibit 776:”
on Democrats reclaiming patriotism against Trump
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“Mace "came fifth in South Carolina, she came last in the governor's race. Donald Trump didn't endorse her. Donald Trump said she's a nasty, terrible woman who is untrustworthy. For the first time in my life, I agree with Donald Trump." Me to @RepNancyMace on @PiersUncensored :”
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“Briahna Joy Gray just casually including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez possibly being a C.I.A. plant as a reason why she's a fraud. x.com/PostLeftWatch/…”
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“This is a good argument for her going for Senate over presidency. The counter-argument is that politicians tend not to gain much from delaying going for things and also: is a 2028 AOC bid really that much of a longshot in the current febrile climate?”
on whether AOC should run for Senate or the 2028 presidency
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“I have said it many times, if you’re too slow or too stubborn to understand, I’ll say it with one more time: meeting secretly with a person you need to be investigating to find common ground is not the same as meeting publicly with a person you have no power to hold to account. If you don’t understand the respective roles and powers of the mayor of New York and the Speaker of the House, I don’t know what else to say to you. Also, based on his past secret meetings, eg with Silicon Valley, it’s understandable a lot of people don’t trust him.”
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“Remember, in 2024, genocide wasn’t a good enough reason to abandon Dems but in 2026 a Twitch streamer is apparently a good enough reason to abandon the Dems. No double standards or hypocrisy here *at all*”
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“I wrote an entire piece about Hakeem Jeffries’s failures in Trump 2.0 a year ago, with receipts. He’s only gotten worse since. But you keep shilling for a useless ‘leader’ who most Dem voters want gone. https:// theguardian.com/commentisfree/ 2025/sep/03/democrats-chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …”
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“"Neither Ms. Wahab nor Ms. Hernandez has made Middle East politics a focus of their campaigns. But in recent weeks Ms. Wahab has found herself fending off $2.9 million in attacks from outside groups, much of it coming from the United Democracy Project, AIPAC’s main super PAC. The group has also spent more than $825,000 supporting Ms. Hernandez."”
on AIPAC-linked spending against Wahab and for Hernandez in their primary
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“A reminder to Dems and liberal media pundits that appeasing the Republicans never works.”
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“"You want to get on television, you go on Fox TV and say something bad about Bernie Sanders... I don't think there is anyone in the Democratic caucus who has a lower rating than John [Fetterman] does." @BernieSanders , to me, on @SenFettermanPA . Full: https:// zeteo.com/p/bernie-sande rs-joins-mehdi …”
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“Your own party decided tonight that you don't belong in Congress. GTFO, bigot.”
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“Cruz: I think it is a very bad development for America when one of our two major parties goes bat crap crazy—I think we need more Democrats like John Fetterman.”
Mehdi Hasan on Democracy & voting rights1
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“Who would they be protesting and what would they be protesting for? The whole point of a protest in a democracy is to get your government to do something different; to stop doing something bad.”
Mehdi Hasan on Corruption & scandal3
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“You just can’t let him get away with stuff like this. The stock trades, the Emirati investment in the crypto company, the sons’ getting government contracts, the pardons to people who donated to him, his net worth going up billions in his first year in office. Come on!”
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“Poor Trump. He did this all for the people, not for the 2 billion dollars he made off of the presidency last year”
on Trump's earnings from the presidency last year
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“I don't need Jared Kushner to concede Hakeem Jeffries is going to be Speaker. I need him to be afraid that Hakeem Jeffries is gonna send him a subpoena. https:// x.com/moonbeamer6/st /moonbeamer6/status/2091596027585351942 …”
Mehdi Hasan on Courts & the law2
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“This is child-like ignorance and inanity and embarrassing to see from a Supreme Court Justice. We are governed by right-wing idiots at all the highest levels of our government.”
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“WHERE ARE ALL THE LIBERTARIANS AND SMALL GOVERNMENT CONSERVATIVES WHO OBSESSED OVER 'WEAPONIZATION' OF GOVERNMENT WHEN BIDEN PROSECUTED VIOLENT INSURRECTIONISTS? AND NOW THEY'RE SILENT ABOUT THIS?? THIS???”
Mehdi Hasan on The presidency & national symbols7
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“Impeach him on day one of a Democratic Congress”
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“"‘De-Trumpification’: America’s Ruler Is ‘Consumed’ by Fear His Self-Tributes Will Be Erased" As Dems flirt with tearing it all down, Donald Trump is forcing administration officials to brainstorm novel legal arguments for institutionalizing his personality cult forever. @swin24 and @andrewperezdc report for Zeteo:”
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“He didn't answer the question. He rambled about his name change. We are governed by a toddler and if you voted for him, you're one of the dumbest people in this country and I don't know you watch this and dont feel embarrassed for your vote.”
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“I love the idea that Trump’s anti-constitutional, anti-American authoritarian is driven by his dislike for… *checks notes*… dishonesty.”
on Trump's authoritarianism framed as opposition to dishonesty
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“Between this guy being the top podcaster in the world and Trump being the most powerful man in the world we really do live in, and are cursed with, Idiocracy.”
on Trump's political power and a top podcaster's influence
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“"I do not believe that he was drugged." After Jill Biden said "who knows?" when asked if Joe Biden might have been roofied before his debate with Trump, his son Hunter told me he didn't think he was but did act like he was drugged. Full interview: https:// zeteo.com/p/mehdi-challe nges-hunter-biden-on-gaza-2024-election-democrats-regrets …”
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“25th Amendment now. Nothing Biden said is madder than this.”
Mehdi Hasan on Extremism & political violence13
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“If you want to understand just how cynical, Islamophobic & right-wing @JGreenblattADL is, read the President's statement on the 3rd anniversary of Oct 7th. He doesn't say "Jews" either anywhere in it. Is Greenblatt attacking Trump? Nope. He'd never dare. But Mamdani? Of course!”
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“How many Muslims can Jonathan Greenblatt call out in a single day? (Oh, and when was the last time you saw him attack a Republican?)”
on Jonathan Greenblatt's criticism of Muslims versus Republicans
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“She was banned from Uber, now she flys on Airforce One. Should be one of the biggest scandals in America. A woman who has hurled vicious racist abuse at Black women and all Muslims. Where is the media? Where is the outrage at Trump? Why the normalization of far right extremists?”
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“Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis' https:// sacurrent.com/news/politics- and-elections/karl-rove-says-republican-party-is-being-taken-over-by-nazis/ …”
on a Sacurrent report of Karl Rove's warning about the Republican Party
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“"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late.”
on lessons from Amsterdam's Holocaust museum about law enabling authoritarianism
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“Laura Loomer called for ‘another 9/11’ and has the nerve to attack other people for their supposedly controversial statements. Sheesh.”
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“Nope. Listen to what the FBI agents who investigated the 9/11 attackers told the 9/11 Commission: “I believe they feel a sense of outrage against the United States. They identify with the Palestinian problem, they identify with people who oppose repressive regimes and I believe they tend to focus their anger on the United States.” https:// nytimes.com/2006/08/20/boo ks/review/20Bamford.html?_r=1 …”
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“Yes they hated us, but they hated a lot of Western countries. They didn't attack us because they object to the 5th Amendment FFS. Bin Laden himself addressed the childish, navel-gazing 'they hate us for our freedoms' argument in 2004: "If Bush says we hate freedom, let him tell us why we didn't attack Sweden, for example... I say to you, God knows that it had never occurred to us to strike the towers. But after it became unbearable and we witnessed the oppression and tyranny of the American/Israeli coalition against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind."”
on bin Laden rejecting the 'hate our freedoms' explanation, citing Israel and Palestine
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““The issue is that members of the audience responded with violence and, more importantly, Reform’s most senior politicians excused it. The party is MAGA-fying in front of our eyes.” @shehabkhan for Zeteo UK on the violence at the Reform UK conference:”
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“Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: https:// theguardian.com/commentisfree/ 2026/sep/01/hasan-piker-mike-rogers-media …”
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“I had forgotten until @abbydphillip reminded me that Loomer promoted a video calling 9/11 "an inside job."”
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“This is INSANE. Hate on Piker all you want but claiming that he admits to being an antisemite when he doesn’t, and using Congressional time to censure a Twitch streamer instead of actual GOP white supremacists like Fine and Ogles, is madness. MADNESS.”
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“Yet another Democratic official making an official statement about a Twitch streamer (re something he didn’t even say btw!), meanwhile not a word from these Democrats about Jake Lang, Lorenzo Sewell, Laura Loomer, all the obvious & and openly bigoted people on Rogers’s side.”
Mehdi Hasan on Race & civil rights9
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“Truly disgusting what the Republican Party and parts of our media have normalized on this country. Just open naked racism and bigotry and mockery of minorities. Can you imagine a Muhammad or Abdullah in the schoolground getting bullied by kids who heard the president do it first?”
Posted it themselves
“Literally the definition of racism, per the federal government. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) classifies the phrase "go back to where you came from" as a form of potentially unlawful national origin or race-based harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
Posted it themselves
“The British media is so racist it’s hard to describe https:// Zeteo.uk/subscribe”
on British media coverage, posted alongside a link to subscribe to Zeteo UK
Posted it themselves
“If you support Trump, a brazen open proud racist, you’re probably a racist too.”
Posted it themselves
“I'm not sure why she keeps repeating this line that she is being accused of "being racist against myself" as if it's some sort of mic drop. She literally is being racist against herself and anyone else who looks like her, has her ethnic/immigrant background. To say you have to be white to be English is a totally racist statement. And this cop-out that she's British not English doesn't deal with Italy or France, where they don't have two identities. So is she saying brown and black people can't be French? If so, then what are brown and black people in France? Or Italy? The idea that the England football team captain can be Black but Braverman says he won't be considered English is both absurd and, yes, racist. And her being brown doesn't give her a pass or cover for her racism, it just means she's a self-hating racist.”
Posted it themselves
“We have a full on racist administration, basically endorsing the recent Bo French racist tweet in Texas, and it almost certainly won’t make a single headline or feature in a single Sunday show discussion tomorrow. More Hasan Piker panels please!”
Posted it themselves
“This is the kind of (ignorant, dishonest, racist) shit sitting Republican members of Congress can get away with saying, publicly, proudly, on a daily basis while our entire ‘liberal’ media and opposition party focus only on a Twitch streamer who says nothing comparable to this.”
As printed
“Not only should this Angie Smith be asked to apologize but @HaleyforMI should be asked to disown and condemn these racist remarks about @AbdulElSayed and Arab-Americans.”
The Daily Wire Black Democrat Tells Muslim Senate Candidate To Stop Speaking Arabic ›
Posted it themselves
“Hi @weijia and @whca this is pretty sick racist stuff, against a non-white congresswoman who already gets endless death threats, and you guys should probably condemn and disown this, given you gave Trump a 'guest of honor' platform to spew this disgusting hate and bile.”
Mehdi Hasan on Religion & faith14
Posted it themselves
“Pretty sure you’re the bigot given you singled out three Muslim Democrats to smear.”
on a reply accusing someone of bigotry for singling out three Muslim Democrats
Posted it themselves
“"The property was previously a Catholic boarding school that ran from the 1920s until 1972. The 73,000-square-foot main building more recently served as a home for Catholic priests, but has been empty for decades." https:// nypost.com/2026/09/24/us- news/ny-town-oks-all-boys-muslim-school-in-residential-nabe-but-120-students-cant-stay-overnight/ …”
Posted it themselves
“When will you disavow an actual member of your campaign, Lorenzo Sewell, who has called Islam a death cult and a conquering religion, and hosted former Jan 6er Jake Lang, who drops the N word and tears up Qurans? https:// theguardian.com/commentisfree/ 2026/sep/01/hasan-piker-mike-rogers-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …”
Posted it themselves
“It wasn’t a mosque and it wasn’t at Ground Zero. We have literally gone back in time and are recycling debunked old Islamophobic talking points for a new generation of gullible online rightwing dumbasses. Kill me now.”
Posted it themselves
“Mainstream media reporting this smear campaign from the right in a straight way without any context let alone condemnation is so shameful. Islamophobia continues to be normalized, the acceptable form of bigotry in the US.”
Posted it themselves
“Hi @JGreenblattADL , the ADL sponsored the 2026 Jewish American Summit where a speaker said, “I don’t want Muslims in America. Get the f**k out of the United States. Go back to the “sh**house where you came from.” The audience applauded. Do you agree with this rhetoric/speaker?”
on anti-Muslim remarks applauded at an ADL-sponsored Jewish American Summit event
Posted it themselves
“"It's identity politics, it's racist at times, it's certainly anti Islam" Well said from @JonLemire on @Morning_Joe on the Islamophobic attacks from the GOP on @AbdulElSayed :”
on GOP attacks on Abdul El-Sayed's campaign called Islamophobic
Posted it themselves
“I never said it was Destiny! You mocked me for calling people Islamophobes, and I’m simply pointing out all the Islamophobic shit I get on this site everyday. But you don’t care. Though you do care obsessively about Hasan Piker and his alleged antisemitism. As for being on a panel with Destiny, I had very little knowledge of who he was 2 years ago, I went on that show to debate Sarah Palin, but yeah I certainly wouldn’t do it again, in 2026, as you are - and, btw, you’re the one who has spent the past few months obsessing over Hasan Piker so, yes, folks are gonna wonder why you don’t apply the same ‘standard’ to Destiny. You’re a hypocrite, Shannon, just accept it.”
Posted it themselves
“This is what me and my family put up with almost every day and yet some liberals like @shannonrwatts were mocking me for raising the issue of Islamophobia earlier.”
on facing Islamophobia after being mocked for raising the issue
Posted it themselves
“You can be snarky and deflect Shannon, or you could just deal with the issue: if you’re opposition to Piker is about his alleged antisemitism, which he denies, why have you said nothing about Loomer, who is a proud open Islamophobe? Not one word? Why not call out GOP bigots?”
Posted it themselves
“Trying to imagine the reaction if a top adviser to, and ally of, Presidents Biden or Obama had said: "It would be much easier to actually start using military force to start raiding synagogues and removing these people from our country." It would have the been the biggest - only? - story in America. But top Trump ally Loomer said it about Muslims and mosques so it won't be on a single front page tomorrow or nightly news headline. The double standards when it comes to Islamophobia are as brazen as they are dangerous:”
Posted it themselves
“Don’t deflect. Apologize to Mamdani and delete your tweet. Otherwise, STFU, you genocidal anti-Muslim ghoul with Mamdani Derangement Syndrome.”
on demanding an apology to Mamdani over anti-Muslim comments
Posted it themselves
“Getting a sharia-compliant mortgage is not the same as Taliban rule. How can someone so smart also be so dumb? (And bigoted).”
As printed
“difficult to come up with a more bigoted, Islamophobic and cliched trailer than this one.”
on the trailer for the film 'Run Hide Fight: Infidels'
The Daily Wire ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ Takes On The Enemy Hollywood Won’t Touch ›
Mehdi Hasan on Free speech & the media22
Posted it themselves
“"Read the Details From the ‘Unhinged’ Tantrum of Bari Weiss’s Pro-Israel Foreign Chief" CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice explained exactly why Netanyahu was removed from an Oct. 7 script. You also won’t believe what she said about the Palestinian death toll in Gaza.”
on a CBS News foreign editor's reported outburst and an edited Oct. 7 script
Posted it themselves
“WHERE ARE ALL THE RIGHT-WING FREE SPEECH WARRIORS AND INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB TYPES WHO SCREAMED ABOUT FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS DURING THE BIDEN YEARS????”
Posted it themselves
““There is a reason why there are so few truly leftwing politicians visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, to discredit them, to place them beyond the pale, to other them.” Such a great/true/but depressing line. Support independent journalism: http:// Zeteo.uk/subscribe”
Posted it themselves
“1. Please don’t lie. You said I accuse people of being Islamophobes and said “your rhetoric diminishes the true examples of it. Your accusations have become white noise.” Which is hilarious given you respond to every criticism with accusations of sexism. The projection is strong in you Shannon. 2. Hasan Piker has done long videos explaining that he didn’t say that and doesn’t believe that and people have sent you those videos but you repeat the claim. Because you’re a liar. A bad faith actor. 3. Why are you obsessed with Hasan Piker? 4. My turn for a question: what do you make of the revenge porn and other sordid accusations made against your new pal Destiny?”
Posted it themselves
“Btw @shannonrwatts here is the video you were sent many months ago showing Piker denying your claim and explaining what he was talking about. But you don’t care. Because you’re a bad faith actor. Goodbye.”
on his dispute with Shannon Watts, sending a video of Hasan Piker
Posted it themselves
“Like many others, I'm all for fighting antisemitism. Anti-Jewish hate is unacceptable. Like many others, I'm never gonna roll over for any Jewish organization that cynically & openly uses the struggle against antisemitism to try & protect Israel & bully & censor its critics.”
on fighting antisemitism versus Jewish organizations using it to shield Israel from critics
Posted it themselves
“If they were actually confident in their views, they’d have on or debate @bartov_omer or Raz Segal or Yuli Novak from @btselem”
Posted it themselves
“Hi @AnaKasparian , it simply isn't true that Charlie Kirk "did defend free speech for everyone including his political opponents". He literally called for me to be fired and deported because he didn't like my views on the pandemic. https:// mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/c harlie-kirk-mehdi-hasan-send-him-back-country-he-came …”
Posted it themselves
“Meanwhile, centrists and rightwingers lose their minds over a streamer pointing this out”
Posted it themselves
“"Meet Trump’s Censor-in-Chief" Brendan Carr, FCC chair and loyalist to the president, is now tasked with preventing cable hosts from criticizing the Dear Leader. What happened to the GOP loving free speech? From Zeteo's Ragebait media column:”
Posted it themselves
“Are you kidding me? Meet the Press is still doing this? Does it play clips of Laura Loomer, an actual evil proud bigot, who has actual power and influence over the GOP and White House, to every Republican guest? Of course not! But: why not?”
on Meet the Press treating Laura Loomer differently than Republican guests
Posted it themselves
“He never "cheered for 9/11" you lying POS and fake 'journalist.'”
Posted it themselves
“Is saying? He said it seven years ago. Refuses to disavow? He disavowed that comment seven years ago. You lie. And lie. And lie.”
Posted it themselves
“Serious question to every mainstream news network and newspaper in this country: how can you justify crazy obsessive coverage of Hasan Piker and just totally ignore much worse stuff like this from an actual presidential adviser?”
on media giving heavy coverage to Hasan Piker while ignoring a presidential adviser's worse conduct
Posted it themselves
“He never said ‘9/11 was good’ - the incessant lying from idiot centrists on this website is giving me a headache. Criticize Piker. Hate Piker. Defend Israel. But why do you have to lie so much to make your points??”
on defending Hasan Piker against claims he praised 9/11
Posted it themselves
“They literally pay this guy to lie every night on their network and then pay the host to try and rebut his lies, the lies they know he’s gonna tell and pay him to tell. What value is there in this ‘journalism’? Support independent media: https:// Zeteo.com/subscribe”
Posted it themselves
““How Can CNN’s Dana Bash Pretend to Be an Objective Journalist Anymore?” From her recent appearance on Bill Maher to her interviews with lawmakers, Bash doesn’t even attempt to hide her pro-Israel bias. This week’s Ragebait media column from Zeteo:”
on accusing CNN's Dana Bash of pro-Israel bias in her coverage
Posted it themselves
“We live in a world where Mike Rogers doesn’t get asked about his unconditional support for this while Abdul El-Sayed is relentlessly asked about a Twitch streamer. No wonder so many people now loathe the US mainstream media. https:// Zeteo.com/subscribe”
Posted it themselves
“Erm, if criticizing David Ellison is now antisemitic and criticizing Hakeem Jeffries is now anti-Black, then - just to be clear - anyone criticizing me for anything is an Islamophobe. I mean, apparently, them's the rules now. I didn't make them.”
Posted it themselves
“Per Oliver Darcy's reporitng on the ABC lawsuit against the Trump FCC: "ABC conceded that it aired Trump's recent prime time speech—in which he advanced debunked conspiracies about the 2020 election—on its streaming platform because of the pressure, candidly disclosing it normally would not have done so." Wonder if all those folks who lost their minds over the Biden administration asking social media companies not to air misinformation about Covid and the vaccines will get equally mad overt his much more egregious pressure put on ABC by Trump? Lol. Don't be silly. Of course they won't. Hypocrites.”
Posted it themselves
“Even Elon Musk's Grok has debunked this 82% stat and so we should stop considering NewsNation to be a news channel and treat it as a right-wing propaganda network no different to Fox or Newsmax. This is just embarrassing - and dangerous.”
on NewsNation's 82% statistic being debunked and the network's credibility
Posted it themselves
“An 820-word op-ed repeatedly accusing Abdul El-Sayed of antisemitism, from start to finish, without offering 1 shred of evidence of antisemitism, not one anti-Jewish quote. Lots of anti-Israel rhetoric. Not a word about Jews or Judaism. Such low standards on the WSJ op-ed page.”
Mehdi Hasan on Sports & culture1
Posted it themselves
“"What ‘SNL’ Gets So Wrong About Mamdani’s Social Media Strategy" The establishment is totally clueless about why the NYC mayor thrives online. Plus, breaking news on the WarnerMount merger, & MAGA media embarrasses itself after the Eric Schmitt faceplant.”
on his newsletter's take on SNL, Mamdani's social media, and the WarnerMount merger
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Mehdi Hasan · 2023
Broadcaster Mehdi Hasan draws on his debating career and Oxford Union training to teach rhetoric, preparation and persuasion, with examples from politics and his own interviews.
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