Mehdi Hasan

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"7 Things to Know About Japan’s New Hard-Right, Thatcher-Loving Prime Minister" Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ has already earned the praise of Donald Trump and was pictured endorsing a book about Hitler's election strategy.

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The MAGA leaders still haven't quite realized what kind of base they have created/emboldened/incited. Talk about Frankenstein and monsters.

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"Trump Officials Flip Out Over the ‘Trainwreck’ Trying to Jail MAGA’s Enemies" Trump’s hand-picked prosecutor Lindsey Halligan “is going to be the most subpoenaed person in not too long,” says a Trump-aligned federal law enforcement official, report @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social

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In the last 24 hoursm the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt has attacked by name, Zohran Mamdani & Graham Platner, both left-wing Dem candidates who criticize Israel. He has said not a word about Paul Ingrassia, Trump's nominee for a top government job, who was caught saying he has a 'Nazi streak.'

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"Young 'conservatives' have no conception of conservatism outside of the MAGA movement... They are utterly untethered to reasonable discourse...in a perpetual, hateful adolescence." - Peter Rothpletz, with his first 'First Draft' newsletter for Zeteo:

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This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

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"It's not going to be forgotten... by many Americans... who saw an administration that said it was working tirelessly for a ceasefire and kept providng the weapons that ensured that the fire would never cease." - ex-Biden MidEast official Rob Malley to me. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/robert-mal...

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So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago. The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump. zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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“💩 Trump 'Shits' on America” The 1st edition of Zeteo’s new politics morning newsletter is out. Subscribe to Zeteo to get it in your inbox everyday at 7am ET The lede from me today is on ‘Poopgate’ & the media’s failure to hold Trump/GOP to account:

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This aged well

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All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire?? Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.

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“I’m not here out of hate. I’m here out of love. I’m here because I love this country, I love America, I love the first amendment, I love our democracy, I love our diversity. Yes, our diversity.” My full ‘No Kings’ speech in DC yesterday.

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Am I wrong? 😉

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Today’s No Kings protests could be the biggest in US history. I’ll be speaking in front of tens of thousands here in Washington DC onstage alongside Senators Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy, and Bill Nye and others. Watch the livestream from 12pm ET: www.youtube.com/live/raD5GuV...

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BIG NEWS! Start Your Day With Zeteo... We’re Launching a Morning Newsletter! Our new US politics morning newsletter is here, authored by me on Mondays & @petertwinklage.bsky.social from Tues to Fri. Make sure you’re signed up to 'First Draft' before Monday morning.

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"The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections" As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:

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"You will not silence me, not on this issue or any other issue. Zeteo is here to stay, I am here to stay, & the truth - whether it’s about genocide abroad or fascism at home - will not be suppressed." From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award. zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...

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Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?

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In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.

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'In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”' Everytime you think they can't sink any lower:

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Mamdani vs Cuomo. Their debate in 3 minutes. From Zeteo. zeteo.com/subscribe

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He is so easily swayed and manipulated. Trump is like a cushion who bears the imprint of the last ass that was placed on it.

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“I want to dedicate this award today to Anas Al-Sharif and Hossam Shabat and Mariam Abu Daqqa and Roshdi Sarraj...All of those brave Palestinian journalists murdered by Israel.” From my remarks accepting the Arab Center DC's Journalistic Integrity award. My full speech: zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...

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Lots of questions for Mamdani on his views on Gaza and Palestine. Zero so far for Cuomo who volunteered to be a lawyer for an ICC-indicted war criminal.

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At this debate, Curtis Sliwa, the GOP candidate, has said Mamdani's name incorrectly multiple times now.

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So much going on in New York, so many challenges for New Yorkers, and yet early on in this mayoral debate they are asking questions about Israel and Trump and the ceasefire deal. The mayor of New York has no control over foreign policy. Ridiculous.

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That Trump got away with his mishandling (theft?) of classified documents is bad enough but that he then uses classified documents as an excuse to go after his opponents is just… no words. We live in the worst timeline.

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Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!

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“Two sources say Weiss has said to others that she doesn’t own a television herself.”

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Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vows “there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza” during an address at a Simhat Torah event in the southern border city of Sderot.

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"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me zeteo.com/p/mehdi-conn...

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"During that time period, there would be people on set [who] would whisper to me, 'I'm on your side on these things.'" 'Succession' star Arian Moayed talks to me about signing the Artists4Ceasefire letter after Oct 7 & the pro-Israel pressures within Hollywood. Full show: zeteo.com/p/succession...

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"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza" The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal. Read/share/subscribe:

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"The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else" DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

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Insane story out of India

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Join us in 15 minutes live on youtube.com/@zeteo and zeteo.com and the Substack app.

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Me: “Why do you think ‘Succession’ was such a big show? Arian Moayed/'Stewy': "Because the truth of ‘Succession’ dials into what we’re witnessing every day in our news cycles. There’s an elite group of 10 to 15 people that run everything." Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/succession...

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“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined” If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

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"The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide" Via Zeteo, read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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"More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect"

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* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January * 100s starved to death, including kids * Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel * US citizens murdered in the West Bank I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

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The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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"Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy" Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV, writes Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social:

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“This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats” Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

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“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

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"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago" Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers. Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:

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They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry. (He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

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Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

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"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History" Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

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"I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism'" Anti-Zionist Jewish Hollywood star Hannah Einbinder on the "settler colonialist ideology" and "apartheid" of Zionism, in the new Zeteo podcast 'Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman'. Full show: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

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"Those billionaires are forever." "This goes beyond Donald Trump." Bassem Youssef and I discuss the rise of a very "American authoritarianism" on our recent 'We're Not Kidding' live show at ArabCon in Michigan. Full show: zeteo.com/p/israels-su...

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“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide” In an emotional essay for Zeteo, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her. Your #mustread:

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Bari Weiss "is a self-described 'Zionist fanatic.' The idea that a 'neutral media organization' is led by someone who has a long history as a pro-Israel ideologue...is really worrying. I think there will be a lot more censorship of Palestinian voices." - me to Piers Morgan about CBS News and Weiss:

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I hope/pray this very flawed ‘deal’ from Trump that Hamas & Israel agreed to ends the genocide & famine & leads to a real ceasefire. But my biggest fear is there is nothing and no one to stop Netanyahu from resuming the genocide once they get all the hostages back and Trump has his Nobel Prize.

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I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel. That's all erased now.

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If this deal holds, if it goes beyond the 1st phrase, if all of the hostages on both side are released, if Israel withdraws its troops & doesn't resume bombing, if aid gets in, then I'll give Trump credit. But I count 5 "ifs" above. Let's see. Trump always tends to disappoint.

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