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Mehdi Hasan

host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show"

Mehdi Hasan is host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show" on Peacock and an MSNBC political analyst. He is a former senior columnist for The Intercept, for which he launched the "Deconstructed" podcast. He was also the presenter of "UpFront" and "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera English. He is the author of two books and the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing.

Mehdi Hasan is host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show" on Peacock and an MSNBC political analyst. He is a former senior columnist for The Intercept, for which he launched the "Deconstructed" podcast. He was also the presenter of "UpFront" and "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera English. He is the author of two books and the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing.

Latest from Mehdi Hasan

28d ago

McCarthy's ouster was a career low point. But these other moments come close.

Monday Kevin McCarthy suffered the embarrassment of becoming the first House Speaker to be voted out of office. Let’s recap worst moments of his House tenure.

Donald Trump is running for president while pushing a fascist platform

Saying Gen. Mark Milley should be executed, attacking the press and using rhetoric that threatens judges makes Donald Trump a fascist candidate, Mehdi Hasan says.

In his retirement, Rupert Murdoch leaves behind a wake of destruction

Rupert Murdoch retires from the boards of Fox Corp and News Corp. His influence helped launch the Iraq War, Brexit and the political career of Donald Trump.
70d ago

These GOP candidates are not serious people. The debate proved it.

The debate was hosted by Fox News, and candidates like Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis had nothing original to say.
70d ago

I can't ask these 10 questions at tonight's GOP debate. But someone should.

Trump won't join Ron DeSantis or Vivek Ramaswamy at Republican debate tonight at 9pm. But Fox hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum should ask questions about him.
72d ago

Tim Scott really is too good to be true

The first Republican primary debate features too many candidates onstage. 2024 moderate Tim Scott will sell himself as nicer than Donald Trump. Don't buy it.

Debunking Trump’s top 5 desperate election fraud indictment defenses

Strawmen and lies. That’s what Donald Trump, his lawyers John Lauro and Republican allies are offering in the wake of special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment.

5 reasons the economy is surging under 'Bidenomics'

Republican description of the America economy is not just wrong, it’s a lie. 5 reasons the economy is surging under Biden (even with a tough housing market.)
98d ago

Pakistan is ‘standing on the edge of darkness,’ former leader Imran Khan says

Pakistan is “standing on the edge of darkness,” former Prime Minister Imran Khan told NBC News, as it struggles with political turmoil and violence.

Who died and made the Supreme Court a Congress?

Now that Republican appointees are a supermajority on the Supreme Court, you would think they would steer clear of anything that might look like it was writing laws.

Those insisting the pandemic was human-made are ignoring the known facts

Despite a report saying there is no indication that Chinese labs were working on any close progenitors of SARS-CoV-2, some still believe the virus is manmade.