Mehdi Hasan
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Editor and CEO, Zeteo Author, ‘Win Every Argument’ British-American
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I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full 'debate':
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First Draft: Murder Inc. Trump's DHS escalates its reign of terror and killings, pro-gun groups are pissed at Republicans, and the 'Middle East's only democracy' cracks down on the free press... again. Read Zeteo's morning newsletter from
@swin24.bsky.social
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zeteo.com/p/murder-inc
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First Draft: Murder Inc.
Trump's DHS escalates its reign of terror and killings, pro-gun groups are pissed at Republicans, and the 'Middle East's only democracy' cracks down on the free press... again.
https://zeteo.com/p/murder-inc
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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Says the guy who knowingly sent an armed mob to the Capitol to ‘protest’.
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“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera” How convenient for ICE
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Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/keith-porter-jr-ice-killing
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Yesterday we learned that a racist Trump supporter assaulted a nonwhite Democratic congressman. And it’s not even a big story. Meanwhile, Republicans drone on about ‘left-wing political violence’.
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I’ll be doing two live tapings of our award-winning Zeteo podcast ‘We’re Not Kidding’ at the Sundance Festival today. Should be fun!
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
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DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
https://zeteo.com/p/dhs-shooting-victim-in-minneapolis
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DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’ Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota. Read now:
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DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
https://zeteo.com/p/dhs-shooting-victim-in-minneapolis
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Don Moynihan
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Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
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Abolish the Republican Party.
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“Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished” Re-upping this piece of mine from last year, when things weren’t even half as bad as they are now.
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Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished | Mehdi Hasan
Violent apprehensions, warrantless arrests, deported children: how many more abuses of power will it take for Democrats to speak up?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/13/democrats-abolish-ice-trump
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WATCH: Trump’s Federal Agents Killed Someone in Minneapolis. Again It is the third shooting by Trump’s immigration agents in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, and comes after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good:
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WATCH: Trump’s Federal Agents Killed Someone in Minneapolis. Again
It is the third shooting by Trump’s immigration agents in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, and comes after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good.
https://zeteo.com/p/trump-agents-kill-individual-minneapolis-third-shooting
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I never thought Donald Trump and Stephen Miller would be the ones to finally force me into being a defender of the 2nd Amendment.
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Turns out that not only do Republicans not really believe in the Second Amendment or open carry when it’s their administration killing the people with guns but that they were right along that we need guns to guard ourselves against a tyrannical government - them!
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Kolina Koltai
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Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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On the year anniversary week of Trump in office for a second time, we seem to have literal death squads patrolling the streets of Democratic-run cities. But sure it was all Trump Derangement Syndrome when some of us were warning about the impending fascism back in 2024. 🤷🏽♂️😡
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Jacqueline Sweet
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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Robert Reich
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Who in their right mind believes statements from the Department of Homeland Security? Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis? They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now. They lie like they breathe.
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Proud to be an executive producer on 'American Doctor', the film about 3 US doctors who volunteered in Gaza, which premiered at Sundance. I knew early on that their stories needed to be told and I'm delighted Zeteo could help bring those stories to the screen.
festival.sundance.org/program/film...
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Zeteo
3 days ago
“If you weren't ready to do something illegal or unethical, the president was going to be mad…” Former Trump official
@milestaylor.bsky.social
tells Zeteo correspondent
@swin24.bsky.social
how Greenland got onto Trump’s radar. Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/institutio...
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“We should be keeping a clear list of every person in this administration who has broken the law…and they need to be prosecuted.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social
and
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
discuss holding tech billionaires like Elon Musk accountable at Zeteo’s live event in DC.
zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
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Zeteo
4 days ago
After an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good, JD Vance quickly said agents have "absolute immunity." Now, he's trying to convince us he never said that. Subscribe to
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"When you have an ICE agency that has gone rogue... I could not in good conscience vote for something that is increasing the ICE budget. This is a moral test for the Democratic Party." Rep.
@rokhanna.bsky.social
to me at the Zeteo live event in DC. Full interview:
zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
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“The United States government under Trump has made a deliberate, calculated, and shameful decision to embolden and enable Nazi-glorifying elements within his party; to elevate and amplify Nazi messaging” My latest for the Guardian, and I bring receipts:
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The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/22/trump-administration-nazi-problem
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I know we normalize everything this thoroughly abnormal man does but to reiterate: the president is SUING a newspaper over a poll result he doesn’t like and claims not to believe. He is suing over a poll. Insanity. 25th Amendment territory. Again.
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"Mark Carney Just Announced that the West Lost the Second Cold War" Entrepreneur and commentator Arnaud Bertrand lays out why Carney's Davos speech may prove to be one of the most important speeches made by any global leader in the last three decades.
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Mark Carney Just Announced that the West Lost the Second Cold War
Entrepreneur and commentator Arnaud Bertrand lays out why Carney's Davos speech may prove to be one of the most important speeches made by any global leader in the last three decades.
https://zeteo.com/p/mark-carney-davos-speech-cold-war-china
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“The mad, delusional, ranting emperor has no clothes on. And yet there is no truth-telling child in sight. Just a coterie of shameless liars, grifters, and sycophants bent on engaging in a cover-up about the clear mental incompetence of the most powerful man on Earth.” Check out ‘First Draft’:
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Dementia vs. Davos
The US President has mashed potato brains, ICE kills again, and the late Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA threatens lawfare against Candace Owens.
https://zeteo.com/p/dementia-vs-davos
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Honored to have my Zeteo podcast 'We're Not Kidding' nominated for an Ambie podcast award, for Best Interview, but - growing up in the 1980s and 1990s - I never thought I'd ever be competing with Oprah (!) for anything. Lol. Wish us luck!
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“Germany: No Land for Jews (Still)” A Jewish journalist, who was charged with antisemitism over his support for Palestine, reflects on how Germany's unflinching support for Israel has fueled the suppression of Jews once again.
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Germany: No Land for Jews (Still)
A Jewish journalist, who was charged with antisemitism over his support for Palestine, reflects on how Germany's unflinching support for Israel has fueled the suppression of Jews once again.
https://zeteo.com/p/germany-no-land-for-jews-still-israel-gaza
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“Dems Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead”
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Democrats Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead
Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leaders appear resigned to allowing Trump to expand his violent ICE raids after Renee Nicole Good’s murder.
https://zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-democrats-money-appropriations
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Marie Follayttar
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🧵ICE abducts Mainers in Portland, Maine the morning of January 21, 2026.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver
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I came to Congress to do the job: to work for people and protect them. Now I’m facing 17 years in prison for standing up to this administration and to ICE. But if they think I’ll back down, they are wrong. Read more:
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The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/lamonica-mciver-congress-ice-jail-visit-felony-charges
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"the truth is that the real TDS was – and remains – Trump Denial Syndrome: the refusal to take a proudly illiberal, openly vindictive, brazenly corrupt politician at his word" Me for the First Draft newsletter on the anniversary of Trump's inauguration:
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Our Year From Hell
Mehdi on Trump's first 12 months in office, the DOJ targeting Don Lemon, and Mike Pompeo saying the quiet part out loud about the GOP's disregard for Palestinian lives.
https://zeteo.com/p/our-year-from-hell-trump-first-draft
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On January 20th, one year into Trump's second term, do I really need to remind you?
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🚨⏰ TONIGHT, WASHINGTON, DC! Join
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
and special guest Rep.
@rokhanna.bsky.social
for our big, LIVE event tonight, January 20.
@joyannreid.bsky.social
and
@jimacosta.bsky.social
, plus former Trump officials turned critics, will also join Zeteo live. Tickets:
bit.ly/4q9iBtc
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“[JD Vance] said there's absolute immunity. This is not true… maybe he's deliberately lying, maybe he just doesn't know. I figured a Yale-trained lawyer would know.” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Prem why there is no 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents. 🔗:
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What ceasefire? These horrific numbers show Israel's genocide in Gaza isn’t over, despite Donald Trump announcing phase two of his so-called ‘peace deal.’ Check out the rest of the statistics here:
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Lydia Polgreen
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Bari Weiss, apparently, is pursuing the “de-Baathification of CBS.”
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🚨⏰ LAST CALL WASHINGTON, DC! Join
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
& our special guest Rep.
@rokhanna.bsky.social
at our big, LIVE event THIS TUESDAY, January 20th.
@joyannreid.bsky.social
&
@jimacosta.bsky.social
, plus former Trump officials turned critics will also join Zeteo live. TIXS:
bit.ly/4q9iBtc
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My take on the Iran protests, the brutal crackdown, US and Israeli involvement, and more. It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
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Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests
YouTube video by Zeteo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjvnEf06CbA
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"This Week in Democracy – Week 52: A Year of Abuses, Violence, Corruption, and Outright Fascism" Capping off a year of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term. (No other media organization did this, by the way!)
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This Week in Democracy – Week 52: A Year of Abuses, Violence, Corruption, and Outright Fascism
Capping off a year of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-52-a
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"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say" Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’ Important reporting from
@swin24.bsky.social
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@andrewperez.bsky.social
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Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say
The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
https://zeteo.com/p/trump-war-america-abolish-ice-minneapolis
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📷 TICKETS! Come join us at our big live DC event on Jan 20th: * I'll talk Epstein files with
@rokhanna.bsky.social
* I'll talk broken media with @joyannreid & @jimacosta * Plus @swin24 will talk Trump with ex-Trump folks Miles Taylor & Sarah Matthews. Tickets:
www.ticketweb.com/event/mehdi-...
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“the pro-Israel accusation against false "global silence" on Iran, coming from people who would never consider demonstrating to save Gaza's children, reflects cognitive, and moral, dissonance.”
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If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden.
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Steve Vladeck
10 days ago
This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act. One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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Every few weeks we get a story like this and it always fizzle out. Stephen Miller is in control. Let's not pretend otherwise. Even when Brooke Rollins convinced Trump to *publicly* say he'd back off of some raids, it took Miller just 48 hours to browbeat Trump into changing his mind.
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