i'm mehdi hasan. since darkness fell an hour earlier today it seems appropriate this daylight standard evening to begin by playing the blues. upon occasion the late legendary bluesman bb king would jam with an amateur guitarist and singer named lee atwater. king and isaac hayes were among the many artists who appeared on lee atwater's 1990 album "red hot & blue" but it was his day job that the soul music hobbyist really made his mark as the dark soul of the modern republican party. atwater was a preeminent political strategist who mastered and perfected the art of talking about race without talking about race. he did it in south carolina to a democratic congressional candidate named tom turnip seed. yes, that was his real name. by having phony push pollsters call up voters, white suburban voters to inform them turnipseed was a member of the naacp. that was a bad thing in his view and that was supposed to be the point. it was the lynchman of the strategy known as the southern strategy, the method by wh

you know this better than anyone else, mehdi.hose rules do not apply to him when it comes to january 6, what people are calling the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. he is allowed to say whatever he wants because he still brings in big bucks for the murder docks. >> yeah, exactly. you said the rules don't apply to him. the rules are made by the people at fox and news corp. that is the murdoch family. the executive chairman defending carlson and he is enabled by the murdoches and should call them out and we can laugh at the insanity and laugh about documentaries, but it's dangerous. this kind of anti-government paranoia and conspiracyism in the '90s, it led to waco. it led to ruby ridge. it led to oklahoma city, you know. that is what domestic terrorism does to this country, and it's no laughing matter. >> yeah, and one thing i've been saying really quickly, we also have a disinformation pandemic in this country, and that disinformation pandemic is costing people their lives as well. mehdi, thank you, as always. m

time for "the mehdi hasan show." hey, mehdi. >> hello hello. funny meeting you here. we do a show on peacock but never handovers. nice to see you in person or via whatever technology we use these days. >> remote. >> have a great rest of your sunday. tonight on "the mehdi hasan show" it is election day in virginia on tuesday. but it is not just about the candidates for governor on this ballot. the republican party is going full authoritarian and full culture wars to try and win. i'll explain what a dangerous moment we are in with two experts. alyssa milano is saying "sorry not sorry" in her new book. i spoke to her about abortion rights, her arrest while protesting over voting rights and also asked if she plans to run for congress. you'll hear her answer tonight. the house is poised for a vote on the bipartisan and infrastructure bill again. maybe. will that bill and the crucial build back better bill finally make it across the finish line this week? joe biden's agenda depends on it. >>> good evening. ever since i joined msnbc i have been talking about the f word. faci

time for "the mehdi hasan show." hey, mehdi. >> zerlina, hello, hello. funny meeting you here.via whatever technology we use these days. >> remote. >> have a great rest of your sunday. tonight on "the mehdi hasan show" it is election day in virginia on tuesday. but it is not just about the candidates for governor on this ballot. the republican party is going full authoritarian and full culture wars to try and win. i'll explain what a dangerous moment we are in with two experts. >>> luis, alyssa milano is saying sorry, not sorry in her new book. i spoke to her about abortion rights, her arrest while protesting over voting rights and also asked if she plans to run for congress. you'll hear her answer tonight. the house is poised for a vote on the bipartisan and infrastructure bill again. maybe. will that bill and the crucial build back better bill finally make it across the finish line this week? joe biden's agenda depends on it. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. ever since i joined msnbc i have been talking about the f word. facism. every time i do someone somewhere has accused

bye, mehdi. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show" the rise of right wing political violence. where does it end? i'll speak to a civil war historian and political scientist who predicted the ascent of trump and is now warning of open conflict in america. plus the science guy joins me. i'll ask bill nye if he thinks the cop 26 climate change deal is enough to save the planet. and i'll speak to the most famous chinese dissident in the world about authoritarianism from beijing to d.c. >>> good eveningment i'm mehdi hasan. is there ever going to be any accountability for rising right wing political violence in this country? tomorrow steve bannon is expected to turn himself in and appear in court after being indicted for contempt of congress. he has refused to testify before the house select committee investigating the january 6th violent insurrection. members of congress are believed to be particularly interested in these remarks bannon made on his podcast just a day before the attack on congress. >> it is going to be quite extraordinarily different. all i can say is strap in. the

bye, mehdi. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show" the rise of right wing political violence.tist who predicted the ascent of trump and is now warning of open conflict in america. plus the science guy joins me. i'll ask bill nye if he thinks the cop 26 climate change deal is enough to save the planet. and i'll speak to the most famous chinese dissident in the world about authoritarianism from beijing to d.c. >>> good eveningment i'm mehdi hasan. is there ever going to be any accountability for rising right wing political violence in this country?

i'm mehdi hasan.ay it seems appropriate this daylight standard evening to begin by playing the blues. upon occasion the late legendary

. >>> tonight on the mehdi hasan show republicans won virginia by running against critical race theoryco-founders of critical race theory. plus the bipartisan infrastructure bill finally passed in the house. what does this mean for biden's build back better plan? i'll ask quote-unquote moderate congresswoman susan wilde. did progressive politics take a hit in tuesday's elections? not in philadelphia. progressive prosecutor larry krasner was easily reelected as d.a., and he joins me tonight to talk about criminal justice reform, defund the police, and more.

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