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

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

tonight on "the mehdi hasan show" it is election day in virginia on tuesday.arty 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 me of exaggeration, hyperbole, tried to tell me that is not r

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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. ever since i joined msnbc i have been talking about the f word. facism. every time i do someone somewhere has accused me of exaggeration, hyperbole, tried to tell me that is not really where america is or even close to. well, tonight i'm here to report that we are at the book banning stage of american authoritarianism. are you still not worried? republican lawmakers in texas led by this guy matt krauss have launched an investigation into school libraries to see if they are carrying books on certain subjects. a list that includes more than 850 books and critics say targets books about women, people of color, and lgbtq people specifically. it is shameful. it's shocking. and what else is shocking is representative krauss is refusing to provide any specifics about his probe claiming it would compromise the integrity of the potential investigation. what might he investigate? thoroughly educating the children of texas? i'd call this a witch hunt but donald trump has rendered that term completely void. before anyone dares tell me this isn't really america it's j

. >>> 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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