“Inside the Heart and Mind of Hasan Piker”
Prem Thakker traveled to LA to go beyond the media outrage and talk directly with the Twitch streamer and prominent leftist about religion, politics, war… and whether he’d go on Tucker Carlson’s show.
#mustread
🥳⭐️ WE JUST WON A WEBBY AWARD!
Our podcast ‘We’re Not Kidding’ with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @markruffalo.bsky.social just won the ‘People’s Voice Award.’
Thank you to everyone who voted for us and for supporting unfiltered journalism.
Watch the award-winning episode: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
"Trump Is Making Republicans Wet Their Beds"
The president's war in Iran & mass deportation campaign are having major - & negative - political consequences. Plus, his outgoing labor secretary discovers you can in fact have too many scandals.
Today's First Draft morning newsletter:
From Gaza to now Iran and Lebanon, Israel is expanding its testing ground for AI-enabled military technology in terrifying ways.
Read my latest piece in Zeteo about how big tech is powering Israel’s AI war machine 👇
"9 People Trump Once LOVED But Now Pretends He Always Hated"
Zeteo has compiled a list of the president’s most dramatic fallings-out and the praise he'd probably like everyone to forget. But we kept receipts.
“[Hind Rajab] was pleading, and her family, and they just got machine gunned to death. I mean, this is horrifying.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us discuss the murder of Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old in Gaza, by the Israeli military.
Watch here: zeteo.com/p/aipac-is-t...
“The ‘Peace President’ Threatens an Apocalypse on Iran. AGAIN”
Another day, another set of gleeful promises of war crimes from the White House. Plus, Donald Trump's approval rating hits a new low.
@swin24.bsky.social with ‘First Draft’ from Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE:
"UK surveillance flights over Gaza were conducted with more US involvement than previously known, Federal Aviation Administration documents obtained by Zeteo reveal... [and] put the countries at risk of aiding and abetting war crimes, international legal experts told Zeteo."
This week in Palestine:
- Israel continued its genocide in Gaza
- Israeli settlers raided a village in the West Bank
- Israel is allowing soldiers suspected of rape back on duty
🔗 Zeteo’s weekly roundup as Israel enforces violent crackdowns & apartheid across Palestine — zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
This week in Democracy:
- Trump Takes on…the Pope
- Election Deniers in Critical Government Positions
- DOJ Wants to Toss Oath Keepers Jan. 6 Convictions
Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
“What struck me about Sudan is the sheer level of violence.”
Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the situation in Sudan is a manifestation of the “lawless order that we live in.”
Watch here: zeteo.com/p/did-mass-r...
"[Palestinians] are not superior to any other life, but no other life is superior to us."
Palestinian-American activist, academic, and author Noura Erakat tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the double standard the West applies to war crimes against Palestinians.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/iran-gaza-...
“[John Fetterman] is the bane of my existence."
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social sits down with Senate candidate @grahamformaine.bsky.social and discusses the comparisons that have been drawn between him and Senator Fetterman.
Watch the full conversation — zeteo.com/p/graham-pla...
We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.
A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin
“The more ‘defensive weapons’ available, the bigger the offensive operations launched by the Israeli military...”
@harrisonmann.bsky.social argues there's no such thing as a ‘defensive weapon’ & politicians need to object to all forms of support for the Israeli military.
zeteo.com/p/theres-no-...
Highlights from our SOLD-OUT event in NYC! @mehdirhasan.bsky.social was joined on stage by @rizahmed.bsky.social, Noura Erakat, & @nargesbajoghli.bsky.social and YOU came out to join those important conversations!
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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an American journalist, has been detained for over six weeks in Kuwait under new security and fake news laws. The Kuwaiti government must release our friend and colleague immediately. Journalism is NOT a crime. Sign the petition here. #freeahmed #FreeAhmedEldin
"How can Democrats claim to be the party of change, going into the November midterms and then 2028, if they’re led by someone who always resists it?"
My case for the Dems chucking out Chuck Schumer, especially after his recent arms-to-Israel vote:
"Trump's own intelligence people [said] that's farcical."
US Senator @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s deference to Israel on Iran.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/aipac-is-t...
Trump just publicly referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the “Strait of Iran.” Not only does this look like total capitulation from his administration but I am trying to imagine the GOP/Fox response if Joe Biden had said this.
The degree to which the entire U.S. government is going to try to spin any and all of this as a win for them is going to be a) bought by basically nobody and b) so fucking irritating
yeah I wondered the same
"We've got 40 Democrats who are making it very clear we don't want to be doing these weapons transfers to Benjamin Netanyahu."
@senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us talked to me about a "historic vote" in Congress this week & Trump's "deference" to Netanyahu.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/aipac-is-t...
"I don't even know what that phrase means and I doubt that I said that... How I can I answer something that I didn't say... I'd like to hear the recording."
Okay RFJ Jr. Here you go. Here's you caught lying on tape:
www.youtube.com/shorts/ryyb_...
“Guess Who's Afraid of Going to Jail?”
Trump officials fret that Dems will try to prosecute them, even if they get pardons. Plus, most Senate Dems vote to oppose arms sales to Israel, and a pro-Palestine PAC endorses El-Sayed in Michigan.
First Draft:
Chuck Schumer's two votes tonight in favor of bombs and bulldozers to Israel is yet another reason Senate Democrats must vote to remove him as leader post the midterms.
Former MAGA Influencer Admits: It’s All for Money
Do pro-Trump influencers actually believe what they’re peddling, or is it simply grift? Plus, did AI lead to a media newsletter fabricating quotes, and a progressive candidate in NJ gets ‘Loomered.’
Read now: zeteo.com/p/former-mag...
"You said that Iran pioneered the use of terrorism in the Middle East. Actually that was the Zionist gangs, the Stern Gang and the Irgun... bombed the King David Hotel..."
I factchecked a lying Israeli military spokesman on 'Piers Uncensored.'
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...
TurboTax and H&R Block spent $7 million lobbying the Trump administration to kill Direct File.
Both companies donated to Trump's 2024 campaign and inauguration committees.
