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@ZaidJilani
Apr 11, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
An MSNBC host claimed that independent journalist Matt Taibbi lied to Congress, a federal crime. What's more likely is the MSNBC host has no idea what he's talking about.
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Having worked with Mehdi, this is a pattern. He learns very little about a topic and then goes 100% full throttle with no nuance. He plays to a partisan crowd but frequently makes elementary errors. Like claiming black people can't vote in Georgia:
Which by the way had higher voter turnout in 2022 than New York did. Where's the MSNBC segment on New York's oppressive voter laws?
Going 100% into a partisan or tribal ideology with no nuance, always seeking to demonize the other side is why Mehdi fell for this Islamist stuff as a 20-something. True change would be listening to the other side not preaching at them.
An avowed Afghan foe of the Taliban decrying Medhi describing Americans as analogous to them. Of course to Mehdi this is just partisan banter to get the MSNBC job he was seeking.
Mehdi Hasan has perfectly adapted to the pathologies in partisan cable news: seek out conflict, not facts. Play to your base, never challenge them. And polarize the country because it's good for you, even if it's bad for the country.
By the way I was working with both lee and mehdi at that time, and this *never happened.* What happened was they were just arguing about politics on twitter and the managers wanted them to chill so they both did. Why is Mehdi lying about this during *Ramadan*? Image

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Jun 11
This tweet itself seems like an IQ test because we have a substantial population of Haitian Americans here in the U.S. and they have for the most part prospered. Never can accuse genetic racists of being smart though.
Median Asian income is above median white income (quite a bit actually). If we deported you and kept me, would America be way better off? I mean what kinda point do you think you're making lol.
Backfilling in your "brown people are gross" with selectively grabbed stats, come on, it's transparent.
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Jun 1
Glenn is a very doting father to his children. If you’re going to accuse a man of being a bad father then do it with your chest out Matt. Address him directly. This is cowardly. You sure you’re from the South? No sense of honor.
Is Matt celibate or something of course not. What does that have to do with his children?
The only person harming Glenn’s kids is whoever hacked and posted that video.
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May 15
VP Vance reportedly played a real role in the India-Pakistan diplomacy that led to the ceasefire.

This made me wonder, did Kamala Harris ever do anything similar?
I’ll take that one as a no
“Let me be clear, every four to eight years I acknowledge my Indian heritage so I take this very seriously. Cashmere is negotiable. We can go for leather. Satin even.”
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May 13
The website set up to help white South Africans come to the United States boasts about how much government assistance they can get and how you don't have to prove anyone persecuted you at all. Image
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This whole website is a hoot. Here's what it's like to be a janitor in America, if you're interested, Afrikaner. Image
They can come if they want, but I do find the whole thing amusing. Maybe we should grant refugee status to like Chinese-Malaysian businessmen or construction magnates from Dubai next.
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May 10
The last week has been the most nativist I’ve ever felt. Because when I saw Indians or Pakistanis in America or Britain cheer on a stupid war — and to be clear many didn’t — I did think those people aren’t integrating well and are fixated on old world ethnic hatreds.
Me and Stephen Miller finally found something to agree on.
I do understand it and if I felt most Pakistanis and Indians were in this category I’d be more sympathetic. Most my age though are not fanatics. The fobs I am not a fan of.
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May 9
Pakistan should stop. What will killing some poor Indian soldiers do for Pakistan? Just save face? Both countries should work on basic literacy and development for their countries. Their problems are not their neighbors.
Pakistan shot down their prized fighters they spent hundreds of millions on. Thats deterrence enough.
India funds proxy militant groups in Pakistan and we all know it. Those Balochistan militants got their guns from somewhere. I’m trying to *help* you guys and you won’t take it. What can I say?
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