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Mehdi Hasan

host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show"

Mehdi Hasan is host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show" on Peacock and an MSNBC political analyst. He is a former senior columnist for The Intercept, for which he launched the "Deconstructed" podcast. He was also the presenter of "UpFront" and "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera English. He is the author of two books and the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing.

Mehdi Hasan is host of "The Mehdi Hasan Show" on Peacock and an MSNBC political analyst. He is a former senior columnist for The Intercept, for which he launched the "Deconstructed" podcast. He was also the presenter of "UpFront" and "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera English. He is the author of two books and the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Column Writing.

Latest from Mehdi Hasan

It would be foolish for Dems to let Trump do all the talking about his criminal charges

The federal case against Donald Trump isn't about documents as much as it is about national security, and Democrats need to emphasize that, says Mehdi Hasan.

We didn’t need a 49-page indictment to know how dangerous Trump is

In a Miami federal courthouse, Trump pled not guilty to 37 felony counts, including willful retention of national defense information, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

DeSantis’ Covid record is even worse than you think

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is running his 2024 presidential campaign on his Covid pandemic record. That is an odd choice for a number of reasons.
46d ago

Why CNN's Trump town hall was always doomed to fail

CNN host Kaitlan Collins couldn't stop Donald Trump's town hall lies, because the debate format was rigged for Republican fans, writes MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan.
47d ago

10 questions CNN should ask Trump

CNN's Trump Town Hall is giving attention to a candidate who has used live events to incite violence and tell lies.
458d ago

Why Democrats should impeach Justice Clarence Thomas

While Ginni Thomas has worked as a GOP operative, her husband has refused to recuse himself.
516d ago

Justice Stephen Breyer should retire from the Supreme Court

He doesn't believe in court-packing? Or see his conservative colleagues' partisanship? Seriously?
664d ago

Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan after 20 years. That's a BFD.

Ending America's longest war despite pressure to keep it going deserves our credit and respect.
704d ago

America's economy was in trouble in 1996. It is broken in 2021. But here's the good news.

I’m not pretending Joe Biden has morphed into a European-style social democrat. But the stars do seem to have aligned in favor of a more egalitarian economic agenda.
740d ago

It wasn't just Trump — every U.S. president has gotten Putin wrong

Putin has thrived for over two decades in power by, time and again, persuading American presidents to invest their trust in him.
759d ago

Saying Israel is guilty of apartheid isn't antisemitic. Just ask these Israeli leaders.

An open letter from four Jewish Democrats really misses the mark.