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“I wonder if CNN and CBS collide and collapse together, how many shows go off the air.”
Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch talks to John Harwood about the enormous challenges facing legacy media.
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“I wonder if CNN and CBS collide and collapse together, how many shows go off the air.”
Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch talks to John Harwood about the enormous challenges facing legacy media.
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![The U.S. World Cup Team Is Nothing Without Immigrants
“[MAGA] have to own the fact that your team is only relevant… because the majority of the team are brown and Black and children of the immigrants.”
Mehdi and political commentator Wajahat Ali discuss Trump’s red card stunt, FIFA corruption, and the immigrant story behind Team USA.
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![Why the U.S. Can’t Say No to Israel — AIPAC Explained
“I spoke with [Antony] Blinken and [Jake] Sullivan and [Joe] Biden, trying to tell them what the actual situation in Israel was like. But they’re socialized psychologically not to even be able to include in their agenda of possibilities what the realities are there.”
Why is the U.S. incapable of standing up to Israel? Who benefits most from the U.S.-Israel relationship? And is AIPAC’s influence in Washington starting to crack?
With AIPAC-backed candidates heading into this year’s midterm elections with massive financial backing but facing tougher races, Mehdi speaks with the authors of the new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, about the changing power of the pro-Israel lobby.
Co-authors Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick join Mehdi to discuss AIPAC, why Washington struggles to say no to Israel, and whether the Israel lobby’s influence is finally beginning to wane.
Clifton argues that AIPAC’s silence is revealing, calling Israel a “toxic” issue for the lobby. He also notes that pro-Israel super PACs could raise and spend as much as a quarter of a billion dollars this election cycle. But money isn’t everything. Lustick details his attempts to convince Blinken, Sullivan, and Biden to confront the reality of Israel’s policies.
In the conversation — Mehdi, Clifton and Lustick also discuss how U.S. policy helped pave the way for the “extreme right-wing rogue state” Israel is today, whether AIPAC’s influence can be challenged, and what it would take to change the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
02:11 Israel’s Lobby and U.S. Politics
09:41 AIPAC and Israel Disagreements
12:26 U.S. Support for Israel
16:42 Israel’s Manipulation on America and Biden
23:24 Political Costs
25:39 Trump
28:03 Critique of Israel and Antisemitism
33:16 Tackling the Israel Lobby
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![Israelis Are Upset Netanyahu Didnt Complete The Job
“[Israelis] are very upset in this moment because for them, Netanyahu did not complete the job, meaning the job is blowing up [Iran].”
Mehdi and Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal discuss Netanyahu’s foreign policy and why Israelis say he hasnt gone far enough to destroy the Iranian state.
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![Which James Bond Is The Best Of All Time?
“I dont like [Daniel Craig]. His face is annoying.”
Mehdi and political commentator Wajahat Ali debate who is the best James Bond on the new episode of ‘We’re Not Kidding.’
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