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.


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Mehdi Hasan

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

McCarthy’s ouster was a career low point. But these other moments come close.

That the former House speaker has endured so many scandals, controversies and crises tells us everything we need to know about his own long-standing unfitness for high office.

2years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

Donald Trump is running for president while pushing a fascist platform

Recent statements from Trump make him sound like a combination of Kim Jung Un, Vladimir Putin and John Gotti.

2years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

In his retirement, Rupert Murdoch leaves behind a wake of destruction

Three of the most destructive events of my lifetime could not have happened without the toxic influence of Fox Corp. and News Corp.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

These GOP candidates are not serious people. The debate proved it.

There was little that was substantive in this so-called debate.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

I can’t ask these 10 questions at tonight’s GOP debate. But someone should.

Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum may need some inspiration — and I’m happy to oblige.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Tim Scott really is too good to be true

What if I told you that on issues like religion, race and Trump himself, Tim Scott is no moderate?

3years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

Debunking Trump’s top 5 desperate election fraud indictment defenses

Trump is being put on trial for what he did — not for what he said.

3years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

5 reasons the economy is surging under ‘Bidenomics’

The Republican description of our economy is not just wrong, it’s a lie. 

3years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

Who died and made the Supreme Court a Congress?

Now that Republican appointees are a supermajority on the Supreme Court, it has set out to essentially rewrite American laws.

3years ago
The Mehdi Hasan Show

Those insisting the pandemic was human-made are ignoring the known facts

People who believe the novel coronavirus was the result of a lab experiment don’t have any evidence to support their theory.