Mehdi Hasan

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4,624 appearances 9 recordings 7 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 9 Jul

Mehdi Hasan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Rest Is Politics · 552. Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

Alistair, let me give you one obvious example.

When the Democrats, when Biden was in office, there's a thing called the filibuster in the Senate, which allows the minority party to block the president.

And the Republicans used it to block much of Biden's agenda.

And a lot of us said to Democrats, get rid of the filibuster.

It's not in the constitution.

It's not that.

Get rid of it.

No, no, we can't do that.

It's part of American democracy.

It's part of our heritage.

It's a convention.

And guess what?

Now they're not in power.

Trump and the Republicans are threatening every day that they're going to get rid of the filibuster.

So this idea that you can just kind of play along and everyone will respect the rules, Trump has made it very clear.

His understanding of politics is a mob boss understanding of politics.

His understanding of football is a mob boss understanding of football.

And you have to respond in kind.

You're probably the only person covering it right now.

He is the master.

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