Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan is a columnist and senior contributor at The Intercept. He is the host of The Intercept podcast “Deconstructed.” Hasan is also the host of Al Jazeera English’s “UpFront.” He has interviewed, among others, Edward Snowden, Hamid Karzai, Ehud Olmert, and Gen. Michael Flynn. He is also the author of two books — a biography of former U.K. Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on the financial crisis and austerity economics. He is based in Washington, D.C.

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Dear Anonymous Trump Official, There Is No Redemption in Your Cowardly Op-Ed

Mehdi Hasan — Sep. 6

Your New York Times op-ed is shameful. You and your fellow “steady state” officials are enablers of Trump. You are his protectors.

Hold the Plaudits, John McCain’s 2008 Campaign Paved the Way for Donald Trump

Mehdi Hasan — Aug. 27

By choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate and tolerating slurs against Barack Obama, John McCain helped set loose the racism of the Republican Party.

Benjamin Netanyahu Is Fine With Anti-Semites — as Long as They Support Israel’s Occupation

Mehdi Hasan — Aug. 23

Benjamin Netanyahu often accuses his political opponents of anti-Semitism, but has no qualms surrounding himself with actual card-carrying anti-Semites.

Dear James Mattis: Why Haven’t You Quit Yet?

Mehdi Hasan — Aug. 21

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was considered the “adult in the room” at the White House — but now he’s not even in the room anymore.

One Million Muslim Uighurs Have Been Detained by China, the U.N. Says. Where’s the Global Outrage?

Mehdi Hasan — Aug. 13

China’s campaign against its minority Uighur population is a campaign of ethnic cleansing justified by “war on terror” rhetoric.

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