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This Is Trump's Most Dangerous Threat to US Elections Yet

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 • Duration 05:21

The US Senate may vote soon on one of Donald Trump's most dangerous plots against our free and fair elections yet – the SAVE America Act.

Although the Trump White House and its Republican allies in Congress are trying to brand it as a simple set of voter ID laws, Mehdi explains in this monologue why the bill is far more sinister than its name leads on, and why it could threaten everyone from married women to rural voters.

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Everything You Need to Know About Iran's Protests, Trump's Threats, and What Israel Stands to Gain

Friday, January 30, 2026 • Duration 31:19

With Iran having violently contained its protest movement and the US under Donald Trump having made violent threats against that country, the rest of us are now bombarded online with hot takes from right and left alike and endless and angry arguments over death tolls and foreign agitators.

So in this 'Mehdi Unfiltered' interview, Mehdi cuts through the noise and gets straight down to the facts with one of the world's leading authorities on Middle Eastern politics and Shia Islam – Vali Nasr.

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Mehdi Challenges One of the 10 Dems Who Voted to Censure Al Green

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 • Duration 31:50

In this week's episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Democratic Rep. Jim Himes to discuss his censure vote for Rep. Al Green, the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, and the 'pro-fascist instincts' of Elon Musk.

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Who Are 'JINO Jews' and Why Do Conservatives Hate Them?

Thursday, March 6, 2025 • Duration 21:52

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Lara Friedman talks to Mehdi about the conservative moment in the US declaring liberal Jewish critics of Israel as not Jewish enough and warns against the conflating of antisemitism with anti-Zionism.

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Mehdi vs Pro-Israel Ex-Congressman in Heated Interview on Gaza

Monday, March 3, 2025 • Duration 32:53

In Part Two of Mehdi's interview with Joe Walsh, the former Republican congressman turned Never-Trumper, Mehdi challenges Walsh on his support for Israel's war on Gaza.

Mehdi presses Walsh on his use of the term "genocide" to describe Russia's attack on Ukraine but his refusal to apply it to Israel's attack on Gaza; on his smearing of the International Criminal Court for having "anti-israel bias"; and on his refusal to condemn Israel's mass displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, not just Gaza.

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'Trump and MAGA Want Violence': Civil War Warning From Ex-GOP Lawmaker

Friday, February 28, 2025 • Duration 14:04

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh was once a proud ally of the right-wing Tea Party – the movement that many believe paved the way for Donald Trump. But today, Walsh is no fan of Trump. In fact, he's become one of the most vocal 'Never Trump' Republicans and is now officially an independent.

In this first of a two-part interview, Mehdi and the former Congressman discuss the fallout from Trump term two so far, the Democrats' failure to fully push back against him, and whether the US is heading towards civil war.

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Eric Adams 'Cannot Lead This City': Mayor's Potential Replacement Speaks Out

Thursday, February 27, 2025 • Duration 13:23

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' days seem to be numbered as he faces mounting pressure – from New Yorkers and beyond – to resign. The embattled mayor had faced charges related to bribery, campaign finance violations, and conspiracy offenses - until that is, the Trump DOJ stopped the charges against Adams just two months before his trial, in return for the mayor's support for the administration's immigration policies.

Adams has denied the charges and stated that he will serve his full term, despite the national outrage, but one man is ready to step up if needed: New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams – the first in line to succeed Adams and become acting mayor.

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'One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This'

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 • Duration 18:17

Award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad has just released his first non-fiction book titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book's title, inspired by a viral tweet Akkad posted in October of 2023, gives you a good hint that the main theme is the genocide in Gaza. Akkad joins 'Mehdi Unfiltered' to discuss the many themes in his book, what inspired it, and why so many are silent when they shouldn't be.

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'Palestine Is a Case of Criminally Postponed Decolonization': Indian Author Pankaj Mishra on Gaza, Censorship, and India's Parallels to Israel

Friday, February 14, 2025 • Duration 24:41

Indian Author Pankaj Mishra has spent much of the past year advocating against Israel's war on Gaza, and has now even gone as far as to write a whole book on the subject – The World After Gaza: A History. The book is of course inspired by Mishra's London Review essay and lecture, 'The Shoah After Gaza' – which drew up controversy last year, after the Barbican backed out of hosting Mishra's lecture, all before he even gave it.

Hear Mishra discuss the implications of Israel's impunity, US President Donald Trump's re-election, and his spats with far-right writers Jordan Peterson and Niall Ferguson, as well as parallels between the state of Israel and his home country of India, specifically in relation to what India is doing in Kashmir.

Click here to buy a copy of Mishra's book, 'The World After Gaza: A History.'

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