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This Week in Democracy – Week 82: Government Fascists Investigate the Left
Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.
 • Team Zeteo
The U.S. Owes Afghanistan a Reckoning – But It Refuses to Have One
Five years on from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Britain has a public inquiry, Australia has an arrest, New Zealand has an apology, but in…
 • Emran Feroz
First Draft: Did Israel Fake the Iran Threats Against Trump’s Life?
Mehdi on how unverified intel from Tel Aviv forced the U.S. president into the back of a catering truck, while exaggerating the threat from Tehran…
 • Mehdi Hasan
Karoline Leavitt at Her Worst: Lies and Abuse From the Podium
Watch this short lowlights video rounding up the outgoing press secretary’s most outrageous moments as the megaphone of the Trump administration.
 • Team Zeteo
1:23
Did COVID-19 Actually Come From a Lab? Two Top Scientists Debate Its Origins
Anti-science Republicans are once again asserting that COVID-19 came from a lab. But does the 'lab leak' theory have any actual scientific merit…
 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
46:30
Cheating Is All Trump Knows
From golf to marriage to being the president, Donald Trump cheats in every realm of life and, say the experts, is a 'very ill man.'
 • John Harwood
✈️ 🚚 Moronic Trump Thinks It’s Funny He Left the Media on Death Force One
The president dodged Iranian threats by switching planes but those he left to fly in danger may think it less of a laughing matter. Plus, Dems show…
 • Asawin Suebsaeng
Bernie Sanders Joins Mehdi to Talk Dems, Abdul El-Sayed, AIPAC, and Netanyahu
The Vermont senator reacts to big progressive primary wins, the ‘extremist’ Israeli government, and who will be the ‘Bernie’ of 2028.
 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
16:19
This Dem Uses Fox as a Platform for Hate
Islamophobia is a seductive thing when you're a Biden flack turned lobbyist with a liking for the limelight and Bari Weiss to try to impress. Plus…
 • Justin Baragona
Mehdi Meets Count Binface
The self-proclaimed intergalactic space warrior talks to Zeteo UK about his odds against Nigel Farage, keeping his rubbish bin helmet on if he becomes…
 • Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo
20:40
Trump Is Now Openly Flirting With Attacking the Midterms
Speaking to a far-right conspiracy theorist who advocated seizing control of the polls, the president said merely, 'Stranger things have happened.' In…
 • Martin Pengelly
'I've Been Handed a Death Sentence, and My Crime Is Being a Cancer Patient From Gaza'
Israel’s genocide is destroying the health system in Gaza and the West Bank – leaving Palestinian cancer patients with few to no options for treatment.
 • Diana Buttu
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