The Panopticon Review: FASCISM 2025 AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: Jon Stewart and Mehdi Hasan Are Two Of the Smartest, Most Progressive, Courageous, Dynamic, Effective, and Truly Dedicated Organizers, Public Intellectuals, Journalists, Media Mavens, and Deeply Informative Truth Tellers in the United States Today Who Also Happen To Be Absolutely HILARIOUS At the Same Damn Time. Check Out This Brilliant Online Conversation and PASS THE WORD…

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FASCISM 2025 AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: Jon Stewart and Mehdi Hasan Are Two Of the Smartest, Most Progressive, Courageous, Dynamic, Effective, and Truly Dedicated Organizers, Public Intellectuals, Journalists, Media Mavens, and Deeply Informative Truth Tellers in the United States Today Who Also Happen To Be Absolutely HILARIOUS At the Same Damn Time. Check Out This Brilliant Online Conversation and PASS THE WORD…

Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | The Weekly Show

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

July 31, 2025

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As mainstream media finds itself outplayed by Trump, Jon is joined by Mehdi Hasan, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ZETEO. Together, they discuss his experience debating far-right conservatives on Jubilee, explore how Democrats could match Republican ruthlessness and tactics, and examine how America’s failure to stop the crisis in Gaza has undermined both U.S. credibility and Democratic moral authority. Plus, Jon talks Jay Leno and vindictive pricks. Unrelated.

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Mehdi Hasan Joins
6:57 - The Far-Right's Shift in Rhetoric
11:55 - Liberals Are Not on an Even Playing Field
16:45 - Fox News vs MSNBC
21:58 - How Do You Battle Corporate Media?
31:15 - A New World Order
39:10 - Wider Fecklessness of the Democratic Party
52:00 - The Crisis in Gaza
1:02:49 - Democrats Need to Litigate a Vision for the Future
1:10:55 - Breaking Down the Discussion

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