Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 7m
The post-9/11 politics still shapes war, immigration and dissent
Mehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later
The conversation connects Islamophobic rhetoric and U.S. intervention abroad to today’s immigration enforcement, Gaza debate and partisan realignment.
- 1Post-9/11 demands for Muslim communities to disavow terrorism still influence public debate and political attacks.
- 2The hosts argue that Democrats left an anti-war, pro-Palestinian political lane open to figures such as Tucker Carlson.
- 3Partial policy victories, including sanctions on settlement goods, can matter even when they fall short of activists’ goals.
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Hasan argues that Democrats and liberals abandoned an anti-war, pro-Palestinian political lane, helping figures such as Tucker Carlson attract disillusioned voters.
The brief
Recording on September 11, Mehdi Hasan and Tim Miller examine how Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani revive an old demand that Muslims accept collective responsibility for terrorism.
They connect the post-9/11 wars to Trump’s conflict with Iran and to an Iranian family detained by ICE, arguing that intervention abroad and ancestry-based enforcement share a political logic.
The discussion turns to Gaza and the 2024 election, where Hasan and Miller debate Democratic accountability, protest voting and the cost of leaving anti-war politics to the right.
Tucker Carlson’s anti-war messaging attracts some disillusioned voters despite his record of bigotry, while J.D. Vance tries to inherit that lane without breaking with Trump.
The hosts close by arguing that activists should recognize incremental wins, such as sanctions on settlement goods, and build from them rather than dismissing incomplete progress.
Featuring
Tucker McNear Carlson
Donald John Trump
Kamala Devi Harris
Hunter Biden
Hillbilly ElegyBooks & mentions
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