Posted it themselves
“As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it’s a bit odd to me there hasn’t been more discussion of the US Senator who’s a 9/11 truther.”
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Chris Hayes quotes
10 things Chris Hayes said, verbatim, from August 6, 2026 to September 27, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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Chris Hayes on National security & surveillance1
Chris Hayes on Economy, jobs & inflation1
Posted it themselves
“Like I keep saying: he wants to do to the Fed what he did to the DOJ.”
Chris Hayes on Government spending & shutdowns1
Posted it themselves
“Whatever one thinks about the merits of the specific bill, it looks more than a bit odd for ***this issue*** to be the top priority of congress at this particular moment.”
Chris Hayes on Tech & AI2
Posted it themselves
“lol, meanwhile this dude’s podcast cohost has been running US AI policy from the whitehouse and was at the state dinner this week.”
on a podcast host also shaping White House AI policy
Posted it themselves
“I don’t think the dynamics here are that complicated. Imagine a foot race where the winner gets a trillion dollars, but as the leaders of the pack approach the end line they see it’s at the very edge of a sheer 1000’ cliff. They would probably try to coordinate some slowdown.”
Chris Hayes on Campaigns & elections1
Posted it themselves
“Is the MAGA GOP really gonna go with tone policing as its closing message down the stretch?”
Chris Hayes on Democracy & voting rights1
Posted it themselves
“The three most important figures in modern Republican governance are John Roberts, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell. We live in the world they made. If you think this is all working well, you have them to thank.”
Chris Hayes on Courts & the law1
Posted it themselves
“I would not be surprised if Alito and/or Thomas announce sudden retirements and they try to push through confirmation in the lame duck.”
Chris Hayes on The presidency & national symbols2
Posted it themselves
“I’ve been saying this for a decade but everyone has totally forgotten how cultishly obsessed the entire right was with George W Bush before they all pretended he never existed.”
on the right's past fixation with George W Bush before disowning him
Posted it themselves
“You really have to understand “it’s gonna be fine” as Trump’s central guiding belief because for him it absolutely always has.”
on Trump's core belief that things will always work out fine for him
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A Colony in a Nation (opens Bookshop.org)
Chris Hayes · 2017
MSNBC host Chris Hayes compares American policing and mass incarceration in Black communities with the experience of the rest of the country.
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