Zeeshan Aleem

MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor

Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily. Previously, he worked at Vox, HuffPost and Politico, and he has also been published in, among other places, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, and The Intercept. You can sign up for his free politics newsletter here.

Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily. Previously, he worked at Vox, HuffPost and Politico, and he has also been published in, among other places, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, and The Intercept. You can sign up for his free politics newsletter here.

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How Trump is using the shutdown to make ICE even worse

Trump's selective furloughs of DHS tells us a lot about ICE's vicious immigration agenda.
12d ago

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's break from the GOP on the shutdown is significant

Marjorie Taylor Greene broke with her party on the shutdown and echoed Democrats' complaints about subsidies for Obamacare ending. That's bad news for Trump.
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Democrats are defying the conventional wisdom on government shutdowns

Democrats took a big gamble on the government shutdown — and polls suggest they have a surprisingly strong hand so far.
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AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood is an innovation nobody asked for

AI "actress" Tilly Norwood is an innovation nobody asked for. It threatens the craft and would ruin the experience of film.
19d ago

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Pete Hegseth's speech wasn't just insulting to the military. It was radical.

Pete Hegseth's speech to the military wasn't just bad because he called generals "fat." He also wants them to become bloodthirsty MAGA warriors.
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Why Saudi Arabia's 'comedy-washing' scheme is so insidious

Saudi Arabia is "comedy washing" with its Riyadh Comedy festival, and comics like Shane Gillis and Zach Woods are right to criticize their peers for attending.
24d ago

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How Trump just upped the stakes of a government shutdown

Trump's OMB memo threatens mass firings if Democrats follow through on a government shutdown. That makes Dems' decision even harder.
25d ago

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3 ways to interpret Trump's shocking 180 on Russia

Trump's pivot on supporting Ukraine and calling Russia a "paper tiger" could mean several different things — but none of it is smart strategy.
26d ago

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Trump's U.N. speech was mortifying for America

Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly was an attack on the U.N. — and a huge embarrassment to the country.
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The Pentagon would politicize the military if it uses Charlie Kirk's death for recruitment

A report that Pentagon leaders are considering using Charlie Kirk's assassination as a military recruitment tool bodes very poorly for democracy.
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The new Gaza City offensive is a disaster. Trump is shrugging.

How the Trump administration is quietly backing Netanyahu's widely condemned incursion into Gaza City.
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