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Dean Obeidallah

MSNBC Columnist

Dean Obeidallah, a lawyer, hosts "The Dean Obeidallah Show" on SiriusXM radio's Progress channel. He has written for The Daily Beast, CNN.com and other publications and is a co-creator of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.

Dean Obeidallah, a lawyer, hosts "The Dean Obeidallah Show" on SiriusXM radio's Progress channel. He has written for The Daily Beast, CNN.com and other publications and is a co-creator of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.

Latest from Dean Obeidallah

16d ago

Trump’s golf club honoring the villains of Jan. 6 is on brand — but no less disgusting

Trump won't have to speak at the J6 Awards Gala for us to link him to the event at Trump National Golf Club. He's promised to pardon Jan. 6 "patriots."
24d ago

What Kamala Harris needs to say about Gaza at the Democratic convention

There's an openness to voting for Harris from many in the Arab and Muslim community — some of whom had vocally opposed Biden because of his Gaza policy.
50d ago

Someone needs to teach Tom Cotton and the GOP what the word ‘coup’ really means

Republicans don't think what Donald Trump did leading up to Jan. 6 counts as a coup. But they're convinced Democrats convincing Joe Biden to drop out is one.
64d ago

With its 2024 platform, the GOP is no longer pretending to have principles

The new GOP platform, expected to be approved at next week’s Republican National Convention, reads like a combination of Trump speeches and social media posts.
91d ago

Trump went to Washington Thursday. He met with a bunch of cowards.

Republicans in the House and Senate gave Donald Trump a hero's welcome when he returned to Capitol Hill Thursday. Despite their previous outrage over Jan. 6.
126d ago

Rep. Chip Roy rant about ‘sharia law’ is wrong and deeply hypocritical

Rep. Chip Roy of Texas complains about the danger of 'sharia law' as he ignores the conservative Christian abortion bans that have worsened maternal mortality.
152d ago

Democrats can’t let Donald Trump’s lies about his Manhattan trial go unchallenged

President Biden has no authority to bring a state charge against anyone, but Trump said Tuesday that “every one of these trials is run by the DOJ and the White House.”
167d ago

Three Democrats are blocking a win Biden desperately needs

When in November President Joe Biden nominated Harvard and Oxford-educated lawyer Adeel Mangi to a seat on the U.S.
197d ago

Biden can’t afford to ignore the ‘uncommitted’ voters in Michigan

That more than 100,000 Democrats voted “uncommitted” in the Michigan primary sends a blaring message to Biden that he must stop Israel's war in Gaza.
213d ago

Jon Stewart's return to 'The Daily Show' reminded us to take him seriously

The best moment of Jon Stewart’s return to 'The Daily Show' came at the end of his monologue where he shared what he learned during his time away.
238d ago

The uncontroversial principle at the heart of Bernie Sanders’ Senate resolution

The Senate rejected Sen. Bernie Sanders' resolution to have the State Department find out if Israel has committed human rights violations with U.S. weapons.