Michael Hastings is a reporter for BuzzFeed and contributing editor to “Rolling Stone.” He regularly covers politics and international affairs including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. In 2011, he received the George Polk Award in journalism for his Rolling Stone story “The Runaway General.” His work has appeared in “Newsweek,” “GQ,” “Men’s Journal,” “The Washington Post,” “Los Angeles Times, “Slate,” “Salon,” “Foreign Policy,” “The Daily Beast,” and “The Huffington Post.” In 2010, Hastings was named one of “The Huffington Post’s” Game Changers of the year. His GQ story “Obama’s War” was selected in 2009 for Best American Political Writing. He is also the author of “I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story.” Hastings lives in Vermont.
Guest host Mark Thompson, “The War Room” host Michael Shure and BuzzFeed contributor Michael Hastings debate which White House scandal is more damaging, the Internal Revenue Service investigation or the reports that the government has collected information on Associated Press [...] watch video
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Guest host Mark Thompson, “The War Room” host Michael Shure, Sierra Club Washington representative Lena Moffitt and BuzzFeed contributor Michael Hastings break down the Koch brothers’ involvement in petroleum coke being openly stored on the banks of Detroit River. watch video
Guest host Mark Thompson, Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson and BuzzFeed contributor Michael Hastings discuss the fallout from recent White House security scandals. watch video
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings debate whether the Obama administration lied about the Benghazi attack not being an act of terrorism for political gain. watch video
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings break down why the distribution of wealth in the U.S. is broken and why it’s so hard to fix. watch video
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings debate how seriously Americans should take claims that every citizen is constantly being recorded. watch video
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Cenk Uygur, Michael Hastings, Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson and Hermela Aregawi debate whether law enforcement should have been allowed to use the “public safety exception” to avoid reading Dzokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights. watch video
Cenk Uygur, BuzzFeed’s Michael Hastings, Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson and TYT producer Hermela Aregawi discuss how likely it is that the U.S. will go to war with Syria. watch video
Cenk Uygur, reporter Mark Thompson, TYT contributor Ben Mankiewicz, BuzzFeed’s Michael Hastings and comedian Jamie DeWolf discuss the political effect the Boston Marathon bombing could have on the U.S. watch video
Cenk Uygur talks with reporter Mark Thompson, TYT contributor Ben Mankiewicz and BuzzFeed’s Michael Hastings about whether the Boston Marathon bombings were politically motivated. watch video
