Actress/Comedian Maysoon Zayid discusses politics, disability, & Find Another Dream

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Maysoon Zayid visited with us to discuss her bold views on Palestine, disability rights and much more. Her new Audiobook “Find Another Dream” is ready for all to hear.

You can also find previous episodes on YouTube here

Actress and Comedian Maysoon Zayid did not disappoint with her frank in your face commentary.

“Find Another Dream” is the Maysoon Zayid heavily self-centered comedic memoir. Zayid takes the audience on her crooked journey from being born to immigrant parents in the great state of New Jersey to tap-dancing on Broadway. The book explores scenes of disability, living with Cerebral Palsy, bullying, love, loss, and bigotry all told through the lens of comedy. If your dream turns into a nightmare, find another dream.

On October 18th, Jane Fonda presented Maysoon Zayid with an award at the Women’s Media Awards along with Gayle King, Julie K. Brown and Zerlina Maxwell in NYC.

Maysoon can currently be seen on ABC’s General Hospital. She is known to most as a full-time contributor on Keith Olberman’s show Countdown. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, 20/20, CNN, ABC News, and Al Jazeera, often talking about comedy, bullying, Islam, comedy, disability, and pop culture.

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“Let’s be clear,” Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement Thursday, “super PACs exist for one reason and one reason only: to help billionaires and corporations bankroll a presidential campaign with unlimited amounts of money, in exchange for favors.”

Shakir called for Biden and all the Democrats in the primary to reject super PACs.

“Every Democratic candidate should forcefully reject any help from super PACs,” said Shakir, “and they should tell their supporters and surrogates to stop engaging with super PACs that aim to buy elections and undermine our democracy.”

As numbers from the third quarter show, Biden has struggled to raise money in recent months and has less than $9 million cash on hand—an amount dwarfed by Sanders’ $33.7 million warchest. That deficit, reports CNN, has some of the former vice president’s supporters looking to start a super PAC to prop up the campaign, despite Biden’s pledge not to work with such a committee.

“Biden allies are pushing for a super PAC so that a few millionaires and billionaires can have MORE influence in the Democratic primary,” tweeted journalist Krystal Ball.

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