Donald Trump is leading a deeply corrupt, fascist administration that seeks to punish and imprison his enemies – big and small, real and perceived. The unpopular president and his team are laying the groundwork to try to steal the 2026 midterms, and they’re not even trying to hide it.

Democrats in Washington, meanwhile, are hyper-focused on… condemning a left-wing podcaster, Hasan Piker, and distorting his comments criticizing Zionists as a way to marginalize and block the rise of anti-Israel voices on the left.

With less than 10 weeks to go before the election, the opposition party is using this crucial time to demonstrate their continued fealty to Israel – despite its deep and growing political unpopularity in the U.S., its horrifying genocide in Gaza, and the ruinous Iran war that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dragged America’s idiot president into.

It makes me livid that the danger Hasan is pointing to is real and yet centrist Dems can’t even handle the subject being brought up without having performative meltdowns.

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    I view it more as society as a whole doesn’t tackle that topic and so people fall in line with someone if that makes sense. No one is specifically giving him the influence.

    It’s the very fact anyone can attract a large audience just by talking and become a celebrity that people follow

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      It’s the very fact anyone can attract a large audience just by talking and become a celebrity that people follow

      Maybe the DNC could learn a thing or two from Piker then.

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      Ironic that we’re in the midst of a revival of Dune, with millions of people seeing it then going home and giving money to their own little lisan al-gaib without a scrap of self awareness.

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        You are so obsessed with Hasan Piker you can’t help but see him as the main character of the first Dune book?

        …what?

        Hasan is a twitch streamer get a damn grip on reality.

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        Hey now, don’t go talking about self awareness when you yourself refuse to actually look into Piker’s beliefs and actions.

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          I have repeatedly informed you that I have in fact looked into it and you keep acting like I haven’t.

          Sorry but this is not good faith conversation behavior and I won’t tolerate it. Goodbye and have a nice day.

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            No, you finally admitted once that you don’t like how he streams and talks to his donors on Twitch. That’s not the same as actually looking into Piker as a whole.

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              A disgusting mischaracterization of this conversation, and a nasty parting shot. Back to the block list you go for a few days I guess. Please do better.

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                I was being really patient and was engaging in good faith debate with you. I’m sorry you couldn’t meet me halfway.