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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    6 days ago

    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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          6 days ago

          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.