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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    While politicians and pundits try to make this race about a Twitch streamer, we’re going to be talking about gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare,” El-Sayed said in a statement on Monday. “Because that’s what Michiganders keep asking about. It’s why I’m fighting to get money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.”

    That’s not “obsessing over Hasan Piker”…

    Some jackass twitch streamer keeps claiming to be speaking for anyone that’s progressive, despite those progressives never acknowledging him. Until it gets to the point where Faux News and neoliberals start accusing those progressives of supporting Hasan, because they’re ignoring him.

    That pulls actual politicians into having to say “no, that fucking twitch streamer I’ve never talked to does not represent me or my campaign anymore than any other idiot with a webcam”.

    If anyone is obsessed, it’s Hasan. But he’s not obsessed with anything besides his bank account and views.

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      El-Sayed held a rally with Piker. Since, almost every liberal publication has put out an editorial about how horrible it is to be seen in public with him. I think you are really missing the boat on this

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      Some jackass twitch streamer keeps claiming to be speaking for anyone that’s progressive

      When has he claimed he is speaking for “anyone that’s progressive”?

      You are projecting shit onto Piker to make it easy to tear him down and it is obvious to everyone but you.