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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

I have a like/dislike perspective on Hasan Piker.

Hes tankie-lite. Critical support for him in this case though, fuck ICE.

Its probably an indicator that I really need to touch grass that I'm primarily curious what Ethan Klein and Lonerbox think of this.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Hopefully the border agents learned something.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

They are going after white-passing US citizens now?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hasan is not a very pale-skin name. If his name was Bob, it might be different.

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