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.
Which part of “America”? From the US, neither his face or name seem familiar and I’m trying to gauge my level of out-of-touchiness in light of this “biggest” streamer.
Straight from his Wikipedia page:
I’d say that’s a pretty significant portion of all online coverage for that election. He’s not famous famous but he’s definitely a big online political figure.
He is the 21st most popular Twitch streamer and the most popular left wing Twitch streamer. His Uncle is Cenk who is co founder of The Young Turks. He is very very well known for actual Left wing politics.
If you have other progressive political streamers in your part of America, I’d love to give them a listen if you don’t mind sharing. Love discovering new voices.
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder