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April 17, 2026

Mainstream Democrats Welcome the Anti-Semites

Hasan Piker and the big, Israel-hating tent.

Over the past week, there has been an attempt by prominent center-left journalists to bring the pro-Hamas Internet personality Hasan Piker into their movement. Piker, who rose to fame by playing video games for an online audience, was raised in Turkey, is the nephew of the rabidly anti-Israel broadcaster Cenk Uygur, and has taken to presenting himself as a political commentator. In a pointed parallel, Vice-President J.D. Vance recommended the podcast of Theo Von, an anti-Semitic failed comedian, as good listening for young people.

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