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Hasan Piker is in the news once again, this time, for a “controversial” statement he made about antisemitism. This statement, that was no different than statements made uncontroversially by Ezra Klein, Haley Stevens, and Neera Tanden, drew condemnations from a wide variety of Democratic officials. From presidential hopefuls like Elissa Slotkin and Jon Ossoff to DNC chair Ken Martin, there has been a coordinated effort to disparage Hasan Piker. So much of this general election cycle has been eaten up by Hasan Piker discourse that voters are being robbed of a chance to learn about the two candidates that will actually be on the ballot: Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed. Oh also, Trump started a brand new trade war with Canada for no reason.

(0:00) Ken Martin don't be a bum challenge failed

(4:00) Intro

(7:15) Unending Hasan Piker discourse

(1:03:30) Trump launches a new trade war

(1:09:00) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Piker-pocalypse - 

https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/09/10/mike-rogers-justifies-trumps-tariffs-with-return-of-manufacturing-jobs-which-are-decreasing/

https://michigandems.com/coffee-prices-spike-41-due-to-tariffs-backed-by-price-hike-mike/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/opinion/hasan-piker-democrats.html?eafs_enabled=false 

https://hakg.uzi.uni-halle.de/editions/2?lang=de 

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/canada-softens-us-tariff-reprisal-115226010.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADr7hs7hVWPJqDR9YBkwH9wOepKAk0mDuInNQ-NeM5RmLawxLkK_VgpAnlGElCKIacSESX_cKQ_yDDUoiAnUXXjeSOjqOdEbWDVEbjbcMwFpLG8DmdyDvWM1996yEtn5UGnKyz0DHwe_kxYxpRr99v3rWt7PO4PyTrjBnXmkS6QQ

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-are-fighting-a-war-over-a-man-most-voters-have-never-heard-of-12366860

New trade war with Canada dropped - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6054237-trade-representative-jamieson-greer-trump-us-canada-trade-war/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v4xg5klx7o 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/world/canada/canada-us-trade-war-trump-carney.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html

The President is now beefing with Hasan Piker. God, please save us. On today's episode, the boys talk about how the internet isn't real life (or at least, shouldn't be), why we don't trust Hakeem Jeffries to do anything positive in his secret meeting with Jared Kushner, a series of republican switch ups (on data centers & AIPAC), and Ezra Klein’s latest think piece about Twitter. The internet is not real life, and this merger between online political discourse and actual politics is messy, to say the least.

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(0:00) STOP TALKING ABOUT HASAN PIKER

(9:30) Hakeem Jeffries meets with Jared Kushner

(15:25) Mike Rogers distances himself from AIPAC

(24:00) Republicans switch up on data centers

(36:10) Ezra Klein, woke 1.0, conservative media bias

(1:12:00) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Hakeem Jeffries meets with Kushner - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/jeffries-kushner-private-meeting.html 

Recent GOP flip flops on AIPAC & data centers - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/22/mike-rogers-aipac-michigan-senate 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/data-centers-oh-s-t-moment-01046465 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/23/most-gop-politicians-now-talk-negatively-about-data-centers-data-shows/ 

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash 

https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/mi-07-tom-barrett-scrambles-to-bury-his-data-center-past/ 

Ezra Klein article - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/twitter-x-woke-1-elon-musk.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/relationship-charlie-kirk-donald-trump

Hakeem Jeffries, the Bulwark, and Third Way can't help themselves from throwing cold water on the only faction of the party that has any motion right now. Whether it be Jeffries shadowboxing with defund the police rhetoric on Meet the Press, or Third Way announcing a $15 million investment into an effort to discredit the DSA, one thing is clear: the moderates are freaking out. The Florida primary happened this week and the boys break down what we can learn from the mixed bag of results, and what the possible general election scenarios could mean for the progressive movement and Florida as a whole. With general election season in full effect in Michigan, it's important to familiarize ourselves with Abdul El-Sayed's opponent Mike “mass surveillance” Rogers. Through statements and his own legislative record, Mike has made a career out of defending and helping contribute to the mass surveillance of US citizens by the US government.

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(0:00) Hakeem Jeffries is an op

(8:30) The coordinated anti-DSA operation (Bulwark & Third Way)

(39:10) ELECTION WATCH: Florida

(49:50) ELECTION WATCH: Michigan & Mass Surveillance Mike Rogers

(1:10:20) Reviews/Ending

Seen on this episode:

Michigan election news - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/18/democrats-road-retaking-senate-complicated-by-michigan/ 

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/08/19/telecom-industry-gave-mike-rogers-nearly-100k-while-he-pushed-to-deepen-government-data-sharing/

Florida election news - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/18/us/elections/results-florida-governor-primary.html 

Attacks on the DSA - 

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-dsa-a-republican-psy-op?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=subs

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/390527/the-new-principled-anti-americanism/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/democratic-party-socialists-moderates.html?eafs_enabled=false

Matt Yglesias and ANDREW CUOMO have a lot to say about the growing progressive movement, and the boys have a lot to say about their articles. Yglesias tries to give silly advice on how Abdul El-Sayed can appeal to moderate voters, and Cuomo, the disgraced former Governor of New York, wants to let us know how much he dislikes progressives by claiming the Democrats who vote for them are… immigrants!? Then, the #1 geopolitical podcast restakes its claim to the throne by talking about the current Iran war situation, the deteriorating conditions on the USS Lincoln, Pete Hegseth's “warrior ethos”, and what's going on in Gaza.

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(0:00) Matt Yglesias has ideas for Abdul El-Sayed

(8:30) Intro

(10:15) Andrew Cuomo's anti-Abdul El-Sayed Op-Ed

(33:30) Geopolitics: Iran, USS Lincoln, Gaza

(58:20) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Cuomo Op-Ed - https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/13/democrats-must-resist-shifting-far-left/ 

Iran war updates - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/09/trump-iran-interview 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-us-trump.html 

https://www.ms.now/news/conditions-safety-uss-lincoln-iran-war 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln.html

Gaza - 

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-ceasefire-kushner-netanyahu-hamas-palestinians-israel-321e254af26a0fff1b3ec2b8c00412a2

https://apnews.com/article/ben-gvir-israel-gaza-hamas-netanyahu-53f98e92686746f3c9bccd7cf59f26ad

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hamas-israel-deal-text-7347ef0f3b745f22c12b67f786b70f0f

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-news-1215e52022856b9de9837237a0e188fa

Moderates cannot fail, they can only be failed... progressives on the other hand. The boys dive deep into Francesca Hong’s loss in the Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial Primary to moderate David Crowley. POLITICO thinks the progressive left has hit its ceiling but the situation surrounding Crowley's win is more complicated and offers useful lessons for a progressive movement that is expanding its electoral ambitions. Peggy Flanagan won her Senate Primary in Minnesota in a landslide, but you won't hear much about it from the people trying to punch left. Stay tuned to the end of the show where the boys interview Oliver Larkin! Larkin is a DSA backed candidate for Florida's 25th Congressional district, running against Jared Moskowitz – the AIPAC backed, do nothing, “DeSantis Democrat” incumbent.

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(0:00) Moderates can never fail

(3:45) Intro

(9:22) ELECTION WATCH: Wisconsin

(40:45) ELECTION WATCH: Minnesota

(44:00) Fox News coverage of Abdul El-Sayed

(51:55) Interview with Oliver Larkin

(1:34:10) Ending

Seen on this episode:

Election watch: Wisconsin & Minnesota - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/dsa-progressive-francesca-hong-wisconsin-01035101 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/11/us/elections/results-wisconsin-governor-primary.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/11/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/crowley-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-polls.html

It says “safety” so how could it be bad? On today's episode, the boys dive into the topic of Flock surveillance – the cameras put up across the nation to spy on everyone that are receiving a propaganda boost recently. In other news, we are one week into the general election in Michigan and there's already so much Discourse™: Kamala Harris endorsed Abdul, zionist Democrats are threatening to vote for Mike Rogers, and Hillary Clinton thinks she's qualified to give advice on winning Michigan. The WNBA was also in the news this week when two washed-up former NBA players announced they were signing up for the WNBA draft to raise awareness about “men in women's sports”. The only men in women's sports are the conservative men that think they're making a point by doing the thing they claim trans women are doing.  

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(0:00) Sam Altman is a total freak

(3:05) Intro

(4:45) Panopticon 2: Flock Surveillance & Controversies

(27:55) ELECTION WATCH: Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence

(1:06:55) WNBA & the trans panic

(1:21:45) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

AI & surveillance - https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6016998-flock-camera-map-how-many-are-in-your-neighborhood/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/17/flock-ceo-sorry-for-labelling-activists-terrorists/

Abdul news - 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/rogers-el-sayed-michigan-voters-01028511

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-world-veteran-issues-stark-warning-abdul-el-sayed-crosses-party-lines

WNBA - 

https://19thnews.org/2025/02/ncaa-transgender-womens-sports-trump/

https://www.newsweek.com/how-many-transgender-athletes-play-womens-sports-1796006

https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/former-nba-player-royce-white-declaring-next-wnba-draft-enes-kanter-announcement

Abdul El-Sayed is Michigan's Democratic nominee for Senate! Today, the boys delve deep into the DISCOURSE surrounding El-Sayed's primary win, what it meant to beat Haley Stevens, and how much work is needed to get him the win in November's general election. They also talk about down ballot races, most notably in MI-7 with Will Lawrence, and in MI-13 with Donavan Mckinney and their possible up ballot effects. This general is going to be messy and Republicans have already started launching vicious attacks against Abdul. From his full name to his association with Hasan Piker, there will be no (racist) stone unturned when it comes to associating this man with terrorism for the crime of being Muslim in America. 

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Election news - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/michigan-senate-primary-progressives-unclear-01025096

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-results-abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/aipac-michigan-general-election.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/mike-rogers-florida-voter-registration-has-finally-been-canceled/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/05/us/elections/el-sayed-michigan-senate-precinct-maps.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6011344-el-sayed-rogers-michigan-senate-race/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/04/us/elections/results-michigan-us-house-13-primary.html

https://www.michigan.gov/micrc/-/media/Project/Websites/MiCRC/District-Maps-by-County/MI_AllDistricts_byCounty_Wayne.pdf?rev=dc9730cf204c42649c7d111ac77a95fa&hash=4EC6481DC1FA2E1EF1FAA39A6173DD66

https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/polling-predicted-a-much-larger-win-for-el-sayed-what-happened/

It's almost Election Night in Michigan! The boys dropped an early election night special to dive deep into the state of the Michigan Senate Primary in its final days as Haley Stevens crashes out on Twitter, runs away from influencers at her own events, and generally runs a bad campaign. With Michigan Primaries wrapping up, the boys also zoom out to talk about the DNC’s money and Ken Martin problems, and well as whatever is going on with the Iran war. 

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(0:00) Haley Stevens generational crash out

(6:55) Intro

(8:55) McMorrow accused of being DSA

(17:45) More Haley Stevens hate

(35:08) The DNC is BROKE

(55:05) Geopolitics: Iran War updates

(1:05:10) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

Michigan Senate Race - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bU-WMUPZ6U

https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-07-31/haley-stevens-departs-rally-amid-shouting-influencer-cancels-second-event

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/michigan-senate-democrats-abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens

The DNC is broke lowkey - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.notus.org/democrats/dnc-headquarters-collateral-loan-ken-martin-phone

Iran war - 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-strait-hormuz-israel-gaza-mideast-f4c225f6667d9fd171616304701825a0

The left is insurgent, and the establishment could not be more worried. In the closing days of this Michigan primary, the boys bring you TWO banger segments. First, Haley Stevens recently signal boosted a diabolical article written by a never-Trump conservative ideologue titled "Now the Democratic Party's Self-Destructive Wing Turns to Michigan". Naturally, the boys break down the think piece and explain how the establishment is mortified at the prospect of no longer having to moderate to win swing state elections if Abdul El-Sayed is victorious. Second, Gage sits down with Donavan McKinney, current State Representative and Congressional candidate for Michigan's 13th District, to discuss Shri Thanedar's failures, what Detroit needs from D.C., and the progressive left movement broadly.

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(0:00) PHONEBANK FOR ABDUL

(1:54) Intro/announcements

(5:05) Opinion Piece about Abdul

(35:40) Interview with Donavan McKinney

Seen on this episode:

Opinion piece about Abdul - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/22/sanders-warren-aocs-support-el-sayed-hurts-democratic-hopes/

The E in elections stands for evil. Join the HITO boys as they recount the weekend's happenings, including Jim Clyburn blaming black voters for the 2024 election loss, Updates on the Michigan Primary, and what's going on with Mamdani and Iran. With the Michigan Senate Primary reaching its final days, the Democratic establishment is desperate to spend all of its political capital on supporting Haley Stevens. $60 million dollars of outside spending has flooded into this race to support Haley Stevens, and Stevens has benefited from AIPAC’s largest single race investment in history. It's the many vs the money, and Abdul needs all the help he can get to fight this historic spend against him. 

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(0:00) Jim Clyburn with a wild take

(10:05) Intro/announcements

(14:15) ELECTION WATCH: Michigan, Whitmer Endorsement, Haley Stevens phoniness

(1:01:10) House passes NDAA & Mamdani pressed about Netanyahu

(1:19:20) Reviews/ending

Seen on this episode:

ELECTION WATCH: Michigan - 

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/23/stevens-campaign-parts-ways-with-consultant-after-palantir-work-comes-to-light/

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2026/aipac-has-spent-a-record-amount-on-michigans-senate-primary-the-biggest-test-of-its-influence-yet/

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/08/new-poll-shows-el-sayed-stevens-statistically-tied-in-michigans-democratic-u-s-senate-primary/

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-qeSsyxA46/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/politics/black-voters-michigan-senate-stevens-el-sayed

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/27/el-sayed-backlash-leaked-comment-michigan-senate-01012659?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pro-stevens-groups-erase-el-sayed-fundraising-edge-in-michigan-senate-race/

House Passes NDAA - https://www.npr.org/2026/07/22/nx-s1-5903130/house-vote-iran-war-funding-reconciliation

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5984555-democrats-join-gop-vote-ndaa/