- “I could explain Hasan Piker’s politics to you, but that’s entirely irrelevant. The bold, all caps, underlined point is that a high profile, US-born American citizen was detained on Sunday by ICE for, it would seem, the crime of speech.”
May 13, 2025 12:38
- “Piker’s ordeal makes two things clear: one, that Trump is willing to sic agents on media personalities; two, that ordinary citizens and non-citizens alike—and even fellow media people/journalists—should not follow his ill-advised approach to dealing with people with the power to throw you in jail.”
- ‘ICE detains US citizen for political speech’ is the headline we won’t see.
- Making an example out of Piker specifically, I fear it could really work to suppress speech against the White House.
- Swarthy? First Name HASAN? Travels a lot? Who cares if he's a US citizen? This is EXACTLY the type of guy DonOLD's crew wants to harass!
