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Dems’ favorite podcaster, Hasan Piker, says stealing and murder are OK

Nypost · · 1002 words · By Douglas Murray
Political Left Critique Socialism and Communism Violence and Ethics
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“At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.””
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Wikipedia entries confirm that 'In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action' is a 2020 book authored by Vicky Osterweil. The evidence specifies the book's existence, title, and author.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action is a 2020 book authored by Vicky Osterweil and published by Bold Type Books. Osterweil wrote the book in response to the Ferguson unrest in 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Looting
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Looted art has been a consequence of looting during war, natural disaster and riot for centuries. Looting of art, archaeology and other cultural property may be an opportunistic criminal act or may be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcemen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looting
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“The issue was raised on a New York Times podcast featuring the radical left’s current favorite podcast guest — Hasan Piker.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Hasan Piker appeared on a New York Times podcast to discuss justifications for stealing from corporations, citing his 'pro-stealing' comments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hasan Doğan Piker (born July 25, 1991), known online by the name HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His content primarily consists of political …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Piker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — I've Had It is an American progressive political commentary podcast created in 2022 by hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie "Pumps" Sullivan. Welch and Sullivan, who are from Oklahoma City, previously co-ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Had_It_(podcast)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mehdi Raza Hasan (born 10 July 1979) is a British-American broadcaster, journalist, and founder of the media company Zeteo. He presented The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock from October 2020 and on MSNBC …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Hasan
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“He has claimed that this city deserved 9/11, has praised the terrorist group Hamas and happily describes himself as a Marxist.”
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Web search results directly attribute claims to Hasan Piker, stating he claimed 'America deserved 9/11' and that he was 'excusing sexual violence by Hamas terrorists' while also making comments regarding Hamas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ((1941-11-14)14 November 1941 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989) was an Islamist jihadist and theologian of Palestinian-Jordanian origin. Belonging to the Salafi movement within Sunn…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hasan Doğan Piker (born July 25, 1991), known online by the name HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His content primarily consists of political …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Piker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In popular discourse, the horseshoe theory asserts that advocates of the far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear continuum of the political spectrum, cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory
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“On the NYT podcast Piker and a writer from the New Yorker were asked to mull on such complex questions as whether it is OK to steal and whether it is OK to murder.”
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The evidence confirms Piker was on an NYT podcast discussing stealing, but the specific details about the discussion covering both 'stealing' and 'murdering' are not independently corroborated across multiple sources. The web search results are general about the topic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The dirtbag left is a style of left-wing politics that eschews civility to convey a left-wing populist and anti-capitalist message, often using vulgarity. It is most closely associated with American l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hasan Doğan Piker (born July 25, 1991), known online by the name HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His content primarily consists of political …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Piker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Adam Friedland Show is a YouTube talk show hosted by comedian Adam Friedland, in which he conducts long form comedic interviews with public figures on a set modeled after the set of The Dick Cavet…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Friedland_Show
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“Piker and his fellow guest agreed that Whole Foods is especially OK to steal from.”
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A web search result explicitly states: 'Piker and his fellow guest agreed that Whole Foods is especially OK to steal from.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Champagne socialist is a political term commonly used in the United Kingdom. It is a popular epithet that implies a degree of hypocrisy, and it is closely related to the concept of the liberal elite. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war has been extensively covered by media outlets around the world. This coverage ranges from traditional news outlets to social media platforms, and covers a wide variety of perspectives and…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Social…
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“The NYT’s host — Nadja Spiegelman — moaned at one point that “It is so hard to live ethically in an unethical society.””
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“New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino chimed in that she frequently does things that are ethnically questionable. “Like getting iced coffee in a plastic cup. I find that to be a profoundly selfish, immoral, collectively destructive action.””
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web search NEUTRAL — Plastic and paper straws contain forever chemicals.
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web search NEUTRAL — Just a NORMAL Coffee shop with NORMAL Milk! LINKS:Patreon...
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web search NEUTRAL — Caffeine drinkers consistently reported a lift in mood within the first two and a half hours after waking up. Those positive feelings included more enthusiasm and happiness. How Coffee Influences the …
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“The moral case against the man accused of killing the United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson is not hard.”
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Web search results confirm that Luigi Mangione was accused of killing Brian Thompson, but the claim that the moral case against him is 'not hard' is a subjective assessment not directly supported by the evidence provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — Luigi Nicholas Mangione is an American man accused of killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare.Thompson was shot and killed in New York City on December 4, 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Capital punishment will no longer be pursued in the case against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a healthcare CEO.The 27-year-old suspect could still spend the rest of his life behind bars i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Man accused of killing Brian Thompson will not face state terrorism-related murder charges but others will stand.Luigi Mangione is escorted into court in New York on Tuesday. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP…
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“Mangione stands accused of murdering a 50-year old father of two on a street in the center of New York in cold blood.”
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“The host, Spiegelman, said that the killing of Brian Thompson felt to some people that “finally, someone can actually do something about health care.””
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“Piker seemed to have no such quandaries. “Friedrich Engels,” he started, unpromisingly, “wrote about the concept of social murder.””
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“He went on to claim that Brian Thompson “was engaging in a tremendous amount of social murder. The systematized forms of violence, the structural violence of poverty.””
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“Both Piker and Tolentino then went on to express their dismay that the Democrats hadn’t done more in the wake of Mangione’s actions to push “a unified message toward universal health care.””
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“The ideology which they praise was responsible in the 20th century alone for more deaths than any ideology in human history.”
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“Read the accounts of the Great Famine in Chairman Mao’s China alone and you will see what “systematized Marxism” actually looks like.”
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