From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: It's escalating...
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 17:49:07 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
...and none of you will care until it impacts you directly:
'Border goons detain US citizen for having an opinion
As reported in UserMag, CBP agents detained Hasan Piker â a popular
progressive streamer and a New Jersey-born US citizen â when he flew
back from France this weekend. The authorities in Chicago questioned him
for two hours about his political views, Twitch bans, and his interviews
while abroad.'
<https://boingboing.net/2025/05/12/border-goons-detain-us-citizen-for-having-an-opinion.html>
'The agent asked about his purpose in Chicago (a speaking engagement at
the University of Chicago journalism school) and his occupation (Twitch
streamer). The questions then shifted to his streams, asking if he
discussed current events, drama, the internet, and specifically "the
news." The agent then inquired about "the war" and "Trump." Piker found
these questions unusual, stating, "I literally straight up told him,
'Why are you asking me this? What does this have to do with anything?'"'
So apparently, "free speech" is only free if Trump's junta likes what
you say!