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Mentioned today: Abdul El-Sayed, Hasan Piker, Symone Sanders, Haley Stevens, Mark Kelly, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Jay Powell, David Sacks, Susie Wiles, Scott Bessent, JD Vance, Ashley Hinson.Just as Senate Dems are finally starting to rally behind ABDUL EL-SAYED in Michigan, his buddy HASAN PIKER goes and does it again \u2014 because, of course he does.Weeks before the all-critical midterms, Piker just HAS to make himself the main character once again, handing Republicans a whole new box of ammo and making Democrats everywhere groan, facepalm, and reconsider their life choices\u2026\ud83d\ude2c WHAT DID HE DO THIS TIME? In a new Axios interview, Piker decided to argue that America is worse than al-Qaeda when it comes to terrorism. 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