5-26-26 Afternoon Rush - Hasan Piker Targeted By Trump Administration, He Responds! & Iran War Back On!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Live in East Nashville, May 29th - go to https://www.rushhourwithdave.com/calendar for tix!
The Rush Hour Podcast is back with a wild breakdown of the Hasan Piker subpoena drama after the popular political streamer fired back and called the entire thing "BS." We unpack what the subpoena could mean for online political commentators, whether creators are being targeted for their opinions, and why this story has the internet completely divided. Plus, we discuss the growing tension between independent media, government pressure, and the new era of online influence. Is this accountability, political theater, or something much bigger? Buckle up for a fast-paced episode full of comedy, commentary, and chaos.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, it was a pretty wild Memorial Day weekend. |
| 0:02.6 | Hassan Piker has been subpoenaed by the U.S. government and the war in Iran is back on. |
| 0:08.2 | I got all of this and more. |
| 0:09.4 | It starts right now on The Rush. |
| 0:11.5 | Look what Fox News is covering. |
| 0:13.4 | They are after your boy. |
| 0:14.9 | Hassan Piker lashes out over the Fed probe into his Cuba trip. |
| 0:19.7 | This is what Fox – I'm going to share what Fox News is saying and then share some progressive allies, |
| 0:24.0 | Kyle Kalinsky, really breaks it down for you. |
| 0:26.4 | Hassan Piker traveled to Cuba to help give food and charitable items while they're dealing |
| 0:32.7 | with this embargo. |
| 0:34.4 | The U.S. has blocked, or at least was blocking ships from getting in. They didn't have |
| 0:38.9 | gasoline, fuel, hospitals, were on generators. There's a real humanitarian crisis. Now, of course, |
| 0:45.8 | As San Piker is anti-Israeli government, as most people are at this point, they've led us into a |
| 0:51.7 | senseless war. Here's what Fox News is saying. Federal officials |
| 0:55.2 | have served subpoenas to Marxist political influencer Hassan Piker and others. We're just going to get |
| 1:01.7 | into the Hassan Piker side of things as part of a wider investigation into whether U.S. |
| 1:06.9 | organizations and leaders violated U.S. laws and sanctions in supporting Cuba's communist |
| 1:12.9 | regime. So again, we'll share what Hassan Piker had to say. TMZ is reporting. He's clearly |
| 1:18.7 | rattled. Have a listen to this. And I'm not going to lie to you guys. It's not great. |
| 1:33.4 | The news is not great. Okay. I mean, it's bull-shund. |
| 1:49.9 | But still not great that, you know, they're after your boy. they're up my and i'll obviously get into it right now i'll tell you all about it but let me blast off real quick so then he goes into kind of i mean |
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