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Hasan Piker: “Ending America's permanent wars.”

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Published August 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:26:54

Ending the school to prison pipeline, please. Yes. Ending cash bail. Yes. Abolishing and prosecuting ice. Yes. A moratorium on data centers. Yes. Banning congressional stock trading. Yes. Ending Citizens United. Yes. Ending America's permanent wars. Hell, yeah. We must. We must. Ending all US Aid to Israel. Yes. A free Palestine. Yes. All right, well, Donovan McKinney, everybody. Thank you so much. (1:26:54–1:26:56)

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