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Hasan Piker defends pro-communist, anti-ICE Singham network activists as ‘wonderful people’

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NEWARK, N.J. – As he navigated the crowds in an impromptu appearance at a protest outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, Marxist political influencer Hasan Piker defended figures in the pro-China activist network funded by American Marxist tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham as «wonderful people,» while dismissing scrutiny surrounding his Cuba trip.
Asked about reporting on Singham’s network and its connections to far-left activism, Piker said there is «this environment of suspicion» surrounding Singham and his activities, taking a «sinister shape,» but they are «totally above board and totally legal.»
In recent months, many agitators from the Singham network have fueled, coordinated and organized fiery protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, New Jersey and elsewhere.
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Hasan Piker speaks with an interviewer during a protest in New Jersey. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)
The remarks by Piker are noteworthy because the online influencer isn’t just a livestreamer on the Twitch platform. With millions of mostly young followers across Twitch, YouTube and social media platforms, he has emerged as one of the most influential — and polarizing — figures on the American left, regularly mobilizing support for candidates and causes aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America. Piker wore a baseball cap emblazoned with the group’s logo.
Piker has used his platforms to interview, promote and campaign alongside candidates backed by Democratic Socialists of America, helping introduce them to younger voters who consume political content online. His audience reach has made him a significant force in Democratic politics, giving him the ability to shape narratives and drive grassroots enthusiasm for candidates running on socialist and anti-establishment platforms.

Hasan Piker and Jodie Evans and Neville Roy Singham (Getty Images)
As reported, Singham is an American Marxist tech tycoon who has pumped $285 million since 2017 into a network of nonprofits that have organized and coordinated divisive anti-American street protests, such as the one unfolding in New Jersey.
«I don’t have any personal contact with Roy Singham or any of these other people,» Piker said, in response to questions from Fox News Digital. «I mean, I know some of these people. They’re wonderful people in general. They’re activists….None of it is actually hidden or illegal in any way, shape or form.»
The remarks come as federal investigators have expanded scrutiny of activists involved in travel to communist Cuba, including organizations and individuals linked to the broader network of nonprofits and advocacy groups that have received funding from Singham and his wife, Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans.
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As reported exclusively by Fox News Digital last Saturday, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sent Piker and CodePink an administrative subpoena as part of an investigation into a March convoy to Cuba. Piker claimed he hadn’t personally received any legal notice.
«Fox News Digital says I have a subpoena, but I have yet to be served one,» Piker said. «So I don’t even know what’s going on. It kind of feels like you guys have more insight into what the federal government’s doing than I do, and I’m supposed to be subpoenaed.»
Piker’s comments follow disclosures by CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin that Evans received the query via an email that initially landed in a spam folder.
«We heard this on Fox News, that there was this subpoena out,» Benjamin said in an interview shared publicly by BreakThrough News, another nonprofit that Singham has funded. «I was going outside my front door looking around for somebody to serve me. And it turns out that it was an email that was sent to Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans, and it was so unofficial that it landed in our spam box.»
As reported, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sent investigative letters seeking financial, logistical and communications documents about the March convoy. The Office of Foreign Assets Control administers and enforces U.S. sanctions programs, including restrictions governing financial transactions and certain travel-related activities involving Cuba.
Fox News Digital has reported that the March 2026 convoy to Cuba involved a transnational network of activists organized by another Singham-funded group, the People’s Forum, and a nonprofit, Progressive International, both with close ties to the communist regime in Cuba.
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The activists are protesting U.S. sanctions on the communist island. Piker participated in the trip alongside members of Code Pink and a network of 145 organizations, according to a Fox News Digital investigation.
Piker framed the investigation as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to target political activists and protesters, arguing that scrutiny of Cuba travel conflicted with Trump’s campaign promises to defend free speech.
«I feel like there are a lot of people who believed in that message, and now he’s betrayed that message,» Piker said.
Piker told Fox News Digital that he welcomed a debate with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Piker, who was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was visiting his home state from his $2 million home in West Hollywood, California, canvassing at a Saturday rally in Trenton for a controversial candidate, Adam Hamamy, endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America in his race for the U.S. Congress.
The New York Times published a profile on Saturday, noting the candidate’s «ties to a militant cleric.» Piker defended Hamamy.

Marxist political influencer Hasan Piker stands outside his home in West Hollywood, Calif., on May 12, 2026, pointing silently to his dog Kaya to direct her back into his home. (MB/Splash for Fox News Digital)
Last week, on a livestream on the Twitch platform where he talked for about six hours nonstop, the influencer dismissed concerns about his connections to organizations involved in the Cuba convoy, while acknowledging that Singham finances a network of left-wing nonprofits engaged in «political advocacy» and «a lot of political movements.»
Critics have argued the network functions as a coordinated activist infrastructure advancing pro-communist causes, including support for Cuba, China and other authoritarian governments opposed to U.S. foreign policy.
As Fox News Digital asked Piker about concerns related to malign foreign influence from China, including at far-left activist events such as the anti-ICE protest unfolding around him, Piker walked away without answering the question.
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Piker has polarized people in many communities, including among leftists and Democrats.
An activist shouted, «Get out of here,» as Piker walked away, punctuating his derision with, «Dog abuser,» a reference to allegations Piker trained his dog, Kaya, with a shock collar.
Piker has denied the allegations.
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Tiene 67 millones de años, conserva el 63% de sus huesos y acaba de romper un récord mundial

Un esqueleto de Tyrannosaurus rex de 67 millones de años hizo historia al convertirse en el fósil de dinosaurio más valioso jamás vendido en una subasta. La casa Sotheby’s confirmó este martes que el ejemplar, conocido como “Gus”, fue adquirido por 50,1 millones de dólares, una cifra que superó ampliamente la estimación inicial de entre 20 y 30 millones.
Con ese monto, el fósil desplazó al estegosaurio “Apex”, que hasta ahora ostentaba el récord tras haber sido vendido en 2024 por casi 45 millones de dólares. También dejó atrás a “Stan”, otro famoso T-Rex que había alcanzado cerca de 32 millones de dólares en 2020.
La puja se desarrolló durante unos diez minutos y enfrentó a siete interesados, tanto de manera presencial como virtual. Finalmente, un comprador cuya identidad permanece en reserva se quedó con la pieza tras una intensa competencia.
En uno de los momentos más llamativos de la subasta, la martillera Phyllis Kao alentó a los oferentes con una frase que despertó sonrisas entre los presentes: “Prueben con un mordisco más grande. Después de todo, es un T-Rex”. Gus fue excavado a lo largo de tres temporadas, de 2021 a 2023, y luego fue sometido a tres años más de trabajo de laboratorio para limpiar y montar los huesos. (Foto: Reuters)
El ejemplar vendido es considerado uno de los más importantes descubiertos en los últimos años. “Gus” mide aproximadamente 3,8 metros de altura y 11,5 metros de largo cuando se encuentra montado en posición erguida, con la cola extendida y una de su patas ligeramente elevada.
Según Sotheby’s, el fósil conserva alrededor del 63% de su estructura ósea original, un porcentaje muy elevado para un dinosaurio de estas características. Entre las piezas preservadas se destacan una mandíbula abierta repleta de grandes dientes, ambos pies con abundantes huesos originales y una fúrcula —conocida popularmente como “hueso de la suerte”—, un elemento anatómico poco frecuente en este tipo de hallazgos.
Tras concretarse la venta, Cassandra Hatton, vicepresidenta de Sotheby’s, destacó: “Gus no solo es un hallazgo excepcional, sino un ejemplar que fue excavado, documentado, preparado y preservado con un nivel extraordinario de excelencia. El mercado responde cuando estos grandes fósiles son tratados de la manera correcta”, afirmó.
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Sin embargo, la operación volvió a poner sobre la mesa una discusión que divide a paleontólogos y coleccionistas privados.
La Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, una organización integrada por investigadores, docentes y estudiantes especializados en fósiles manifestó antes de la subasta que ejemplares de semejante importancia deberían permanecer en instituciones públicas, donde puedan ser estudiados y exhibidos para futuras generaciones.
Kristina Curry Rogers, vicepresidenta de la entidad, sostuvo que el verdadero valor científico de un fósil no termina cuando es extraído del suelo.
“El descubrimiento de un fósil importante es apenas el comienzo de su historia científica. Muchos de los avances más relevantes en paleontología ocurrieron años o incluso décadas después del hallazgo, gracias al desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías que permitieron responder preguntas que antes eran imposibles”, explicó. Con un 63% completo según el recuento óseo, Gus es uno de los fósiles de T. rex más completos jamás encontrados. (Foto: Reuters)
Existen antecedentes de grandes fósiles adquiridos por privados que luego terminaron en museos. El estegosaurio “Apex”, por ejemplo, se encuentra cedido en préstamo de largo plazo al Museo Americano de Historia Natural de Nueva York.
Algo similar ocurrió con “Sue”, el célebre T-Rex vendido por Sotheby’s en 1997, que hoy constituye una de las principales atracciones del Field Museum de Chicago.
Ahora, “Gus” suma un nuevo récord a esa historia: además de ser uno de los T-Rex más completos encontrados hasta el momento, pasó a ser el fósil de dinosaurio más caro adquirido en una subasta, con una venta que volvió a demostrar el enorme interés que despiertan estas piezas únicas en el mercado del coleccionismo y en el mundo de la ciencia.
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Congressman sounds the alarm on China: ‘We’re sleepwalking through this competition’

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During four terms in Congress, South Dakota’s Dusty Johnson has emerged as a leading voice on American agricultural policy, U.S.-China relations and fiscal responsibility.
Often known as the «problem solver,» he recently sat down with Fox News Digital at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas to discuss his congressional career, his South Dakota gubernatorial bid and his future plans as his time in the U.S. House draws to a close.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol June 4, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Long respected for his detailed analysis of China policy, Johnson believes the United States is routinely underestimating the geopolitical and economic threat posed by Beijing.
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«I think the biggest mistake is that we’re basically sleepwalking through this competition. I mean, every day the leaders of China get up, and they try to figure out how to beat America, how to destabilize our country, how to get an advantage.
«And we’re, frankly, in this country spending more time fighting one another than we are trying to think about how to compete with the Chinese Communist Party.»
Johnson is the former leader of the Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of center-right Republicans focused on commonsense governance and pragmatism. He has approached his career aspiring to break the famed Washington gridlock.
However, recently Johnson lamented that «it’s a tough time to be normal,» observing that the loudest and angriest voices seem to be increasingly dominating the national conversation.
«Well … looking a little further than the New York primaries last week, where just an insane bunch of really out there democratic socialists beat some pretty liberal but still kind of mainstream American political thought Democrats, I just think you see that happening in both parties.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, U.S. Democratic House candidate for New York, speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 18, 2026, ahead of the state’s primary election June 23. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Primary turnout is rarely great. Those who do turn out are generally the most interested in purity rather than in progress. And, so, when you’re trying to swim upstream, when you are trying to deliver a message of nuance and thoughtfulness, that sometimes doesn’t go over as well as just saying, ‘Let’s go fight.’»
Even as the GOP has controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress on several occasions over the past generation, it has been perennially unable to tackle the problem of balancing budgets and reducing the national debt.
Johnson argues that only a bipartisan approach has hope of offering a solution.
«Well, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,» he said. «I’ve certainly rolled out a number of plans that would have some pretty substantial reforms to our entitlement programs. I’m not looking to take away grandma’s Social Security or Medicare. But we simply are not going to restore solvency to those programs with a status quo approach.
«And, unfortunately, candidate Harris, candidate Biden, candidate Trump … they damn near swore on a stack of Bibles that they were not going to touch Social Security or Medicare. That approach guarantees failure.
«The other thing we have to acknowledge is one party’s not going to get this done. And I know that’s hard for Republicans to hear because so many Republican office holders have sold the American people a bill of goods that this can be done with one party alone. It cannot.
«The last time we made much-needed reform to Social Security in 1983, it took Democratic Speaker Tip O’Neill and Republican President Ronald Reagan to get it done. If we do not start thinking about avoiding fiscal calamity as a bipartisan problem, we will fail.»
Johnson entered the 2026 South Dakota GOP gubernatorial primary as the frontrunner but ended up placing third in a tight race behind real estate executive Toby Doeden and incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks with the press during Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s Returning Education to the States tour April 8, 2026, at McCrossan Boys Ranch in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Samantha Laurey/Argus Leader/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
He acknowledges that a congressional pedigree, once seen as a boost in a bid for a higher office, now appears to be something of an albatross.
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«Well, I think an absolute onslaught of negative ads the last three or four weeks against me, they really worked. Told people I was a career politician, that I was a RINO, that I was a liberal, and we saw in the polling that that was resonating. Those ads worked so well because they tapped into kind of the spirit of the times.
«I have 13 of my colleagues in Congress who have lost their races for governor or senator. Normally, running as a House member, that gives you a bit of an advantage if you’re running for a different office. That’s no longer the case. People are fed up with Washington, D.C. And that clearly is a drag on my many colleagues like me who’ve lost their races.»
Despite the outcome of the crowded primary, Johnson looks to his future plans with optimism, not bitterness, and pledges that his work is not yet finished, citing previous success in the business and non-profit sectors.

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., in the Cannon tunnel during the last votes of the week Feb. 15, 2024. (Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«Well, I don’t know yet. Of course, I’ve got to spend most of my time focused on my day job, which is being South Dakota’s only voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. I’ll do that until January, but listen, I know you can lead a life of consequence.
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«You can make a better society in business. I’ve done that before. In the nonprofit sector, in lesser elected office or government office. So, I don’t really know yet, but I do know that I’m surely not ready to retire. I’m 50, but I feel like a real young 50, and I’m still filled with plenty of piss and vinegar. Let’s go get it done.»
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Insomnio golpea cada vez más a los costarricenses: en promedio 157 consultas diarias durante 2025

Dormir bien se ha convertido en un reto para miles de costarricenses. Las cifras más recientes de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), reflejan que el insomnio dejó de ser un problema aislado para convertirse en un fenómeno que impacta diariamente los servicios de salud del país.
Solo durante 2025, la institución registró un promedio de 157 consultas diarias por insomnio en los servicios de consulta externa, mientras que en los servicios de emergencias se atendieron 5,381 casos, equivalentes a unos 15 pacientes cada día. Los datos forman parte de un análisis presentado por la Universidad Hispanoamericana con base en estadísticas de la CCSS.
El estudio evidencia que, entre 2021 y 2025, la consulta externa acumuló 197,984 atenciones relacionadas con insomnio, un promedio anual que osciló entre 147 y 163 consultas diarias. Del total de casos, el 59 % correspondió a mujeres, mientras que el 41 % restante fue registrado en hombres.
Sin embargo, los especialistas aclaran que estas cifras representan el número de atenciones brindadas y no la cantidad de pacientes, ya que una misma persona pudo acudir varias veces durante el mismo año por este trastorno. Además, los registros incluyen diagnósticos asociados tanto al insomnio orgánico como al no orgánico, este último relacionado frecuentemente con ansiedad, estrés, depresión o malos hábitos de sueño.
De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), cerca del 40 % de la población mundial duerme mal o presenta algún trastorno del sueño, mientras que diversos estudios indican que uno de cada tres adultos experimentará síntomas de insomnio en algún momento de su vida, lo que convierte este padecimiento en un problema de salud pública.

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El doctor Luis Diego Ballestero Murillo, psicólogo clínico y docente de la Escuela de Psicología de la Universidad Hispanoamericana, explicó que el insomnio va mucho más allá de pasar una mala noche.
El especialista señaló que este trastorno se diagnostica cuando una persona presenta dificultad para conciliar el sueño, mantenerse dormida o volver a dormir después de despertarse durante la noche por un periodo de al menos tres meses, situación que termina afectando su desempeño físico, emocional, social o laboral. Entre los síntomas más frecuentes figuran tardar más de media hora en quedarse dormido, despertares constantes durante la madrugada, sueño poco reparador, cansancio durante el día, problemas de concentración, irritabilidad y cambios de humor.
Las consecuencias, advierte el experto, pueden ir mucho más allá del agotamiento.
El insomnio se relaciona con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar enfermedades cardiovasculares, hipertensión arterial, diabetes, trastornos metabólicos, debilitamiento del sistema inmunológico, ansiedad, depresión, estrés crónico e incluso problemas en el manejo de la ira.
Los datos también muestran diferencias según la edad. Mientras en consulta externa la mayor cantidad de atenciones corresponde a personas mayores de 45 años, en los servicios de emergencias el grupo más afectado fue el de adultos jóvenes entre 20 y 44 años, quienes concentraron cerca del 45 % de las consultas registradas durante 2025. Entre las posibles causas aparecen el exceso de videojuegos, el consumo de alcohol y drogas, así como altos niveles de estrés.
No obstante, el problema tampoco excluye a la población infantil.

Durante el periodo analizado, la CCSS contabilizó 6,414 atenciones en consulta externa y 449 en emergencias correspondientes a menores de 15 años. Según el especialista, en estos casos influyen factores como horarios irregulares para dormir, ansiedad por separación de los padres, violencia intrafamiliar, compartir la habitación con otros familiares y, especialmente, el uso excesivo de videojuegos y dispositivos electrónicos durante la noche.
Otro dato que llamó la atención de los investigadores fue el incremento en las hospitalizaciones asociadas al insomnio. Entre 2023 y 2024, los egresos hospitalarios pasaron de 62 a 205, lo que representa un crecimiento del 231 %, siendo las mujeres quienes concentraron el 60 % de estos casos. Para el especialista, este aumento evidencia que el trastorno puede alcanzar niveles de gravedad que requieren atención hospitalaria cuando no es tratado oportunamente.
Frente a este panorama, los expertos insisten en fortalecer la llamada higiene del sueño, un conjunto de hábitos que favorecen un descanso adecuado. Entre las principales recomendaciones destacan mantener un horario fijo para acostarse y levantarse, realizar actividad física durante el día, practicar técnicas de relajación, evitar el uso de teléfonos celulares, computadoras y videojuegos al menos una hora antes de dormir, consumir cenas ligeras y utilizar la cama únicamente para descansar, evitando trabajar, estudiar o ver televisión desde ella. Si los problemas persisten pese a estos cambios, aconsejan buscar atención médica especializada.
Para los especialistas, las casi 200,000 atenciones registradas en apenas cinco años representan una señal de alerta que obliga a reforzar la educación sobre la importancia del sueño como un componente esencial de la salud física y mental. Dormir bien, concluyen, no debe verse como un lujo, sino como una necesidad para prevenir enfermedades y mejorar la calidad de vida de la población.
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