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| org_type = Hybrid political action committee (PAC) | | org_type = Hybrid political action committee (PAC) | ||
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'''Progressive Victory''' (PV) is a political action committee (PAC) that is focused on | '''Progressive Victory''' (PV) is a political action committee (PAC) founded in 2022 by Sam Drzymala that is focused on combining online activists, creators, and volunteers with more mainstream political movements. The organization is known for pairing livestreamer communities with traditional electoral field work such as canvassing and voter outreach. | ||
[[Destiny]] worked with [[Sejin]] and various others to set up and fund deep [[DGG_Canvassing_History|canvassing]] efforts across the US for the | During the 2024 political season, [[Destiny]] worked with [[Sejin]] and various others to set up and fund deep [[DGG_Canvassing_History|canvassing]] efforts across the US through PV, which Drzymala credited with contributing to approximately 1.6 million voter contacts and 340,000 door knocks over the cycle (the vast majority of door knocks coming from [[DGG]]). | ||
By 2025, Destiny had publicly distanced himself from the organization following a reaction stream by [[Hasan Piker]] that read aloud the names and addresses of PV payment recipients from the PAC's public FEC filings. During the stream, Destiny rejected Hasan's framing of PV as a "slush fund" for his friends and floated pursuing a defamation case. In the midst of this controversy, PV released a multi-post thread on {{wiki|X_(social_network)|X}} acknowledging that its own FEC filing had inadvertently exposed several content creator's information. In the same threads, PV claims to have "scuttled" their media program after the election pointing to a desire to no longer "mix liberal creators with [their] leftist values." | |||
By 2026, PV had pivoted toward working primarily with [[Vaush]], Hasan Piker, and other figures on the online left, which resulted in a brief (but heated) feud between Destiny and the PV social media account manager over X. | |||
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== Destiny responds to Hasan's FEC filing coverage of Progressive Victory | == Destiny responds to Hasan's FEC filing coverage of Progressive Victory == | ||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43ta7GAWE4|300px|right|'''Hasan has gone too far this time.'''}} | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43ta7GAWE4|300px|right|'''Hasan has gone too far this time.'''}} | ||
On September 2, 2025, Hasan Piker reacted on stream to a [[BadEmpanada]] video covering publicly available FEC disbursement filings from Progressive Victory PAC. In the Video, personally identifiable information (addresses/full legal names) of several individual’s who had received payments from PV at the time was shown. Several of the individuals who's information were revealed were smaller streamers and friends of Destiny. Upon hearing this, Hasan concludes that the PAC itself must have been a {{wiki|slush_fund|slush fund}} for Destiny and his friends. Throughout the video, Hasan makes several disparaging remarks about Destiny, individuals in his circle, and argues that PV had betrayed its progressive mission and instead functioned as a vehicle for enriching Destiny and his friends. <ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Destiny | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 4 | |||
|title = Hasan has gone too far this time. | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43ta7GAWE4 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
On September 4, 2025, Destiny responded on his own stream, taking great issue with the brazen manner in which Hasan chose to reveal the personally identifiable information of individuals who had assisted PV, as well as his disparagement of their work on the campaign. Destiny begins by rejecting Hasan's claim that PV was a front for any nefarious financial arrangement, pointing out that {{wiki|527_organization|527 PACs}} would be a poor method for funneling money "discreetly" since the law requires them to publicly file the very same disclosures Hasan was reading from on stream. <ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Destiny | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 4 | |||
|title = Hasan has gone too far this time. (15:41) | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=941 | |||
}}</ref> Furthermore, Destiny states that his involvement with PV was limited to promoting campaigns and fundraising. To further counter Hasan's "slush-fund" accusation, Destiny pulls up a clip of PV founder Sam Drzymala shouting out DGG for their contributions to their canvassing efforts (1.6 million voter contacts, 340,000 doors knocked, the vast majority of which were DGGers).<ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Destiny | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 4 | |||
|title = Hasan has gone too far this time. (23:20) | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1400 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Destiny | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 4 | |||
|title = Hasan has gone too far this time. (3:20) | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=200 | |||
}}</ref> Repeatedly throughout the stream, Destiny floats the idea of pursuing a defamation case against Hasan.<ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Destiny | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 4 | |||
|title = Hasan has gone too far this time. (35:54) | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2154 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
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* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=56 0:56] Destiny points out that Hasan has the full dox of every single person that attended Progressive Victory on his screen, and that there's no reason for Hasan to present this. | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=56 0:56] Destiny points out that Hasan has the full dox of every single person that attended Progressive Victory on his screen, and that there's no reason for Hasan to present this. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=94 1:34] Bad Empanada points to PV payments to small streamers in Destiny's orbit as suspicious given their lack of platform reach. Hasan agrees and points to Destiny's alleged chef, Lycan, even receiving payments. Hasan goes on to accusing the PAC of being a slush fund for Destiny's friends. Destiny pauses the video and points out that Lycan was not paid for services relating to being a chef, but rather his contributions towards the PAC. | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=94 1:34] Bad Empanada points to PV payments to small streamers in Destiny's orbit as suspicious given their lack of platform reach. Hasan agrees and points to Destiny's alleged chef, Lycan, even receiving payments. Hasan goes on to accusing the PAC of being a slush fund for Destiny's friends. Destiny pauses the video and points out that Lycan was not paid for services relating to being a chef, but rather his contributions towards the PAC. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=200 3:20] Destiny pulls up a clip from | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=200 3:20] Destiny pulls up a clip from PV founder, Sam Dryzmala, discussing how much money was raised by DGG and what it was used for. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=264 4:24] | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=264 4:24] BadEmpanada goes through the list of people tied to PV and proceeds to read out their names. Hasan pauses at one point so the dox of one of the individuals remains on screen. Destiny, irate at this point, scolds Hasan for allowing this personally identifying information to remain on his screen. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=407 6:47] Destiny argues Hasan and his audience aren't actually doing politics but playing "social club games", and treating political commentary as an aesthetic for social signaling rather than a serious effort to win elections. Destiny goes on to draw a crude analogy to someone shitting on a chessboard. | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=407 6:47] Destiny argues Hasan and his audience aren't actually doing politics but playing "social club games", and treating political commentary as an aesthetic for social signaling rather than a serious effort to win elections. Destiny goes on to draw a crude analogy to someone shitting on a chessboard. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=460 7:41] Hasan questions if Progressive victory was set up with honest intentions from the start, and once again implies the PAC may have been a slush fund. Destiny pauses the video and criticizes Hasan for alleging "some grand conspiracy here", and points out he was never paid by PV. Destiny argues this is doxing enabled by the very public-disclosure requirements Hasan claims are "designed to hide" PV's activities, and floats pursuing a defamation case. | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=460 7:41] Hasan questions if Progressive victory was set up with honest intentions from the start, and once again implies the PAC may have been a slush fund. Destiny pauses the video and criticizes Hasan for alleging "some grand conspiracy here", and points out he was never paid by PV. Destiny argues this is doxing enabled by the very public-disclosure requirements Hasan claims are "designed to hide" PV's activities, and floats pursuing a defamation case. | ||
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* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1400 23:20] Hasan claims Destiny's goal is to ruin every PAC by tying his name to it. Destiny pauses the video and responds that his name is not on any of the filings. Hasan goes on to state that he will never respect a PAC tied to Destiny, claiming they are not aware of "what works". Destiny points to the irony of Hasan saying as such while watching a BadEmpanada video. | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1400 23:20] Hasan claims Destiny's goal is to ruin every PAC by tying his name to it. Destiny pauses the video and responds that his name is not on any of the filings. Hasan goes on to state that he will never respect a PAC tied to Destiny, claiming they are not aware of "what works". Destiny points to the irony of Hasan saying as such while watching a BadEmpanada video. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1650 27:30] Hasan claims the reason PV would like to work with him is so they can gain legitimacy outside of being a slush-fund for a "debate pervert". | * [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1650 27:30] Hasan claims the reason PV would like to work with him is so they can gain legitimacy outside of being a slush-fund for a "debate pervert". | ||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1688 28:08] Hasan reads off yet another individual's name. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1739 28:59] Hasan claims he did not work with PV as a the relationshiop should be defined by ideologically commitment which he believes PV has not shown. Destiny pauses and points to earlier in the video where Hasan stated he did not wish to work with PV because of Destiny. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1829 30:29] Destiny pulls up a PV event which several of Hasan's friends attended. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1900 31:40] Hasan reads a message from a chatter claiming several of the content creators in PV were "silent on Gaza", and agrees. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=1955 32:35] Destiny points to the hilarity in BadEmpanada claiming [[Lycan]] was paid to spread Zionist propaganda, given Lycan is staunchly opposed to Israel. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2058 34:18] After Hasan claims that several of the content creators associated with PV wish to support Israel or the "zionist project", Destiny identifies several content creators who simply wanted to assist the PAC and had no major opinions regarding Israel(e.g. Turkey Tom, Willy Mac). | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2107 35:07] Hasan claims once more that the PAC was a slush fund for Destiny's friends. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2154 35:54] Destiny offers to pay someone to scrub Hasan's vod and help him file a defamatory suit. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2278 37:58] Hasan reads a portion of an article claiming names of donors to campaigns like Chorus typically aren't revealed. Destiny pauses the video and exclaims "Hmmm so that's so they're not doxxed!" | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2523 42:03] Hasan claims that one can't be a "hired gun" if they wish to make a career out of politics. Destiny pauses and points to the irony of Hasan saying such when he started his career with The Young Turks. | |||
* [https://youtu.be/r43ta7GAWE4?t=2697 44:57] Destiny states he will consider suing Hasan in response to his statements. | |||
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|} | === PV Responds === | ||
[[File:PVDefendsHasan.png|thumb|right|300px|Progressive Victory responds to the FEC filing controversy on X ]] | |||
On September 5, 2025, Progressive Victory issued a multi-post thread on X responding to the controversy. PV claimed that its own FEC filing had "inadvertently doxxed Dylan Burns and other creators" and stated that "creators who use our FEC filing as a source are not at fault."<ref>{{cite | |||
|source-name = Progressive Victory | |||
|year = 2025 | |||
|month = September | |||
|day = 5 | |||
|title = It was our PAC's FEC filing that inadvertently doxxed Dylan Burns and other creators we worked with last year. Creators who use our FEC filing as a source are not at fault. | |||
|retrieved-date = 2026, April 19 | |||
|source = https://x.com/ProgressiveVic/status/1964043118497378606 | |||
}}</ref> With regards to Destiny and DGG specifically, PV stated their 2024 collaboration was part of a broader "media program" aimed at cross-promoting political creators, which they claimed to have "scuttled" after the election pointing to a desire to no longer "mix liberal creators with [their] leftist values." PV also pointed to their revised mission statement: "replacing centrist Dems with real progressives". | |||
== Destiny argues with Progressive Victory's social media account == | == Destiny argues with Progressive Victory's social media account == | ||
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Progressive Victory (PV) is a political action committee (PAC) founded in 2022 by Sam Drzymala that is focused on combining online activists, creators, and volunteers with more mainstream political movements. The organization is known for pairing livestreamer communities with traditional electoral field work such as canvassing and voter outreach.
During the 2024 political season, Destiny worked with Sejin and various others to set up and fund deep canvassing efforts across the US through PV, which Drzymala credited with contributing to approximately 1.6 million voter contacts and 340,000 door knocks over the cycle (the vast majority of door knocks coming from DGG).
By 2025, Destiny had publicly distanced himself from the organization following a reaction stream by Hasan Piker that read aloud the names and addresses of PV payment recipients from the PAC's public FEC filings. During the stream, Destiny rejected Hasan's framing of PV as a "slush fund" for his friends and floated pursuing a defamation case. In the midst of this controversy, PV released a multi-post thread on X
acknowledging that its own FEC filing had inadvertently exposed several content creator's information. In the same threads, PV claims to have "scuttled" their media program after the election pointing to a desire to no longer "mix liberal creators with [their] leftist values."
By 2026, PV had pivoted toward working primarily with Vaush, Hasan Piker, and other figures on the online left, which resulted in a brief (but heated) feud between Destiny and the PV social media account manager over X.
Destiny responds to Hasan's FEC filing coverage of Progressive Victory
On September 2, 2025, Hasan Piker reacted on stream to a BadEmpanada video covering publicly available FEC disbursement filings from Progressive Victory PAC. In the Video, personally identifiable information (addresses/full legal names) of several individual’s who had received payments from PV at the time was shown. Several of the individuals who's information were revealed were smaller streamers and friends of Destiny. Upon hearing this, Hasan concludes that the PAC itself must have been a slush fund
for Destiny and his friends. Throughout the video, Hasan makes several disparaging remarks about Destiny, individuals in his circle, and argues that PV had betrayed its progressive mission and instead functioned as a vehicle for enriching Destiny and his friends. [1]
On September 4, 2025, Destiny responded on his own stream, taking great issue with the brazen manner in which Hasan chose to reveal the personally identifiable information of individuals who had assisted PV, as well as his disparagement of their work on the campaign. Destiny begins by rejecting Hasan's claim that PV was a front for any nefarious financial arrangement, pointing out that 527 PACs
would be a poor method for funneling money "discreetly" since the law requires them to publicly file the very same disclosures Hasan was reading from on stream. [2] Furthermore, Destiny states that his involvement with PV was limited to promoting campaigns and fundraising. To further counter Hasan's "slush-fund" accusation, Destiny pulls up a clip of PV founder Sam Drzymala shouting out DGG for their contributions to their canvassing efforts (1.6 million voter contacts, 340,000 doors knocked, the vast majority of which were DGGers).[3][4] Repeatedly throughout the stream, Destiny floats the idea of pursuing a defamation case against Hasan.[5]
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PV Responds

On September 5, 2025, Progressive Victory issued a multi-post thread on X responding to the controversy. PV claimed that its own FEC filing had "inadvertently doxxed Dylan Burns and other creators" and stated that "creators who use our FEC filing as a source are not at fault."[6] With regards to Destiny and DGG specifically, PV stated their 2024 collaboration was part of a broader "media program" aimed at cross-promoting political creators, which they claimed to have "scuttled" after the election pointing to a desire to no longer "mix liberal creators with [their] leftist values." PV also pointed to their revised mission statement: "replacing centrist Dems with real progressives".
Destiny argues with Progressive Victory's social media account
In March 2026, ahead of Progressive Victory's "Choose Your Fighter" rally on March 28, Destiny criticized the event and its guest list which included extreme left-wing individuals such as Michael Beyer and Hasan Piker.[7] Progressive Victory's social media account responded directly, leading to a heated exchange over several hours.
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References
- ↑ Destiny (September 4, 2025). "Hasan has gone too far this time.". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ Destiny (September 4, 2025). "Hasan has gone too far this time. (15:41)". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ Destiny (September 4, 2025). "Hasan has gone too far this time. (23:20)". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ Destiny (September 4, 2025). "Hasan has gone too far this time. (3:20)". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ Destiny (September 4, 2025). "Hasan has gone too far this time. (35:54)". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ Progressive Victory (September 5, 2025). "It was our PAC's FEC filing that inadvertently doxxed Dylan Burns and other creators we worked with last year. Creators who use our FEC filing as a source are not at fault.". Retrieved 2026, April 19.
- ↑ blqckplqguej [@blqckplqguej]. (2026, March 27). GOD AWFUL EVENT? @TheOmniLiberal expresses his feelings on the new @ProgressiveVic event [Tweet]. X. https://x.com/blqckplqguej/status/2037608880998338671