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9 months ago

Yes, you read that right.

This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online.

The posts look like memes, utilizing dramatic AI-generated art, general patriotic slogans, and cinematic language about “defending the homeland” and shaping America’s future.

But if you look closer, a pattern emerges.

They repurpose language, symbolism, and cultural references with direct connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.

It’s content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.

@sam.vp reports at the link in our bio.
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5 months ago

The US government keeps sharing Nazi propaganda.

This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online. The posts look like memes, utilizing dramatic AI-generated art, general patriotic slogans, and cinematic language about “defending the homeland” and shaping America’s future.

But if you look closer, a pattern emerges.

Many of these phrases, images, and attached media aren’t just regular social media content. They repurpose language, symbolism, and cultural references with direct connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements. It’s content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.

So, let’s look at a couple of the more egregious examples that reveal this pattern.

There has been not one, but two posts from our government institutions that reuse a phrase ripped straight from William Gayley Simpson’s book Which Way Western Man?. It was published and promoted by the National Alliance—considered one of the “best organized” neo-Nazi groups in the United States. The book is antisemitic, racist, and explicitly states that Adolf Hitler was right.

When reached by email for comment, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said “There are plenty of poems, books, and songs with the same title,” apparently referring to Which Way Western Man?. But a simple search across a variety of online music and literature libraries shows that isn’t necessarily true. One song by the same name did pop up with lyrics like “a war against Antifa, a war against the radical feminists, a war to take back our soul.”

“To cherry pick something of white nationalism with the same title to make a connection to DHS law enforcement. It’s because of garbage like this we’re seeing a 1,300% increase in assaults against our brave men and women of ICE,” she continued.

Individually, each post could easily be dismissed, but taken together, they seem to form something more deliberate: a stream of repurposed Nazi propaganda for the everyday person’s feed. by @sam.vp

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5 months ago

The goal is obvious: Turn independent news outlets into state propaganda machines.

Amid surging oil prices and an unpopular war of choice in Iran, FCC Chair Brendan Carr is threatening not to renew broadcasters' licenses for "running hoaxes and news distortions." His Saturday post on X warns broadcasters they "have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up."

Carr's post came in response to a Truth Social message from Trump, which focused on war coverage by outlets like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. (Unlike TV networks, newspapers don't hold FCC licenses.)

The broader context is clear: Trump and his administration are trying to coerce independent outlets into parroting the government line.

Trump's post fixated on a Wall Street Journal report that five refueling planes were damaged in an Iranian strike on a Saudi air base. The more fundamental issue is that Trump appears stuck in a poorly planned war of his own choosing that has upended the global economy. Rather than admit that, his officials are using state power to pressure outlets into obscuring their incompetence.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wasn't subtle Friday, saying he looked forward to CNN being taken over by David Ellison, son of Trump-supporting Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.

This comes alongside of Hegseth moving to limit the independence of Stars and Stripes, the news publication for members of the US military that has been published continuously since World War II.

Under the new policy, the paper that has mainly operated with editorial freedom, reports that it will generally be blocked from carrying news stories from wire services, as well as from publishing comics. It is also being directed to publish material from the Defense Department’s own public affairs offices.

Carr's move isn't his first. Last year, Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off air after Carr threatened ABC. With Ellison poised to take CNN, having already installed Bari Weiss atop CBS News, the administration may be pursuing a more effective strategy: put friendly billionaires in charge, and let the oligarchs do the bidding without being asked.

@sam.vp explains. by @sam.vp

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so much music by @sam.vp

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the weekend I turned 30 ! by @sam.vp

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💘 taken in Morro Bay, California by @sam.vp

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"Minnesotans are at the vanguard right now...Take what we’re doing and bring it to your cities.”

Reporters @natethecurious and @sam.vp spoke with first-time protesters, vets, and religious leaders at a demonstration outside of the federal Whipple building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building is where much of the federal activity is happening, and has become ground zero over the last months of regular and growing protests as the federal occupation of the city continues.

But the Minnesotans from far and wide have a message for people in the rest of the country who may watching. Here's what they have to say: by @sam.vp

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Demonstration at the federal Whipple building, January 30, 2026.

Some snaps from reporting there this morning. Talked with some kind and wonderful people—veterans, first-time protesters, life-long Minnesotans. Our dispatch will publish tomorrow on @motherjonesmag.

Stay safe friends. taken in Minneapolis, Minnesota by @sam.vp

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