Front Burner Trump 2.0’s Nazi-coded social feeds
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Jan 29, 2026 Ali Breland, staff writer at The Atlantic who covers the far right, explains how Nazi-coded imagery and slogans have appeared in recent official social posts. Short takes cover which agencies posted them, the fashwave aesthetic, niche song and slogan references, who these messages target, and how such messaging reshapes the idea of America.
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Explicit Far‑Right References On Official Feeds
- Government social posts recently borrowed specific Nazi and far-right language and imagery.
- These references became especially clear around New Year's with a flurry of posts by agencies.
DHS Used A Lyric Linked To A Far‑Right Song
- The DHS posted a mountain graphic with the lyric "we'll have our home again," tied to a niche far‑right song.
- Ali Breland says that isolated coincidences become alarming when repeated across posts.
Slogans Mirror Known Nazi Phrases
- The DHS used phrases echoing fascist literature, like "Which Way, American Man" and "one homeland, one people, one heritage."
- Breland links these phrases to known Nazi slogans and far‑right books, showing a pattern.
