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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 04:50 PM Jan 12

Trump Labor Department's Chilling Slogan Draws Damning Comparisons

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Trump Labor Department's Chilling Slogan Draws Damning Comparisons

Lee Moran
Mon, January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM EST
3 min read

The Department of Labor drew fierce backlash on Sunday over a social media post urging Americans to embrace a message that critics suggested was chillingly familiar.

The department shared on X, formerly Twitter, an 11-second montage of American artwork captioned: “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage.”

It added: “Remember who you are, American.”





The language immediately drew damning comparisons to the Nazi Germany slogan “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer,” which translates to “One People, One Realm, One Leader,” as even noted by X’s AI chatbot Grok:



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Trump Labor Department's Chilling Slogan Draws Damning Comparisons (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 OP
Where do they think this crap up? Turbineguy Jan 12 #1
They don't; they just refer to history. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 12 #2
It's not a mistake. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 12 #4
Miracles of affliction. Nothing but. Solly Mack Jan 12 #3
Don't need the fucking Government telling me what to remember. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 12 #5
At it's core: unvarnished eurocentic christian white nationalism. sop Jan 12 #6

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

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5. Don't need the fucking Government telling me what to remember.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 05:22 PM
Jan 12

Like Tim Walz so eloquently put it: "Mind your own damn business!"

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