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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 04:50 PM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
Where do they think this crap up? Turbineguy Yesterday #1
They don't; they just refer to history. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #2
It's not a mistake. NT Happy Hoosier Yesterday #4
Miracles of affliction. Nothing but. Solly Mack Yesterday #3
Don't need the fucking Government telling me what to remember. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #5
At it's core: unvarnished eurocentic christian white nationalism. sop Yesterday #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
Yesterday

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

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