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Old Crank

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Thu Nov 20, 2025, 02:22 PM Nov 20

If you had any doubt about Homeland Security being run by racist nazis [View all]

Last edited Thu Nov 20, 2025, 04:10 PM - Edit history (1)

This should remove it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/20/coast-guard-swastika-noose/

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops that died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.

Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines. The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

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Women will be the next general target, other than the leaders already relieved of command.

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