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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI just for a moment, want to reiterate Steve Bannons' adoration of Richard Spencer...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/11/21/meet_the_neo_nazi_steve_bannon_s_site_described_as_a_leading_intellectual.html"Richard Spencer is one of the leading intellectuals of the alt-right movement."
"White identity, he said, is at the core of both the alt-right movement and the Trump movement, even if most voters for Mr. Trump arent willing to articulate it as such.
Mr. Spencers after-dinner speech began with a polemic against the mainstream media, before he briefly paused. Perhaps we should refer to them in the original German? he said.
The audience immediately screamed back, Lügenpresse, reviving a Nazi-era word that means lying press.
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THIS train of thought is now occupying a seat on the National Security Council...
THIS mentality is being utilized to shape national security policy and White House strategy.
"See you at the barricades. Yes, we will be taking attendance..." -unattributed
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I just for a moment, want to reiterate Steve Bannons' adoration of Richard Spencer... (Original Post)
EarthFirst
Jan 2017
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Squinch
(50,955 posts)1. KICK! This should be EVERYWHERE! This man now has more influence than our JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF!!!!
starshine00
(531 posts)2. yep they are very open about it
whereas in the past they kept it under the table a little better.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)3. Like most nicknames, Mad dog Mattis does not live up to his.