Substack takes a halfsies approach to banning Nazis

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Substack is facing criticism for not removing or demonetizing Nazi blogs.

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Trump saying he 'never knew that Hitler' used similar rhetoric isn't the first time he's claimed ignorance to make uncomfortable comparisons go away

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Left: Adolf Hitler. Right: Donald Trump.

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Substack's Nazi problem isn't about speech — it's about money

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Substack is facing criticism for not removing or demonetizing Nazi blogs.

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The scandal over a standing ovation for a Nazi veteran is now raising questions about a cemetery monument in Canada that honors his Waffen SS unit

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A picture of the monument honoring the Waffen SS' 14th Division and a photo of Yaroslav Hunka being applauded.
Yaroslav Hunka served in the 14th Waffen SS Division, but was applauded in Canada's parliament.

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Canada's parliament accidentally honored a 98-year-old Nazi. Now Poland may try to extradite him and bring him up on charges.

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98-year-old Nazi Yaroslav Hunka honored in Canadian parliament
98-year-old Nazi Yaroslav Hunka stands as he receives an ovation after being accidentally honored in Canada's parliament.

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Albert Einstein wrote to the US pleading with the government to build an atomic bomb 80 years ago. Here's what he said.

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A composite image showing Albert Einstein around 1939 and nuclear explosion in French Polynesia in October 1971.

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Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site Bellingcat days after Elon Musk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a 'psyop'

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Elon Musk and Eliot Higgins, the Bellingcat founder.

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Roman Emperor Caligula's massive party ships were not burned by the Nazis during World War II, researchers say. A US artillery unit was to blame.

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Left, Historical luxury ships — Liebig collectors' card, 1935. Right - Nemi ships built by Caligula, 1st century AD.
Left, Artist impressions of Caligula's luxury Nemi ships — Liebig collectors' card, 1935. Right - Nemi ships built by Caligula, 1st century AD, raised under during Mussolini's dictatorship in the 1930s.

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Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 78 years after its liberation

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An aerial view of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp on December 19, 2019 in Oswiecim, Poland.

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