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Germany's domestic intelligence agency has placed AfD under surveillance, citing concerns over suspected right-wing extremism—a claim the party denies. The AfD, known for its hardline positions against immigration and Islam, has faced accusations of members using Nazi slogans in speeches and minimizing the significance of the Holocaust.
Musk's alignment with AfD has received even more attention in light of the Nazi salute Musk gave to an audience during last month's inauguration festivities.
While thanking President Donald Trump's supporters, Musk placed his right hand on his chest before extending it outward with his palm facing down and fingers pressed together—a gesture historically known as the “Roman salute.”
This gesture, co-opted by fascist movements in the early 20th century, is most infamously associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany. It remains a symbol tied to the far-right, particularly among fascist groups in Italy.
In light of these facts, the London-based activist group @EveryoneHatesElon posted ads at bus stops that feature Musk giving the salute and say Tesla’s "Swasticar" “goes “from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds.”
You can see it below.
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You can see footage of the ads in London below.
People loved it.
Yesterday, Alice Weidel, the aforementioned chancellor candidate for AfD, told journalists she had slept through a call from Musk. The morning after her party secured 20.8 percent of the vote, she checked her phone and found a missed call from the United States, which she later discovered was from Musk. According to her, he “congratulated me personally.”
The AfD secured second place in Germany’s national election, nearly twice its 2021 share and a historic high for any far-right party since World War II.
However, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, who came in first and is expected to become the next chancellor, has ruled out forming a coalition with the AfD. As a result, Weidel and her party will remain excluded from governing alliances.
Ah, yes, that vexing liberal agenda of *checks notes* grammatical parts of speech. Darn you, libs!
The song is basically a minute's worth of listing conservative stereotypes about liberals, which is weird given that they literally just won control of the entire government and their president has spent the past month passing executive orders requiring we all pretend trans people don't exist.
You'd think they'd move on to other topics now, but nope! Coulahan's song goes:
“I never understood the whole pronoun thing"
"Or why people think it was OK to push their agenda ‘til we believe."
A yes, asking someone to call you by a pronoun is pushing an agenda, but passing executive orders forcing people to use only certain pronouns on things like passports is not. Yep, makes total sense!
That's not all Coulahan has to gripe about, however.
“Burning our flag and waving their own,"
"talking trash but they don’t want to go home cause they’re in the land of the free."
“Sounds like a whole lot of bulls*** to me.”
Pretty big talk for a guy who rhymes "hunting season" with "blood of Jesus," but go off!
The pronoun thing was, of course, the bit of Kyle's song that the internet seized on, since his own lyrics are full of pronouns due to the fact that languages cannot function without them.
Naturally, a grammar lesson quickly ensued in the comments, along with some other choice words.
Congratulations to Kyle on his huge country hit. We look forward to the next one.
While he epically battles nefarious adversaries or flesh-eating zombies onscreen, Pascal is as humble an actor as they come, offscreen.
But when he posted a photo that best conveyed his advocacy for the trans community, he gained more respect from fans, except the ones who don't align with Pascal's outright support of the marginalized community.
Over the weekend, Pascal posted a photo of a sign plastered on a building facade with the written words in all caps:
"A WORLD WITHOUT TRANS PEOPLE HAS NEVER EXISTED AND NEVER WILL."
The trans community was recently targeted by Republican President Donald Trump's administration when Trump signed a transphobic executive order requiring the federal government to only recognize two sexes, male and female, in official documents such as passports and visas.
The executive order also broadly dismantles government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives previously instituted by former Democratic President Joe Biden that protected against sex-based discrimination.
Pascal elaborated on his pro-trans stance in the comments section of his post, writing:
"I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist."
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Conservatives in an uproar over the actor's perceived audacity promptly unfollowed him.
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Fans grabbed the popcorn witnessing the ensuing MAGA meltdown.
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Many of his fans admired his vocal support of trans people.
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Others had words for the haters.
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Pascal has been a known ally for the LGBTQ+ community, especially the trans community.
For 2020 Pride, Pascal posted his support for the Black trans community, who are often targeted violently in the US and around the world.
He shared a graphic illustration of Sesame Street's Bert carrying a transgender pride banner and Ernie holding a "Black Trans Lives Matter" sign.
Pascal also has a trans sister, Lux Pascal, who came out as transgender in the Chilean magazine Ya in 2021.
The actor shared a photo of the magazine's cover featuring Lux and wrote in the caption, “My sister, my heart, our Lux," translated from Spanish.
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In the cover story, Lux said of her brother, “He has been an important part of this. He is also an artist and has been a guide. He was one of the first to give me the things that formed my identity.”
For his next big project, Pascal will play Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic, in the new Fantastic Four reboot, which will be one of the first films in Phase 6 of the MCU.
The superhero film will also star Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (the Thing).
It is slated for a July 25, 2025 release.
