Why is there so much Nazism in the news? And when does a "joke" become hate speech? <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146?nid=00000170-c000-da87-af78-e185fa700000&nname=politico-nightly&nrid=0000014e-f10e-dd93-ad7f-f90f3f330000"target="_blank" >Politico</a> broke a story last week featuring what it said were leaks from a Telegram group chat that included Young Republican National Federation leaders. These chats made headlines for reportedly racist and pro-Nazi messaging. But this is not the only story in the news about people in politics engaging with Nazi rhetoric. Is it happening more often? And is this kind of thing just a “joke”?  Brittany is joined by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1052543088/odette-yousef"target="_blank" >Odette Yousef</a>, domestic extremism correspondent for NPR, and <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/182264497/gene-demby"target="_blank" >Gene Demby</a>, co-host of NPR's Code Switch, to get into it. Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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