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Richard E Frankel

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Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, it’s painfully relevant to the 21st. richardefrankel.com

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

Just a quick re-introduction for new followers: I’m a German historian who writes about antisemitism from a comparative and global perspective. My most recent book provides a new look at anti-Jewish prejudice in Germany and the United States from the late 19th to the mid 20th century.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 3h

Do they conduct these interviews from within the asylum or are they given permission to leave the facility for short periods of time?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

GOD: “Excuse me???”

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

The mission? Destroying America’s fighting capabilities?

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

Because few things say “White Aryan American” quite as strongly as the family name “Giunta.”

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

A functionally illiterate, six-time bankrupt businessman, and 34-time felon king. Definitely?

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

Hello, is this the White House? It is? Great! Ummm… Yeah, hi, I’d like to report an instance of antisemitism that I’m certain you’re going to want to combat as quickly as possible.

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 4h

Being asked for your response to “I love Hitler” messages is quite possibly the easiest question to handle in a democratic society. The only people who will fuck it up are people who like/love Hitler.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 8h

TRANSLATION: Putin is coming to Warsaw.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 10h

I hear Pat Boone’s available.

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 22h

Hi! I’m the spirit of Dick Nixon and I approve this message!!

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

I believe the technical term is “murder.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

To borrow from a high-ranking Nazi commenting on Himmler, “If I looked like him I wouldn’t talk about race.”

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

He always looks like shit.

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

Trump essentially says it’s impossible to attack Spain. Because he’s an idiot.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

REPORTER: What do you think about the Yankees losing in the playoffs.

TRUMP: Well, you know, Joe Biden, I call him sleepy joe Biden, he never had a mind for business. I’ve got a great mind for business. And Joe Biden, I call him sleepy joe Biden, he’s, you know, really old.

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

America’s most dangerous antisemite says someone else doesn’t like Jews.

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

In the Weimar Republic, university students were among the most enthusiastic and radical supporters of the Nazis.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

While waiting for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Führer orders six more innocent fishermen murdered in the Caribbean.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

The future Republican Party is the Nazi Party.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

GOD: “Excuse me??”

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

GOD: “Say what???”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

Liar recruits liars to lie about ‘lawless’ cities

Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about antisemitism in America by comparing it to anti-Jewish prejudice in Germany. My book also shows that the myth of the golden land needs to be revised.

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1d

He better get on it quick before the greatest peace deal in the history of peace and in the history of deals collapses when one or both sides decides to start shooting again.

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