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Have you seen/heard ICE recruitment ads on Spotify or YouTube?

ICE is now an internal army, richer than most other national armies, and the Department of Homeland Security wants it to get bigger. I don’t know where they’re getting employees, other than there seems to be a surplus of people who want to bust the heads of anyone resembling a tan. Proud Boys? Oath Keepers? Three Percenters? Hardcore militia types? Count on it.

And recruitment continues through all sorts of channels, including ads running on Spotify. The blowback there is getting intense. This is from Epitaph Records.

Google is running ads on YouTube like this.

Ads are also running on HBO Max, LinkedIn(!!!), Hulu, Pandora, and Meta platforms.

At least Spotify is trying to prevent podcasts from right-wing nut Nick Fuentes from being uploaded on the grounds that he promotes hate speech. He’s not banned yet, though.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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