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    Tom Morello Sparks Intense Debate With New Politically Charged Merch Drop

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    The Mosh Network - Tom Morello sporting his new "Destroy American Fascism" merch in front of the White House.

    Tom Morello has never held back when it comes to political expression, and his latest merch release is proving it once again. The Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave guitarist unveiled new protest-themed items, including flags that read “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter” and “Destroy American Fascism.” As expected, the drop has ignited a heavy wave of online reaction.

    Morello’s announcement quickly gained traction, pulling in over 116,000 likes on Instagram within about a day. A similar post on Facebook drew more than 20,000 likes and 3,000 comments, ranging from strong support and solidarity to heavy criticism and backlash.

    The new collection—available now at tommorrello.shop—also includes stickers that say, “Feed The Power Fight The Power Rock The Fuck Out.” Each item features Morello’s name printed subtly on the design. This continues his streak of politically charged merch, following previous releases like shirts reading “Destroy American Fascism,” “Deport Racists,” and “We Don’t Negotiate With Racists.”

    Morello, a Harvard graduate and longtime activist, has frequently appeared at protests holding signs with many of these same slogans. He’s also pushed back on claims that Rage Against The Machine aligns with any major U.S. political party, telling one fan earlier this year, “No one from RATM has ever publicly supported a dem or repub candidate. EVER.”

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        • Chandler Douberley on

          Vicente Ontiveros people have been saying FOR the machine since their concert run in 2021 where they asked fans to either be vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID test. Evidently public health and safety is for the machine.

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        • Vicente Ontiveros on

          Chris Switzer Even if thats true Republicans are literally the machine. They control the house, the senate, the presidency, the supreme court. Opposing the Republican Party is opposing the machine.

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        • Tim Korklewski on

          When weaklings “rage” all that happens is people point and laugh at them. Rage Against the Machine has sucked since their inception. Their message is weak pandering to every lowlife who has warrants and a shitty work history.

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        • Tim Korklewski on

          Nice try at being edgy. Let me know when that actually works for you. I can’t really blame you though. Your father failed you.

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    7. Brady Ditmars on

      It’s funny when I hear give it to the man!!! fight the system !! So what people do they fight the man, the boss whoever ? Then they have no job no money living with mommy and daddy. So then they go out to fight the system and most get paid to do so . But just like I told my friends ya go out to a bar an your friends are buying the drinks an now your hammered drunk at the time its fun an everything is wonderful till the next day as reality comes crashing in. Eventually good nor bad comes to an END then what your broke your living with your parents or in a van down by the river then it’s everybody’s fault that your broke an homeless or living with mommy and daddy. I ramble alot but we as the United States should well be United. Strength comes in numbers. And with that fascism is destroyed ask the Germans ask Japan.

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      • Jordan K Haggard on

        Brady Ditmars we are too divided to be united. It’s war of right and left, the love for our fellow human being has grown cold.

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        • Brady Ditmars on

          Jordan K Haggard only if we let it. When 9/11 happened I was like what the fuck what now. Then I witnessed everyone or most was patriotic an American flags flew everywhere and black, white, brown, yellow, pink, purple respected each other for the most part cause some foreign cancer fucked with all of us

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        • Brady Ditmars on

          James Minor well with a TBI I do that alot. But what I’ve found out repeating myself keeps me on the same page it’s a trigger for me and gets ya thinking also or you wouldn’t say anything. My life is like a song you don’t know the words but ya know the hook and its stuck in your head all fuckin day.

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      • Tony Berryman on

        Kenny Duff maybe whoever made the shirt was underlining the American portion of the overall problem. Like how Black Lives Matter doesnt mean that other lives matter any less, its specifically pointing out that black lives are disproportionately affected by violence and prejudice. Therefore, we should focus on the part of the problem that has it the worst in order to acheive the fastest progress towards the benefit of everyone.

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    15. Nathaniel Linsz on

      He’s an idiot. If America was a fascist country he would not be allowed to sell a shirt like that. Does he even know what fascist means?

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    27. Jim Brunetti on

      Its amazing how many angry MAGA sellouts think they are rebels. You’re not. You are the farthest thing from rebels. You follow a authoritarian facist dictator that 9nly cares about making rich people richer and being a racist shit bag. You sold out, not anyone else. Musicians have been warning you of this shit for decades but you would rather defend a pedophile sex offender than people that try to help their community. Its not rebellion taking cancer research away from children, using tanks against the American people, using masked thugs to attack minorities, destroying historical buildings so you can have a ballroom, etc.. rebelion has always been about making the system better you fucking morons, not destroying systems that make lives better.Media: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214038948724774&set=p.10214038948724774&type=3

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    33. Seth Lawrence on

      Gross little capitalist making a cash grab, if he wasn’t a choad these would be free with a donation to a cause that fights fascism not line his fat pocket

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      • Darrell Canady on

        Roland Arthur lmao. Nailed it! “U must wear a mask. Yessir!. U must have this mandated new vaccine! Yessir!” So much for anti establishment. Fucking hypocrites

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    39. Daniel Clauss on

      Looks like he needs to take a pause with the guitar effects pedals and look up the word fascism. It’s literally like less than 5 seconds on Google.

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    48. Breomy Joseshxc on

      Fascist is technically an Ultra Nationalist all AMERICAN REJECTS 😪
      then you’re not for America you’re a foreign objects flipping sides base on emotion feeling pathologic 😝😆🤣

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    61. Brandon Bailey on

      Hilarious that he is doing this with all the money he made from the “Machine” over the years. In a real facist regime, he would no longer be alive after saying this! 🤡

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    65. Frank Wagers on

      Fascism is now winning a democratic election and enacting the policies people voted for. Meanwhile when Dems lockdown the country and censor and ban your speech when you talk about a virus and mandate you accept experimental drugs everything is A okay

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        • Patrick Lattanze on

          Socialism is the machine — “no problem too big or too small the government cannot solve”. “Our end goal is seize the means of production “ “end private ownership “ ZM

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        • Brian Kinsella on

          Patrick Lattanze you are right. They never sung against capitalism and corporate greed. They were all for making big corporations bigger and keeping the little man down. Your analysis is truly thought resistant.

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        • Matthew Malott on

          You could not accurately explain what socialism is if your life depended on it. You are quite simply too stupid to have any meaningful input on this

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    68. Danny Briscoe on

      Fuck that douchebag he needs another booster jab want to get rid of fascism get rid of the liberals idiots like the 1 in the picture

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    72. Mike Whitney on

      Just another chump obsessed with Trump. Never liked him or RATM. Best and worst thing about him was he was lucky enough to make music with the late great Chris Cornell in Audioslave but he ruined his beautiful songs with the stupid noises he calls guitar solos.

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    75. Mickey Daily on

      If “American Fascism”’is a real thing, he would have been arrested the moment he did that in front of the Capitol….

      The anti-capitalist capitalist hypocrite gimmick guitarist is out virtue signaling again…

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    89. Andrew Wanros on

      Tom Morello’s net worth is ~$35M, with who knows other kinds of capital assets at his disposal. He’s squarely and comfortably a part of the top 1% of income earners, not only within the United States, but also the world. He’s a brolshevik cosplayer and hypocrite capitalizing off of the grift.

      Also, he would absolutely support any king as long as said king did and said what his already established political, ideological, and philosophical views and beliefs are, because he may decry this authoritarian -ism but he supports the other authoritarian -ism, but the reality is that both -isms are opposite wings of the same scavenging vulture.

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    105. Brent Wesselmann on

      Agreed! Morellos music and gear are free to all. Divide his worth by number of fans and we all get 98cents. Equality uber alles🇻🇳

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      • Rob Forner on

        Brian Kinsella or you just miss the hypocrisy? Keep working on your virtue signaling dude or whatever you think you are.

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    129. Jon Whipple on

      AMERICA is so FASCIST that he can wear it in front of the WHITE HOUSE and sell it on the FREE market. What fools.. 🤡

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    130. George Jones on

      Literally, the only people who give a shit about trying to stop fascism is just far left communist seeing how so-called fascism which was a term coined by a Jew was created to stop out of control communism that was destroying Europe. Anybody says their anti-fascist is pretty much admitting. They’re just die hard communist 

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    134. Lealand McCulligh on

      Imagine making capital off of the people you lied to your entire career and pretending to be a communist for money

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    136. Ryan Holt on

      He’s never changed his politics, every person on here repeating (the over used and entirely unoriginal) “rage for the machine” are outing themselves as never having understood what any of their lyrics are about. The dumbasses that keep repeating that same tired unoriginal line will out themselves with laughing emojis… I’d call y’all idiots, but I’m not gonna insult idiots by raising you up to their level.

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    137. Eric Brand on

      Were the Democrats complaining about fascism when they were trying to make us vaccinate, and people were losing their jobs 

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