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    Orange County grapples with neo-Nazi activity

    New videos have surfaced of high school students in Orange County making Nazi salutes and singing Nazi songs. The latest involves students from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 23, 2019 • 1 min read

    New videos have surfaced of high school students in Orange County making Nazi salutes and singing Nazi songs. The latest involves students from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove. The school learned first learned about one of these videos in March but kept it secret. Then the Daily Beast acquired the video. This week at a school board meeting, Principal Steve Osborne said, "We did a disservice to the entire school community by limiting our actions to the small group of students involved.”

    Meanwhile, President Trump has come under fire from Jewish groups for saying American Jews are "disloyal if they vote for Democrats."

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Emmy nominee Laverne Cox on elevating stories of trans people
    1. 0:00The populist reshaping of the Republican party
    2. 8:31Orange County grapples with neo-Nazi activityYou’re reading this
    3. 16:08As women sue Lyft over alleged sexual assault, how safe is it to hail a ride?
    4. 25:02Emmy nominee and 'Orange' star Laverne Cox on changing conversations about trans people
    5. 39:05The Music Center gets a $40 million makeover
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