The @FBI found no intelligence indicating 'Antifa' was involved in Sunday’s violence, per @kenklippenstein:
thenation.com/article/activi…
Reminder: Director Wray told Congress the FBI views 'Antifa' "more as an ideology than an organization."
wjla.com/news/nation-wo…
thenation.com/article/activi…
Reminder: Director Wray told Congress the FBI views 'Antifa' "more as an ideology than an organization."
wjla.com/news/nation-wo…
@FBI @kenklippenstein The @FBI Director told Congress that the primary domestic terrorism threat in 2020 is from violent extremists motivated by racial or religious hatred – & the majority of these attacks in America "fueled by some type of white supremacy." cbsnews.com/news/racially-… This remains true.
@FBI @kenklippenstein Reminder: There is no legal mechanism for designating domestic extremist groups as terrorists in the USA. (President Trump is a paper tiger.)
nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/…
If there were, white supremacist & ethno-nationalist groups would be on it – starting with the KKK.
nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/…
If there were, white supremacist & ethno-nationalist groups would be on it – starting with the KKK.
@FBI @kenklippenstein “We have a significant increase in racially motivated violent extremism in the US and, I think, a growing increase in white nationalism and white supremacy extremist movements,” Jay Tabb, head of national security for the @FBI: nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/…
@FBI @kenklippenstein It took YEARS for @DHSgov to begin to address the growing threat of violent extremeism white supremacists – much "pre-existing condition" of white nationalism across the South: nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/…
Today, @FBI should be investigating federal officers: propublica.org/article/secret…
Today, @FBI should be investigating federal officers: propublica.org/article/secret…
@FBI @kenklippenstein @DHSgov In April 2020, the @StateDept designated an ultra-nationalist group based in Russia as a terrorist organization, the first time (!) the US government applied the label to a white supremacist group: nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/…
@FBI @kenklippenstein @DHSgov @StateDept For decades, the USA's domestic counterterrorism strategy ignored the growing threat of far-right extremism. nytimes.com/2018/11/03/mag…
Then Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: nbcnews.com/news/latino/af… Stephen Miller is still there.
Then Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: nbcnews.com/news/latino/af… Stephen Miller is still there.
@FBI @kenklippenstein @DHSgov @StateDept @WhiteHouse Given Trump's record of illiberalism, abuse of power, & demonstrated intent to criminalize dissent, Congress would be foolish to pass new domestic terrorism law.
But it should hold open hearings on whether foreign or domestic extremists are deliberately stoking riots & fires.
But it should hold open hearings on whether foreign or domestic extremists are deliberately stoking riots & fires.
Every governor and mayor should be thinking about the threat white supremacists pose to their communities.
That means systematic auditing law enforcement to root out white nationalism from police forces. Zero tolerance.
This @NewYorkStateAG is leading:
newsweek.com/new-york-georg…
That means systematic auditing law enforcement to root out white nationalism from police forces. Zero tolerance.
This @NewYorkStateAG is leading:
newsweek.com/new-york-georg…
White supremacists pose a dire security threat in 2020:
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
But they've been terrorizing our fellow Americans for many decades.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of domestic terror – as are statues of traitors:
nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opi…
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
But they've been terrorizing our fellow Americans for many decades.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of domestic terror – as are statues of traitors:
nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opi…
