According to a recent article in the Washington Post, in the aftermath of the January 6 melee at the Capitol there are increasing calls for the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security to "play a more muscular role in combating domestic
This is an issue that all Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarians should be extremely concerned about, especially because we don't have to guess about where this goes or how this ends.
The alert warns of potential terrorist attacks from Americans who are "ideologically motivated" and have "objections to the exercise of government authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false
After 9/11, the entire country collectively lost its mind in the throes of fear. During that time, all civil and Constitutional rights were shredded and replaced with the pages of The USA PATRIOT Act.
Here we see the former CIA chief, John Brennan, saying that libertarians are no different than "white supremacists and domestic terrorists," as he calls for the need to bring foreign terror war tactics onto US soil to squash them all.
• https://thiscantbehappening.net, by Dave LIndorff
I have something in common with some of the brownshirt thugs who assaulted the Capitol, some reportedly intent on kidnapping and/or killing congressional leaders and members like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader and presumptive Maj
Americans appear too divided and distracted to recognize that the architects of the Patriot Act and the failed War on Terror now have their sights set on the American homeland.
As they debated the second impeachment of President Trump, House Democrats used words that they've rarely applied to Republican voters. "Sedition" was one. So was "treason." And "terrorism."
Soon after U.S. officials declared their "war on terrorism" some 20 years ago, I wrote that this new war was likely to last longer than the "war on drugs."
Last week's massive social media purges - starting with President Trump's permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets - was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas.
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