With the country reeling from the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt, the Biden White House laid out its first steps towards a strategy to counter the ongoing prospect of more far-right violence.
So in the second to last paragraph we find out/ are reminded at Trump hollowed out DHS anti-terrorism departments. Now why, I wonder, in the world would Trump order something like this? And when did it start? Also who told Trump that we had anti-terrorism departments?
âPsaki emphasized in her remarks that the Biden administrationâs first steps towards countering what it calls âdomestic violent extremismââŚâ
Kudos!
My only question is: Why not call it âdomestic terrorismâ?
(Even if there isnât a legal definition, we all know exactly what it is.)
Will this involve lead pipes and fire hoses and where can I apply?
I am just glad that, after the last couple of years starting, best guess, with Charlottesville, anyone is starting to look at this issue. When he who shall not be named said there were very fine people on both sides, thatâs where the escalation signal blared forth.
Not clear on the concept!
Should have started 4 years ago, but there was zero chance of Trump going after his base.
Sounds like a winning âjobs programâ to me!
(Just be prepared for long lines at the application windows; stay hydrated and bring snacks.)
Maybe it should work more like Jury Duty?
Maybe I am missing it in the article but I see no strategy to deal with the instigators, leaders and elected officials who ferment âDomestic Extremismâ. I really hope this is just another instance of having two sets of rules and going after the weak and foolish and leaving the real culprits to continue their assault on American democracy.
This is the key. You canât talk them out of it, but you may be able to keep them from talking to each other. And if they canât coordinate with their fellow nutjobs, the threat they pose drops dramatically.
Is unclear. Person who did so spoke of moose and squirrel.
Investigate, arrest, indict, prosecute, convict, confiscate assets, JAIL OR FLIP.
Itâll work.
Exactly. Also, you take away the revenue streams of the grifters who keep showing up to post their blogs or YouTube videos under various screen names on their message boards. Make their lives difficult.
To be fair, he hollowed out all the departmentsâespecially the IRS so they canât conduct complex audits.
Did I miss it here somewhere. It seems we have a new Secretary of Defense.
Biden is going to have to do a lot of firing to catch up with [Individual-1]s final tally.
âŚand strategically leaked, ratcheting up pressure on the Repugs.
They should also play on these clownsâ fundamental weakness - theyâre paranoid. Thatâs why theyâre extremists in the first place - they think the libtards are going to sodomize them and take their guns. So you plant some people in their midst and start sowing internal discord - âI saw Charlie talking to some official-looking guy in Topsyâs Cafe last week. Maybe heâs an informer!â
Dude gets a free one-way flight back to DC. Or are they going to âtransportâ him by prison bus relay?
