white supremacy is terrorism
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U.S. Military Chiefs Remind Troops of Their Oath to the Constitution as Investigations Begin Into Service Members Who May Have Participated in Capitol Riot
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military released a memo on Tuesday reminding troops of their oath to the Constitution as investigations are underway to identify former and active-duty soldiers who may have taken part in last week’s riot at the Capitol. According to the New York Times, the memo condemned the events…
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White Extremist Groups Could Descend on D.C. Again on January 19. Meanwhile, Trump Says He Will Not Attend Biden’s Inauguration
On the heels of their successful insurrection, which resulted in minimal arrests and even some hand-holding by law enforcement, the thugs who took over the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday could be planning a return to Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Rumblings on social media—specifically the Parler app where white…
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White Supremacists Plotted to Attack Power Plants, FBI Says
A group led by a teenage white supremacist plotted to attack multiple power plants across the country and write the words “teenage white supremacist” really drives home the feeling that we’re living in the darkest timeline. According to the Associated Press, an accidentally unsealed affidavit revealed allegations from the FBI that a teenager based in…
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Crackdown on White Supremacist Gangs by California Authorities Leads to Charges Filed Against 102 People
It’s Thanksgiving this week, and I don’t know about you, but I feel like there isn’t much to be thankful for in a year like this. Well, 102 people connected to two white supremacist gangs now face charges as part of an investigation by state and federal authorities. I suppose that’s something to be thankful…
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White Supremacist Group Recorded Plotting Paramilitary Trainings, Insists They’re Totally Not Domestic Terrorists or Anything
Secret recordings published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) revealed that a white nationalist group plotted paramilitary training for its members. According to CNN, the SPLC acquired about 83 hours of phone calls from over 100 people linked to The Base, a white nationalist organization. One of the calls involved the vetting of a…
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FBI Elevates Racial Extremists to 'National Threat Priority'
It’s crazy, y’all. I feel like four years ago we warned that if ol’ boy got elected it would embolden the worst of our society to do some heinous things. According to the FBI, unfortunately, we were right. FBI director, Christopher Wray, has said that racially motivated violent extremists (read:white nationalists) have been elevated to…
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Department of Homeland Security Prioritizes White Supremacy as a Threat: ‘Has No Place in the United States of America’
The Department of Homeland Security has a very specific mission: to ensure the safety of the United States. That means implementing cybersecurity measures, protecting our borders from unlawful entry, and eliminating domestic threats like Arby’s. OK, maybe not eliminating Arby’s, but for the first time since its inception, its list of priorities includes an obvious…
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White Power Symbol Discovered After Fire Destroys Historic Civil Rights Center
Days after a mysterious fire destroyed decades of invaluable archives and artifacts at The Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee, a subsequent investigation has uncovered a white power symbol that could indicate the most likely motive behind the fire. “As most of you know, a devastating fire burned down our main office early Friday…
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White Supremacist Who Vowed to Start Race War Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges in Murder of Black Man
For James Harris Jackson, the killing of Timothy Caughman was just “practice.” Jackson, a white man, had traveled up to Times Square in the days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day 2017 to start a race war. After stalking groups of black people for several days, Jackson came upon Caughman, a 66-year-old black man sifting…
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Patricia Okoumou Knows She Could Have Died During her Statue of Liberty Protest; She Did it Anyway
On July 4, 2018, amid the cursory cookouts, cheap beer and sunburns, Patricia Okoumou climbed the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, N.Y., to protest the treatment of immigrant children by the Trump administration. The 44-year-old personal trainer, herself an immigrant from the Congo, had taken part in a protest earlier that day with Rise…