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DHS issues nationwide terrorism alert ...”Trump supporters”
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Posted on 01/28/2021 4:32:59 AM PST by mikelets456

The Department of Homeland Security issued a nationwide terrorism alert on Wednesday warning the public of *domestic violent extremists* who could incite or conduct violent acts.

In an official terrorism advisory directed by Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske that lasts until April 30, DHS warns of increased threats in the U.S. of *some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence.*

The advisory came after Pekoske*s consultation with intelligence and law enforcement, though no signs of credible attack plots were found.

DHS described Domestic Violent Extremists (DVEs) as motivated by various issues including *anger over COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 election results, and police use of force,* and Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs) inspired by foreign terrorist groups.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanmilitarynews.com ...


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1 posted on 01/28/2021 4:32:59 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: mikelets456

our government hates us.


2 posted on 01/28/2021 4:37:15 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: mikelets456

Gotta keep selling the Useful Idiots on the idea of the Far Right Boogeyman.

I think 1930s Germany was big on this idea- name the enemy and get people to sign up for the conflict and the cause.


3 posted on 01/28/2021 4:39:19 AM PST by Blueflag
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To: mikelets456; Oldeconomybuyer

Olde- we need your Goebels pic, please.


4 posted on 01/28/2021 4:40:46 AM PST by Blueflag
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To: mikelets456

https://youtu.be/BlEo8PQChG4

Fiction precedes the present.


5 posted on 01/28/2021 4:43:10 AM PST by Blueflag
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“*some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence.*”

I’m *all about* all of that except for the violence and that the grievances are not mere “perceived” grievances.


6 posted on 01/28/2021 4:43:46 AM PST by equaviator (If it seems like it's too bad to be true then maybe it isn't.)
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To: mikelets456

No Antifa! They are the ones rioting.


7 posted on 01/28/2021 4:44:56 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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DHS issues nationwide terrorism alert ...”Trump supporters

Don't see anything in the Department of Homeland Security's nationwide terrorism alert explicitly mentioning "Trump-supporters," as claimed by the headline.

Regards,

8 posted on 01/28/2021 4:47:40 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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This means the FBI is paying a hundred Antifa scumbags to dress up in a MAGA hat and carry out a False Flag. They will also manage to get one stupid Cletus on the right to go along with the plan. Cletus will be the patsy and will easily be apprehended.

The two minutes of hate will be ramped up by the gaslighting media for our patsy, and the paid Antifa will magically get away, or if caught, quietly let go.

The facts of the false flag will never see the light of day. Only the foaming at the mouth narrative that "Trump is a violent seditionist super-hitler Svengali and he also kicks puppies!"

9 posted on 01/28/2021 4:50:29 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Blueflag

I think Commiecrats draw heavily from 1930s Germany for their policies.


10 posted on 01/28/2021 4:51:27 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: alexander_busek

MSM still trying to suggest McCaughey, the brown hoodie guy at the Capitol, was a “Republican”, but I have seen no proof of that whatsoever:

24 Jan: Herald Mail Media: Man captured on an infamous US Capitol riot video lived an innocuous life in Connecticut; Patrick Edward McCaughey faces years in jail
by Edmund H. Mahony Hartford Courant
Ridgefield is Connecticut’s most affluent town by some calculations. Median income among 8,000 citizens is about $130,000 and median property value is about $666,000. ***There are a lot of Republicans in town, including McCaughey, his father and some of the young men with whom McCaughey played high school football.

After high school, McCaughey went to work for his father, who is a licensed pilot, boat owner, real estate broker and building contractor, specializing in single family homes. McCaughey was arrested at a home owned by his father just over the border from Ridgefield in South Salem, New York, where he was quarantining as a COVID-19 precaution after his trip to the Capitol. In some of the videos that capture McCaughey, he is unmasked.

After quarantine, he planned to return to his mother’s home, where he lived with her, his sister and his sister’s boyfriend, according to disclosures in court by his federal public defender, Jason Ser. His father, with whom McCaughey is said to be in regular contact, lives nearby in New Canaan...

“As far as employment goes, Mr. McCaughey, unfortunately, has been affected like many others by the COVID pandemic,” Ser said in court in an unsuccessful attempt to arrange release on bond. “He has been unemployed since late 2019. He relies on his mother for support and his father. As I mentioned he had been prior to that as carpenter, handy man, call it what you will. But he has worked for his father since his late teenaged years.”
“He has a couple of thousand dollars to his name in savings,” Ser said. “He has always lived with his parents and continues to rely on them for support.”...

Ser said McCaughey is being prosecuted based on fewer that two minutes of video, while other video evidence — some referenced in the government’s criminal complaint — suggests he tried to help the officer he is accused of assaulting...
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/man-captured-on-an-infamous-us-capitol-riot-video-lived-an-innocuous-life-in-connecticut/article_d2083e19-f09e-55ce-8212-7649ddeb7337.html


11 posted on 01/28/2021 4:52:00 AM PST by MAGAthon
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To: mikelets456

I believe that what we’re seeing here is a concerted effort by certain elements in the media, government and global businesses to push people to the breaking point, declare “martial law,” and then institute firearms confiscation throughout the country.

Right now we’re seeing the government make a very heavy handed attempt with the NG troops in DC to say, “We Have All the Power.”

Mark


12 posted on 01/28/2021 4:54:51 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: mikelets456

Just more acting guilty by Commiecrats. Trump won.


13 posted on 01/28/2021 5:00:35 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: alexander_busek

That’s why I put it in “quotes”....because it’s pretty clear how it’s worded as “upset with election results” it ain’t Biden supporters.


14 posted on 01/28/2021 5:03:40 AM PST by mikelets456
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Consultations w/ tax-paid intelligence and tax-paid L/E officials, discussed incitement to commit violence (though
NO credible plots were found). This produced an official government "terrorism advisory" by tax-paid Acting DHS
Secy David Pekoske, which warns of:
<><> (A) increased threats
<><> (B) by *ideologically-motivated violent extremists
<><> (C) with objections to the exercise of governmental authority,
<><> (D) the presidential transition,
<><> (E) including perceived grievances fueled by false narratives,

DHS described Domestic Violent Extremists (DVEs) as motivated by various issues including:
<><> anger over COVID-19 restrictions (including wearing masks),
<><> the 2020 election results,
<><> police use of force,
<><> as well as Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs) inspired by foreign terrorist groups.

15 posted on 01/28/2021 5:03:59 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Liz

“The advisory came after Pekoske*s consultation with intelligence and law enforcement...” The Fascist Triumverate.


16 posted on 01/28/2021 5:05:31 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: mikelets456

Pekoske’s operational expertise was in the operations ashore community. His staff expertise is in [Coast Guard] strategic planning, program analysis and budget development. IOW, a REMF squid.


17 posted on 01/28/2021 5:12:17 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: mikelets456
WANTED - For Terrorism!

If seen report to nearest DNC.
18 posted on 01/28/2021 5:13:09 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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THE STENCH OF CHICAGO SEWERS AND WHO CRAWLED OUT OF IT IS STRONG HERE:

===================READ ON =====================

CIRCA 2009---OBAMA'S DHS Secy Napolitano stands by controversial report naming "extremists"
By Eli Lake and Audrey Hudson - The Washington Times Thursday, April 16, 2009

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she was briefed before the release of a controversial intelligence assessment and that she stands by the report, which lists returning veterans among terrorist risks to the U.S. But the top House Democrat with oversight of the Department of Homeland Security said in a letter to Ms. Napolitano that he was “dumbfounded” that such a report would be issued.

“This report appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans - including war veterans,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, in his letter sent Tuesday night.

The letter was representative of a public furor over the nine-page document since its existence was reported in The Washington Times on Tuesday. In her statement Wednesday, Ms. Napolitano defended the report, which says “rightwing extremism” may include groups opposed to abortion and immigration, as merely one among several threat assessments. But she agreed to meet with the head of the American Legion, who had expressed anger over the report, when she returns to Washington next week from a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border.

“The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis is one in an ongoing series of assessments to provide situational awareness to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies on the phenomenon and trends of violent radicalization in the United States,” Ms. Napolitano said in her statement. “I was briefed on the general topic, which is one that struck a nerve as someone personally involved in the Timothy McVeigh prosecution,” Ms. Napolitano said. • Click here to download a PDF of the report. Ms. Napolitano insisted that the department was not planning on engaging in any form of ideological profiling. “Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don’t have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence,” Ms. Napolitano said.

“We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology or political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources.”

The Times reported Tuesday that the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) issued April 7 the nine-page document titled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” Outcry from veterans groups, Republican lawmakers and conservative activists followed, but the reaction spread Wednesday to Democratic lawmakers and liberal-leaning groups.

In his letter to Ms. Napolitano, Mr. Thompson demanded that Homeland Security officials explain how and why they wrote the report and whether it poses any threat to civil liberties. “As I am certain you agree, freedom of association and freedom of speech are guaranteed to all Americans - whether a person’s beliefs, whatever their political orientation, are ‘extremist’ or not,” Mr. Thompson said. Mr. Thompson said the report “blurred the line,” and that he is “disappointed and surprised that the department would allow this report to be disseminated” to law enforcement officials nationwide.

Homeland Security officials have declined to say who wrote report, except that it was a career official and not a political appointee. Only three employees are listed in the Federal Yellow Book as working for the I&A office - acting Undersecretary Roger Mackin and two executive assistants.

Mr. Thompson’s letter said, “I am particularly struck by the report’s conclusion which states that I&A ‘will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months to ascertain with greater regional specificity the rise in right-wing extremist activity in the United States with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and social factors that drive right-wing extremist radicalization.’ ” He demanded to know what types of activities the Homeland Security Department had planned for “the next several months.”

“Rightwing extremism,” the report said in a footnote on Page 2, goes beyond religious and racial hate groups and extends to “those that are mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely.” “It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” said the report, which also listed gun owners and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as potential risks.

The assessment is not the first Homeland Security product to examine threats based on political extremism. In January, the department sent law enforcement officials an assessment of cyberterrorism threats from such left-leaning sources as environmental, animal rights and anarchist groups. Mike German, policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union and a former FBI agent, said his organization was concerned about law enforcement agencies’ focus on radicalization, regardless of the specific ideology. “Certainly, the right-wing report is focused far too much on rhetoric and things people say and things people think rather than on criminal activity and the people involved in criminal activity,” he said. “There is plenty of crime out there for federal, state and local law enforcement to worry about. They don’t need to invent threats that they have no factual basis for supporting.”

The American Legion on Tuesday said the latest report unfairly stereotypes veterans. “I am aware of the letter from American Legion National Commander [David K.] Rehbein, and my staff has already contacted him to set up a meeting next week once I return from travel. I will tell him face-to-face that we honor veterans at DHS and employ thousands across the department, up to and including the Deputy Secretary,” Ms. Napolitano said.

“As the department responsible for protecting the homeland, DHS will continue to work with its state and local partners to prevent and protect against the potential threat to the United States associated with any rise in violent extremist activity,” Ms. Napolitano said.

Asked about the report at Wednesday’s White House briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs said he has not spoken with President Obama specifically about it. “Without getting into the report, I think the president works hard every day to make sure that all Americans are safe and secure,” Mr. Gibbs said.

“And I would say that, as it relates to some aspect of the report, that the president believes those who serve our country represent the very best of it,” Mr. Gibbs said.

House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Wednesday that the department owes veterans an apology. “To characterize men and women returning home after defending our country as potential terrorists is offensive and unacceptable,” he said. “Everyone agrees that the department should be focused on protecting America, but using such broad-based generalizations about the American people is simply outrageous.”

Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, called it “inconceivable” that the Obama administration would categorize veterans as a potential threat. “This kind of mischaracterization can lead to discrimination against veterans in our society, especially in the job market,” Mr. Buyer said. “Vietnam veterans were subjected to this unfair treatment, and I call upon President Obama and members of Congress to refute any similar stereotyping of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.” • Jon Ward contributed to this report. Copyright © 2021 The Washington Times, LLC.

RELATED STORIES:
• Federal agency warns of radicals on right
• Legion objects to vets as terror risk
• Obama promises new beginning ahead of trip

19 posted on 01/28/2021 5:14:31 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Bookshelf
“The advisory came after Pekoske*s consultation with intelligence and law enforcement...” The Fascist Triumverate.

I hear the Re-education Camps are ready.....the train leaves at midnight.....be on it.

20 posted on 01/28/2021 5:18:29 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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