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"The Trump administration is quietly drafting a bold new strategy for combating terrorism that targets a wide range of perceived foes, from Tesla vandals to everyday protesters, intelligence sources say.

White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is leading the effort, which covers both foreign and domestic strategies. Gorka recently boasted that the president has “done a 180 on our counterterrorism policy.” He’s also been quite candid in comparing his political opponents to terrorists, as I’ve written about.

Farewell episode of “The Gorka Reality Check” show in January
The domestic focus derives from the view that foreign control, antisemitism and a conspiracy against Donald Trump are behind everything from Gaza protests to Planned Parenthood. White House insiders firmly believe that protestors are being “paid” to disrupt the Trump agenda, the same sources say. "

kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-te

Ken Klippenstein · Trump Team Prepping New Strategy for Domestic TerrorismBy Ken Klippenstein

Man sentenced to life over 2019 Lyon terrorist attack that injured 15.

Hours before the verdict was handed down, on Monday, Mohamed Medjdoub, a 29-year-old Algerian man, told the court that his terrorist attack was a 'total success' and he had 'no regrets.'

mediafaro.org/article/20250407

The scene after a bomb attack that took place on a pedestrian street in central Lyon, on 24 May 2019. PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP
Le Monde · Man sentenced to life over 2019 Lyon terrorist attack that injured 15.By Soren Seelow

« #US #NeoNazi #terrorist group w/ #Russia-based leader→calling 4 targeted #assassinations & attacks on critical #infrastructure of #Ukraine in effort 2 destabilize the country as it carries out #ceasefire negotiations w/ #Kremlin

#TheBase, which has web of cells all over world, was founded in 2018 & became subject of a relentless #FBI #CounterTerrorism investigation that led to several arrests & world governments officially designating it..a #TerroristOrganization »

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacksBy Ben Makuch
Continued thread

"Buried in the messages between National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other cabinet members is a horrible demonstration of narrative engineering.

"While the legacy media fixates on ‘classified information’, the real story is actually not the incompetence of these people but instead how they casually discussed spinning the bombing of Yemen—an already battered and famine-ravaged nation—into a palatable story for the American and global public. Let’s have a look":
thespectaclemag.substack.com/p by Deaglan O'Mulrooney 🧶

the spectacle · how the Empire sells its massacres.By Deaglan O'Mulrooney
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“Remove Hamas and the other Resistance groups from the Home Office list of proscribed organisations”

by David Miller in Al Mayadeen English

“David Miller exposes the UK’s use of counterterrorism laws to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and calls for de-proscribing Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups”

english.almayadeen.net/article

#Press#UK#Labour
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Long read: How a peripheral state can leverage its wealth, strategic geography and alliances to exert outsized influence on regional and global affairs

"How the UAE can simultaneously be both a subject of imperialism and an agent of imperialist practices within its spheres of influence while challenging traditional imperialist actors": tni.org/en/article/the-emergin

@israel @geography 🧵

Africa: Rwanda Proposes Five Steps to Reinforce Africa's Counter-Terrorism Effort: [New Times] The international community cannot hope to resolve the threat of terrorism if it fails to identify and address its true perpetrators, Rwanda's foreign minister Amb Olivier Nduhungirehe stressed during a high-level UN Security Council debate in New York, on Tuesday, January 21. newsfeed.facilit8.network/THWt #Africa #Rwanda #CounterTerrorism #UNSecurityCouncil #Terrorism

So, I'm wondering if these are being launched to spy on #USCitizens -- maybe even take action against them? Weaponized #PoliceDrones is an idea that's been floating for years... Are we about to become a full #PoliceState?

Intelligence officials [FAIL TO] reveal source of drones in classified briefing

by Melissa Koenig, December 18, 2024

"US Coast Guard licensed captain and New Jersey resident Paul Sprieser, 56, has said he does not believe all the sightings can be explained by commercial aircraft or other sanctioned activities.

"'There's a large percentage of them that are not commercial aircraft, like these stationary objects in the sky that are the size of an SUV that are just hanging out there for five or six hours, or seven hours,' Sprieser told DailyMail.com.

"It is possible that the drones could be the result of a 2018 defense contract to develop and test '#counterterrorism' drones.

"The Department of Defense is allowed to deny claims of third-party technologies if the drones were placed on a secure tech list for contract disclosures, which means the government is applying special restrictions to the information.

"The restrictions are added when technologies protect national security or to keep advanced systems hidden from hostile nations, and the developer holds primary liability if the government is not operating the drones, Retired CIA Intelligence Officer Rudy Ridolfi explained to DailyMail.com.

"He noted that the Federal Aviation Administration issued an air restriction alert on November 21 prohibiting flights over the Picatinny base for 'special security reasons' through December 26.

"'This FAA notice shows US drone testing is happening in the area. It's a warning for others to stay out of the area during those dates,' Ridolfi said.

"'While the nature of the testing isn't specified, it's most likely the testing of payloads related to reconnaissance.'

"The drone sightings began in mid-November when drones were spotted over the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal and President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster — both in New Jersey.

"In the weeks that followed, similar drones were reported throughout the state, especially in and around Morris county, and have since spread to other states in the region."

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Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified’

Even among a host of TV personalities and alleged sex traffickers, far-right commentator is a step too far for some
John Bolton: “Obviously, everybody is now focusing on the top jobs. But the questions of who are the deputy secretaries, who are the undersecretaries, and so on, is also going to tell us a lot about who’s actually running the government.”

#politics #counterterrorism #Gorka

John Bolton: “Obviously, everybody is now focusing on the top jobs. But the questions of who are the deputy secretaries, who are the undersecretaries, and so on, is also going to tell us a lot about who’s actually running the government.”

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n

The Guardian · Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified’By Martin Pengelly

Via #RawStory @ 10:31pm ET on Nov 22, 2024

"#SebastianGorka is a con man,” #JohnBolton said bluntly just after #Trump announced Gorka as his choice to be a #WhiteHouse deputy assistant to the president and senior director for #counterterrorism. But Bolton didn’t stop there, telling #CNN’s #KaitlanCollins during an appearance on #TheSource that Gorka’s past deserves a thorough government probe.

rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-266

Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · Ex-Trump adviser calls for ‘full-field’ FBI background probe of 'con-man' White House pickBy Erik De La Garza