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“Terrorism”
Updated 28d
NSPM-7 and other expansions of “terrorist” designations, criminalizing protests and other nonviolent forms of political dissent, etc.
Collection
Updated 28d
NSPM-7 and other expansions of “terrorist” designations, criminalizing protests and other nonviolent forms of political dissent, etc.
NLG Condemns OFAC Designation of Palestine Action and Autistici/Inventati, Calls for Challenges - National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has carefully reviewed the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) August 2026 sanctions against Palestine Action and Autistici/Inventati as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). We strongly and unequivocally condemn these acts by the federal government. Palestine Action (Pal Action) Pal Action is British direct action movement
Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown
Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported
Mass Arrests by Trump's ICE, CBP Repeatedly Fail Under Scrutiny — ProPublica
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.
Rubio and Miller warn of the ‘mortal threat’ of ‘far-left terror’ in speech to 67 countries | CNN Politics
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller on Thursday sought to paint a dark picture of the threat of “far-left terror” to the United States as they urged diplomats from around the world to “defend” their civilizations against the “scourge.”
The War on Terror Turns Left - UNICORN RIOT
Prairieland, TX – A sprawling court case from a protest at an immigration detention center could determine how the United States government deals with dissent. The charges originated from a protest at the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot. In a superseding indictment filed in […]
How the Administration Picks Its Targets, Then Picks the Crime
The Trump administration is using the Antifa label and other means to prosecute its opponents.
A Year After Historic Anti-ICE Protests, LA City Attorney Launches Surprise Prosecution of More Than Twenty Demonstrators - Knock LA
The charges, filed just days before the statute of limitations would have expired, draw comparisons to the repression of protesters by Trump's federal prosecutors.
Bad Idea: Domestic Terrorist Organization Designations | Defense360
Creating a new authority to designate domestic terrorist groups would be a mistake. There are, however, mechanisms under existing law that could be better utilized to combat domestic terror.
State Department Advances Trump Crackdown on ‘Far-Left Terrorism’
Critics say the Trump administration’s focus is disproportionate, as analysts raise alarms about the growing strength of far-right movements.
How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and Activists | ACLU
What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do.
Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics
Congresswoman demands answers after a DHS agent was apparently stationed outside her Minnesota town hall
Judges and Grand Juries Reject Trump's Efforts to Investigate
A detailed record of federal courts and grand juries rejecting the Trump administration’s use of subpoenas, search warrants, and indictments.
DOJ Using Gang, Terrorist Prosecutors To Ensure People Opposed To Trump Are Treated Like Gang Members, Terrorists
The authoritarianism has been out in the open pretty much since day one with this presidency. Things that leak out around the edges — unaccompanied by official statements, announcements, or r…
Freedom to Write Index 2025
For the first time ever, the Freedom to Write Index documented more than 400 writers in prison in 2025, including in the United States.
As Governments Silence War Critics, Writers Pay the Price
Crackdowns on writers during wartime emerged as a key trend in PEN America's 2025 data gathered for the latest annual Freedom to Write Index.
Peters Report Finds Trump Administration Has Dismantled Critical Counterterrorism Infrastructure and Weaponized What Remains Against Political Opponents, Leaving Americans Vulnerable to Terror Threats - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
Senator Gary Peters released a new report detailing how the Trump Administration has systematically dismantled key elements of the nation’s post-9/11 counterterrorism infrastructure, diverting personnel and resources away from preventing terrorist attacks, and increasingly weaponizing other counterterrorism authorities for political purposes.
Trump has been dismantling post-9/11 counterterrorism protections, Senate report says
Democratic senators are accusing the White House of weakening U.S. defenses that were developed and refined in the 25 years since the 9/11 attacks.
Eventually Everyone Will Be Called A Terrorist | Defector
Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened representatives from 66 different nations on July 16 for a “ministerial meeting” on the resurgence of “political terrorism.” The White House described the summit as the launch of “an unprecedented global offensive against the transnational threat of Radical Left terrorism.” This historic occasion took the form of Rubio, White…
Why Trump Wants You to Think All Dissent Is a “Conspiracy”
What Pizzagate, election fraud lies, and Trump’s crackdown on antifa have in common.
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.
