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When Does Protest Become Crime—or Terrorism?
Last August, two women stalked an Immigration Customs Enforcement agent near Los Angeles and then streamed themselves at his house, yelling to locals that their neighbor was an agent. Last month, they were convicted and face time in federal prison. Ironically, they wore masks and glasses to hide their identity while invading the privacy of…Simon Hankinson -
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States Push Back Against Organized Mob Rule and ‘Civil Terrorism’
Far too many so-called protesters these days aren’t simply expressing their First Amendment rights, they are using public coercion to harass, intimidate, and physically threaten people into accepting their views. Several states are taking measures to clamp down on the rise of what one writer calls “civil terrorism,” essentially organized and often violent mayhem practiced by…Jarrett Stepman -
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Maduro’s Narco-Terrorism Plot Against America Unraveled by Defectors
One by one, they are singing, the men who used to do dirty deeds for the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro. Nobody knows what’s going to happen, whether the United States will attack, and whether Maduro will fall. But these Venezuelans sniff change in the air. As more countries exit Venezuela’s…Mike Gonzalez -
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This Anti-Christian Group May Be Out of Power Now, But Its Popularity Among Dems Bodes Ill for the Future
Even a year later, it’s hard to wrap your head around the upside-down world of the Biden administration: The White House celebrated transgender ideology on Easter Sunday, your tax dollars funded the settlement of immigrants who broke the law to come here, and authorities turned to an Antifa-linked group whose “hate map” inspired an act…Tyler O’Neil -
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Gabbard: 2,000 Afghan Refugees in US Have Ties to Terrorism
THE CENTER SQUARE—An estimated 2,000 Afghan nationals admitted to the United States following the deadly 2021 pullout of American forces from Afghanistan have ties to terrorism, according to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard made the astonishing revelation during an interview on Fox News Friday morning, following a tense House Homeland Security Committee hearing…Sarah Roderick-Fitch -
3 Out of 4 Terrorists Since 9/11 Are Foreign-Born, but More Than Half Citizens
@SecNeilsen says the report “is a clear reminder of why we cannot continue to rely on immigration policy based on pre-9/11 thinking.” When someone tweets the published story by clicking on the Twitter icon above it, this text appears along with photo, SEO headline, and meta description; all three elements should work together and cause…Fred Lucas -
Media Shows Sympathetic Views on Antisemitic Terrorist
Mohammed Sabry Soliman, armed with an improvised flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, attacked a group of peaceful Jews in Boulder, Colorado, who were remembering the hostages taken from Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. At least one of Soliman’s victims was a Holocaust survivor. Soliman and his family had come to the United States on…Erick Erickson -
WATCH: Legacy Media’s Bizarre Relationship With Terrorism
Legacy media outlets can’t decide how to cover a horrific Islamic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, and continue repeating debunked stories straight from Hamas. Arrest and deportation efforts by the second Trump administration cause crocodile tears on and off national television. Pride month brings out the weirdest people on Earth, but notably fewer than in…Tony Kinnett -
New House Report Faults FBI for Claiming Congressional Baseball Game Shooter Had ‘No Nexus to Terrorism’
A new congressional report finds the FBI put out “intentionally misleading” statements regarding the man who shot Republican members of Congress at a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017. The FBI published multiple statements claiming that the shooting had “no nexus to terrorism” and identifying the motive of the shooter—James Hodgkinson—as “suicide by…Tyler O’Neil -
Rubio Designates Haitian Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
THE CENTER SQUARE—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated two Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, adding to a list of transnational criminal organizations, including Mexican cartels and the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua. Rubio designated the violent Haitian gangs, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as FTOs and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,…Bethany Blankley -
Rubio Stands Firm: No More Student Visa Privileges for Terrorism Backers
Protesters are getting exactly what they asked for when they waved Hamas flags, burned American flags, and turned college campuses into breeding grounds for extremism. They wanted attention, and now they’ve got it—in the form of overdue accountability. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is doing what weak leadership failed to do for years: enforce our…Yaakov Menken -
From Profanity-Chic to Terrorist-Porn
The Democratic Party is polling about 27% approval—and sinking. In 2024, it lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and both the popular vote and the Electoral College, 312-226. In 2024, Donald Trump won over 46% of the Hispanic vote, including a majority of Hispanic men. Trump also likely captured 26% of…Victor Davis Hanson -
The Left’s Tesla Terrorism Agenda
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk today about what I think I would call terror porn. Terror porn…Victor Davis Hanson -
A New Kind of ‘Hate Map’ May Be Directing the Domestic Terrorism Against Tesla
The Left cannot tolerate dissent, but it absolutely hates a heretic. Elon Musk has transformed from climate hero to anti-bureaucratic villain, and the Left's shock troops are wielding Molotov cocktails at the most accessible symbol of his influence: the Tesla. Of course, in doing so, these vandals don't harm Elon Musk, the hated godfather of…Tyler O’Neil -
US Can Deport Green Card Holders Who Support Terrorism
Last week, President Donald Trump began keeping yet another of his promises—this time, to deport foreign nationals who support terrorism. On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department “revoked the first visa of an alien who was previously cited for criminal behavior in connection with Hamas-supporting disruptions,” a department official told Fox News. “This individual was a…Jason Bedrick -
The Terroristic Meanings Behind Those ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Protest Slogans: A Guide
Terrorist-supporting students and their off-campus allies took over yet another building at Barnard College in New York on Wednesday. The protesters blocked students from attending class, disrupted students studying in the library, and lynched Barnard’s president in effigy. As midterm exams approach and protest season comes into full swing, it’s an opportune time to explain…Jason Bedrick -
More Islamist Terrorism Is Coming. We Are Woefully Unprepared.
Al-Qaeda first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993 with a car bomb in the underground garage. Americans heard about the attack on the evening news and then went out to McDonald’s for a burger and fries. It was like the 911 operator called us and we put them on hold. Less than 10 years later,…James Carafano -
How FBI Is Conducting Investigation Into NOLA Terrorist Attack
Authorities are slowly learning more about what motivated 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar to turn a truck into a weapon on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning. The act of terror left 15 people dead and another 35 injured. The FBI says Jabbar acted alone and, despite being a military veteran, was inspired by ISIS….Virginia Allen -
Oct. 7 Apologists Are Right About One Thing: Hamas’ Terrorism Didn’t Take Place in a Vacuum
Within minutes of Hamas jihadists breaching the Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, and commencing the largest slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, Western leftists and other defenders of the genocidal Palestinian-Arab cause rallied around a talking point: “This did not occur in a vacuum.” The claim—blithely offered by armchair revolutionaries without even…Josh Hammer -
Threat of Another Terrorist Attack ‘Is Higher Now’ Than in Months Before 9/11, Expert Says
It was 23 years ago Wednesday that terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airline flights, turned the planes into weapons, crashed them into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, and in the process killed nearly 3,000 people. Today, America is at risk of another equally as deadly terrorist attack, a…Virginia Allen