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99 Illegal Aliens on Terrorist Watchlist Released Into US, Report Finds
Under the Biden-Harris administration, at least 99 illegal aliens on America’s terrorist watchlist have been released into the United States, according to a congressional report. “As if the record-breaking number of border encounters of illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist is not concerning enough, the Biden-Harris administration has released some of the aliens into the…Virginia Allen -
The Left and Right Have Very Different Definitions of Terrorism
As people grow increasingly wary of dangers around them, a split-screen has again opened up on how the Left and Right approach the threat of terrorism. On the Left, you have the Army being trained on the purported terrorist threat posed by Christian pro-lifers. On the other, elected officials are finally probing pro-Hamas groups. The pro-life groups…Mike Gonzalez -
Rep. Tlaib Addresses Conference Endorsed by Founding Member of Palestinian Terrorist Group
Rep. Rashida Tlaib spoke over Memorial Day weekend at a conference endorsed by individuals associated with a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. The Michigan Democrat spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine on Saturday, where she chided President Joe Biden for not doing enough to stop Israel from conducting a “genocide,” according to a video posted to Instagram by the Palestinian…Robert Schmad -
What to Do About the Terrorist Supporters Among Us
The pervasive and open antisemitism that has infected our academic institutions, such as Columbia University, with the chants of “Death to America”; rabid support for Hamas, a designated terrorist organization; and gleeful approval of the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians makes me feel as if we are experiencing the 1930s all over again. The…Hans von Spakovsky -
She Survived Terrorist Attacks to Become Voice for Democracy in UK
The threat of terrorism first touched Arlene Foster’s life when she was just a child. Her father was serving as a police officer in the United Kingdom when he was shot in his own home by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1979. The Provisional Irish Republican Army group was seeking to end British rule…Virginia Allen -
House Panel: FBI Singled Out ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family’ Americans as ‘Potential Domestic Terrorists’
After 9/11, leftist journalists passionately exposed the New York City Police Department doing surveillance of mosques to try to prevent violent Muslim extremism. By contrast, they largely yawned when it was leaked in February that the FBI’s field office in Richmond, Virginia, discussed surveilling local Catholic churches to root out potential violent extremism from the…Tim Graham -
Paying Iranian Terrorists Billions in Ransom Is Nothing to Brag About, Mr. President
The going rate for an American hostage these days is around $1.3 billion. That’s what the Biden administration paid out this week for five Americans in a prisoner swap with the Islamic Republic of Iran. And with little overhead, it’s mostly profit for the mullahs. But don’t let the term “prisoner swap” insinuate that there…David Harsanyi -
SPLC Silent When Asked For Evidence the Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism Didn’t Engage in Violence
A left-leaning Georgia prosecutor has stepped back from pursuing “Stop Cop City” rioters who violently attacked a police construction site in March, citing a difference in “prosecution philosophies” with Georgia’s attorney general and referencing a Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer who faces domestic terrorism charges in the incident. The SPLC did not respond when asked…Tyler O’Neil -
Palestinian Arab Terrorism Gets a ‘Moral Equivalence’ Pass
This past week, Jews all over the world marked Passover, the celebration of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. As we congregated around seder tables to read from the “Haggadah”—the compendium of texts telling the story of the exodus—we said the following words: “And this [God’s blessings and the Torah] is what kept our fathers and…Ben Shapiro