Opposition To Covid Measures Is Domestic Terrorism According To DHS
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Summary
A new terror alert has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security says it's not based on any actual threats or plots. It's based on an analysis of the threat picture, not on any imminent warning that something could happen here.
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A new terror alert has been issued by Homeland Security tonight.
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Well, DHS says this new terrorism advisory is not based on any actual threats or plots,
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but it says there's a rise in anti-government rhetoric.
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Some of it is opposition to COVID public health rules like mask and vaccine measures.
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Some calls for violent action are based on claims of election fraud
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or a belief that Donald Trump can be reinstated.
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And DHS says the coming 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks
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and religious holidays later this year could be catalysts for violence.
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This new one says domestic extremism remains a threat priority.
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So it's important to know that this is not based on any threats.
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This is based on analysis of the threat picture,
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not on any imminent warning that something could happen here.
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The last of these terrorism advisories was issued in May and it expired today.
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So this is really, in essence, a renewal, an update of it.
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Homeland Security says there are several concerning factors.
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There's continuing grievances over COVID restrictions, which has stirred up a lot of opposition.
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There's the continuing efforts by foreign influencers to try to stir up trouble in the U.S.
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There's the coming 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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now once again sort of firing up its propaganda machine.
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And there are approaching religious holidays and the opening of school
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So for all those reasons, DHS says this is the terror threat picture that we face.
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But again, it's not a warning that there's attacks that they know of.