The great @heidibeirich.bsky.social: designating #antifa is “ridiculous on its face” and has “no basis in law or fact.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A must-watch @velshi.com segment featuring @colinpclarke.bsky.social and @milleridriss.bsky.social covering the “incredibly dangerous” great replacement theory and its mainstreaming on the American right. One of the gravest threats to American lives today. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

“I think 500,000 people need to be arrested, tried, and possibly killed.” www.rawstory.com/ali-alexande...

Really smart, thought-provoking piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com, featuring this emphatic conclusion: "The brutality of Netanyahu’s tactics cannot even be justified [...]. For me, at least, Ukraine and Israel are now on different sides of the moral ledger."

"Tech companies have a duty to invest in the necessary technologies, policy, and content moderation tools imperative to minimizing the risk that their products pose in being used to advance extremism." 🎯 @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/considering-...

What role does political rhetoric play in real-world violence? SFS Prof Bruce Hoffman discusses this and more on CBC's Front Burner podcast, exploring the connection between online communities & violent acts and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3VY5oGc

The @theguardian.com article on Tyler Robinson's online persona cites my June 2023 @gwupoe.bsky.social report on generations in online radicalization, which (for whatever reason!) has had a good life. extremism.gwu.edu/third-genera...

"Robinson fits a modern trend of attackers leaving behind messages that not only show they are products of an online culture, but are in conversation with it." Terrific reporting in @theguardian.com by Nick Robins-Early. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“If the bureau is not looking at domestic terrorism, nobody else is. We are now more susceptible to extremists because of these actions.” @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Spent some time today re-reading Dan Byman and Riley McCabe's April @lawfaremedia.org article on "the Growing Risk of Partisan Extremism." At the time, they warned of "a tragedy that could spiral into a political catastrophe." Eerily and unfortunately prescient. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

“The capacity to combat domestic terrorism is eroding. It seems like the eye has been taken off the ball in terms of domestic terrorism prevention in this country – that terrorism is not that major a concern.” www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...

"Robinson fits a modern trend of attackers leaving behind messages that not only show they are products of an online culture, but are in conversation with it." Terrific reporting in @theguardian.com by Nick Robins-Early. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"No longer are these conspiracy theories and very divisive and vicious ideologies separated at the fringes." Domestic terrorism is "now infiltrating American society on a massive scale.” - Jacob Ware www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...

“If they’re picking up trash, they’re not here for a security emergency. There’s no clearer metric than that,” @jkdemp.bsky.social opines. Relatedly, the ratings are in: “53 percent negative, 45 percent neutral and 2 percent positive.” @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“Policymakers and American citizens should consider that what is deemed today to constitute a pro-Israel stance could well be judged differently by history.” 🇮🇱 Such a great piece by @cfr.org President Emeritus Richard Haass in @foreignaffairs.com. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

perhaps nothing is more ingrained in our collective consciousness than the idea that if you get angry enough and have nothing else you feel like living for, the standard move is to pick up a gun and go find someone(s) to use it on.

A particularly sharp @foreignaffairs.com article resurfacing painful lessons learned from the War on Terror and applying them to #Trump's war on cartels in #Mexico, by an impressive collection of @csis.org authors. www.foreignaffairs.com/mexico/wrong...

Now available in paperback! GOD, GUNS, AND SEDITION offers the definitive account of the rise of far-right terrorism in the United States—and how to counter it. buff.ly/yKXxAo8 #GodGunsSedition #FarRight #FarRightTerrorism #DomesticTerrorism @jacobware.bsky.social

"The extremist momentum that has been built since 9/11 is shocking." Love this new @cfr.org series on foreign policy careers. Here, the great @farahpandith.bsky.social tells Ivana Saric about her pioneering work in countering violent extremism. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

An unfortunately well-timed @cfr.org Global Affairs Expert Webinar, as @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I lay out today's counterterrorism and homeland security landscape. Tomorrow at 1pm! education.cfr.org/events/globa...

Good news. The terrorism charges against Luigi #Mangione were always legally dubious. Pursuing them further would also have had dangerous consequences for counterterrorism. @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/luig...

In light of recent events, this episode on nihilistic extremism hosted by @mattfulton.net who interviews @jacobware.bsky.social is well worth a listen.

Overdue but sadly essential for counterterrorism: “Politicians in both parties and at virtually every level of public service are suddenly being forced to deal with acute security concerns.” And yet #Trump is absolutely right: “You have to go forward.” apnews.com/article/poli...

Good news. The terrorism charges against Luigi #Mangione were always legally dubious. Pursuing them further would also have had dangerous consequences for counterterrorism. @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/luig...

My new book finally arrived on Saturday - not sure my thesis will get the attention it deserves today as I am already chapters deep …. 🤓📚📖 @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social

An unfortunately well-timed @cfr.org Global Affairs Expert Webinar, as @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I lay out today's counterterrorism and homeland security landscape. Tomorrow at 1pm! education.cfr.org/events/globa...

In @theatlantic.com, @gcaw.bsky.social offers the best take I’ve read so far about the #CharlieKirkAssassination — largely because it does not pretend to deduce an ideological motive, but merely reflects on the tragedy and its dark implications for our fracturing society.

“The April 13 mission made her, along with pilot Capt. Claire ‘Atomic’ Eddins, the Air Force’s first all-female crew of aces – signifying five air-to-air kills.” 🇺🇸 @hopeseck.bsky.social www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

An election later this month in #Moldova may reveal whether Russia's influence in Eastern Europe is waning. My former @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social student Thomas Austin Thompson provides an excellent primer on the temperature in #Transnistria for @cepa.org. cepa.org/article/is-r...

“While the US was tactically successful in killing or capturing critical … leaders and fighters, it never developed a sustained strategy to counter the terrorists’ ideological appeal.” @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @farahpandith.bsky.social @cfr.org

A quote from a National Guardsman that could easily also describe the broader mood in Washington, DC: "We haven't gotten critically low on morale, but we're falling fast." A lose-lose.

Feels like a good time to re-read @zachsdorfman.bsky.social's excellent @wired.com report on the first #Trump admin's efforts to topple #Maduro in #Venezuela, featuring some ominous foreshadowing from a former CIA official: “There could be some benefit down the line.” www.wired.com/story/trump-...

"Americans are increasingly living in airtight partisan state and local political bubbles, while being governed nationally by a single individual openly hostile to the interests of half the population." 🎯 @bennsteil.bsky.social @cfr.org @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Looking forward to reading this important new @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social book by my @cfr.org colleague Michelle Gavin. Please consider picking up a copy! www.cfr.org/book/age-cha...

"American democracy is at present spiraling headlong in the wrong direction." A particularly ominous warning from my @cfr.org colleague @bennsteil.bsky.social in @thehill.com. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

“Front-line states have rightly assessed that maintenance for a war being fought now has a greater return on investment than stockpiling for a war that might come later.” 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 @michaeldweiss.bsky.social @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

"The eye has been taken off the ball." Great reporting by Audrey Ash and Curt Devine in @cnn.com. At some point, we need to talk about the relationship between rising domestic terrorism and the evisceration of our domestic counterterrorism capacity. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...

"The eye has been taken off the ball." Great reporting by Audrey Ash and Curt Devine in @cnn.com. At some point, we need to talk about the relationship between rising domestic terrorism and the evisceration of our domestic counterterrorism capacity. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...

“DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings.” Nice With quote from @jacobware.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...

God, Guns, and Sedition Far-Right Terrorism in America cup.columbia.edu/book/god-gun...

"An 18-year-old Norwegian is suspected of terrorism after the murder of a social worker in Oslo which may have been racially-motivated." www.thelocal.no/20250825/nor...

In this blog post, Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware discuss their writing process for GOD, GUNS, AND SEDITION and offer insight into far-right terrorism. buff.ly/bAiVVJm @jacobware.bsky.social #GodGunsSedition #FarRightTerrorism #DomesticTerrorism

My take on the tragedy in #Minneapolis: “Frankly, we can overanalyze the ideological underpinnings here … when, in fact, school shootings are part of the American story.” @jcollins.bsky.social @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

“It isn’t about necessarily representing the dictates of the Christian faith, it’s about gaining access to and maintaining privileged access to power.” Terrific analysis by @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social to conclude a worthwhile American Scandal season on Ruby Ridge. open.spotify.com/episode/43OP...

"Older children protected younger ones." America. 🇺🇸 www.bbc.com/news/live/cl...

A #Charlottesville veteran: “Eight years ago you were an extremist if you protested being replaced by immigrants. Your life was over if you talked about stopping or reversing it. Now it is official White House policy.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...

“The latest act of retribution targeting public servants from the federal government’s intelligence community.” Pretty surreal (and disastrous) that this @apnews.com lede by Eric Tucker, Aamer Madhani, and Matthew Lee now reads as totally normalized. apnews.com/article/trum...

"January 6th pardons, I think, are catastrophic for counterterrorism...not just because you have battle hardened leaders returning to their groups... and emerged triumphant... more so just an erosion of a deterrence against violence." Co-author of God, Guns & Sedition www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSo...