With @amycooter.bsky.social, some thoughts on political violence and the weaponization of a misleading CSIS report on the threat from the far-left. www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...

In normal times, the CSIS study would produce a healthy nerd fight and that would be the extent of it. These are not normal times. Words (especially eye popping headlines) carry extra weight these days. We need to be very confident in the accuracy of our data before we make sweeping claims.

I will reserve my judgment of this article until I get a chance to view the full study and data. Byman is a seasoned scholar and has produced exceptional work over the years. With that said, in my view, the insistence that “far-right” always equals “pro-Trump” is a mistake. 1/

Trump cuts programs to combat domestic terrorism, alarming experts www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

More on the disastrous decision by DHS to stop funding terrorism and targeted violence research. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

As someone who has spent years collecting the data on these plots/attacks, I can confirm that all of this is true.

“Current and former DHS officials say they don’t expect the prevention mission to continue in any meaningful way” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

DHS, a department that literally exists because a terrorist attack occurred on US soil, has decided, without Congressional input or approval, that it no longer has an obligation to stop terrorist attacks from occurring on US soil.

NIJ, Minerva, and now DHS. Terrorism research portfolios gone. Just wiped out. Years of progress, years of partnerships, years of producing actionable knowledge to make communities safer just down the toilet.

Happy to announce that our Terrorism and Targeted Violence (T2V) in the United States data portal is now live at www.start.umd.edu/t2v. We believe this is the first attempt to comprehensively track T2V events, including foiled plots and successful attacks, occurring in US cities.

As QAnon's influence on US politics appears poised to grow, a reminder that the movement's beliefs are not only bizarre, they are deadly: www.start.umd.edu/qanon-crime-...

The latest insights from CTEC’s leadership team are here. Dive in to our ongoing research and analysis into impacts of the 2024 elections on the landscape for terrorism and extremism and explore more of our recent work on our website. 🔗 www.middlebury.edu/institute/te...

For those of you interested in or studying neo-fascist accelerationism, my team partnered with @arcglobal.bsky.social to create a data dashboard of criminal activity linked to the movement. You can explore and download the data at dashboard.accresearch.org