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Oct 2023

Exclusive: Donald Trump Followers Targeted by FBI as 2024 Election Nears

The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump's army of MAGA followers.

The challenge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary federal agency charged with law enforcement, is to pursue and prevent what it calls domestic terrorism without direct reference to political parties or affiliations—even though the vast majority of its current "anti-government" investigations are of Trump supporters, according to classified data obtained by Newsweek.

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It's about time. no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #1

Let me guess... Hugin Oct 2023 #2

Your guess is as good as mine at this point EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #3

A tenuous and circumstantial clue is an attack on Amtrak. Hugin Oct 2023 #4

No, it was Hillary marrying Bill that set him off! machoneman Oct 2023 #8

However they caught him, more power to the authorities, the Surveillance Society always wins bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #5

K & R malaise Oct 2023 #6

Thing is, though, that calling destruction of property 'terrorism' skews the original definition ancianita Oct 2023 #7

he targeted a train full of employees and their families! mopinko Oct 2023 #9

Fine. As long as the FBI can prove that human death was what he intended. ancianita Oct 2023 #12

Goal posts moved a little. DontBelieveEastisEas Oct 2023 #40

Oh, yeah. I see. I equated "death" with fear. Okay. Yes, they'd have to prove that ancianita Oct 2023 #45

I'm confused, these trains had passangers too Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #11

Fine. Let's look at another one -- that guy that shot at Planned Parenthood in MT. ancianita Oct 2023 #14

It would fall under terrorism because Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #17

Okay. Well, I'm not claiming I'm right, but wondering out loud whether or not ancianita Oct 2023 #18

Yea, discussion is always welcomed Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #23

he's also targeting critical infrastructure. mopinko Oct 2023 #27

True. ancianita Oct 2023 #33

I'm listening to the podcast, called The Alphabet Boys in which the FBI entraps Black Lives Matter mahina Oct 2023 #21

I hear you. ancianita Oct 2023 #34

Word mahina Oct 2023 #57

It's in America's DNA to blow up the threat of black people trying to get a fair playing field. jaxexpat Oct 2023 #37

I don't like over broad use either IbogaProject Oct 2023 #22

I hope judges see it that way. ancianita Oct 2023 #35

Endless excuses for white terrorists IronLionZion Oct 2023 #36

Dude lives with his dad about 500ft from tracks. Probably just got tired of the noise JanMichael Oct 2023 #10

I grew up living 500 ft from train tracks. liberal N proud Oct 2023 #15

I know how quickly you can get use to the noise Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #25

I live about 250 yds from train tracks ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #42

Agreed liberal N proud Oct 2023 #66

Don't down play this. He wanted to hurt people, how many is the question. Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #16

Another East Palestine? orthoclad Oct 2023 #31

I would not be suprized. Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #52

Might also be a fired railroad worker Major Nikon Oct 2023 #24

He shoved a metal object where the track breaks direction, it's not rocket science. Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #53

Didn't think that one through vanamonde Oct 2023 #39

Holy shit! Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #13

POS tried to kill people. dalton99a Oct 2023 #19

He looks crazy eyed. Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #54

He lives in an industrial area and the track are a short distance from his home Historic NY Oct 2023 #20

And? So? ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #44

And so wtf is your problem Historic NY Oct 2023 #51

Mamas dont let your babies grow up to be anarchists onetexan Oct 2023 #26

Don't jump to conclusions eallen Oct 2023 #28

there always are DUers jumping to conclusions onenote Oct 2023 #32

I said a while back that if I ever found myself mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #59

Despite his intentions, the thought orthoclad Oct 2023 #64

He has an agenda ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #47

I know of cases where this has been done solely for amusement. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #62

I did a search and found several articles and videos MagickMuffin Oct 2023 #29

Trains now. Was the power grid - orthoclad Oct 2023 #30

The linked articles don't say anything about him being MAGA FakeNoose Oct 2023 #38

Is it ForgedCrank Oct 2023 #41

I'm not seeing it yet, either. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #48

Here's a good resource tracking extremists Nevilledog Oct 2023 #43

When did the FBI declare "MAGAtry" to be domestic terrorism? wnylib Oct 2023 #46

V much in this queue ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #49

A simple, easy search does not turn up ANY wnylib Oct 2023 #50

Welp... EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #55

I refer you to my #46 where I asked for sources wnylib Oct 2023 #56

This is a copy of the article from Newsweek. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #58

I may be ignorant, but foolish? EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #60

The foolishness was on Newsweek's part, not yours. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #61

I'll never mention it again EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #63

Registered Democrat WalterMatthews1776 Oct 2023 #65