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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:30 AM 16 hrs ago

Shock as leaked doc shows Trump's DHS considers Americans nation's 'main threat' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

January 21, 2026 6:12PM ET


America faces significant threats to our nation's infrastructure from hostile actors like Russia, China, and others. But a leaked security threats assessment from President Donald Trump's administration says the greatest threat America faces is within its own borders, according to a new report.

Each year since 2020, the Department of Homeland Security has published a Homeland Threat Assessment, a report that describes the specific threats America faces. A lot of the usual suspects are present: crime, drug gangs, illegal immigration, and so on. But a new crop of characters appeared in this year's report, which has not yet been made public, according to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.

Klippenstein received a leaked copy of the report, which now focuses on terrorism stemming from “class-based or economic grievances.”

"The phrase could as much refer to an angry MAGA Midwesterner as it could any Mamdani-supporting urban dweller," Klippenstein wrote in a new Substack essay. "But the focus is clear: the main threat to the 'homeland,' DHS thinks, is the American people."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-2674965535/?utm_source=superhead

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Looks to me like DHS is the primary threat to Americans, currently. pecosbob 15 hrs ago #1
The GOP Is The Main Threat To The Country MayReasonRule 14 hrs ago #2
Well said. littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #3
Thank's Y'all... Kind Of You To Say... I Don't Want It To Be This Way. It Just Is. Sigh MayReasonRule 6 hrs ago #17
Snort. 😆 littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #19
These people are so f&#ked up NJCher 13 hrs ago #4
He probably means Bettie 13 hrs ago #6
It kinda did in France RVN VET71 13 hrs ago #10
True Bettie 12 hrs ago #11
Our greatest threats are income inequality, ignorance, and a senile, psychopathic president. Timeflyer 13 hrs ago #5
It would be true if referring to Trump himself JI7 13 hrs ago #7
Jeezus. Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #8
Remember when Republicans were outraged that the FBI said right-wing extremists were the threat? muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #9
So, being against classism is being a terrorist? OldBaldy1701E 12 hrs ago #12
I think we all know what is America's "main threat" right now. mwb970 11 hrs ago #13
The scurrilous skidmarks... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #14
Very few in congress had the courage fujiyamasan 8 hrs ago #15
I'm not shocked at all orangecrush 7 hrs ago #16
An old quote always comes to mind when discussing fear of the government... Scalded Nun 4 hrs ago #18
Sound like something some Billionaires might come up with? whathehell 2 hrs ago #20
The silly bastard.. Maxheader 2 hrs ago #21
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