Republicans often used phrases like:
- “Get government off your back”
- “Less government, more freedom”
- “Lower taxes, smaller government”
Now they want more funding for domestic terrorists! You remember in Minneapolis during the ICE occupation Pam Bondi the Attorney General and the border czar Tom Homan both labeled the peaceful protesters “domestic terrorism.”!
The plan casts opposition to “traditional values” as terrorism and raises fears of political targeting.The AdvocateJack WalkerApr 13, 2026A new budget proposal from the Trump administration seeks to increase federal counterterrorism funding targeting what it describes as “domestic terrorism,” including a focus on gender “extremism.”President Donald Trump submitted a fiscal year 2027 budget request to Congress earlier this month, seeking a $166 million increase for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism efforts. The proposal pairs that funding increase with language urging federal authorities to scrutinize ideological movements the administration casts as threats to national security.
They mean us!
The proposal claims that “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” constitute emerging national security concerns. It includes “domestic terrorists” who practice “extremism on migration, race and gender,” or who oppose “traditional American views on family, religion and morality.”
The question is whose “traditional American views on family, religion and morality.” the families that toss LGBTQ members aside or the families that accept their children as they are? The Washington Blade reports...
Central to the proposal is the creation of a new “NSPM-7 Joint Mission Center,” a direct follow-up to the September 2025 National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7). The directive instructs the Justice Department, the FBI, and other national security agencies to combat what the administration defines as “political violence in America,” effectively reshaping the Joint Terrorism Task Force network to focus on “leftist” political ideologies, according to reporting by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.[...]The proposed mission center would include personnel from 10 federal agencies tasked with targeting “domestic terrorists” associated with a wide range of ideologies. Among them is what the administration labels “extremism” related to gender, alongside categories such as “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Christianity,” and “support for the overthrow of the U.S. government.” The document also cites “hostility toward those who hold traditional American views” on family, religion, and morality — language LGBTQ advocates have increasingly warned could be used to frame queer and transgender rights movements as ideological threats.
What the hell is “anti-Americanism" it sound like a catch-all term for anything anti-Republican!
By: LDF StaffApr 10, 2026IN BRIEF: In its budget request to Congress for next year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking funding for a ‘domestic terrorism’ center that targets and tracks Americans who have vaguely characterized beliefs, such as:
- Anti-Americanism
- Anti-capitalism
- Extremism on race, gender, and migration
- Hostility toward those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality
WHY IT MATTERS: Following the issuance of a September 2025 presidential memo, the Trump administration has expanded the weaponization of the term “domestic terrorism.” For example, Alex Pretti and Renee Good were both killed by federal officers in Minneapolis and falsely called domestic terrorists by some administration officials with no evidence.The request for funding argues that domestic terrorists “exploit” social media platforms, smaller websites, and encrypted chat applications — platforms that millions of Americans of all ages and backgrounds use — to rally support for their causes and in-person actions.The sweeping efforts by the Trump administration to categorize dissent as domestic terrorism — and to mobilize federal resources to punish this dissent — is part of a chilling slip into authoritarianism.
I agree!
Guarding FISA Section 702’s “Back Door”Just SecurityBy Ryan GoodmanApril 14, 2026Congress faces a choice later this month over the FBI’s access to Americans’ email, text, and phone conversations. A surveillance program created nearly twenty years ago – Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – will sunset on April 20 if Congress does not reauthorize it. Section 702 allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect the email, text, and phone communications of foreign nationals located outside the United States. As a byproduct, Americans’ communications are caught in the net as well. Subject to limitations that Congress introduced in 2024, the FBI can dip into that vast database to look for derogatory information on Americans – without a warrant and without probable cause of wrongdoing.That “back door,” allowing access to Americans’ communications, is ripe for abuse especially in the context of the administration’s campaign to paint “antifa” as an international and domestic terrorist threat (see Section II below). Any expert of national security surveillance law following the government’s escalating actions on “antifa” can connect the dots to FISA electronic surveillance and other counterterrorism and intelligence authorities. Very recent reporting by the New York Times and Puck News points in that direction as well.Because it is amorphous and untethered to the facts, the “antifa” label creates a framework for bringing peaceful civil society organizations and everyday Americans exercising their right to protest into the Section 702 surveillance net. Hence, the question of whether Congress should reauthorize Section 702 but with a requirement that the FBI obtain a warrant from a federal judge to look at Americans’ communications.
New York Civil Legal Union reports that,
In September, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7) called “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” with chilling implications for political speech in America. The memorandum appears to be designed to crack down on activists and non-profits. And based on the list of political views the document targets, the Trump administration could use NSPM-7 to go after pretty much anyone who isn’t a MAGA faithful.Under the logic of NSPM-7, the Trump administration categorizes views it equates with “anti-Americanism,” “anti-Christianity,” “extremism on migration,” “extremism on race,” “extremism on gender,” or opposition to what it regards as “traditional American views on family, religion, and morality” as domestic terrorist threats.Whether one agrees or disagrees with these views, the First Amendment undoubtedly protects them. And no matter what Trump and his allies think, NSPM-7 cannot override our constitutional rights, which still protect freedom of speech and association.Our fear is that, under NSPM-7, constitutionally protected speech could become the grounds for criminal investigation by the Trump administration. There is no federal crime of “domestic terrorism.” But the memo seems designed to allow First Amendment protected speech to be the basis for beginning law enforcement investigations that could lead to other criminal charges, and chill free speech and association. In other words, NSPM-7 could open the door to criminalizing those who have viewpoints the Trump administration doesn’t like.
Tell me one thing... Do you trust Trump and his cronies to with this power?
Update: 2:00PM
I just found this from the ACLU, How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and Activists.
Nonprofits, their donors, and activists striving for a more equal, just, and fair country and world are core components of American civil society. Yet on September 25, President Donald Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7) called “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” essentially adding them to an ever-growing list of what he calls the “enemy within.”Civil society nonprofits and activists thus join segments of academia, the legal profession, public health professionals and scientists, and so many others President Trump sees as his political opponents and critics. For all of us seeking to uphold the Constitution, fundamental human rights, and civil liberties, it’s almost a badge of courage and honor.On its face, NSPM-7 is chilling to read: If anyone needed proof that “terrorism” and “political violence” are slippery and fraught categories subject to political, ideological, and racial manipulation and bias—well, this is it.]...]The bottom line in cutting through the noise of reprehensible and irresponsible presidential rhetoric and actions is this: No president can rewrite the Constitution and the safeguards we have under it. These safeguards most emphatically include our First Amendment-protected freedoms of belief, speech, and association; our Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures; our Fifth Amendment right to due process; and our right to Equal Protection under the laws of this country. Under the 14th Amendment, these due process and equal protection rights apply equally to actions taken by federal and state agencies against tax-exempt nonprofits.
I wouldn't doubt that I'm on that list because of all the advocacy work I have done.
