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Wed May 5, 2021 Last week, Jill Sanborn, assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, told lawmakers that James Hodgkinson “intended for the shooting to be his final act on Earth,” when he attacked Republican lawmakers on June 14, 2017, nearly killing Rep. Steve Scalise. According to Sanborn, Hodgkinson knew  “he would likely be killed,” a tacit acknowledgement that the FBI had indeed classified the attack as “suicide by cop,” not an act of terrorism. ...

Waco Survivor, FBI Negotiator Fear History Is Repeating Itself With QAnon, Toxic Politics On 5/3/21 at 6:00 AM EDT A survivor of the Waco Siege and an FBI veteran who led negotiations for the first half of the standoff warned that the toxicity of Americas political discourse risks breeding more extremism and violence, noting parallels to the horrors they experienced. David Thibodeau, who was among the survivors of the massacre in central Texas, and former FBI lead negotiator Gary Noesner, both ...

Republicans demand Bidens new ATF director investigate Hunter Biden for lying on his background check to get a gun Republicans are demanding that if ATF nominee David Chipman is confirmed, he probe Hunter Biden for lying on a background check to purchase a gun in 2018  A report emerged that Hunter said no a background paperwork to buy a gun when asked about drug use Many Americans are rightfully alarmed by these reports considering Mr. Bidens history of drug use, the letter sent to Chipman on ...

Why America Should Focus on Domestic, Not Foreign, Problems America’s strategic distraction has favored addressing foreign threats and those domestically with a foreign aspect, leaving a wide space for domestic extremism to go unchecked. IN 1838, Abraham Lincoln observed that any truly existential danger to the United States of America would not come from military threats abroad. Pointing to America’s enviable geographic position, he asked, “Shall we expect some transatlantic military gia...

(AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) In the debate about our 2nd Amendment rights, the left inevitably resorts to the argument that the government is exponentially and laughably more armed than its citizenry, and therefore, we should just realize that our desire for firepower-parity is not important.  Why do we need an AR-15 when the government has nuclear weapons? Following that logic means that we should fear government because they could just nuke Oklahoma if it got out of line.  Of course, libera...

Remembering the Freemen standoff in Montana, 25 years later Remembering the Freemen standoff in Montana, 25 years later By: Russ Riesinger and last updated 2021-04-22 21:21:10-04 They were known as the Montana Freemen, and 25 years ago, they would put the national spotlight on Montana for a long, bizarre armed standoff with FBI agents that would drag on for months. For almost two years, the Freemen had refused to be evicted from their secluded 960-acre farm near Jordan. They cal...

Opinion: Right wings long history of deflecting on extremism CNN 2 hrs ago Opinion by Nicole Hemmer © Bob Daemmrich/AFP/Getty Images/FILE The north side of the Albert P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after the devastation caused by a fuel-and fertilizer truck bomb detonated early April 19, 1995. The memorial service marking 26 years since the Oklahoma City bombing, coming just months after the insurrection at the Capitol, had the potential to focus attention on t...

Commentary By James Bovard | April 21, 2021 | 5:47pm EDT Featured is a Federal Bureau of Investigation crest. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing police violence earlier this year all a sham?  Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York subway. This was front-page news for weeks and spurred a deluge o...

Cathy Reilly, Front Desk Coordinator  Twice this week, I’ve been awakened by violent dreams. In the first instance, I was witness to a mass shooting; in the second, I dreamt of a chaotic mob perpetrating mayhem. I realize my subconscious is trying to grapple with the reality of our current societal ills in a way that I have not been able to do while awake. No doubt the most recent night terrors were influenced by two documentaries I watched earlier that day — one on the Ruby Ridge,...

Remembering the Oklahoma City bombing 26 years later A look back on one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history Share Updated: 8:56 AM CDT Apr 19, 2021 Kristina Lucarelli A look back on one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history Share Updated: 8:56 AM CDT Apr 19, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript nobody is going to go and drive a truck downtown on the city and blow up the bomb just doesnt happen to see, you know, firefighters who do this for a livin...