How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk

 

Most Read How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk Nick Turse, Jessica Washington, Noah Hurowitz The Intercept annotated the White House document to show how the U.S. government is bringing its war on terror home. excerpt:  the Trump administration last week unveiled its “2026 Counterterrorism Strategy,” a 16-page collection of threats, grievances, hyperbole, and lies. The memo is a truly foundational document and a striking distillation of Trumpism as an ideology, movement, and system of governance. It also serves as a new declaration of war on the Trump administration’s enemies — foreign and domestic, real and imagined.  The brainchild of National Security Council official Sebastian Gorka, the “Counterterrorism Strategy” weaves together Trump’s war on the wider world — which stretches from interventions and wars in Yemen and Iran to Nigeria and Somalia to Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea — with the administration’s war on dissent at home, which has targeted immigrants, legal observers, activists, protesters, and the press. Under the guise of protecting America, it takes aim at wide swaths of Americans, putting targets on the backs of the most vulnerable. Read More → “It’s Overwhelming But It’s Amazing”: Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith After nine execution dates, three last meals, and a Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Richard Glossip should soon walk free. excerpt:  But in June 2025, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor, announced that he would retry Glossip for first-degree murder, opening a new chapter in the protracted legal saga. Glossip has remained in jail ever since. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 23. Read More →

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Podcasts “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You” The Intercept Briefing The Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy turns its political enemies into enemies of the state. excerpt:  IN 16 pages, the Trump administration’s new official counterterrorism strategy outlines in broad terms who it views as terrorist threats and priority targets, ranging from anti-fascist activists to ISIS and so-called narco-terrorists. The line “We will find you, and we will kill you” appears in the memo. “[The] strategy brings together Trump’s war on the wider world, which stretches from interventions and wars in Yemen and Somalia to Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea,” says Intercept senior reporter Nick Turse. “It combines it with the administration’s war on dissent at home which has also been lethal, as we saw on the streets of Minneapolis. … We can consider this strategy a new declaration of war by the Trump administration on its enemies both foreign and domestic, both real and imagined.” Listen →

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