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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,881 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:21 PM Oct 2018

Trump admin will apparently not renew program to fight domestic terror

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, which already canceled a grant for a group that fights white supremacist terror, now appears unwilling to renew the anti-domestic terror program under which it was funded, despite recent high-profile attacks like the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and data showing a spike in attacks on religious minorities.

The Obama administration launched the Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program in 2016 to fight domestic terrorism. Managed by the Department of Homeland Security, the program was given $10 million to distribute.

In the last days of the Obama administration, DHS awarded the money to more than two dozen groups around the country to counter violent extremism of all kinds, including right-wing extremism. Data from the Global Terrorism Database shows there was a spike in attacks on American religious organizations in 2016-17.

The money paid for the development of new approaches to prevent terrorism before it begins. Programs that develop training materials for law enforcement, mental health counselors and schools to better identify warning signs of extremism so that terrorism can be averted were designated to receive funds.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-will-apparently-not-renew-program-fight-domestic-terror-n926361?fbclid=IwAR2kYHlZIxLupI2ar4X329mV_dnrOW66mwPH4f8lknnqHvO9gakqhfr-SHI

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Trump admin will apparently not renew program to fight domestic terror (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
why would we need such a program? D_Master81 Oct 2018 #1
Why would he? sheshe2 Oct 2018 #2
I'm wondering, now, whether Putin did the same sort of thing with those mobbed up biker gangs? htuttle Oct 2018 #3
"Heil Trump" sprayed on Indiana church struggle4progress Nov 2018 #4
Richard Spencer: 'Hail Trump!' struggle4progress Nov 2018 #5
"Alt Right" Marchers Chant "Heil Trump" struggle4progress Nov 2018 #6

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
1. why would we need such a program?
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:24 PM
Oct 2018

when was the last time we had a domestic terrorist in this country? I mean the real problem is this migrant caravans and people coming here to have babies to get citizenship...oh wait.

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