Congress to Consider Domestic Terrorism Bill Following Buffalo Shooting

Plus: Some lawmakers push for creation of an active shooter alert system.

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Hello. We’re grieving with the people of Buffalo this week. White supremacy is satanic, and it is deadly.

House to Take Up Domestic Terrorism Measure

Following the white supremacist attack in Buffalo that killed 10 people over the weekend, lawmakers in the House are planning to vote soon on a bill to expand domestic terrorism prevention efforts.

The legislation would create dedicated domestic terrorism offices in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice, and the FBI. The unit at DHS would be responsible for “monitoring and analyzing” domestic terrorism, according to the legislation, and the office at the FBI would investigate domestic terror activity. The office within the Justice Department would spearhead prosecuting instances of domestic terrorism.

The bill also mandates unclassified reporting from government agencies on the threats posed by white supremacists. The reports would contain details on the number of domestic terror incidents in recent years and related investigations by law enforcement agencies, and an examination of “White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and the uniformed services.” 

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    Jason Gibson

    discovered in a meeting for work yesterday that baby bumpers were finally banned in cribs by federal legislation

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    Frank Lee

    Will this Democrat domestic terrorism bill help prevent mass murderers like BLM radical Darrell Brooks from mowing down whites in a parade with his car?

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      Narwhal

      I dunno. I suppose you could read it to see if it would or wouldn’t.
      https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr350rh/pdf/BILLS-117hr350rh.pdf

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    Ben Connelly

    Buried at the end… a link about the UAP!

    Good newsletter on a tragic.

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    Scarlette Tarte

    If course, it's going to be the Democrats offering to do something, and of course, the Republicans hem and haw and offer nothing of substance in return.

    Almost as if they WANT to be seen by some white people as the party that protects only white people.

    C'mon Republicans. Do better.

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    Pat Riot

    Republicans are betting heavily that there won't be a *big* 9/11-style attack from white supremacists, and I personally think it's a good bet. They know that attacks like the one last week blow over in a few weeks.

    *Serious* terrorists strike because the political process has failed them. When Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols plotted their attack, they were doing so because *both major political parties* were aligned against them.

    Today, figures like David Duke routinely endorse Republicans including the Republican president. Today, Timothy McVeigh would be a GOP party operative, not a terrorist.

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    MatthewRobin

    In our current era of "Everything is white supremacy", I do not trust the writers or executors of laws to define white supremacy to only include white supremacy.

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      Scarlette Tarte

      Then the Repubs need to get involved and write something better. But you only reinforce the whole "republicans want to be the party of white people", by doing nothing to aid minority citizens when they need it.

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    Aylene Wright

    Haley, just wanted to say, YOU GO GIRL for stating the truth about the evil of white supremacy as an ideology. There's a time and place to discuss the threats from other extreme ideologies. But the relentless whataboutism by Tucker and his fans has been disgusting to behold. And too many people even in the TD comments, are letting them lead them down rabbit holes arguing about other crimes. Indeed, me included.

    Thanks for the stark reminder of the central truth of the matter.

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  8. David Vornholt

    Will they include BLM rioters as terrorists?

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      Scarlette Tarte

      First of all...were those rioters actual BLM members? Or were they lunatics who glommed on?

      There has to be evidence that BLM as an organization is involved in terroristic activities.

      Please remember the importance of evidence.

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        Pat @ Tavi Hall

        Wash, the shooter in Buffalo is unlikely to have been an official member of any group either. This is a version of the no true scotsman fallacy.

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    2. cb76

      Which individuals, specifically, are you looking to prosecute as such?

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      1. David Vornholt

        I am sure law enforcement has lots of video footage to work with. The rioters were very open about who they were. Start with Portland.
        https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/five-months-blm-protestors-trashed-americas-cities-after-the-election

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          Scarlette Tarte

          Sure, individuals. Not BLM as a group. And those individuals were probably not even in BLM. Just glommers on.

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    Bill Dyer (aka Beldar)

    Timely, concise, and genuinely well-informed and informative — all as per Ms. Wilt's usual. I was especially struck by the essential first paragraph. Using so few words to mark these simple yet powerful truths reminded me that we all ought keep in mind — in considering the difficult and important and sometimes fraught policy choices like those discussed in the remainder of this edition of Uphill, on which there will inevitably be much disagreement — that there's still a common floor beneath the discussion, one on which we all ought to be able to agree whenever we're communicating in good faith. Explaining why that introductory paragraph struck me so powerfully, of course, has now taken me more words than Ms. Wilt's paragraph itself. I admire pith and am rarely capable of it, but I do like to point it out in others.

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      Aylene Wright

      Yep. Unfortunately the Tucktards are already bleating "whatabout the Black supremacists" before the bodies are even buried. 🙄

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    JohnM.

    Thanks as always for an interesting and well written and sourced edition of 'Uphill', Haley.

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