FBI, DHS Officially Classify Antifa Activities As "Domestic Terrorist Violence"

If law enforcement continue to enforce rules like they did in Berkely then AntiFa is done. You take away their weapons and masks, you cripple them.

 

Portland seems nice

the mayor will do absolutely nothing about this, just let them run wild

 

This is why I always laugh when I see videos of the proud boys or whoever beating the **** out of them. Anyway, that kind of thing wouldn't happen in a worth a **** city, you only see it in places like Portland, Berkely, and Baltimore.

 

The lawlessness in Portland makes me never want to live there.

 

If you expose them you might find out that they are right wing trolls just like many antifa social media accounts that claim to be antifa.

 

Antifa incident not getting much air play:

This could indeed have been a mass casualty event. And it was clearly motivated by terroristic intent (more on that shortly). Yet, despite my following the news much more closely than the average citizen, I had no inkling it had happened prior to receiving Richard’s email.

Indeed, the Washington Post (“ICE detention-center attacker killed by police was an avowed anarchist, authorities say“) didn’t report on it for nearly a week. . . .

While every indication is that Van Spronsen acted alone, he clearly saw himself as part of a larger movement and as carrying out a specific political agenda. That’s textbook domestic terrorism.

Richard says the story isn’t getting all that much coverage even locally and muses that it would be getting more attention if Van Spronsen was a right-wing Trumper. And maybe it would, since that would better fit a pre-existing narrative.

Still, it’s not like the NYT, WaPo, or Seattle Times are pro-Antifa. They likely sympathize with Van Spronsen’s broad cause; hell, so do I. But only the fringe thinks killing ICE agents—let alone detonating cars and propane tanks—is an acceptable response to domestic policies we abhor.

Maybe this is simply a function of President Trump sucking all of the oxygen out of the room all the time. American Presidents have dominated news coverage as long as I can remember but I’ve never seen anything like Trump’s ability to generate so much noise that it’s impossible to stay on a story, no matter how big, for very long. His tweets about “The Group” came out the same weekend as this incident and have dominated the discussion, including here at OTB, since.

It’s appropriate, of course, to focus on the most powerful man on the planet, particularly when he’s violating longstanding norms. But there’s a real danger that paying so much attention to him means that we’re missing out on important developments.​

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/antifa-terrorist-killed-while-attempting-to-blow-up-ice-facility

 

Trump is probably missing an opportunity here to push this story on twitter.

 

Nothing threatens white people more than organized minorities who display the hate and fervor of a fox news sock puppet.

Turning to a man like Trump in light of that fear doesn't scream desperation at all...