DOJ Deletes Study Proving Right-Wing Extremism Drives Most US Terror

DOJ Report on Domestic Terrorism

• 💡 A Department of Justice study, commissioned by the National Institute of Justice, documented that the overwhelming majority of domestic terrorism in the U.S. originates from the far-right, including white supremacists, right-wing militias, and neo-Nazis.
• 📌 This research, which confirmed decades of counterterrorism expert analysis, was deleted from the DOJ website after being reviewed under Donald Trump's executive orders.
• ⚠️ The page now states that materials are being reviewed, which is interpreted as a move to suppress inconvenient truths under authoritarian rule.

Trump Administration's Narrative Control

• 🎯 Donald Trump is accused of panicking and attempting to erase evidence that contradicts his narrative that political violence is primarily a left-wing problem.
• 📈 Data from 1994 shows that the vast majority of politically motivated murders in the U.S. have come from the far-right, with left-wing terrorism being marginal and mostly involving property damage.
• 🚫 The administration's attempt to downplay right-wing extremism is highlighted by their attempts to include 9/11 in domestic terrorism statistics, which is argued to be an international plot by foreign nationals, not representative of domestic terror.

Misrepresenting Terrorism Statistics

• 🧠 The argument that 9/11 attackers being Muslim makes them left-wing is refuted; religious fundamentalism is inherently right-wing, sharing an authoritarian worldview with groups like the Taliban and ISIS, and similar to Christian nationalists in the U.S.
• 🔍 The persistent homegrown terrorism problem in the U.S. is overwhelmingly a right-wing problem, and honesty about this is crucial for effective solutions.
• 🗣️ Trump's willingness to erase this study suggests a broader pattern of erasing fact-based ideas and replacing them with hyper-partisanship, a hallmark of authoritarianism that controls memory and information.

The Charlie Kirk Killing and MAGA Response

• 💬 In the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, Trump has insisted the problem is solely on the radical left, even suggesting RICO charges against protesters.
• 🧩 The narrative around the shooter collapsed when it was revealed the family was conservative and the circle of friends leaned right, contradicting the initial MAGA claims of a far-left or trans shooter.
• 📉 While the shooter's political beliefs might be a mixed bag influenced by grievance and trauma, the overarching reality is that most domestic political violence originates from the right.

The Dangers of Deleting Information

• 📚 Deleting studies and data is a tactic to control memory and dictate what people are allowed to know, akin to burning books in authoritarian regimes.
• 🚀 The act of trying to hide the study may inadvertently create a Streisand effect, leading to more people discovering the archived information and screenshots.
• ✅ The core issue is that the U.S. has a domestic terrorism problem that is overwhelmingly right-wing, and acknowledging this truth is the first step toward solving it.