DOJ Memo Targets 'Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity' as Domestic Terrorism

DOJ Memo on Domestic Terrorism

• 🎯 A leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of organizations labeled as "domestic terrorist" based on political views.
• 🚩 The memo targets individuals expressing views such as "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity," and "hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality."

NSPM-7 Directive and its Implementation

• 📜 The memo is an implementation order for President Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7), which targets nonprofits and activists.
• ✍️ Ken Klippenstein, the investigative journalist who obtained the memo, states that it essentially targets "anyone who isn't a Trump supporter."
• 🗓️ The FBI is directed to review intelligence from the past five years on groups like Antifa and to make criminal cases around them.

Broader Implications and Tactics

• 🗣️ The directive encourages the public to report fellow citizens expressing "anti-Trump sentiment" through an enhanced tip system, creating a "bounty system for anti-Trump thought."
• 🏛️ The memo uses broad language like "organizations and entities," which can include individuals, book clubs, community networks, and online forums.
• ⚖️ This approach is described as a shift from traditional counterterrorism tools used against groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, to a "domestic war on terror" targeting mainstream American views, including opposition to immigration enforcement.
• 💰 The Treasury Department is authorized to audit taxes of nonprofits to find alleged foreign funding for these sentiments, despite a lack of public evidence.

Architect of the Memo

• 👤 While not a single person, Steven Miller, President Trump's Homeland Security Adviser, is identified as a key orchestrator of the response following the murder of Charlie Kirk, framing anti-Trump sentiment as a terrorist threat.