Ahead of Election Day, U.S. agencies warn of potential attacks by extremists
2 years, 1 month ago

Ahead of Election Day, U.S. agencies warn of potential attacks by extremists

NPR  

Ahead of Election Day, U.S. agencies warn of potential attacks by extremists Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images U.S. security agencies have issued a heightened threat advisory, warning of a potential attacks on political candidates, election officials and others. With less than two weeks before Election Day, President Biden on Friday called on political figures to "clearly and unambiguously" reject political violence, calling the attack on the Pelosi "despicable." "We assess some motivated by election-related grievances would likely view election-related infrastructure, personnel, and voters involved in the election process as attractive targets — including at publicly accessible locations like polling places, ballot drop-box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, and political party offices," the bulletin said. It warned that extremists could target election-related locations in hopes of "swaying voting habits, undermining perceptions of the legitimacy of the voting process, or prompting a government reaction."

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Hoax bomb threats to Democrats were ‘signed with MAGA,’ says House leader
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Hoax bomb threats to Democrats were ‘signed with MAGA,’ says House leader

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Senator Chris Murphy was one of the targeted Democrats “These …

Democratic Lawmakers Were Targeted by Bomb Threats on Thanksgiving
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Democratic Lawmakers Were Targeted by Bomb Threats on Thanksgiving

Live Mint  

-- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said lawmakers from his party had been targeted by “violent threats” over the Thanksgiving holiday that included claims of bombs and swatting calls to law enforcement, following similar incidents directed against some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. The incidents against the Democratic lawmakers “ranged from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in …

Election Offices Gear Up for Potential Violence: Increased Security Measures and Training
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election Offices Gear Up for Potential Violence: Increased Security Measures and Training

India Today  

US election offices are implementing various security measures to prepare for potential violence ahead of Election Day. This includes increased threats and harassment of election workers, with many states implementing measures such as fortified facilities with bulletproof glass, installed steel doors, and providing staff with active shooter training and de-escalation techniques.

Domestic extremists with ‘election-related grievances’ could turn to violence in final weeks of election, FBI and DHS warn
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Domestic extremists with ‘election-related grievances’ could turn to violence in final weeks of election, FBI and DHS warn

CNN  

CNN — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned that “election-related grievances,” such as a belief in voter fraud, could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to a new intelligence bulletin from the agencies. …

MSNBC host blows up on Trump's ominous new threat targeting poll workers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

MSNBC host blows up on Trump's ominous new threat targeting poll workers

Raw Story  

Reacting to a Donald Trump posting on Truth Social late Saturday where the former president issued a threat aimed at election poll workers, a furious Michael Steele hammered the ex-president for threatening people just trying to do their jobs. The co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," started the segment by reading Trump's post while explaining normally they refuse to repeat what …

Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump 'Domestic Enemy' In New Jan. 6 Footage
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump 'Domestic Enemy' In New Jan. 6 Footage

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING New footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and its aftermath follows then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she’s evacuated from the building and grappling with how to respond. The clips, obtained by CNN, show Pelosi fully understood the gravity of the moment as they evacuated, telling her staffers and security detail to “consider …

Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence ‘must stop’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence ‘must stop’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi thought briefly she might have died on Jan. 6, 2021. The through line of escalating political rhetoric and violence in American public life serves as the opening and closing message of Pelosi’s new book, “The Art of Power, My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House.” Pelosi recounts her nearly four-decade legislative record in …

'Threat environment is very high': Feds warn election officials of 'alarming' 2024
10 months, 1 week ago

'Threat environment is very high': Feds warn election officials of 'alarming' 2024

Raw Story  

State election officials are being warned that they are under threat as the 2024 vote approaches — and the risk is very real. “The threat environment, unfortunately, is very high,” said Tim Langan, executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch of the FBI. The report gave an example of Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, who …

Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
1 year, 4 months ago

Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms

Associated Press  

DENVER — This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Six days earlier, a 52-year-old Texas man was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for threatening to kill …

Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon
2 years, 1 month ago

Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon

Raw Story  

warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to state and local law enforcement officials by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 28, 2022. As a researcher taking a critical and apolitical eye toward security issues, I believe the rise in contemporary right-wing political extremism – and violence – began with …

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says husband's attack highlights 'fear' in heated political climate
2 years, 1 month ago

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says husband's attack highlights 'fear' in heated political climate

Firstpost  

The man accused of the attack, David DePape, 42, allegedly intended to tie up Pelosi and break her kneecaps, but found only her 82-year-old husband Washington, United States: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday a violent attack on her husband had highlighted the “fear” felt by poll workers and other Americans in the heated political climate ahead of next week’s …

After Pelosi attack, House chair wants answers from police
2 years, 1 month ago

After Pelosi attack, House chair wants answers from police

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding fresh answers from the U.S. Capitol Police about security failures that led to a brutal attack on Pelosi’s husband last week, questioning the embattled agency about whether it can keep lawmakers and their families safe. House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., sent a four-page letter to Capitol …

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats
2 years, 1 month ago

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An America that can already feel like it’s hurtling toward political disintegration has been jolted yet again, this time by the violent attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi less than two weeks before Election Day. The assessment, dated Friday, said the greatest danger was “posed by lone offenders who leverage election-related issues to justify violence.” …

The attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul is many things – but it’s not surprising
2 years, 1 month ago

The attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul is many things – but it’s not surprising

The Independent  

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Intruder attacks Pelosi’s husband, calling, ‘Where is Nancy’
2 years, 1 month ago

Intruder attacks Pelosi’s husband, calling, ‘Where is Nancy’

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday, searching for the Democratic leader and shouting, “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” The assault on the 82-year-old Paul Pelosi injected new uneasiness into the nation’s already toxic political …

Paul Pelosi attack highlights rising threats to lawmakers
2 years, 1 month ago

Paul Pelosi attack highlights rising threats to lawmakers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s something that goes along with being a member of Congress, no matter your party or your status: constant threats to your life, and the unshakeable feeling that they’re only getting worse. In the almost two years since the Capitol insurrection, in which supporters of former President Donald Trump broke into the Capitol and hunted House Speaker Nancy …

Everything we know about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband
2 years, 1 month ago

Everything we know about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband

NPR  

Everything we know about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband We look the details surrounding the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, who was assaulted in a break in at their San Francisco residence on Friday morning. Of course, it happened in the predawn hours of Friday morning at the home he shares with House Speaker …

Editorial: The horrifying attack on Paul Pelosi is an attack on democracy
2 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: The horrifying attack on Paul Pelosi is an attack on democracy

LA Times  

FBI agents work outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, on Friday. America is now a nation where acts of political violence are so predictable that for months before an assailant broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, on Friday, experts …

Attack on Pelosi’s husband is seen as latest example of rising political violence
2 years, 1 month ago

Attack on Pelosi’s husband is seen as latest example of rising political violence

LA Times  

Police outside the home of Paul and Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco. Political leaders from both parties condemned Friday’s attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the latest in a string of incidents affecting members of Congress and their families this year. “I chose to do so here because we cannot accept violence as our new norm.” Two days later, …

Alleged attacker asked for Nancy Pelosi before beating her husband with hammer
2 years, 1 month ago

Alleged attacker asked for Nancy Pelosi before beating her husband with hammer

LA Times  

The assailant reportedly yelled, “Where is Nancy?” The attack comes 11 days before the midterm election and raises concerns about increased threats against public officials. “Based on our investigation at this point … this was not a random act,” San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a news conference Friday evening. Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, said her …

US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
2 years, 6 months ago

US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. was in a “heightened threat environment” already, and these factors may worsen the situation, DHS said in the latest …

Police tighten Congress security in era of rising threats
3 years, 10 months ago

Police tighten Congress security in era of rising threats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House’s chief law enforcement officer is tightening security for traveling lawmakers as Congress reassesses safety in an era when threats against members were surging even before Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol. Capitol Police officers will be stationed at Washington-area airports and the city’s Union Station train depot on busy travel days, the acting House sergeant at …

U.S. terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence
3 years, 10 months ago

U.S. terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence

The Hindu  

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin on Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden's election, suggesting the January 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. But this particular bulletin, issued through the the department's National Terrorism …

Terror Bulletin Warns Of More Politically Motivated Violence After Biden Inauguration
3 years, 10 months ago

Terror Bulletin Warns Of More Politically Motivated Violence After Biden Inauguration

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election. The department did not cite a specific threat, but pointed to “a heightened threat environment across the United States” that it believes “will persist” in the …

US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence
3 years, 10 months ago

US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the lingering potential for violence from people motivated by antigovernment sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. But this particular bulletin, issued through the department’s National Terrorism Advisory …

DHS Warns Of 'Heightened Threat Environment' From Domestic Violent Extremists
3 years, 10 months ago

DHS Warns Of 'Heightened Threat Environment' From Domestic Violent Extremists

NPR  

DHS Warns Of 'Heightened Threat Environment' From Domestic Violent Extremists Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin on Wednesday warning of a continued threat from domestic violent extremists. The bulletin did not cite any specific threat but described "a heightened threat environment …

US warns of more ‘domestic extremist’ violence in months ahead
3 years, 10 months ago

US warns of more ‘domestic extremist’ violence in months ahead

Al Jazeera  

A federal bulletin says Capitol riot could inspire further violence as far right seethes over Trump’s loss. The United States could face a heightened threat of domestic extremist violence for weeks from people angry at Donald Trump’s election defeat and inspired by the deadly storming of the US Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security warned on Wednesday. The advisory comes …

Biden orders threat assessment of violent domestic groups
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden orders threat assessment of violent domestic groups

Al Jazeera  

Top law enforcement and intelligence officials will look into the threats weeks after a riot at the US Capitol. Weeks after a violent pro-Donald Trump mob stormed the US Capitol, President Joe Biden is directing law enforcement and intelligence officials to conduct a full assessment of the threat of domestic violent ideologies in the United States, the White House announced …

Fears of ‘inside attack’ at Biden’s inauguration, defence officials warn
3 years, 11 months ago

Fears of ‘inside attack’ at Biden’s inauguration, defence officials warn

The Independent  

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House Democrats Express 'Grave Concerns' About Safety, 'Violent Threats' To Democracy
3 years, 11 months ago

House Democrats Express 'Grave Concerns' About Safety, 'Violent Threats' To Democracy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After meeting with the FBI on Tuesday, a group of top Democratic lawmakers expressed “grave concerns” about safety and said “more must be done” to preempt potential attacks by “domestic violent extremists.” The Democratic chairs of five House committees ― homeland security, justice, oversight, intelligence and armed services — said in a statement that they were working …

Threat of more violence ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration
3 years, 11 months ago

Threat of more violence ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration

India Today  

The capital city of the United States is being put under lockdown starting Wednesday, as fears over more violence grow ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20. Statement from the U.S. Secret Service on Inauguration Security: https://t.co/f19dm0DXRu pic.twitter.com/VGqvbXxZZM— U.S. Secret Service January 8, 2021 The threat of a bloody disruption from Trump supporters seems real even before …

Why Biden should consider the far right as grave a security threat as Isis
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Biden should consider the far right as grave a security threat as Isis

The Independent  

The alleged plot described by prosecutors is terrifying. The rise of the violent far right throughout the western world is one of the most disturbing and dangerous developments of recent years, a trend encouraged by Donald Trump, who famously urged one group of armed far-right militants, the so-called Proud Boys, to “stand by” on election day. One way that the …

Election Dispute Increases Risk Of Political Violence, Analysts Warn
4 years, 1 month ago

Election Dispute Increases Risk Of Political Violence, Analysts Warn

NPR  

Election Dispute Increases Risk Of Political Violence, Analysts Warn Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images Domestic terrorism analysts have warned for weeks about the possible triggers of election-related violence: a protracted vote count. "As I've said repeatedly, the period between Election Day and election results is dicey," tweeted researcher J.J. MacNab of George Washington University's …

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