With political violence on the rise in America and the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk still sending shockwaves throughout the citizenry, one would think the Trump administration would be using every tool at its disposal to prevent targeted violence and domestic terrorism. Sadly, it is not.
Indeed, since returning to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency have been dismantling the very programs designed to prevent targeted violence and domestic terrorism. And with its proposed 2026 budget, the administration and its allies in Congress are attempting to make the elimination of those programs the law of the land.
The House Committee on Appropriations, comprised of 34 Republicans and 27 Democrats, couldn’t have been clearer when it said in a June press release that the 2026 Homeland Security funding bill, “Fails to protect Americans from terrorism and violent extremists by underfunding programs that enhance Americans' ability to respond to, prepare for and counter extremism.”
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