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Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-s…

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 11h
“Well, we wouldn’t have had to take care of Pierre. Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.”
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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BeatriceKind @bvkind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The far-right’s violence against minority communities... is the movement’s tip of the spear, the most violent & visible manifestation of its vitriol. But the threat... is far broader, embracing a limitless collection of enemies targeted for violence." - Dr. Bruce Hoffman (2024), political analyst
Color front-cover image of an edition of the 2024 book by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, entitled "God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America." Dominating the cover is a photograph, presumably taken at the 6 January 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, showing a noose in the foreground and Capitol buildings in the background. Cover text reads as follows: "GOD, GUNS, AND SEDITION: Far-Right Terrorism in America. BRUCE HOFFMAN and JACOB WARE."
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 18h
"The Mexican authorities estimate that as many as 500,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States into Mexico each year." America, exporter of gun violence and bloodshed.
nytimes.com
American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels
Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With one month until the midterm election, I'm re-sharing my April 2024 @cfr.org contingency planning memorandum on "Preventing U.S. Election Violence." Political violence is likely around the 2026 midterms. The more we prepare now, the better.
cfr.org
Preventing U.S. Election Violence in 2024 | Council on Foreign Relations
Violence around U.S. elections in 2024 could not only destabilize American democracy but also embolden autocrats across the world. Jacob Ware recommends that political leaders take steps to shore up c...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A rare CBRN/WMD attack attempt from the NVE community. “He hoped his actions would cause others to become ill, reflecting a broader negativity on humanity. [He] wanted his death to result in harm to others.” (h/t @seamushughes.bsky.social)
oregonlive.com
Portland student will face domestic terrorism, attempted murder charges in high school cafeteria chemical exposure
The teen was hospitalized after releasing chemicals at the school, prompting an evacuation and medical evaluation for 100 students and staff.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With one month until the midterm election, I'm re-sharing my April 2024 @cfr.org contingency planning memorandum on "Preventing U.S. Election Violence." Political violence is likely around the 2026 midterms. The more we prepare now, the better.
cfr.org
Preventing U.S. Election Violence in 2024 | Council on Foreign Relations
Violence around U.S. elections in 2024 could not only destabilize American democracy but also embolden autocrats across the world. Jacob Ware recommends that political leaders take steps to shore up c...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Ibland är en fotbollsmatch mest bara en fotbollsmatch. Ibland kan den vara en hel släkthistoria i olika nyanser av blått och gult; en berättelse om stolthet, strävan, sorg, saknad och samhörighet.” 🇸🇪🇧🇦💙💛 @erikniva.bsky.social
aftonbladet.se
”Hjärtat rymdes inte i min kropp – tårarna bara rann”
Två jämnåriga killar växte upp en halvmil från den svenska nationalarenan – men i morgon ska de spela landskamp mot Sverige. På ett sätt kanske svårt att begripa, på ett annat sätt väldigt lätt att fö...
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I bookmarked it at the time... “It’s like talking to that wall right there,” Elgan said. “I’ve given them every fact and document known to mankind, and none of it matters.” Seems like a follow-up with some badly drawn characterizations is in order...
nytimes.com
A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies (Gift Article)
Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest case of far-right youth radicalization, involving a 13-year-old who attacked his school in Rome, Italy. 🇮🇹 "Professor stabbed in Rome, shocking video goes online: 'Instigated by white supremacists'"
repubblica.it
Prof accoltellata a Roma, in rete il video shock: “Istigato dai suprematisti”
La preparazione, i coltelli, l’aggressione e il compagno che lo ferma. Le immagini girate dallo studente. Al setaccio tutte le sue chat
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Each day, something urgent was happening in the far corners of the internet — something big and dark and secret, and that knowledge fueled her days with both purpose and agency.” From 2024, but worth reviewing. Both brilliant and alarming.
nytimes.com
A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies (Published 2024)
Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"[T]he truth is that we are still abysmal when it comes to understanding, let alone publicly discussing, the ways in which sex, power, and male violence intersect." Yep. @jillfilipovic.bsky.social
slate.com
The “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let’s Talk About What We’re Actually Talking About Here.
The district attorney has reopened the criminal case.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Traditional child exploitation files, where somebody was being groomed or abused, but we started picking up these ideological undercurrents —particularly, heinous acts of violence that were being associated with them." @karenbartko.bsky.social
globalnews.ca
Alberta teen accused of ‘764’ terrorism, sexual extortion and animal cruelty crimes | Globalnews.ca
Predators with the 764 network routinely lure youth and encourage them to commit sexual acts, child sexual abuse and exploitation, self-harm, and the torture of animals.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Since 2024, the majority of the 19 ISIS-inspired plots and attacks in America involved at least one teenage suspect.”
cnn.com
‘A national warning.’ How an American teen went from ISIS sympathizer to a convict in recovery | CNN
Daniel Fischer’s journey from bullied student to ISIS sympathizer to convict in recovery, within two years, illustrates not just the speed at which modern extremism takes hold, but also the impact on ...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So good. 🇸🇪 @secretsandspies.bsky.social @johanwennstrom.bsky.social
open.spotify.com
The Stay Behinds: Sweden’s Cold War Guardians | Johan Wennström
Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs · Episode
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“If humanity is the reason I am not able to live how I want, I might as well make them hurt as much as I do.” NVE/TCC is best understood as a “terrorism of vengeance”: the same grievances that drive incels and school shooters, repackaged.
lawfaremedia.org
A Terrorism of Vengeance
Understanding incels, school shooters, and the new category of terrorism, “nihilistic violent extremism.”
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big deal: “[T]he prosecution alleges that misanthropy—the hatred of humankind—‘is the ideological cause for the terrorist acts'. It means that the CPS has been able to charge the teenager with preparation of terrorist acts.”
dailymail.com
Teen first person to face terror charges because he 'hates everyone'
It comes amid concerns that young people preparing mass casualty attacks are escaping with relatively minor charges because they are not considered to have an ideology.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“If humanity is the reason I am not able to live how I want, I might as well make them hurt as much as I do.” NVE/TCC is best understood as a “terrorism of vengeance”: the same grievances that drive incels and school shooters, repackaged.
lawfaremedia.org
A Terrorism of Vengeance
Understanding incels, school shooters, and the new category of terrorism, “nihilistic violent extremism.”
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big deal: “[T]he prosecution alleges that misanthropy—the hatred of humankind—‘is the ideological cause for the terrorist acts'. It means that the CPS has been able to charge the teenager with preparation of terrorist acts.”
dailymail.com
Teen first person to face terror charges because he 'hates everyone'
It comes amid concerns that young people preparing mass casualty attacks are escaping with relatively minor charges because they are not considered to have an ideology.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Let’s all hope the US is never at the point where military snipers are taking aim across the river from the top of a triumphal arch.” @zbyronwolf.bsky.social
cnn.com
Analysis: ‘National security’ is Trump’s catchall excuse as he tries to turn DC into a fortress | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is leaning into national security arguments to remake parts of Washington in line with the president’s fancy and creating a buffer around him.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A remarkable barometer of the threat: Saddiq Basha and Benjamin Mok publish a terrific article on a June school shooting in the Philippines in @gnetresearch.bsky.social, on the same day yet another TCC-driven school shooting strikes.
gnet-research.org
The Afterlife of the Tacloban Shooting: Nihilistic Violent Extremism in the Philippines - GNET
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More TCC violence in Southeast Asia: "Authorities are also examining whether online communities may have played a role in the attack. The mayor, citing police information, said investigations found the teenager posted in an online 'true crime' community."
cnn.com
Two students killed in Philippine school shooting and teen suspect dead, officials say | CNN
Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"A member of the Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry when the pandemic hit, Sean Ward was discharged for refusing to be vaccinated [...] One of the sources said that some of the conspiracies he spouted were antisemitic, blaming Jews for COVID-19."
globalnews.ca
Belleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And always targeting vulnerable people. “Vulnerable people who need money and are willing to travel for money and are willing to not ask many questions about the purpose of what they're carrying out.” @drichterova.bsky.social @mareporter.bsky.social
dw.com
Cuban dance teacher ordered EU sabotage attacks from Russia
In 2024, a Cuban man coordinated a series of arson attacks in four EU countries while operating on behalf of Russian intelligence services. DW Investigations tracked him back to a Latin dance studio i...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An emerging Russia-NVE collaboration: “The research has revealed ‘multiple indicators suggesting possible Russian state-linked support’ for a section of the ‘Com network’ movement...” @lizziedearden.bsky.social @isdglobal.bsky.social
inews.co.uk
Russian spies 'recruiting UK teenagers' to carry out acts of violence and sabotage
Agents are believed to have 'hijacked' online chat groups where children plan and encourage each other to commit extreme acts – from vandalism to sexual abuse and murder
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I also often return to Pete Simi and @seamushughes.bsky.social's October 2023 @lawfaremedia.org piece on "The Slow Burn Threatening Our Democracy." Violent threats to public officials often drive them out of the political system, causing deeper harm than the violence itself.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“So it comes to the American people to rise to the occasion.” With six weeks to go until the midterm election, I highly recommend re-reading @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social’s tremendous July 2024 @justsecurity.org article on election violence.
justsecurity.org
Political Violence in the United States Is Rising – and It Might Be Up to Americans to Say “Enough!”
How does this moment in the United States fit into trends of political violence, and what might be done to reduce the risk of escalation?
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"This officer was a hero who saved our lives. If this officer wasn't there, I don't know what could have happened." 💙 www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
pbs.org
Up to 30 shots fired after man opened fire on officer outside Ontario synagogue
A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur, leading to a shootout with up to 30 shots fired.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Violent Extremism and the Digital Space: Emerging Trends and Blind Spots," with Clara Broekaert, @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social, Jumo Ayendele, and @hannahallam.bsky.social at the Soufan Center Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence.
youtube.com
PANEL – Violent Extremism and the Digital Space: Emerging Trends and Blind Spots
YouTube video by The Soufan Center
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The investigation found no political manifesto, no religious grievance, no cause a 20th-century counterterrorism analyst would recognise." The most global violent extremist movement since the Islamic State at its height — now in South Africa. 🇿🇦
dailymaverick.co.za
Violence without a ‘why’ — a shocking online terror network reaches South Africa
Modern terrorism has evolved into nihilistic violent extremism (NVE) that works through decentralised networks and exploits children through online sextortion and gamified cruelty. …
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"When the far-right anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats won a record one-fifth of the vote in a 2022 election, [...] party leader Jimmie Akesson led supporters ​in an impromptu celebratory conga. On Sunday, the dance floor was largely empty." 🇸🇪
reuters.com
The night Sweden's far-right stopped winning
When the far-right anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats won a record one-fifth of the vote in a 2022 election, Viking rock player and party leader Jimmie Akesson led supporters ​in an impromptu celebratory...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The investigation found no political manifesto, no religious grievance, no cause a 20th-century counterterrorism analyst would recognise." The most global violent extremist movement since the Islamic State at its height — now in South Africa. 🇿🇦
dailymaverick.co.za
Violence without a ‘why’ — a shocking online terror network reaches South Africa
Modern terrorism has evolved into nihilistic violent extremism (NVE) that works through decentralised networks and exploits children through online sextortion and gamified cruelty. …
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Moving beyond short-term reactions and partisan framing is essential. So is treating the rise in youth radicalization as a safeguarding crisis, not merely a criminal-justice problem." Yep! @icct.bsky.social
icct.nl
San Diego as a Warning: The West Needs a New Prevention Strategy for the Rise of Radicalised Minors
On 18 May 2026, 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, California, which also housed a school. Armed with firearms and wearing body armor, they ...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Always read Sebastian Mallaby.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Dario Amodei’s Essay Was Gutsy. It Didn’t Go Far Enough.
America’s A.I. bosses can do only so much on their own.
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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Haven't had a knife-bomb sighting in a while
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Moments later, a U.S. missile slammed through the car roof. Rather than explode, it sliced up the Corolla like a weaponized can opener." Feels like it has been a while, but here's the latest usage of the U.S.'s AGM-114R9X "Ninja Missile."
wsj.com
Washington’s Deadly New Headache: an al Qaeda-Houthi Terrorist Alliance
One man helped broker an arms trade between two militant groups that threatens another key oil-shipping route in the Middle East.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"The 25 years since 9/11 are littered with the dismissal of terrorist threats. [...] However, the U.S. National Security Strategy published in November 2025 only mentioned 'terrorism' once."
irregularwarfare.org
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Editor's note: The "Short of War" Podcast discussing this article is AI-generated. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the central question is deceptively simple: Is al-Qaeda—and the Salafi-Jihadi terro...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As we embark on the next 25 years of counterterrorism, I highly recommended this masterful assessment of the threat environment by Rebecca Ulam Weiner and Meghann Teubner of the NYPD Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau for Police Chief Magazine. www.policechiefmagazine.org/the-threat-t...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Somehow both shocking and completely unsurprising: "In May, polling by the @ecfr.eu found that only 11 percent of respondents across 15 European democracies still considered the United States an ally."
theatlantic.com
America Has Forfeited Its Greatest Strength
Osama bin Laden wanted to eradicate faith in American power. Twenty-five years later, his dream is on the verge of coming true.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"But 25 years later, America's own mistakes have brought it closer to fulfillment than bin Laden ever could," the great Ali Soufan warns in @theatlantic.com. When Mr. Soufan speaks, listen.
theatlantic.com
America Has Forfeited Its Greatest Strength
Osama bin Laden wanted to eradicate faith in American power. Twenty-five years later, his dream is on the verge of coming true.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Among 9/11's most consequential results: "Lastly, while the memory of Sept. 11 has faded, its political effects stay with us, often to our detriment. On his way to the WH in 2016, Donald Trump preyed on voters' fears about terrorism..."
nytimes.com
Opinion | We’ve Forgotten the Most Important Lessons of 9/11
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As we embark on the next 25 years of counterterrorism, I highly recommended this masterful assessment of the threat environment by Rebecca Ulam Weiner and Meghann Teubner of the NYPD Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau for Police Chief Magazine. www.policechiefmagazine.org/the-threat-t...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“As America commemorates the 25th anniversary of 9/11, al-Qaeda is still planning its encore.”
irregularwarfare.org
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Editor's note: The "Short of War" Podcast discussing this article is AI-generated. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the central question is deceptively simple: Is al-Qaeda—and the Salafi-Jihadi terro...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reflections on Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and the future of counterterrorism, with the great @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for the Irregular Warfare Initiative.
irregularwarfare.org
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Editor's note: The "Short of War" Podcast discussing this article is AI-generated. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the central question is deceptively simple: Is al-Qaeda—and the Salafi-Jihadi terro...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“There will be a seventh bell-tolling this year, for the thousands who have since died by suicide, or from cancer and other illnesses caused by the ravages of terrorism.” ❤️
newyorker.com
The America That 9/11 Made
A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spotted in Dymocks in Sydney. An excellent selection! 🇦🇺
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“No gun gets to define my brother. No hatred gets to erase his joy.” ❤️
news.azpm.org
'No gun gets to define my brother': Tucsonans hold a candlelight vigil for hate-crime victims
Tucson community members gathered to remember Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, victims of the Aug. 31 shooting at midtown gay bar Venture-N.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sebastian Gorka claims to fear violence from “mentally imbalanced transgender, non-binary extremists.” A week later, a terrorist attack strikes Tucson’s LGBTQ community. A terrible, deadly imbalance between actual threat and response. @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
kenklippenstein.com
Nonbinary Gender Extremism?
The White House has a new target. But who’s the real extremist?
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spotted in Dymocks in Sydney. An excellent selection! 🇦🇺
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Randy Shulman @randyshulman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two men were killed outside Tucson gay bar Venture-N by a gunman who later killed himself. Police say he was carrying a list of LGBTQ businesses and had planned a targeted anti-LGBTQ attack. @metroweekly.bsky.social
metroweekly.com
Gunman Kills 2 Outside Tucson Gay Bar in Anti-LGBTQ Attack
Police say Ousman Ceesay fatally shot two regulars outside Venture-N before killing himself and was carrying a list of LGBTQ businesses.
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A fairly stunning quote from General Ben-Reuven: “This, what the settlers are doing here, is the real threat to Israel. This is more concerning to me than Iran, Gaza or Lebanon.”
nytimes.com
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society b...
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