Mastodawn

William Lindsey

"A 2024 report from a research arm of the Department of Justice itself noted that '[s]ince 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.' Julia Ornedo of The Daily Beast reported that the Department of Justice removed the report from its website after the shooting."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-16-2025

September 16, 2025

The phrase that kept coming up over the last several days was “make fetch happen.” It’s a reference to the film Mean Girls, when one of the characters tries to make the word “fetch” trendy, using it to mean “cool” or “awesome.” Another character eventually slaps back: “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen.

Letters from an American

William Lindsey

"In Washington, D.C., work crews have begun moving some trees and cutting down others around the East Wing of the White House to prepare for Trump’s $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech #WhiteHouse #ballroom
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William Lindsey

"The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence 'continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism' in the United States."

~ Emanuel Maiberg

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/3

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.

404 Media

William Lindsey

"The study, which was conducted by the National Institute of Justice and hosted on a DOJ website was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved by the Wayback Machine. Daniel Malmer, a PhD student studying online extremism at UNC-Chapel Hill, first noticed the paper was deleted."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/4

William Lindsey

“'The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance,' reads a message on the page where the study was formerly hosted. 'During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.'”

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

The report removed by the DOJ is entitled "What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism." It states,

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

"What is an America where dissent is criminal, where every person must first test a thought or an idea against how the religious right or the regime might respond?"

~ Nina Burleigh

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/7

https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/the-big-chill

The Big Chill

Using a Murder to Silence America

American Freakshow

William Lindsey

"We already live in an America where it’s legal to spread lies about public health and vaccines, where American history is being erased by executive order at the Smithsonian and the National Park Service, and where Bari Weiss is about to be empowered by one of the biggest media concerns in the world to tell us to love Israel unconditionally.

As if that wasn’t enough, now those who disagree must be criminalized."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/8

William Lindsey

"The Department of Justice is trying to hide something critical from the public. A new study released earlier last year suggested that white supremacy & right-wing violence accounted for more violence in the United States of America than any other form of violence. And yet, over the past 24 hours, 404 Media is now reporting that the Department of Justice has quietly removed that study from its website."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/9

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-no-evidence-tying-left-leaning

NEWS: No Evidence Tying Left Leaning Groups to Kirk Murder Despite Trump Claim

There is no evidence tying left leaning groups to Kirk's murder, the DOJ is deleting studies suggesting white supremacist violence leads domestic terrorism, FBI launches manhunt in Pennsylvania

The Parnas Perspective

William Lindsey

"Now, instead, that study is replaced with a note citing, quote, review under recent executive orders. The Trump administration is actively suppressing any information or evidence that contradicts its narrative of blaming the radical left after Charlie Kirk's assassination.

And this cover-up from what we're witnessing could be bigger than anything we've seen in recent memory other than the Epstein files."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

"Because the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi are now placing the blame squarely on left-leaning organizations and the left for Charlie Kirk's assassination.

But I reviewed all of the Utah County attorney documents that were filed in Tyler Robinson's case yesterday, and not once did the county attorney suggest or even allege that there was any evidence to connect any left-leaning organization to Tyler Robinson."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

"In fact, none of the evidence suggests that Robinson was motivated by a left-leaning organization or even left-leaning thoughts. …

What we're seeing right now is a systematic effort in the federal government to conceal the truth about what's happening in the United States of America."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

"Scaring people has always been how the Right gets what it wants. …

They want a lot of power to control people, and the best way to get that power is to scare the shit out of people.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t work this time."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/13

https://www.wonkette.com/p/study-proving-most-political-violence

Study Proving Most Political Violence Is Right-Wing Mysteriously Disappears From DOJ Site

A very inconvenient truth.

Wonkette

William Lindsey

"At the root of all manner of Trump-era incitement is an indifference to the risks, harms, and indignities it inflicts on others. He and his loyalists understand that if the incitement succeeds, they can use it as a basis for seizing more power and cracking down harder."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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https://www.offmessage.net/p/reclaiming-they

Reclaiming "They"

Republicans use the term to impose collective guilt; we can use it to condemn specific bad actors. Including him.

Off Message

William Lindsey

"To the best of our knowledge, Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk, but you’re much likelier to hear rightists loosen their otherwise strict pronoun rules, and refer to him as 'they,' rather than as 'Tyler Robinson.' …

Who shot Kirk? Not Robinson, but 'they.' Who shot Trump? Not Thomas Matthew Crooks, but “they.” Who is 'they'? George Soros, the Ford Foundation, The Nation magazine. Libels."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/15

William Lindsey

"Charlie Kirk’s death does not compel me to pretend that I do not know about his bigotry and history of endorsing vicious politicians and policies, no matter who else chooses to eulogize him."

~ Wendell Griffen

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/16

https://wendellgriffen.substack.com/p/the-right-wing-enterprise-to-re-invent

THE RIGHT-WING ENTERPRISE TO RE-INVENT CHARLIE KIRK

I will not give Charlie Kirk a post-mortem character makeover.

Wendell Griffen on Faith, Hope, Justice, Love, and Peace

William Lindsey

"Nor does Kirk’s death require that I tolerate efforts to lionize his ideology and its harmful impact on vulnerable people. I do not owe fealty to Charlie Kirk’s bigotry. I will not obey officious edicts from anyone to honor it, be silent about it, let alone validate it."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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William Lindsey

"Attorney General Pam Bondi needs to brush up on the First Amendment. She doesn’t seem to grasp some very basic tenets of freedom of speech. Indeed, three times this week, Bondi stepped in it so badly that even MAGA sharpened its knives for her."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
/18

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/free-speech-limits-bondied-about

Free Speech Limits, Bondied About

The Attorney General got the First Amendment wrong three times in a row.

The Status Kuo

William Lindsey

Gene Weingarten reminds us of the Reichstag fire and its aftermath. Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, burned in February 1933 in the fourth week of Hitler's time as chancellor. In response, Very shrewdly, he went bananas.

Hitler seized on the event as an excuse to tighten his control of the state; it is considered one of the most potent factors leading to the global horror that was the Nazi era."

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech
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https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-fire-this-time

The Fire This Time?

In Berlin on Monday, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag — Germany’s parliament, home of its legislative branch — was gutted by fire.

The Gene Pool

William Lindsey

A half-blind Dutch-born bricklayer and Communist confessed to starting the fire, saying he acted alone. But though there was no evidence of any other involvement, Hitler "declared the arson attack to be a conspiracy by Communist agitators." There were mass arrests after this. Weingarten segués to the present and headlines in the US the past week — eerie parallels to the past.

#Trump #DOJ #violence #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech #ReichstagFire
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Mastodon Migration Sep 17, 2025

There are certainly some scary parallels to 1933 Germany, but there are also some significant differences as discussed in this interesting and informative @tzimmer_history thread:

https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/115220177978278829

William Lindsey

@mastodonmigration @tzimmer_history Thank you. Thomas Zimmer is the besst. I look forward to reading.

AL Sep 19, 2025

@wdlindsy
Let us try to NOT call this the tRump era. He is a mendacious a
narcissistic sociopath and should be treated as such. Its the big corporate billionaire that are trying to overthrow democracy; call this the neo-fascist, or conservatives, or bigCorp era but lets not use his name.
It is too easy to let the actual people pulling the string to say all the bad stuff left with the man.
These systemic changes they are trying to pull off.

f*cking b*tch club Sep 17, 2025

@wdlindsy well said indeed! thank you for posting his words

William Lindsey

@grammasaurus You're welcome! I agree, well said.

Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Sep 17, 2025

@wdlindsy if one is looking for a “they” to blame, all “they” need do is look in a mirror. “They” declared war on the gay and trans community. “They” drew first blood with Matthew Sheppard, stonewall, and all of the rest of the of them that had to die to get their dignity and human rights restored. Do “they” think folks will willingly give up those rights and go back in the cellar?