The Revenge of the Me-Too Martyrs | Council on Foreign Relations In his cabinet picks, Trump is revealing not just an apathy towards sexual assault and harassment, but seemingly a celebration of it.

As Noël James and I wrote for @cfr.org in 2025, "The entrenchment of toxic masculinity and sexual dominance into the heart of American governance ... create a less welcoming environment for women, especially diverse women, in positions of political power."

As @tarapalmeri.bsky.social put it earlier this month after Pam Bondi was fired, "Trump is playing whack-a-mole with the women of his administration."

British Counterterrorism Police Investigating Attacks Against Jewish Sites

"A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the U.K. is gathering momentum ... This sustained attack on our community's ability to worship and live in safety is an attack on the values that bind us all together."

Opinion | Iran Resisted a Powerful Attacker. Taiwan Can, Too.

"Iran's ability to frustrate a superior military underscores that determined defenders, armed with the right mix of asymmetric capabilities and resilient command structures, can deny even the most powerful adversaries a quick or decisive victory."

DOJ moves to erase convictions of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers leaders who led Jan. 6 attack The decision is the latest effort by the Trump administration to erase the stain of Jan. 6.

In our book, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I wrote that the J6 seditious conspiracy convictions ensured that those “bent on violence and revolution would be held accountable for their subversive plans.”

Final steps now underway to undo that opprobrium. @kyledcheney.bsky.social

‘Enough of war!’: Full text of Pope Leo’s prayer for peace Pope Leo at April 11 peace vigil: ’Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life.’

"I receive countless letters from children in areas of conflict. In reading them, one perceives, through the lens of innocence, all the horror and inhumanity of actions that some adults boast of with pride. Let us listen to the voices of children!"

Trends in Terrorism: What’s On the Horizon in 2020 - Foreign Policy Research Institute As we usher in a new year, what trends in terrorism are likely to dominate the global security landscape in 2020? Geopolitical realignments, emerging technologies, and demographic shifts will all cont...

Way back in 2020, my friend @colinpclarke.bsky.social began warning of a technophobic wave of terrorism driven by "a neo-Luddite ideology." Seems this movement may now have AI leaders in its crosshairs.

Sam Altman’s home targeted in second attack; two suspects arrested Early Sunday morning, a car stopped and appears to have fired a gun at the Russian Hill home of OpenAI’s CEO, according to police.

“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning.”

Unfortunately, nobody is safe from our country’s onslaught of assassinations. @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social

U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left

More excellent reporting, this time by @jacknicas.bsky.social, Alan Feuer, @matinastevis.bsky.social, @ewong.bsky.social, + @jimtankersley.bsky.social, on "a sweeping new effort by the WH to press foreign governments and embassies abroad to join its fight against what it calls far-left terrorists."

American soft power: “The one thing the Europeans have understood is that we are dealing with a bully. You can give him everything he wants […] but he will keep trying to bully us, and so at a certain point we must stop him.” @yarotrof.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/allies...

#Trump now promising ethnic cleansing in #Iran.

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

Why would Americans emigrate?

"You don't face [...] your 5-year-old going into a kindergarten and doing an active shooter drill."

Another interviewee "moved with his two children after the second active shooter scare at his 8-year-old son's LA school."

Pretty stunning reporting by @juliaioffe.bsky.social in @puck.news. The damage to U.S. global counterterrorism leadership will be profound and lasting.

Trump’s Antifa Terror Even as fears mount that Iran could activate sleeper cells in the U.S. and Europe, the Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top counterterrorism priority—despite the protes...

"As a former senior national security official put it, 'They might as well be looking for Santa Claus.'" @juliaioffe.bsky.social

600+ surveys &interviews showed “a ‘signfnt neg correlation btwn freq AI tool usage &critical thinking abilities.’ Another…study, which tracked the brain activity of [participants] writing w/the help of LLMs, found that ‘brain connectivity systematically scaled down w/the amnt of external support’”🧪

Opinion | There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate

"Your writing should be your own. The strain required to craft a clear memo or report is the mental equivalent of a gym workout by an athlete; it's not an annoyance to be eliminated but a key element of your craft."

How Political Violence in America Became Personal Americans can no longer turn to their political leadership to avert the catastrophe of political violence.

Terrorism is getting more personal, both ideologically (less coherent motives) and operationally (a rise in assassinations).

And sadly, "As political divisiveness and the devaluing of human life become more widespread ... more violence seems inevitable."

Man Tied to Pro-Israel Extremists Accused of Targeting Palestinian Activist

"A man linked to a pro-Israel terrorist group was charged with making Molotov cocktails for what officials said was a plot to assassinate the New York City-based activist Nerdeen Kiswani."

Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

To quote the great @colinpclarke.bsky.social, "Where is the Trump administration's counterterrorism strategy?" @latimes.com

Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

To quote the great @colinpclarke.bsky.social, "Where is the Trump administration's counterterrorism strategy?" @latimes.com

Israeli settler terrorism demands a tougher US response The United States should draw on a key counterterrorism tool: the designation of perpetrators as specially designated global terrorists.

“Anything less than a full-throated condemnation of settler terrorism will be interpreted as tacit acceptance of the untenable status quo […] that has resulted in the deaths of nine US citizens since 2022.”

A must-read by Cleary Waldo for the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social.

Violent extremism in youths is rising. Can we do more than just react? Concerns about planned school attacks, and the youths behind them, are rising. The response is inconsistent and underfunded.

Relatedly: "Data from the Wisconsin Office of School Safety tip line show concerns of a planned school attack have more than doubled in a two-year period, from 114 tips in the 2023-24 school year to 238 in the 2024-25 school year." @natalieeilbert.bsky.social

The Rabbit Hole: Saints and Killers A rising number of mass shootings can be traced back to a young and violent online community obsessed with death.

“Mass shooters are the cool kids.”

Essential reporting by @pwbeck.bsky.social and @seamushughes.bsky.social in @courtwatch.bsky.social, covering the True Crime Community and its "attempts to normalize extreme violence as a noble goal to achieve, not a macabre urge to suppress."

Today marks one year since the greatest day in my professional career. Still an immense and surreal honor.

"The winner of the fifth Airey Neave Book Prize is God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Jacob Ware (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2024)."

Today marks one year since the greatest day in my professional career. Still an immense and surreal honor.

"The winner of the fifth Airey Neave Book Prize is God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Jacob Ware (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2024)."

America Has No Good Options in Iran Trump needs an off-ramp.

“As in past conflicts, the asymmetry at the heart of the war favors the weaker party.”

A terrific assessment of challenges and options in #Iran by @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.

Iran Will Retaliate in the U.S. We May Not See It in Time. Historically, the U.S. has managed to thwart Iranian operations on its soil. Now, this administration may have us unprepared.

"Historically, the U.S. has managed to thwart Iranian operations on its soil. Now, this administration may have us unprepared."

A remarkably detailed (and very worrying) assessment of our new national security vulnerabilities in @lawfaremedia.org.

Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism

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Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism

Contributor: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

"The #Iran war seems to be superseding earlier grievances and instead uniting disparate extremist forces against the United States."

With @colinpclarke.bsky.social for @latimes.com.