{"id":1506728,"date":"2022-06-07T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506728"},"modified":"2022-06-07T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:20:01","slug":"dhs-warns-of-extremism-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-warns-of-extremism-ahead-of-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Warns Of Extremism Ahead Of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-warns-of-extremism-ahead-of-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Tuesday of a \u201cheightened threat environment\u201d around the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/department-homeland-security-misinformation-covid-19-election-fraud-possible-terrorist-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DHS<\/a> released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2022\/06\/07\/dhs-issues-national-terrorism-advisory-system-ntas-bulletin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bulletin<\/a> \u201cregarding the continued heightened threat environment across the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs recent acts of violence in communities across the country have so tragically demonstrated, the nation remains in a heightened threat environment, and we expect that environment will become more dynamic in the coming months,\u201d DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. \u201cThe Department of Homeland Security remains steadfast in our commitment to provide timely information and resources to the American public and our partners across every level of government, in law enforcement, and in the private sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bulletin warns the environment will become \u201cmore dynamic as several high-profile events could be exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets.\u201d Among the possible targets include \u201cpublic gatherings, faith-based institutions, schools, racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, government facilities and personnel, U.S., critical infrastructure, the media, and perceived ideological opponents.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/21\/new-york-times-extremist-right-newsletter-adl-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: The New York Times Conveniently Leaves Out Major Details In Piece Condemning Right-Wing Violence)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An anonymous senior <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/dhs-covid-restrictions-domestic-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DHS<\/a> official said the potential Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade could lead to violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-covid-health-mexico-f0db5be3931d14a5cd5da3bdc200e930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a> (AP) reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7445388\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7445388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2022. REUTERS\/Leah Millis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The DHS had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/18\/biden-department-of-homeland-security-dhs-abortion-violence-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously warned<\/a> in mid-May that violence in the wake of the decision could come from either side of the political aisle despite the numerous attacks on pro-life groups. Two pro-life centers were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/10\/pro-life-salem-oregon-molotov-cocktails-abortion-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firebombed<\/a>\u00a0after the draft opinion was leaked.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS claims some extremist ideologies include \u201cracially or ethnically motivated or anti-government\/anti-authority violent extremism.\u201d The department also warned of foreign domestic actors that want to sow public discord and undermine democratic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Another concern for the DHS is whether extremists may be motivated by whether or not the Biden administration revokes Title 42, the AP reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Tuesday of a \u201cheightened threat environment\u201d around the upcoming midterm elections.The DHS released a bulletin \u201cregarding the continued heightened threat environment across the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1506728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1506728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}