{"id":33225,"date":"2018-11-02T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T01:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33225"},"modified":"2018-11-02T01:19:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T01:19:40","slug":"trump-scraps-domestic-terror-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33225","title":{"rendered":"Trump scraps domestic terror effort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/trumpdonald_103118sr2_lead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33226\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/trumpdonald_103118sr2_lead-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/trumpdonald_103118sr2_lead-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/trumpdonald_103118sr2_lead.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does it surprise you to learn that Donald J. Trump plans to toss out an Obama-era program to finance an effort to root out the causes of domestic terrorism?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, me neither.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the plan, though, as the president reportedly is going to discontinue a grant program created by the Barack Obama administration that was supposed to be funded yearly. But no! The Trump administration said it&#8217;s a one-time-only grant. So the Department of Homeland Security won&#8217;t keep it going.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of this announcement is stunning as well.<\/p>\n<p>It comes a week after Cesar Sayoc was arrested on charges that he sent pipe bombs to opponents of Donald Trump, as well as to a major media outlet. They&#8217;re all Democrats, either politicians or Democratic political figures. Did I mention that two of the intended targets were former presidents of the United States and one of them is a former vice president? There. I just did.<\/p>\n<p>So the president doesn&#8217;t want to keep this effort going.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that? Oh, it&#8217;s no doubt going to be argued by some &#8212; and I can buy their argument &#8212; that Trump wants to get rid of it because it originated during Barack Obama&#8217;s time as president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/414448-trump-will-not-renew-obama-era-program-to-fight-domestic-terrorism-report\">The Countering Violent Extremism Grant<\/a> spends $10 million annually on efforts to examine the causes of domestic violence and terrorism. Yes, it&#8217;s a scourge in this country. Hate groups have gotten more brazen in recent years. The slaughter of 11 congregants at the Pittsburgh synagogue symbolizes what I&#8217;m talking about; a suspect has been arrested and charged with 29 hate-crime-related felonies.<\/p>\n<p>But the president wants to discontinue a valuable grant aimed at rooting out domestic terrorism?<\/p>\n<p>Sickening.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does it surprise you to learn that Donald J. Trump plans to toss out an Obama-era program to finance an effort to root out the causes of domestic terrorism? Yeah, me neither. 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