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Miranda Devine: The Trump admin is going after violent leftists and their twisted ideology

Nypost · · 1158 words · By Miranda Devine
Partisan Conflict Political Violence Counterterrorism Strategy
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Jihadis and cartels are targets of the new White House counterterrorism strategy, but so, too, are Antifa, Trantifa and other violent domestic left-wing anti-American groups.”
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Multiple web search results confirm a White House strategy memo authored by Sebastian Gorka that targets international threats like cartels and extremist organizations, as well as domestic groups described as 'anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
https://www.foxnews.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — What the name change means for care. A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care. Health advice is all over social media. Here’s how to …
https://apnews.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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“President Trump’s White House counterterrorism director, Sebastian Gorka, has reoriented national security back toward violence”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Sebastian Gorka's appointment as White House Senior Director for Counterterrorism under President Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sebastian Lukács Gorka (Hungarian: Gorka Sebestyén Lukács; born October 22, 1970) is a media host and commentator, currently affiliated with Salem Radio Network and NewsMax TV, and a United States gov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Gorka
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web search NEUTRAL — President-Elect Donald Trump announced Saturday his appointment of Dr. Sebastian Gorka, former senior Trump administration official and host of the America First podcast, to the White House as Deputy …
https://tjvnews.com/news/politics/sebastian-gorka-appointed-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sebastian Gorka, White House Senior Director for Counterterrorism, records President Trump during a White House event held to urge passage of legislation on June 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Image…
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/04/counterterrorism-c…
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“the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by unarmed Trump supporters, most of whom committed no violence and many of whom did not even enter the Capitol, became the biggest investigation in FBI history under Biden”
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While the evidence provides general information about the FBI and the J. Edgar Hoover building, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming that the Jan 6 investigation was the 'biggest investigation in FBI history'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The J. Edgar Hoover Building is a low-rise office building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover_Building
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FBI Police is the uniformed security police of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and is part of the Bureau's Security Division, tasked with protecting key FBI facilities, pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Police
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“data, including from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, showing record highs in left-wing violence.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that a CSIS study found left-wing terror attacks/plots reached record highs in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_Inter…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit organization based in Indonesia which has served as a think tank on social, international, political and economical issues. CS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Strategic_and_Inter…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Strategic studies is an interdisciplinary academic field centered on the study of peace and conflict strategies, often devoting special attention to the relationship between military history, interna…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_studies
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“a YouGov poll last September found 25% of “very liberal” Americans say violence can be justified to achieve political goals compared with 3% of “very conservative” Americans.”
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Multiple YouGov-related search results confirm a poll where a quarter (25%) of 'very liberal' respondents said violence can sometimes be justified, contrasting with a much lower percentage for conservatives.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouGov plc is an international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm headquartered in the UK with operations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia–Pacific.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouGov
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during Republican president Donald Trump's nonconsecutive …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_elections
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the general election for the 2024 United States presidential election. Those named in the polls were declared candidat…
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“Gorka’s blunt 16-page strategy memo released Wednesday pledges to “prioritize identifying and neutralizing violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro transgender and anarchist”
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Multiple sources confirm the existence of a 16-page memo by Sebastian Gorka that specifically targets groups described as 'anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 16-page memo was authored by Sebastian Gorka, the National Security Council senior director for counterterrorism, and includes with a foreword by President Donald Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-releases-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 16-page strategy memo directs intelligence agencies to focus on groups deemed “anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist,” while also emphasising efforts against international threat…
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/08/white-house-radically…
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web search NEUTRAL — The at-times bizarre 16-page memo Gorka authored is only slightly more subtle – taking rhetorically charged swings at the president’s enemies, the Biden administration, transgender people and some Isl…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/trump-counte…
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“the assassination of Charlie Kirk [in September 2025] by a radical who espoused extreme transgender ideologies.”
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Wikipedia and other search results explicitly confirm the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University.
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web search NEUTRAL — On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk
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web search NEUTRAL — A memorial for far-right activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on 13 September 2025 in Orem, Utah.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/charlie-kirk…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Charlie Kirk assassination is a developing story with the FBI asking the public for help in identifying a person of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA0uD37nCiU
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“Transgender shooters like Robin Westman, who slaughtered two children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis in August 2025”
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The search results for 'Robin Westman' returned information about the American Robin bird and workplace management software, not a person or a school shooting in Minneapolis in August 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — “We didn't want to be reactive in making choices – we wanted to use data. That's where Robin comes in.”
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web search NEUTRAL — The robin's nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the earliest birds to sing at daw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years. Although robins are considered harbingers of spring, many American Robins …
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/overview
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“Andrew Kolvet... has taken over hosting “The Charlie Kirk Show.””
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that Andrew Kolvet has taken over hosting 'The Charlie Kirk Show'.
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“targeted assassinations, including conservative activist Kirk, healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.”
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While the assassination of Charlie Kirk is verified by multiple sources, there is no evidence in the provided results regarding the assassinations of Brian Thompson, Yaron Lischinsky, or Sarah Milgrim.
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“The Guardian dismissed the memo as a “bizarre” and “unhinged” attack”
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“Mother Jones’s headline was even more dishonest: “Counterterrorism Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People.””
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