[Opinion] Domestic Terrorism Surged to Record Levels in 2020, Fueled by Far-Right Extremism

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Independent: Markos Moulitsas

Study finds not just a peak in far-right domestic terrorism, but rising involvement of veterans

We’ve known for awhile that there has been a measurable “Trump Effect” regarding right-wing violence, particularly in the form of hate crimes and domestic terrorism, both of which rose to new levels after his election in 2016. But new data shows that it reached unprecedented heights in the last two years of his tenure—and even more worryingly, the perpetrators increasingly include military and law enforcement veterans among their numbers.The dat…