A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach “acted alone” and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, police have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/crime-legal/bondi-beach-shooting-act-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #australia #terrorism #massshootings #guns
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"Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is 'Domestic Terrorism'."
https://reason.com/2025/12/26/justice-department-says-filming-immigration-raids-is-domestic-terrorism/
This is the best evidence yet that the #Trump admin is turning the term "domestic terrorism" into an all-purpose pejorative for whatever it dislikes.
Three quick legal notes:
1. In the US, it is not a crime to video police making arrests, provided one does not interfere with their work. So said #SCOTUS in Glik v. Cunniffe (2011).
2. If an act is not already a crime, then even a high-level decision to call it "domestic terrorism" does not make it a crime.
3. Making an act a crime requires legislation (yea, constitutional legislation). In a country with no kings, an executive diktat does not suffice.
#EmptySignifier #FloatingSignifier #FirstAmendment #Terrorism #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
"Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is 'Domestic Terrorism'."
https://reason.com/2025/12/26/justice-department-says-filming-immigration-raids-is-domestic-terrorism/
This is the best evidence yet that the #Trump admin is turning the term "domestic terrorism" into an all-purpose pejorative for whatever it dislikes.
Three quick legal notes:
1. In the US, it is not a crime to video police making arrests, provided one does not interfere with their work. So said #SCOTUS in Glik v. Cunniffe (2011).
2. If an act is not already a crime, then even a high-level decision to call it "domestic terrorism" does not make it a crime.
3. Making an act a crime requires legislation (yea, constitutional legislation). In a country with no kings, an executive diktat does not suffice.
#EmptySignifier #FloatingSignifier #FirstAmendment #Terrorism #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
The Bondi attack shows that while Islamic State is no longer a territorial force in Asia, its ideology persists online, continues to radicalize individuals and still poses a deadly threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/asia-islamic-state-not-back-but-endures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #islamicstate #is #terrorism #australia #bondibeach #islam #philippines #religion #jamaahansharutdaulah
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Trump has ordered the FBI to step back from monitoring armed neo-Nazi groups while targeting anti-fascists (Antifa), which he has declared to be "terrorists."
"Amid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated neo-Nazi terrorist group the Base – once a major preoccupation of FBI counter-terrorism efforts – has all but faded from US headlines."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/neo-nazi-terror-the-base
#US #USpol #Antifa #Trump #Fascism #NeoNazis #FBI #Trump #Antifascism #Terrorism
Trump has ordered the FBI to step back from monitoring armed neo-Nazi groups while targeting anti-fascists (Antifa), which he has declared to be "terrorists."
"Amid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated neo-Nazi terrorist group the Base – once a major preoccupation of FBI counter-terrorism efforts – has all but faded from US headlines."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/neo-nazi-terror-the-base
#US #USpol #Antifa #Trump #Fascism #NeoNazis #FBI #Trump #Antifascism #Terrorism
NIgeria may averted unilateral U.S. action by cooperating on the airstrike, but experts say it is unclear whether such strikes can do much to hinder Islamist militants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/world/nigeria-us-strike-experts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #nigeria #us #islamicstate #terrorism #donaldtrump
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The distance between #Dublin and #London is only 464 km (288 miles), #asthecrowflies. The two capital cities are in a Common Travel Area.
But as #GretaThunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #PresidentConnolly regards the #genocide in #Gaza as a horror. But in London, the #CityOfLondonPolice treat opposition to genocide as #Terrorism. So #Greta went from a presidential welcome in #Ireland to arrest in #England / #UK.
Two men were found guilty of plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State group-inspired gun rampage against the Jewish community in England, which investigators say shows the resurgent risk posed by the militant group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/world/crime-legal/two-guilty-uk-plot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #uk #terrorism #islamicstate
The distance between #Dublin and #London is only 464 km (288 miles), #asthecrowflies. The two capital cities are in a Common Travel Area.
But as #GretaThunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #PresidentConnolly regards the #genocide in #Gaza as a horror. But in London, the #CityOfLondonPolice treat opposition to genocide as #Terrorism. So #Greta went from a presidential welcome in #Ireland to arrest in #England / #UK.
Chip Butty
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@openrightsgroup Sometimes I think this Government WANT institutional failure but the more likely explanation is that they're just shit.
A deadly shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach shattered a symbol of safety and coexistence, highlighting Australia’s rising antisemitism and broader social polarization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/17/world/bondi-attack-sweeps-australia-into-violent-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #australia #terrorism #shootings #sydney #guns
A man accused of carrying out Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in three decades has emerged from a coma and is set to be charged, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/asia-pacific/crime-legal/bondi-beach-gunman-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #religion #terrorism #islamicstate #australia #massshootings #sydney
Dozens of people lined up at Sydney's Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in Sunday's Hanukkah festival shootings, Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/sydney-shooting-30-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #australia #terrorism #shootings #sydney