Cynthia Levinson
cylev.bsky.social
Cynthia Levinson
@cylev.bsky.social
Kidlit author/presenter specializing in nonfiction and social justice--and now STEM! See more at cynthialevinson.com. Contact me at [email protected]. Rep’d by EMLA.
Thanks, Jacob. Lousy picture but oh well!
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Levinson
These include “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity," along with "extremism on migration, race, and gender" and "hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality” - a breathtakingly broad list. 4/12 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Levinson
Trump nevertheless issued 2 orders in the fall that purported to broaden the scope of domestic terrorism, with the effect of criminalizing opposition to the administration's policies, including constitutionally protected ideology & non-criminal activities. 3/12 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
www.brennancenter.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Levinson
Domestic terrorism has a specific statutory definition. It applies only when someone has committed one of a set of serious underlying crimes, not including recording an ICE officer - which is constitutionally protected, and not a crime at all. 2/12 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Wrong Priorities on Fighting Terrorism
Many in federal law enforcement have blamed their inadequate response to rising far-right violence on a lack of statutory authority to prosecute white supremacists and others as domestic terrorists. T...
www.brennancenter.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Levinson
“It’s Nov 8 [2021], … one year out from the … Russian cyber victory over the [US], known as the presidential election of last year.

We are 100 years … from the Bolshevik Revolution, which is the last time that Russia exerted influence on this scale around the world.”

youtu.be/Ej_D0YkDjy8?...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, Ep. 1: Russia Defeats America
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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January 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM