The government has now named its political opponents as enemies of the state.
On May 6 the White House released its 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy. It is the first such document of Trump’s second term.
The strategy names three primary threats. Narcoterrorists. Islamist terrorists. And, in the document’s own words, “violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists.” The strategy also commits the government to target groups it calls “radically pro-transgender.”
The president’s foreword introducing the strategy closes with a line: “We will find you and we will kill you.”
Antifa is not an organization. It has no membership, no headquarters, no roster. Law enforcement officials have said so for years. Similarly, Anti-fascism is an idea, while “Pro-transgender” describes a belief.
The strategy places ideas inside a counterterrorism framework. It directs the government to map them, identify who holds them, and trace their ties. That is a step toward treating dissent itself as a national security threat.
And the data tell us the government has named the wrong threat. Over the past decade, right-wing extremists carried out 152 attacks in the United States and killed 112 people. Left-wing extremists, 41 attacks and 13 deaths. Right-wing violence is not mentioned in the document.
The government has now named its political opponents as enemies of the state.
Notes To My Future Self 