“Counterterrorism” Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People
by thecollective
May 12, 2026
from Mother Jones by Sophie Hurwitz
The White House will prioritize the “neutralization” of groups it considers “anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist.”
On Wednesday, the White House released a new “United States Counterterrorism Strategy,” the first such directive since a 2021 Biden-era memo emphasizing the need to combat white supremacist violence, which has now been scrubbed from the White House website.