April 14: What will the FBI do about trans radicalism?

In which, a trend line of violent radicalism emerges, Democrats and the GOP run out the guns for 2024, and Ukraine readies a counterpunch.

What will the FBI do about trans radicalism?

First it was a transgender man attempting to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh, then it was a trans man carrying out a mass shooting at a Nashville school, followed a couple weeks later by a trans man being stopped from attacking a school in Colorado and trans activists attacking a female athlete.

What was it that they say about three or more occurrences? That they’re a trend, right?

That journalistic rule of thumb (apparently lifted from a James Bond novel) is by no means a scientific standard, and certainly can obscure the full picture. However, that there is an undeniable uptick in violent trans radicalism that is making itself known should be undeniable. But what’s its cause? Is it those hateful Christians, or ultra-extreme-mega MAGA-ites, or toxically masculine Proud Boys driving the long feared surge in right wing terrorism?

The FBI sure seems to think something like that as it recently got caught trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and attach Internet slang to right wing extremism. At the same time, the Biden administration continues to use words like “brave” and “fight” to positively describe the work of trans activists while advancing the agenda of those activists at the policy level and not punishing activists who engage in criminal activity.

The rash of violence perpetrated by trans activists in recent weeks is by no means an isolated thing, taking place as it is within the broader trend of violent left wing rhetoric and activism that’s been discussed quite a bit in this newsletter (maybe I should do a Deep File on that).