A 21-year-old from Seattle faces the federal death penalty for the killing of a Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop.
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The Extremism Roundup
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A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
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A Word From the CEO
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Dear Reader,
Over the past few weeks, incidents of violent extremism and foreign influence operations in the United States have underscored ongoing challenges to public safety and national security. In Vermont, a 21-year-old woman from Seattle faces the death penalty for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland during a January 2025 traffic stop, with links to the violent “Zizians” group raising concerns about radicalized networks. In New Mexico and Florida, two teenagers were arrested for making school shooting threats, reflecting a persistent issue of youth radicalization.
Meanwhile, foreign influence operations have surfaced with alarming clarity. In Texas, an active-duty soldier was arrested for attempting to transmit classified tank information to Russia, revealing vulnerabilities in insider threats. In Massachusetts, a man associated with the anti-Zionist Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation was charged with vandalism at the State House, while in California, a leader of the white supremacist Terrorgram Collective pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and murder. These events highlight the urgent need for vigilant law enforcement and community reporting to counter both domestic and foreign threats.
Sincerely,
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A Word From the CEO
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Dear Reader,
Over the past few weeks, incidents of violent extremism and foreign influence operations in the United States have underscored ongoing challenges to public safety and national security. In Vermont, a 21-year-old woman from Seattle faces the death penalty for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland during a January 2025 traffic stop, with links to the violent “Zizians” group raising concerns about radicalized networks. In New Mexico and Florida, two teenagers were arrested for making school shooting threats, reflecting a persistent issue of youth radicalization.
Meanwhile, foreign influence operations have surfaced with alarming clarity. In Texas, an active-duty soldier was arrested for attempting to transmit classified tank information to Russia, revealing vulnerabilities in insider threats. In Massachusetts, a man associated with the anti-Zionist Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation was charged with vandalism at the State House, while in California, a leader of the white supremacist Terrorgram Collective pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and murder. These events highlight the urgent need for vigilant law enforcement and community reporting to counter both domestic and foreign threats.
Sincerely,
RIchard Green
CEO, Co-Founder
Clarionproject.org
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Militant-Right and Militant-Left Extremism
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Teresa Yougblut, 21 - via New York Post screenshot ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )
Teresa Yougblut, 21 - via New York Post screenshot
*Trans Cult Member of Zizians Indicted for Murder of Border Patrol Agent*
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* Teresa Youngblut, a 21-year-old from Seattle, faces the federal death penalty after being indicted for the January 20, 2025, killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland in Coventry, Vt., during a traffic stop.
* Youngblut allegedly shot Maland without warning after exiting a Toyota Prius, also targeting two other agents who survived. She was traveling with a German national under immigration investigation, and the pair had been observed in tactical gear and handling suspicious objects before the attack.
* Youngblut is linked to the Zizians, a violent transgender group led by Jack “Ziz” LaSota, associated with at least eight deaths, with Youngblut using the name “Milo” and identifying as non-binary on social media. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*Leader of Transnational Terrorist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Crimes*
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* Dallas Humber, 35, of Elk Grove, Calif., admitted to leading the transnational white supremacist Terrorgram Collective, pleading guilty to soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
* From July 2022 to September 2024, Humber and the Terrorgram Collective inspired and guided attacks worldwide, including plots to attack energy facilities in the U.S., murders in Wisconsin, and violent acts in Slovakia, Brazil, and Turkey targeting racial, religious, and LGBT communities.
* Humber faces 25 to 30 years in federal prison, with sentencing scheduled for December 5, 2025. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*White Supremacists Recruiting Teens Via Nationwide Network of Youth Groups*
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* The Anti-Defamation League just published a report on the recruitment of teenagers via a network of loosely affiliated regional chapters that seek to organize boys under the age of 18 to engage in hateful activities before adulthood.
* Since April 2025, the Youth Club Network has been actively distributing propaganda, hosting mixed martial arts training events, and organizing group hikes, camping trips, and other activities.
* Three members of one of these groups, the "Blood and Soil Crew," were convicted for a spree of antisemitic vandalism in Pensacola, Fla. which included spray-painting hate symbols and throwing bricks through the windows of a Chabad Jewish Center and a synagogue. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
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Islamist Extremism
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Jermaiah Yusuf Sawaqed, 25 - via WCVB screenshot ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )
Jermaiah Yusuf Sawaqed, 25 - via WCVB screenshot
*Member of Anti-Israel Group Arrested for Vandalizing Massachusetts State House, IEDs Found*
* Jermaiah Yusuf Sawaqed, 25, of Everett, Mass., was arrested on August 7, 2025, and charged with vandalism, destruction of property, vandalizing a war or veterans memorial, and possession of a hoax device after defacing the Massachusetts State House with white paint and spray-painting "Divest" or "Divert" on July 23, 2025.
* Sawaqed is linked to the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), an extreme anti-Zionist group, which claimed responsibility for multiple vandalism acts targeting public institutions, including the State House, the George Washington Monument, and MIT’s Stata Center.
* Authorities found white paint footprints leading to Boston Common, where two homemade improvised explosive devices were discovered, along with traces of paint, DAMPL fliers, and gasoline cans in a vehicle Sawaqed used, indicating deliberate and ideologically motivated actions.
* Sawaqed’s bail was set at $30,000. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*New York Man Sentenced for Shooting Outside Synagogue*
* Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, N.Y., received a 10-year prison sentence for illegally purchasing a firearm, obstructing religious freedom with a dangerous weapon, and brandishing a firearm during a hate crime at Temple Israel synagogue in Albany on December 7, 2023.
* Alkhader fired a shotgun into the air twice outside Temple Israel while shouting “Free Palestine,” attempted to tear down an Israeli flag, and caused the cancellation of a Chanukah event, instilling fear in the Jewish community.
* Alkhader conspired with Andrew Miller to illegally purchase a Kel-Tec KS7 shotgun by having Miller falsely claim to be the buyer, with Miller later sentenced to 14 months for his role. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*Study Details Decades of Anti-Israel Indoctrination on Campuses*
* The Middle East Forum has published a two-part series of articles on how the recent widespread anti-Israel activism and violence on campus has its roots in over a decade of indoctrination by professors in the Middle East Studies departments of leading universities. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
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Hate Crime
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Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a rally on the campus of Ohio State University on May 1, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio - Andrew Spear/Getty Images ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )
Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a rally on the campus of Ohio State University on May 1, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio - Andrew Spear/Getty Images
*Man Pleads Guilty to Antisemitic Hate Crime at Ohio State University*
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Timur Mamatov, 20, from Tipp City, Ohio, admitted to violating the Hate Crimes Prevention Act by assaulting two Jewish students at The Ohio State University on November 10, 2023, targeting them due to their religion.
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Mamatov initiated a physical altercation outside a bar in Columbus after identifying the victims as Jewish, fracturing one student's jaw and another's nose during the attack.
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The hate crime charge carries a potential penalty of up to 10 years in prison. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*South Carolina Man Arrested for Alleged Gas Station Assault*
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* Carl Jones, 57, of Spartanburg, S.C., was arrested and charged with a felony hate crime for allegedly assaulting a Hispanic man by grabbing and squeezing his throat while waiting in line at a Mamaroneck, N.Y., gas station on August 9, 2025.
* Jones reportedly targeted the victim based on his ethnicity, telling him to “go back to your country” and asking if he had a green card, escalating to physical violence by spitting, choking, punching, and throwing the victim to the floor, as corroborated by video surveillance and witnesses.
* Jones was arraigned on charges of third-degree assault as a hate crime (a felony) and criminal obstruction of breathing (a misdemeanor). He was released on his own recognizance with a requirement to meet a social worker. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
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School Threats
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Tucumcari (N.M.) High School - KRQE via Yahoo News screenshot ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )
Tucumcari (N.M.) High School - KRQE via Yahoo News screenshot
*New Mexico Teen Arrested for Shooting Threat*
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A 15-year-old high school student in Tucumcari, N.M., was arrested on August 13, 2025, for making repeated threats to bring a firearm to Tucumcari High School.
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State police, in collaboration with the Tucumcari Police Department and Quay County Sheriff's Office, searched the student’s residence, seizing multiple firearms and ammunition.
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The Tucumcari Police Department had responded to the student’s home over 70 times between June and mid-August 2025, indicating prior concerns.
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The student was charged with making a shooting threat and was booked into the Lea County Juvenile Detention Center. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
*Florida Teen Arrested for Threatening to Shoot a Student*
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A 16-year-old was arrested on August 10, 2025, for threatening to shoot a student at Orange Park High School in Florida on the first day of school.
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The suspect made multiple threatening calls from a blocked number, targeting a specific student with personal information and continuing threats even after the victim's mother intervened.
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Identified through collaboration with the Clay County School Board, the teen faces felony charges of aggravated stalking and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. *Read More ( ?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Extremism_Roundup 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
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Foreign Influence Operations
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Taylor Adam Lee, 22 - Fort Bliss, Texas, via Stars and Stripes screenshot ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )
Taylor Adam Lee, 22 - Fort Bliss, Texas, via Stars and Stripes screenshot
*Active-Duty Soldier Arrested and Charged With Espionage*
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Taylor Adam Lee, a 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, was arrested on August 6, 2025, for attempting to transmit national defense information to Russia and exporting controlled technical data without a license.
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From May to July 2025, Lee, holding a Top-Secret security clearance, allegedly sent sensitive M1A2 Abrams tank information online to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, offered assistance, and passed an SD card with classified and controlled data to an individual he believed was a Russian agent.
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On July 31, 2025, Lee delivered what appeared to be M1A2 Abrams tank hardware to a storage unit in El Paso, messaging “Mission accomplished” to the supposed Russian representative. *Read More ( [link removed] 202508-21&utm_medium=email )*
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