moment. let s begin with this new threat bull fin. what more are you learning? reporter: this is the sixth time that dhs has issued this terrorism bulletin that makes clear that terrorism risk comes from within the united states, before january 6th, these advisories focused on terrorism from either foreign groups or those here in the u.s., inspired by foreign groups. it is a stark warning that shows the environment we were in, leading up to the riots at the capitol hasn t changed that much. this new advisory assesses that some of the risk still centers on elections. the bulletin motors that misinformation, disinformation on social media remains incredibly dangerous. and this is where foreign bad actors see an opportunity to incite violence based on domestic issues here. here s just a quote from this really alarming new memo. as the united states enters midterm election season, we assess that calls for violence
address this story as it battles a wave of harmful misinformation and conspiracies recently, ones that hit on topics from covid to the 2020 election and now funding. we know from the updated terrorism bulletin that our heightened threat environment is due to factors including an online environment filled with misleading narratives and conspiracy theories so while this crack pipe misinformation can hurt biden politically, false stories like it pose huge national security implication as well and that s where we begin. dr. carter is an associate of political science at howard university. we have a senior advisor to the lincoln project. and clint watts, former consultant to the fbi s counterterrorism division and now a distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute and an msnbc national security analyst. what a bunch of fantastic names
In a bulletin released Monday announcing a heightened threat alert, the Dept. of Homeland Security said spreading false information about election fraud and COVID-19 are a cause for concern, and now the federal government’s reasons for being concerned are concerning much of the American public.
qanon conspiracy theorists pushed this the day he would be president again. you may trump himself in june said he expected to be reinstated by august. and there are others. donald trump will be back in office in august. he s coming back interest he can come back as soon as before the middle of august. so august 13th to the other dates that were supposed to mark trump s come back, january 20th day, trump would be sailing in. march 4th which came and went with nothing. here we are again. thanks so much for joining us. at 360 starts now. good evening, we begin with breaking news, a new terrorism bulletin from the department of homeland security. it highlights the potential for violence surrounding the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. what seems to distinguish it, though, from similar alerts in the past, it draws on domestic