10/06/2025
What can we do to stop this insanity?
What is NSPM-7?
NSPM-7, formally known as the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7, is a directive issued by the White House on September 25, 2025, titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” It is the seventh such memorandum in the second Trump administration (2025 onward) and represents a major policy shift in how the U.S. government addresses perceived domestic threats. Unlike executive orders, NSPMs are internal directives that guide national security policy across federal agencies, often focusing on intelligence, law enforcement, and foreign/domestic policy coordination. They are typically classified but can be partially or fully public.
Key Provisions and Objectives
The memorandum directs key Cabinet officials—including the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and heads of the FBI and IRS—to develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to:
• Investigate and disrupt networks, organizations, funding sources, and individuals involved in “criminal and terroristic conspiracies” aimed at political violence, intimidation, or suppressing lawful political activity.
• Target “organized campaigns” of radicalization, threats, and violence that begin with dehumanizing rhetoric (e.g., via social media, forums, or educational institutions) and escalate to actions like assassinations or attacks on officials.
• Expand the definition of domestic terrorism indicators to include ideological markers such as “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Christianity,” “anti-Americanism,” and “hostility toward those who hold traditional American views.” This allows preemptive monitoring of speech and associations as potential “predicate actions” for violence.
• Heighten scrutiny of nonprofits, tax-exempt entities, and financial networks suspected of funding such activities, with referrals to the DOJ for prosecution and IRS reviews for tax-exempt status revocation.
• Empower the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to create a unified enforcement framework, including labeling groups as “domestic terrorist organizations” (though this label has no direct legal penalties under current law).
The strategy emphasizes an “all-of-government” approach, described by administration officials like Stephen Miller as a historic effort to “dismantle left-wing terrorism.” It cites recent incidents, such as the killing of conservative figure Charlie Kirk and attacks on federal officers, as justification.
