Twenty years after the foreign terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans are waking up to a new era defined by the need to combat a more insidious and potentially damaging threat: the escalating spiral of homegrown radicalism in their own backyard. it is with us,” he says, “exposing to everyone how deep and dangerous our vulnerabilities are.”Įxperts say solutions to radicalism will require persistent effort – even though the vast majority of Americans aren’t prone to political violence. New efforts to counter extremism are percolating, from vigilance by social media platforms to more robust steps by law enforcement and state legislators. “The genie is out of the bottle,” says Chris Loftis, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. Yet experts say radical extremism has been rising and has deep roots. To Americans weary of political tumult, a presidential transition came with hopes for renewed stability. For Antakya, there are signs – the Christian priest sitting outside the rubble of his church, the Muslim imam who returned home after fleeing, and the Jewish refugee who longs to do the same.Says the imam: We will start again “as if we are newly born.” In Nepal, hit in 2015, the Japan International Cooperation Agency trained “mobile masons,” who spread around the country, speeding the recovery. The common thread is the power of community – of residents finding strength and neighbors near and far aroused to kindness. Civil society was “massively mobilized,” a World Bank report said.In Christchurch, New Zealand, hit in 2011, earthquake recovery efforts became a transformative force, reshaping everything from parks to recycling efforts. The need is not just to “build back better” but to “build back unbroken” – to restore the city’s unique soul.Several communities struck by earthquakes in recent years offer lessons. In Sichuan province, hit in 2008, the Chinese central government paired each affected county with an unaffected province. Historically, Antakya has embraced Muslim, Jew, and Christian – a relative haven amid the storm of sectarian strife. But after February’s devastating earthquake, the question is: Will it be the same Antakya? In today’s Daily, Sara Miller Llana and Melanie Stetson Freeman depict a town on the cusp of change, even before the earthquake. It is the home of saints and Silk Road traders, martyrs and emperors.But no one knows the story of what will happen now. Antakya has survived wars and disasters for 2,300 years. Congressional leaders, like local representative Kat Cammack, were evacuated for safety and were told to put on gas masks as they hid and then exited the building.The story of Antakya, Turkey, is told in the holy texts of the three Abrahamic faiths – the story of a city that was founded as Antioch by one of Alexander the Great’s generals and that became a crossroads of the ancient world. This rally comes on the heels of the protest turned riot on Jan. “We are out here to show thanks to him, but also to send a message that 74 million people voted for this man.” “We certainly still believe that he will get four more years,” Delgado added. “When we look at when he got into office, President Trump, our military was depleted down that they didn’t even have ammunition. “This is a president that has done more for our country than the last three presidents put together, for goodness sake,” said Florida State President for Trump Team 2020 Florida, Annie Marie Delgado. (WCJB) - Ten days after a group of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, which resulted in the death of five people, a group of about 20 people gathered for a rally to voice their support to President Donald Trump.
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