Meanwhile, it's raining INDICTMENTS today
BREAKING] Anthony Mariotto has been indicted by a federal grand jury on five countsLink to tweet
BREAKING] Couy Griffin has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts
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BREAKING] Nathaniel DeGrave has been indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts
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BYE BYE BYE
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Did I miss something?
While some act alone, very few are actual "lone wolves." I quickly grabbed this from a 2017 The Guardian article for the figures it offered then, but social media activity's gotten a lot of notice and no doubt there's a lot of more recent data on violent domestic groups. Although some must have become more discreet, it's probable, as guessed, that Darth himself told the FBI about it. 
More recent research has underlined the garrulous nature of violent extremists. In 2013, researchers at Pennsylvania State University examined the interactions of 119 lone-wolf terrorists from a wide variety of ideological and faith backgrounds. The academics found that, even though the terrorists launched their attacks alone, in 79% of cases others were aware of the individual’s extremist ideology, and in 64% of cases family and friends were aware of the individual’s intent to engage in terrorism-related activity. Another more recent survey found that 45% of Islamic militant cases talked about their inspiration and possible actions with family and friends. While only 18% of rightwing counterparts did, they were much more likely to “post telling indicators” on the internet.
Few extremists remain without human contact, even if that contact is only found online. Last year, a team at the University of Miami studied 196 pro-Isis groups operating on social media during the first eight months of 2015. These groups had a combined total of more than 100,000 members. Researchers also found that pro-Isis individuals who were not in a group – who they dubbed “online ‘lone wolf’ actors” – had either recently been in a group or soon went on to join one.
There is a much broader point here. Any terrorist, however socially or physically isolated, is still part of a broader movement.
various actors, government and private, action groups and individuals, are known to be linked, if not yet proven in court.
This has catalyzed and empowered new and stronger laws related to domestic terrorism, more similar to the surveillance, charges and sentencing allowed for international terrorism. For obvious reasons, Republicans have blocked it as the threats have built, but now Democrats have the majority and a president waiting to sign. They've no doubt already started work on them in various committees now.
