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FBI Reportedly Foils New Year's Eve Bombing Plot in Los Angeles
Are these fringe extremists unrelated to mainstream progressives, or evidence of dangerous far-left terror?
Above: An FBI agent is seen outside the Hampton Inn in Coventry, Rhode Island, on Dec. 14, 2025. Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Image
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Republican narrative
The far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government Turtle Island Liberation Front planned catastrophic bombings across California starting on New Year's Eve, targeting multiple locations and ICE agents. This Islamist extremist group symbolizes the dangerous reality of far-left terror that threatens Americans. Very fortunately, the FBI stopped this evil plot before it could be carried out, ensuring Americans can live in peace.
Democratic narrative
Labeling the Turtle Island Liberation Front as "leftist" is a deliberate distortion designed to smear Democrats and progressives. This fringe extremist group operated on anti-democratic, anti-state beliefs that completely reject elections and civil society — the opposite of mainstream progressive activism. Revolutionary militant ideology has nothing to do with the political left or policy reform.
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