“Experts talk about ‘cascading terrorism’ when one terrorist draws inspiration from prior acts. Clint Watts, a former FBI special agent and terrorism expert, observed that America “has serious domestic terrorism problem. Imagine any one of these shootings connected ISIS/[al-Qaeda], we’d be talking airstrikes, FBI task forces, [but] instead we get negligence.” WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin on the weekend shooting at a synagogue in Poway, CA. Coddling white nationalists has deadly consequences.

+ WaPo: As Trump stands by Charlottesville remarks, the rise of white-nationalist violence becomes an issue in 2020 presidential races.