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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security issued

 that warned of the potential for lingering violence following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The announcement didn’t cite any specific plots, but pointed to a “heightened threat environment across the United States.”

According to national security officials, it’s the latest evidence that episodes of violence executed by white nationalist and far-right extremist groups are connected — and growing. Late last year, security and terrorism officials warned that the widespread embrace of conspiracy theories and disinformation amounts to a “

” of Americans and increases the risk of right-wing violence.

So what’s next? And why are we only taking this threat seriously now? Tuesday, MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two experts intimately acquainted with the danger posted by far-right extremism.

To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.

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Emboldened by years of support from the president and encouraged by millions of Americans joining the disinformation whirlpool, far-right extremist groups are growing in number and in danger.

The growing threat of right-wing extremism 

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The growing threat of right-wing extremism

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