Yesterday, the FBI announced terrorism charges against an anti-government militia group for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Now, University of Michigan professor Alexandra Minna Stern is saying that politically motivated violence may only get worse.<ul>
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