Well, folks, the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security just dropped another thrilling bedtime story about how America is still, unfortunately, the favorite vacation spot for “foreign jihadist networks” and “homegrown violent extremists.” You know, the kind of people who don’t just send hate tweets—they prefer explosives. From April 2021 to September 2024, the report found over 50 cases in 29 U.S. states where people were involved in helping groups like ISIS, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda, getting military training, or committing fraud.

If you’re curious, the states dealing with this nonsense range from Alabama to Washington—so pretty much coast to coast. The report points fingers at a spike in threats after two key events: the August 2021 ISIS-K attack in Afghanistan, which killed 13 U.S. service members, and the Hamas assault on Israel in October 2023, where roughly 1,200 people died, and 200 were taken hostage. Real uplifting stuff, right?

And, of course, Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) was quick to point out that the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and the U.S.’s “wide-open borders” are practically rolling out the red carpet for terrorists. Green paints a lovely picture of America’s terror threat landscape—”blinking red,” as even the FBI head mentioned, but the Biden-Harris administration seems to be doing little more than twiddling their thumbs while practically letting these threats waltz right into the country. According to him, this dynamic duo just can’t seem to admit that their policies may have anything to do with the worsening terror threat. It seems that the Biden-Harris administration’s strategy is basically “why fix things when you can just make them worse?”

The report lists a fun variety of convictions, highlighting the “best and brightest” examples of terrorism attempts. From a Turkish guy in Kentucky getting cozy with ISIS to a British hostage-taker at a Texas synagogue to a Pakistani man’s murder-for-hire scheme against U.S. politicians, the hits just keep coming. Let’s not forget the charming fellow from Uzbekistan who mowed down pedestrians in Manhattan in 2017 or the Pittsburgh man with plans to blow up a church. Ah yes, a real who’s who of people you don’t want moving in next door.

The DOJ (Department of Justice) and Treasury have apparently been busy, too, cracking down on individuals and groups tied to Islamic terrorist organizations. But don’t worry, these same agencies are still trying to figure out how many “high-risk noncitizens” have slipped through the cracks—because it turns out our border and immigration controls aren’t exactly airtight. No big deal. It’s just another day in America, the land of the free and home of the… who’s keeping track again?

This new report, released 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, shows that the U.S. has failed to keep terrorists at bay. The 9/11 attack killed nearly 3,000 people and shook America to its core. Graham recently spoke out on FOX about the situation, “I’ve never been more worried about another 9/11 against America than I am right now.” Graham also said, “There are more terrorists in our country than any time I can remember associated with terrorism. So 9/11 – We’re just living on borrowed time here at home.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was put together after 9/11 to keep us safe from terrorists. Now it’s the third largest government agency—because bigger is always better, right? Too bad it’s not exactly knocking it out of the park. The Office of Inspector General recently called out the DHS for, well, not knowing how many potentially dangerous people without proper I.D. documents are strolling across our borders or boarding domestic flights. So, in summary, we have a 23-year-old agency created to keep terrorists out that doesn’t quite know who’s coming in. What could possibly go wrong?