Trust No One
From Proud Boys panicked about the revelation that their leader was a snitch to the racist America First crowd, old pals are now enemies.
Will Sommer is a tech reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously worked as a campaign editor at The Hill, and as a political columnist for Washington City Paper.
SUBPRIME
Nearly every social-media platform has cast QAnon supporters out, but some started to rebuild on Twitch.
BIG MISTAKE. HUGE.
Much of the current ruin of Trump’s hardcore election dead-enders came as a direct result of their decisions to become major players in Trump’s failed endeavor to cling to power.
RIGHT RICHTER
MyPillow magnate Mike Lindell has barely slept as he worked on an opus meant to prove the election was stolen. But Lindell’s claims—and his movie—don’t hold up.
BACKUP
“It seems obvious that when elected officials get those kinds of threats, the House ought to provide for people’s security needs,” said Joe Dinkin of the Working Families Party.
ACCESS DENIED
The Proud Boys’ former lawyer says he’s taking the name back.
'IMPOSSIBLE!'
Internet-connected phones have existed for nearly two decades, but that hasn't stopped Trump allies from saying that only those who heard him speak in person would know to riot.
‘EMBOLDENED’
“I think we’re a little microcosm of what’s happening at the national level,” said Marsha Maguire, a resident of Sequim, Washington.
DISTRUST THE PLAN
As it became clear that Trump was not, in fact, going to suddenly appear and order the arrest of all the Democrats, QAnon believers began to wonder if they had been tricked.
THE STORM
Avril Haines said U.S. intelligence won’t be in the lead on ‘solely domestic terrorism.’ But a public assessment of the violent Trumpist revenge fantasy is on her agenda.
