God—I hope this isn't true.
Trump's insurgency is a clear and present danger to America, and if those folks in the Capitol didn't get the message on January 6, I suspect none of us will miss it when the next attack comes.
You don't play with domestic terrorism—you *defeat it*.
The thing no one in DC seems to understand that I would've thought someone in intel would've explained to them by now: DOMESTIC INSURGENCIES DON'T TAKE BREAKS.
They're don't merely "go live" when attacks happen—and they're not always about violence. They *daily* erode democracy.
Bannon defying Congress is part of the insurgency. The "Big Lie" is part of the insurgency. Bannon's recent "shock troops" speech is part of the insurgency. The Oath Keepers seeing record membership gains is part of the insurgency. And Trump's likely 2024 bid is part of it, too.
All these post-election "audits" are part of the insurgency. All these new "anti–election fraud" statutes—which only aim to attack voting rights—are part of the insurgency. Graham getting booed for discussing the vaccine is part of it.
IT WASN'T JUST JANUARY 6.
I mean, *Jesus*.
Because I run a publication that focuses on the ongoing domestic insurgency—an outlet that's as focused on the insurgency when it's *administrative* as when it's *violent*—I'll sometimes get a note saying, "I'm sick of January 6."
That person doesn't understand what's happening.
"January 6" is a placeholder term for an ongoing domestic insurgency in this country that has political, legal, administrative, cultural *and* paramilitary components. If you think that January 6 was just a *day*, you don't understand anything about the threat this country faces.
You can't be "sick of January 6." You can say—and some do—"I'd like to stick my ignorant head in the dirt for a few years and pretend everything is peachy because the alternative is too hard." And the *reason* you can say that is because—for a little while longer—this is America.
But the more *you* stick *your* head in the dirt re: the insurgency, the more *other* people do too, and the *shorter the period* you can do so because the *shorter the period* this is still America.
Can I be any clearer than that?
America is now facing an *existential threat*.
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