A lot of people are asking me about QAnon and extremist-related threats tomorrow.
Nobody knows what will happen, but here's what we do know: There is considerably less public organization and open threats on the Capitol than there was in the run-up to 1/6. It's not comparable.
Nobody knows what will happen, but here's what we do know: There is considerably less public organization and open threats on the Capitol than there was in the run-up to 1/6. It's not comparable.
This is the kind of thing that was at the top of pro-Trump forums on 1/5. They were openly advocating for Civil War. QAnon people were talking about a hostile takeover because they thought they were the first step of a military coup that'd eventually be abetted by the military. 
QAnon people, especially ones who were just in it to watch the season finale of their little story, do not want to be mixed up with something they now know could lead to direct violence.
So they're claiming talk of an attack on 3/4 is a false flag. They're pushing the date back.
So they're claiming talk of an attack on 3/4 is a false flag. They're pushing the date back.
That said, there are QAnon accounts on Telegram and Parler still predicting executions tomorrow, or that President Trump will be inaugurated according to their new makeshift prophecy.
The volume is substantially less than 1/6, but this sort of talk is still 100% out there.
The volume is substantially less than 1/6, but this sort of talk is still 100% out there.
The cognitive dissonance is staggering.
QAnon is a movement dedicated to a single-day round-up and mass execution of political enemies. Yet most of its followers deny any violent event attributed to QAnon has or will ever happen.
They want to see death, but don't want credit.
QAnon is a movement dedicated to a single-day round-up and mass execution of political enemies. Yet most of its followers deny any violent event attributed to QAnon has or will ever happen.
They want to see death, but don't want credit.
Here's our story about why QAnon came to choose 3/4 as their next big day, and how DC police and the FBI are responding.
1/5 was a 5-alarm fire of publicly organized insurrection. This isn't the same thing. These groups aren't planning in public anymore.
nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…
1/5 was a 5-alarm fire of publicly organized insurrection. This isn't the same thing. These groups aren't planning in public anymore.
nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…
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