Morning Belz, Jan. 12

New video!

Communications revolutions always bring chaos — Pull Request
Dispatch from Miami: Trump, Cubans and the life of the party — Alex Perez
Alienation, conspiracies, confusion: profile of a Capitol stormer — WSJ
Relevant: Douthat, a month ago, on Republican “dreampolitik” — NYT
The political violence on Jan. 6 was predictable — Politico
Trump, because of course he does, blames Antifa — Axios
One take: “not the brightest guys, and things got out of hand” — Kieran Healy

Mine
Five Types of Trump Supporter — Scuffed News

Shifted gears and made an explainer video, I guess you’d call it, based on yesterday’s email. Feedback welcome. Next up is the wastewater winery in northwest Alabama, and then we plan to go to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration.

Quote
“I checked with the Lord. I checked with Him three times. I never heard a ‘No.’” — Doug Sweet (see WSJ link above)

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