Goddamned Nazis and fascists love their symbolism and numerology. They impart significance in the numbers and images they use as code to help spread their message.

It’s what they do. It’s why there are 14 words, 88, and they use runes and other images to spread their message of hate.

This is where the imagery has gone mainstream, because they have a willing platform: CPAC went full fascist and the GOP itself is showing itself to be in the thrall of a strongman who was more than happy to burn everything down to stay in power.

Our institutions of government are not that strong. The next attempt will be far more horrifying, and 1/6 was plenty destructive. That we haven’t seen the arrests of the ringleaders is problem 1. You can keep arresting the insurrectionists but without the ringleaders, you’re just biding time to the next attack.