Trump backs down - on transition, on prosecuting MAGA rioters, on links to far right. Why? Because a felony was committed somewhere in the chain of command that led to the security failures at Capitol, and it will be traceable 1/ And everyone is resigning...

2/ Politically - in terms of mainstream politics - this is now a damage limitation exercise for the Trump family and the inner circle. He can pardon himself but not them. In terms of mass politics however...

3/ As I pointed out yesterday, fascists need Sorelian myths: the Storm/Kraken was a Sorelian myth and it fell apart between the SCOTUS judgement and 6 January... now they need a new Sorelian myth...

4/ Sorel said a myth in politics is not a fantasy: it's an immanent story of how the world works. "Trump will arrest the libs and unleash a coup" - was such a myth. Now there are two ways it will go... a) he was captured b) we were betrayed...

5/ From now on the far right narrative in the USA will focus on storming buildings, only with larger numbers. Georgia shows, even with gerrymandered districts, the demographic tide is turning... hence blackpill narratives rising after 6 Jan...

6/ The non-deluded far right of the GOP realise they have to regain some kind of constitutional solid ground to re-form the coalition, and that a third, Trumpist party is in the making...

7/ Trump is right now trying to avoid a **long** jail term for treason/sedition, hence the humble pie. He will repudiate it, saying he was forced into it, as soon as he is out of danger... but here's where the next phase opens up...

8/ European govts were seriously having to consider if this was a coup attempt, not a charade. They won't stop asking that now it's over. Even if US intel won't investigate properly, foreign agencies will, because they are currently sharing secrets with a traitor...

9/ The salient questions are: did the Proud Boys leader order the march (there's evidence on camera); and who did he talk to before he gave the order; and who designed the DC policing plan/countermanded NG deployment?

10/10 Never forget, while we in the press try to find this stuff out, several security agencies are likely to know the complete answer, not all of them in the USA.

11/ Finally, a Trumpist 3rd Party will be the American fascist party, just as the ex-Freikorps elites grafted their networks onto Hitler's DAP/NSDAP once demobilised, and brought their money/elite networks and newspapers... that's the parallel.