Capitol Police turned out in force to confront the “Justice for J6” rally. They needn’t have bothered.

The chaos unfolding outside of a Los Angeles spa is a case study in how the right’s media and political ecosystems feed each other, often resulting in very real violence.

Republican senators culpable in the violence looked elsewhere, as did the police, for explanations of what went wrong on January 6.

As law enforcement agencies search their ranks for extremists, deeper questions have emerged about the racist, conspiratorial thinking embedded in those institutions.

The Facebook COO’s denials about the platform’s role in the violence at the Capitol should be the last straw.