After the overly-dramatic crocodile tears about the January 6 “insurrection,” the one where somehow a bunch of wholly uncoordinated chuckleheads were somehow going to violently overthrow the government of the United States armed with placards using a strategy of milling about, a news story emerges of an apparent attempt at *actual* terrorism:

Oldsmar man had explosive device near Jan. 6 anniversary rally in Pinellas, sheriff says

Fella had what appears to be somewhat lazy homemade grenades and pipe bombs. He was either targeting or attending an “Oath Keeper” rally, the article is unclear on the point. However, there’s this:

Sheriff’s deputies found a piece of paper titled “direct action checklist,” where Smith made a list of clothing, armor and gear to bring, including listed items such as a helmet and shaded goggles, a gas mask, duct tape and flammable rags.

In his backpack, they also found a helmet with a logo on it that had been seen at other protests in cities such as Portland, where Smith had spent time, Gualtieri said.

In affidavits, the arresting detective, under the “aggravating/mitigating” section of the report, notes “Antifa” and requests a high bail. In one of the reports, the detective wrote “Antifa/Anti gov/Extrem.” However, Gualtieri said it was too early to say with which group Smith may be affiliated.

Uh-huh.