so the proud boys are back um this article from Reuters uh actually Dove deep into what the proud boys look like in 2024 and what's changed and how they've adapted after Jan 6 decimated their ranks with all the convictions and National focus and all that um among the most terrifying realities that this article talks about is that the proud boys have gone like pseudo underground um like where before they used to be you know talking to the media posting on socials you know being annoying hatef dangerous online now now they've kind of become decentralized into smaller cells that just pop up at like Trump rallies or abortion rights protests or Pride events or whatever um in fact Reuters cataloged 29 separate instances of them popping up as like counter protesters at these like Progressive causes uh or Progressive rallies whatever you want to call them um and the terrifying thing about this is like as frustrating as hate filled as um dangerous as their posting was as their as their talking to the media was it still give us a glimpse into what they were thinking and what they were doing now we have no clue and the only time we will know is if Trump wins and they become emboldened again to come out of the shadows and actually like act on what all they want to do and it's kind of frustrating cuz it's like you know I'm not exactly jovial with Joseph but like when these are the stakes man it's just like it's incredibly scary that like this is what's at stake this year in our election