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For weeks on far-right networks across the web, extremists discussed their plans for violence. Is it happening again?

FAST THINKING: How the Capitol riot was coordinated online Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN The mob that broke into the US Capitol yesterday was aided significantly by online coordination and planning. The team at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab has conducted exhaustive research into how that happened, combing through social media and other networks frequented by the far right. Let’s break down what they found. Today’s expert reaction courtesy of HOW IT STARTED Jared...

FAST THINKING: Will a Brexit deal be home for Christmas? Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator said yesterday that a trade deal could come before Christmas. That would be quite the gift for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who faces the prospect of his country “crashing out” of its old trading arrangements with the EU. With a new variant of the coronavirus raging through the United Kingdom and Europe poised to play a key role in Joe Biden�...

FAST THINKING: The Fed caps its most important year ever Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN We’re kicking off this edition with a financial term: “quantitative easing,” or QE. It’s what the US Federal Reserve does when it buys up assets like Treasury bonds to inject funds into the economy, lowering borrowing costs and boosting consumer and government spending. This was more crucial than ever in 2020 as the Fed increased QE to unprecedented levels to keep financial fallout from the pandem...

FAST THINKING: Why the new Russian hacks are a game-changer Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN The bad news keeps coming about the scope of a suspected Russian hack: The US Department of Homeland Security was compromised, in addition to the State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments and parts of the Pentagon. The breaches, reportedly carried out by an arm of the Russian intelligence services, targeted a vulnerability in software developed by a firm called SolarWinds that is used across private ...