Culture of Confusion

Inside the Riots Reshaping Our Politics
The untold story behind protests, riots, political violence, and the struggle for truth in America’s age of unrest.

Fearless, meticulous, and unfashionably fair.Nadine Strossen Past president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Senior Fellow at FIRE, and coauthor of The War on Words

Over five years of on-the-ground reporting, Jeremy Lee Quinn dissects the riot culture that reshaped U.S. politics from 20202026. Blending eyewitness livestreams, interviews, and case studies, he shows how mob psychology, decentralized militant tactics (black bloc, viral diversity of tactics), and social-media amplification turned protests into sustained cycles of violence.

Quinn traces parallel radicalization on left and rightfrom Minneapolis, Portland, and Kenosha to Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and January 6documenting arson, targeted assaults, and politi