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Gavin McInnes Attempts to Quash Proud Boys’ Post-Jan. 6 ‘Civil War’" Facing revelations that their leader was a federal informant, the Proud Boys have erupted in recriminations. When Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes headed to Las Vegas for WestFest, the annual convention of his hard-drinking, street-fighting right-wing men’s group, he thought he knew what to expect. In the past, the convention had been a chance for McInnes to be feted as a hero—like “the Fonz” from Happy Days, as he put it on his online show. But last month, as he headed to this year’s event, McInnes was in for what he later described as “the weirdest experience of my life.” Much of the Proud Boys’ leadership is currently in jail, facing the prospect of hefty prison terms for their alleged role in the Capitol riot. Still, the Proud Boys meeting in Las Vegas should have been united by their pro-Trump politics, their desire for membership in a hard-drinking brotherhood, and their adherence to a club rule that they only masturbate, at most, once a month. But McInnes, who claimed to have abandoned any role in the organization in 2018 in the face of law enforcement pressure, found the mood icy. The Proud Boys in Las Vegas were bitterly divided, split roughly evenly between two factions that call themselves “Standard” and “National.” Each group accused the other of harboring federal informants and sex offenders. “Both sides say that the other side is racist and tolerates pedophiles,” McInnes said later on his online show. McInnes himself was not popular with many members. He had recently faked his own arrest to go on vacation, a move that struck some Proud Boys as a sort of federal-investigation stolen valor, coming right as one Proud Boy was sentenced to nearly five years in prison over Jan. 6. Still, inspired by witnessing what he called a “massive civil war” in Las Vegas, McInnes tried to quash the fighting. His attempts offer a glimpse into the influence McInnes still holds over the secretive quasi-paramilitary group, and the chaos that has enveloped the organization after the Capitol riot.y The split between the Proud Boys factions dates back to the post-Jan. 6 revelations that Enrique Tarrio, the group’s “chairman,” worked as a federal informant on cases that predated the Proud Boys’ existence. Tarrio’s home chapter in south Florida split into two rival chapters, dubbed “Villain City” and “Vice City,” and clashed online over Tarrio’s reputation. Elsewhere in the country, furious members who felt Tarrio had betrayed the club or led them into disaster at the Capitol dubbed him “Fedrique,” and several chapters announced that they would no longer recognize the authority of national-level leaders like Tarrio. Several of the breakaway chapters envisioned a more decentralized Proud Boys governed not by Tarrio and his ilk, but by a “Standard” of behavior. While it’s not clear to outsiders what all of the rules under that “Standard” are, one supporter summed it up on Telegram, the social media app where Proud Boys banned from Twitter and Facebook have ended up. The two main rules: “No snitches. No sex criminals.” That split set off a showdown between the splinter faction calling itself the Standard and the chapters that still adhered to Tarrio’s leadership, dubbed “National.” Rival Proud Boys “disavowed” one another, the group’s term for banishing a member from the Proud Boys. Intra-Proud Boy trash talk and threats proliferated on Telegram, where Proud Boys from across the country could follow the drama and fight. One Proud Boy on Telegram boasted that he would be the “Standard killer.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-attempts-to-quash-proud-boys-post-jan-6-civil-war?ref=home

Aww, poop. We didn't get to 50 points tonight, so should be consider this a near-loss?

Seems Suitor has not heard about Winnipeg honoring Shania.

Good thing he (barely) escaped the lynch mob a while back.

Okay, Jesus, Mohammed, Jehovah and Krishna. And Xemu, too.

They need Jesus

Wow. The Elk halfback just gave up the chase for the last 10-15 yards. Goin' for the 50 points.

Another Grant adventure.

Adams has his first sack as a Bomber and could have broken Corny in half but chose not to.

Agreed- gotta look to the future in case Collaros is out. He's had a lot of opportunities to practice during the games.

Would like to see the Bombers hang a 50 on Jones.

What does Jones have to lose at this point?

He shouldn't even be on the field.

There's the insult to add to the injury. Good.

Don't like seeing Collaros behind center at this point.

That's all he has.

Heard Adams being interviewed today. He's no dummy (degree in criminology) and is very appreciative of the team culture here. Seems to be getting better as the game goes on.

BINGO!!! Now- get Zach to hell out of there.

GREAT blocking for Bailey there!

Would like to see McRae returning kicks- seems to read blocking well and is very quick and elusive.

Doug Brown at half-time said that Grant is running as if he fears being hit, Sounds about right.

There's a direct relationship between public perception of danger and the number of cop shows. And during those times, they tend to buy cars with smaller windows, too.

He frequently looked like he just didn't have the explosive start. Good to hear he's in the pink again- now, if only we got Wilson back....

Haven't had much of that all season.

Bighill more prominent this game than in previous ones.