<em>Culture of Confusion: Inside the Riots Reshaping Our Politics</em> by Jeremy Lee Quinn

Publication Date: October 27, 2026 The untold story behind protests, riots, political violence, and the struggle for truth in America’s age of unrest. Over five years of on-the-ground reporting across the United States, Jeremy Lee Quinn examines how contemporary riot culture reshaped American politics from 2020–26. Drawing on his own experiences, eyewitness livestreams, interviews, and case studies, he explores how mob psychology, decentralized militant tactics—including “black bloc” and the viral proliferation of “diversity of tactics”—transformed some protest movements into sustained cycles of violence via social media. Quinn traces parallel radicalization on the left and right, from Minneapolis, Portland, Kenosha, Santa Monica, San Francisco, and Los Angeles to the events of January 6, documenting incidents of arson, targeted assaults, and political vigilantism. He dives deep into the Sonoma pig’s-head episode, the Los Angeles WiSpa riots and the recurring Proud Boys/Antifa clashes in the Pacific Northwest. Quinn critiques media framing, cancel culture, and activist purity politics that, in his view, obscure complexity and deepen polarization. Quinn supplements his on-the-ground reporting with profiles of figures across the information ecosystem, from masked livestreamers to embattled mainstream journalists. The book argues that militant escalation influenced elections, weakened public trust in dominant narratives, and left institutions struggling to confront political violence consistently. Quinn ultimately calls for a clearer, less partisan accounting of political militancy and its consequences for civic life. Hardcover: $32.99 Page count: 264 ISBN: 9781683585589 Trim Size: 6 x 9 in.