(PS2) For those wondering about Jones' status, we don't know yet. While video of Jones absurdly trying to block a car filled with migrant children has gone viral, I don't think we know whether the InfoWars conspiracy theorist flew or drove to the border. https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-migrant-children-smuggling-infowars-1581925
(PS3) Make sure you don't confuse the "No Fly List" with the "Terrorist Watchlist." One (the former) is called by the FBI a "small subset" of the latter. The No Fly List had just 21,000 names as of 2012—while the full list had 875,000 names in 2013.

Link: https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/about-us/ten-years-after-the-fbi-since-9-11/just-the-facts-1/terrorist-screening-center-1
(PS4) This said, it would not, per the FBI, be incorrect to say that a January 6 leader is now on the Terrorist Watchlist. And that's big news.
(PS5) PROOF has many articles on Alexander—I don't know that anyone has watched/reported on as many interviews with this maniac as I have—but for those wondering, I can find no evidence that his broader status ("in hiding") has changed since this article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-in-hiding-after-denying-blame-for-riot
(PS6) Watch the video below—but only if you have the stomach for it; be aware, it is disgusting—and you'll have a better sense, which I do think is important, of how (as NPR noted) violent far-right "leaders" like Fuentes "weaponize irony to spread hate": https://twitter.com/TomDreisbach/status/1385656609351692290
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