This is the series of events that I observed that helped me anticipate how and where things were going, likely to culminate on Jan 6. The FBI put out a report warning about this activity.

"Far-right extremists and militias such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and the Three Percenters viewed President Trump’s December 19, 2020 tweet as a “call to arms,” and they began to plot activities to disrupt the January 6 joint session of Congress."