What to call Capitol extremists, and brands choose silence: Thursday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters.Capitol offensesA day after a pro-Trump mob took over the U.S. Capitol building, it’s become clear that the police preparation and response was woefully inadequate, despite much of the planning for the event having taken place out in the open on social media.