Meme wars are a time-honored internet tradition. The latest political memetic battle centers on the Dark Brandon meme, which is liberals’ new retort to the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon,” an anti-President Joe Biden meme that came to life a year ago. Dark Brandon appears to have initially been used to mock Biden, but has since been appropriated by supporters to herald him. Dark Brandon’s origin story came under scrutiny this weekend. According to claims circulating online, some Dark Brandon images were created by a Chinese propagandist; one purportedly has links to message boards popular with extremists and shitposters and includes...