Citations for Podcast Episodes
Sources
1 Source for police saying very little beyond promising to review the events.
United States Capitol Police, “Statement of Steven Sund, Chief of Police,
regarding the Events of January 6, 2021Sund,” News release, January 7,
2021, accessed April 30, 2021, https://www.uscp.gov/media-
center/press-releases/statement-steven-sund-chief-police
2 Source for Capitol police chief saying Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi,
forced him to resign.
Kevin Johnson, “Ex-Capitol Police Chief: Pelosi’s Call for His Resignation
Premature,” USA Today, February 23, 2021, accessed April 30, 2021, https://sports.yahoo.com/ex-capitol-
police-chief-pelosi-180916405.html
3 Source for at least 15 officers investigated for appearing to side with the
mob.
Matt Stieb, “Capitol Police Suspends Cops for Allegedly Siding With Pro-
Trump Mob,” Intelligencer, January 11, 2021, accessed April 30, 2021,
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/two-capitol-cops-
suspended-for-actions-during-capitol-riot.html
4 Source for defenders of the police in the media saying they knew they were
overrun and there was no point in fighting until they regrouped.
Samantha Putterman, “Fact Check: Did Capitol Police Let Mob of Trump
Supporters In?” Politifact, January 8, 2021, accessed April 30, 2021,
https://www.wral.com/fact-check-did-capitol-police-let-mob-of-
trump-supporters-in/19463148/
5 Source for Capitol police who posed for selfies and gave directions to the
mob.
Harriet Alexander, “One Capitol Cop Is ARRESTED , Two Are Suspended
And 17 Are Under Investigation For Conduct During Invasion –
Including One Who Took Selfies and Another Who Put on A MAGA Hat
and Took Rioters Around Capitol,” Daily Mail, January 21, 2021, accessed
May 4, 2021, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9136277/Cop-
took-selfies-MAGA-hat-took-rioters-Capitol-suspended.html
6 Source for the US criminal code punishments for fomenting rebellion and
insurrection.
Title 18, U.S.C, §2383, 1948, accessed April 30, 2021,
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/ch
apter115&edition=prelim
7 Source of images and information about QAnon Shaman.
TOI staff, “New Capitol Riot Video Shows Mayhem as Mob Ransacks the
Senate, prays for Victory,” The Times of Israel, January 18, 2021, accessed
April 30, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-capitol-riot-video-
shows-mayhem-as-mob-ransacks-senate-prays-for-victory/
8 Source for QAnon Shaman doing “60 Minutes” Interview from prison.
Staff writer, “QAnon Shaman’ Claims He Wasn’t Attacking the Country
in First Interview Since Capitol Riot Arrest,” CBS News, March 5, 2021,
accessed May 3, 2021, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qanon-
shaman-capitol-riot-interview-60-minutes-plus-2021-03-04/
9 Images of the QAnon Shaman in Capitol.
Luke Mogelson, “A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege,” The
New Yorker, January 17, 2021, accessed April 30, 2021,
https://youtu.be/270F8s5TEKY
10 Source for “QAnon” starting on 4chan with the idea that “Q” was a
person inside the government leaking classified information.
Mike Wendling, “QAnon: What is it and Where Did it Come From?” BBC
News, January 6, 2021, accessed July 30, 2021,
https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434
11 Source for a man entering a pizza parlor and firing shots in an attempt
to “rescue” children from a slavery ring he believed Hillary Clinton was
running there.
Ian Simpson, “Man Pleads Guilty in Washington Pizzeria Shooting Over
Fake News,” Reuters, March 24, 2017, accessed July 30, 2021,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-washingtondc-gunman/man-
pleads-guilty-in-washington-pizzeria-shooting-over-fake-news-
idUSKBN16V1XC
12 Source for members of Congress being elected who believe in QAnon.
Katherine Tully-McManus, “QAnon goes to Washington: two supporters
win seats in Congress,” Roll Call, November 5, 2020, accessed July 30,
2021, https://www.rollcall.com/2020/11/05/qanon-goes-to-
washington-two-supporters-win-seats-in-congress/
13 Source for different QAnon forums being pulled down by social media
companies.
Mike Wendling, “QAnon: What is it and Where Did it Come From?” BBC
News, January 6, 2021, accessed July 30, 2021,
https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434
14 Source for my comment that the QAnon Shaman had a “destiny to
demand Organic food from prison.”
Ben Leonard, “QAnon shaman granted organic food in jail after report of
deteriorating health,” Politico, February 3, 2021, accessed May 3, 2021,
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/qanon-shaman-organic-
food-465563
15 Source for my rant about Julius Caesar and his assassins.
I’ve been reading about the collapse of the Roman Republic for almost half
my life, and that rant drew from my personal knowledge of the time period,
it’s hard to pick one specific “source,” but if you think I’m lying and want to
fact-check me, or you’re just interested in learning more about the time
period, I will recommend 2 books. They address the subject of Julius Caesar
from two different viewpoints, and the truth probably lies somewhere in the
middle. And that is, after all, a good starting place for any historical
understanding. Last I checked, both cost less than $10.
Michael Parenti, The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of
Ancient Rome, (New York, NY, The New Press, 2003).
Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus, (New Haven, CT, Yale
University Press, 2006).
16 Sources for my numbers about the American Revolution.
…you know future generations, it’s funny. When I re-read my words scolding
so-called patriots for not knowing American history, I knew that I necessarily
had to cite some sources to prove my own version of events; and I was
stunned by how hard it was to get accurate, all-encompassing data on the
American Revolution. As a history teacher, I’ve picked up bits of trivia about
the American Revolution’s battles on other continents and such, but when I
sat down to get some sources to back up my claims, I found remarkably little
detailed analysis of how these events fit into the big picture. True, there were
some textbooks on Amazon, selling for wildly inflated prices, which seemed
to cover the subject, but I can hardly blame the general public if they’ve never
read those. Any ordinary person who was curious about American history
and typed “Revolutionary War” into a search engine seemed to get a very
misleading version of events. I was shocked when I discovered that.
The real, “big picture” truth about the Revolutionary War is, in addition to
obviously being a British civil war with heavy French meddling, it was also a
war that killed large numbers of Germans, Native Americans and people of
African descent. And it was also a war fought all over the world. The French
had naval battles in the English Channel, off the Coast of India, and around
numerous Caribbean islands. The Spanish declared war on Britain and laid
siege to Gibraltar (a city in Europe under British rule). The Dutch declared
war on Britain, and although they were only a handful naval battles with
few deaths, the British devastated the Dutch Republic by seizing most of the
Dutch colonial holdings in Africa, Asia, and the West Indies, and by
blockading Dutch waters. These things all drew British resources away from
America and heavily impacted the decisions of the British forces who
remained, yet we hardly ever collect all that data in the same place! It’s all
segregated and cut into articles about what happened inside America’s
current borders, focused only on American gains and losses. Which, hey!
America’s an important part of the story! But it’s not the whole story. There
seems to be a huge gap in the historical record here. We need more people to
write histories of the war that tie all those pieces together and show the big
picture. And we need to make that history available to people on the search-
engine-ready websites that most ordinary Americans get their history from.
If you know of such a history, please let me know at
https://ChasingHistoryProject.com/contact/
For my purposes, I set out to find a simple article to cite, which tallied
together all the deaths from all the different groups who fought in the war, to
find the total number of people who died. Easy, right? But I was unable to
find such an article. So as an added bonus for you, I quickly threw together a
dime-store estimate myself by combining different segregated estimates that
were readily available. According to my roughshod research, the American
Revolutionary War had the following deaths, note that American and British
numbers include people of African descent in their totals, including enslaved
people who fought in exchange for a promise of freedom:
British: at least 24,000 killed by combat and disease, the articles I
read cautioned these are official British estimates released at the
time, which probably understate losses.
American: at least 23,800 killed by combat and disease.
Germans (aka “Hessians”): at least 7,554 killed by combat or disease
.
French: at least 2,112 killed by combat, I could not find numbers on
disease.
Native American: I found no readily available numbers of Native
Americans killed, which is kind of amazing. Historians agree that
many Native people fought on both sides of the war and considering
that the Americans literally attacked native civilians and burned
entire villages to the ground, I gotta think a lot of people died. (I will
also note the Americans claimed their attack on civilians was revenge
for Natives attacking their civilians first, to which the Natives would
no-doubt point to atrocities the colonists committed before that, all
going back in a spiral of death and blame spanning hundreds of
years… but one group suffered a lot more than the other in that
blood- soaked equation) For my purposes, all I need to know is that a
significant number of Natives were killed and should be included in
my estimate, but I don’t know how many. I don’t want to be accused
of inflating numbers, so for the moment, I’ll just assume that at a
bare minimum, Native Americans suffered at least as many deaths
as the French. It’s sloppy and unscientific, and if you have a better
solution, please do tell, but for now, it’s the best I got.
So that puts our bare minimum, back-of-the-envelope estimate for total
deaths at… 59,578
Source about the battle in English Waters:
Kennedy English Hickman, “American Revolution: Battle of
Flamborough Head,” ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, accessed April
25, 2021, http://thoughtco.com/american-revolution-battle-of-
flamborough-head-2361166
Source about battle in India:
John L. Smith, “India: The Last Battle of the American
Revolutionary War,” Journal of the American Revolution, July 8,
2015, accessed April 25, 2021,
https://allthingsliberty.com/2015/07/india-the-last-battle-of-
the-american-revolutionary-war/
Source about the Spanish siege of Gibraltar:
Don N. Hagist, “The Greatest Siege,” Journal of the American
Revolution, March 6, 2014, accessed April 25, 2021,
https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/03/the-greatest-siege/
Source about the Dutch declaring war on Britain:
Britannica Editors, “Anglo-Dutch Wars,” Encyclopedia Britannica,
March 16, 2021, accessed April 25, 2021,
https://www.britannica.com/event/Anglo-Dutch-Wars
Source for my numbers on American, British, and German deaths.
Staff writer, “American Revolution Facts,” American Battlefield
Trust, accessed April 25, 2021,
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-
revolution-faqs
Source for my numbers on French deaths.
Warrington Dawson, “The 2,112 Frenchmen Who Died in the
United States from 1777 to 1783 while fighting for the American
Independence,” Journal de la societe des Americanistes, New series,
(1936), pp. 1-154, accessed April 25, 2021, http://w3r-
archive.org/history/rosters/frgraves.htm.
Source for my information about Native American Involvement.
Isaac Makos, “Roles of Native Americans During the Revolution,”
American Battlefields Society, January 25, 2021, accessed April 25,
2021, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/roles-native-
americans-during-revolution .
17 Transcript of the phone call between President Donald Trump and
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
This call was significant to the media because they said Trump ordered
Raffensperger to cheat when he said to “find” votes for him. It was
significant to me because Trump produced an endless litany of questions
while giving almost no chance for Raffensperger to answer him.
Amy Gardener and Paulina Firozi, “Here’s the Full Transcript and Audio
of the Call Between Trump and Raffensperger,” Washington Post, January
5, 2021, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-
transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-
322644d82356_story.html
18 Source from the media (ABC News) saying ballot counters were sent
home, which contradicts stories told later.
Emily Shapiro, “Pipe bursts in Atlanta arena causing 4-hour delay in
processing ballots,” ABC News, November 3, 2020,
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pipe-bursts-atlanta-arena-causing-
hour-delay-processing/story?id=73981348 .
19 Source for the media (Politifact) saying that there was no order for
ballot counters to go home, which contradicts news reports from that night.
Bill McCarthy, “Trump rehashes debunked claim about ‘suitcases’ of
ballots in Georgia phone call,” Politifact, January 4, 2021,
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/donald-
trump/trump-rehashes-debunked-claim-about-suitcases-ball/
20 Source for my data about Trump’s Mexican border wall.
Sabrina Rodriguez, “Trump’s Partially Built, Big Beautiful Wall,” Politico,
January 12, 2021, accessed April 25, 2021,
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/trump-border-wall-
partially-built-458255
21 Source for COVID lockdown.
Susan Neilson and Aylin Woodward, “A Comprehensive Timeline of the
Coronavirus pandemic at 1 year, from China’s first Case to the Present,”
Business Insider, December 24, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,.
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-
history-major-events-2020-3
22 Source for my data about poverty reaching its highest level since
researchers began tracking it in 1960.
Tommy Beer, “Largest Increase in US Poverty Recorded in 2020,” Forbes,
December 16, 2020, accessed August 1, 2021,
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/11/unemployment-
rose-higher-in-three-months-of-covid-19-than-it-did-in-two-years-of-
the-great-recession/
23 Source for my data about unemployment reaching its highest level since
statisticians began tracking it in 1948.
Rakesh Kochhar, “Unemployment rose higher in three months of
COVID-19 than it did in two years of the Great Recession,” Pew Research
Center, June 11, 2020, accessed August 1, 2021,
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/11/unemployment-
rose-higher-in-three-months-of-covid-19-than-it-did-in-two-years-of-
the-great-recession/
24Source for COVID-19 being documented in 220 countries and territories.
Staff writer, “Countries where COVID-19 has spread,” August 2, 2021,
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countries-where-
coronavirus-has-spread/
25 Source for Walmart showing huge growth during the pandemic, despite
other business being ordered by the government to shut down and go out of
business.
Grace Todd, et al., “Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant
protection,” AP News, May 12, 2021, accessed August 14, 2021,
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health- business-
caf5e31d883a18deae6cd367a5ee8978
26Source for Walmart pressuring employees to work while they were sick,
which means Walmart was a much a higher risk for spreading the diseases
than many of the closed businesses would have been
Cynthia Murray, “If Walmart wants to hear workers’ voices, it should
give us a seat at the table.” www. fortune.com. October 16, 2020,
accessed August 14, 2021, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-
wants-hear-workers-voices-171822721.html
27 Example of video of a woman who complains that her restaurant was
ordered shut, despite a nearly identical restaurant across the street owned
by a movie studio, which the state of California was giving assistance to say
open.
Notice also how the news story around the video completely edits out the part
about government unfairness and only tells the audience that the restaurant
owner is upset. They leave no mention of the government sanctioned business
across the street from where she was forced to close. One gets the impression
that the mainstream news only published this at all because the video had
already gone viral.
Amy Powell, “Sherman Oaks restaurant owner shares her frustration
over LA County dining ban in emotional video,” ABC 7 News, December
5, 2020, accessed August 14, 2021, https://abc7.com/8514601/
Original YouTube Video from above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-86gfJosHc
28Source for President Trump supporting using American tax dollars as
bail-out money for cruise ships.
Michael Wilner and Emma Dumain, “As Trump seeks help for cruise
industry hist by coronavirus, Republicans say no bailout,” McClatchy
Washington Bureau, March 9, 2020, accessed August 14, 2021,
https://www/mcclatchy.dc.com/news/politics-government/white-
house/article241044301.html
29Source for Fed helping cruise ships.
Matt Wirz, “How Fed Intervention Saved Carnival: the cruise line asked
hedge funds for cash before the central-bank intervention reopened
bond markets,” April 26, 2020, accessed August 14, 2020,
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-fed-intervention-saved-carnival-
11587920400
30 Source for airlines getting $25,000,000,000.
Will Horton, “How the U.S. Is Distributing Airline Bailout Funds In
COVID-19 Relief Deal,” Forbes, April 15, 2020, accessed August 14, 2021,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/04/15/how-the-us-
is-distributing-airline-bailout-funds-in-covid-19-relief-
deal/?sh=63a3af3963a1
31 Source for the pre-COVID restaurant industry employing 15.6
million, and nearly 60% of all American adults working at restaurants
at some point.
Numbers on restaurant employment come from the National Restaurant
Association, who may not be entirely neutral on the subject. But restaurants
are undeniably a huge and important part of the economy and they got
ignored when the government was deciding who to rescue and who to let die.
Staff writer, “2019 Restaurant Industry Factbook,” National Restaurant
Association, April 2019, accessed August 15, 2021,
https://www.kisales.com/nra-2019-restaurant-industry-factbook/
32 Source for Canada sending $1400 ($2000 in Canadian dollars) checks
every month, on top of their more advanced social safety net.
Eliza Relman, “Here’s how the US’s coronavirus economic relief for
individuals compares to Canada’s, where some residents are eligible for
$2,000 a month,” Business Insider, April 17, 2020, accessed August 15,
2021, https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-heres-how-the-
uss-economic-relief-compares-to-canadas-2020-4
33 Source about BLM protests occurring all over the country.
Roudabeh Kishiacled and Sam Jones, “Demonstrations & Political
Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020,” Armed Conflict
Location & Event Data Project, September 3, 2020, accessed May 4, 2020,
https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-
in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/
34 Partial list of the George Floyd events that involved looting and setting
cars on fire.
Helier Cheung, “George Floyd death: Why do some protests turn
violent?,” BBC News, May 31, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52869563
35 Source for partial explanation of the protesters taking over part of
Seattle, aka the CHOP aka the CHAZ. For FULL explanation read my book
on the subject “History on the CHOP” yet-to-be-published, name-subject-to-
change.
Katelyn Burns, “The violent end of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest,
explained,” Vox, July 2, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/2/21310109/chop-
chaz-cleared-violence-explained
36 Source for Trump having over 80 million Twitter followers.
Catherine Thorbecke, “Jack Dorsey says banning Trump sets ‘dangerous’
precedent,” ABC News, January 14, 2021, accessed August 11, 2021,
https://6abc.com/jack-dorsey-says-banning-trump- sets-dangerous-
precedent-/9653404/
37 Media associating Trump with Nazi imagery.
Staff, “Pro-Trump Swastikas Painted in Philly,” The Daily Beast, April 13,
2017, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/09/swastikas-trump-
graffiti-in-philly
38 Media reporting white nationalists use Nazi salute for Trump.
Staff, “Hail Trump: White Nationalists Mark Trump Win with Nazi
Salute,” BBC News, November 22, 2016, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-38057104
39 Example of the kind of accusations that were made against Trump,
alleging Nazi sympathies.
Will Peebles, “Fact Check: Trump campaign accused of T-shirt design
with Similarity to Nazi Eagle,” USA Today, July 11, 2020, accessed May 4,
2021,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/11/fact-
check-trump-2020-campaign-shirt-design-similar-nazi-
eagle/5414393002/
40 Source on the riots in Philadelphia which included looting and setting at
least one police car on fire.
David Chang, et al., “Violence Tears Through W. Philly After Police
Shoot, Kill Man: 30 Officers Hurt,” NBC Philadelphia, October 27, 2020,
accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/crowds-protest-violence-
west-philly-after-deadly-police-shooting/2574729/
41 Source for President Trump’s quote on election night about how he really
won the election and it was a massive fraud.
Christina Wilkie, “Trump tries to claim victory even as ballots are being
counted in several states – NBC has not made a call,” CNBC, November 4,
2020, accessed August 17, 2021,
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/04/trump-tries-to-claim-victory-
even-as-ballots-are-being-counted-in-several-states-nbc-has-not-made-
a-call.html
42 Source for court cases launched by Trump or on his behalf asserting
“election fraud.”
William Cummings, et al., “By the numbers: President Donald Trump’s
failed efforts to overturn the election,” USA Today, January 6, 2021,
accessed August 11, 2021, https://www.usatoday.com/in-
depth/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/trumps-failed-efforts-
overturn-election-numbers/4130307001/
43 Source verifying a million deaths in Iraq War.
Reuters staff, “Iraq conflict has killed a million Iraqis,” Reuters, January
30, 2008, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey/iraq-
conflict-has-killed-a-million-iraqis-survey-idUSL3048857920080130
44 Source for Washington D.C.’ August 2020 riot.
Allie Manheimer, “More than 40 arrests made for rioting in Adams
Morgan,” WDVM Washington D.C. News, August 14, 2020, accessed May
4, 2021, https://www.localdvm.com/news/washington-dc/more-than-
40-arrests-made-for-rioting-in-adams-morgan/
45 Source for Washington D.C.’s May-June riot.
Staff, “Fires, Looting, Tear Gas: D.C. in Turmoil Following 3rd Night of
Protests,” NBC Washington, May 31, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/3rd-day-george-floyd-
protests-washington-dc/2318177/
46 List of some of the other riots in America in 2020.
Stephanie Pagones, “Protests, riots that gripped America in 2020,” Fox
News, December 29, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protests-riots-nationwide-america-
2020
47 Source talking about other people who left “goodbye” messages to their
loved ones, implying they knew in advance there’d be violence on January
6th.
Adam Rawnsley and Justin Rohrlich, “Ready to Die: Two Months of
MAGA Mob Warning Signs,” The Daily Beast, January 7, 2021,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/there-were-two-months-of-warning-
signs-before-the-maga-mob-capitol-riot
48 Images of QAnon Shaman in Capitol.
Used with permission of original photographer, Luke Mogelson.
Found in court case United States of America v. Jacob Anthony Chansley,
also known as “Jacob Angeli,” Case 1:21-cr-00003-RCL.
Robert Patrick, “Accused rioter the ‘QAnon Shaman’ apologizes for
entering capitol, sparking ‘fear,’” St. Louis Dispatch, February 9, 2021,
accessed April 30, 2021, https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-
and-courts/accused-rioter-the-qanon-shaman-apologizes-for-entering-
capitol-sparking-fear/article_87626617-c281-5376-b3b9-
e5afb00be288.html
49 Image of guy with foot on desk in Pelosi’s office.
Image: Saul LOEB/AFP via Getty Images #1230454190
50 Later reports claimed the police did not jam the cell phone networks.
These reports claim the networks were simply overwhelmed by all the traffic.
That’s possible, but it seemed to be commonly believed at the time that the
police were the reason the phones stopped working. Whatever the reason, I
can say for sure that the crowd was cut off from updates on their phone and
they were forced to think for themselves for a critical stretch of time when a
lot of the famous things on January 6th were happening.
Sascha Segan, “Why Cell Phone Networks Cut Out at the US Capitol Riot,”
PC Magazine, January 7 2021, accessed September 18 2022
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/why-cell-networks-cut-out-at-the-
us-capitol-riot
51 Description of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Staff Editors, “Battles of Lexington and Concord,” Encyclopedia
Britannica, April 12, 2021, accessed May 5, 2021,
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord
52 Description of the Women’s March on Versailles, one of the times a
lightly armed mob with vaguely defined goals, pushed their way into a
government building during the early French Revolution.
John Johnson Lewis, “A History of the Women’s March on Versailles.”
ThoughtCo., Aug. 26, 2020, accessed May 5, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/womens-march-on-versailles-3529107
53 Description of the Storming of the Bastille, another time a lightly armed
mob with vaguely defined goals pushed their way into a government building
during the early French Revolution. Although the storming of the Bastille was
somewhat less vague on their goals, they wanted gunpowder and to free
prisoners, it was still very disorganized, no one realized for example there
were only 7 prisoners actually in the building, and the event unfolded in a
bunch of haphazard, barely coordinated pushes by the mob. I maintain that
this event had far more in common with the Storming of the Capitol than the
Battles of Lexington and Concord did.
Luke Tomes, “Causes and Significance of the Storming of the Bastille,”
History Hit, January 12, 2021, accessed May 5, 2021,
https://www.historyhit.com/1789-storming-bastille/
54 Source for the 14-year veteran shot by police while she was storming the
Capitol. At the time, the rumor going around the crowd was that the police
had shot a “14-year-old girl,” but that was not correct.
KUSI Newsroom. “KUSI News confirms identity of woman shot and
killed inside US Capitol,” KUSI News, January 6, 2021, accessed May 5,
2021, https://www.kusi.com/kusi-news-confirms-identity-of- woman-
shot-and-killed-inside-us-capitol/
55 Source for the crowd banging on doors, in Capitol.
Ashley Ludwig, “‘They Were Bangin At the Doors” Rep Correa Talks
Capitol Scene,” Patch, January 6, 2021, accessed May 7, 2021,
https://patch.com/california/lakeforest-ca/they-were-banging-doors-
correa-describes-capitol-scene
56 Source for court rulings that say private militias are illegal and only
state-run militias are protected by the 2nd Amendment.
Claire Hansen, “The Problem With Militias and the Constitution,” US
News & World Report, September 22, 2020, accessed May 7, 2021,
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-09-
22/the-problem-with-militias-and-the-constitution
57 Source for predator drones killing thousands of people in their homes or
workplaces.
Allison Jackson, “If Obama apologized for 1 civilian drone victim every
day, it would take him 3 years,” Global Post, June 13, 2010, accessed May
6, 2021, https://www.pri.org/stories/if-obama-apologized-1-civilian-
drone-victim-every-day-it-would-take-him-3-years
58 Source about the vague rules about drone strikes.
Kate Martin, “Are U.S. Drone Strikes Legal?” Center for American Progress,
April 1, 2016, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2016/04/
01/134494/are-u-s-drone-strikes-legal/
59 Roger Stone was a Trump confidant who’d been at the center of several
political scandals himself and who would go on to be investigated for his
possible involvement in the events of January 6th.
Peter Stone, “Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack
investigations expands,” The Guardian, March 22, 2021, accessed May 6,
2021, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/22/roger-
stone-capitol-attack-investigation-far-right
60 Source about the Oath Keepers.
Ryan Lucas, “Who Are the Oath Keepers? Militia Group, Founder
Scrutinized In Capitol Riot Probe,” NPR, April 10, 2021, accessed May 6,
2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/04/10/985428402/who-are-the-
oath-keepers-militia-group-founder-scrutinized-in-capitol-riot-probe
61 Source about the Three Percenter Militia.
Robert Richardson, “Who are the Three Percenters?” CBS 17 Orange
County News, August 31, 2018, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/who-
are-the-three-percenters/
62 Source for then-candidate Joe Biden saying Antifa is “an idea, not an
organization.”
Brittany Bernstein, “Biden Says Antifa Is ‘An Idea, Not An Organization’
During Presidential Debate,” Yahoo Entertainment, September 29, 2020,
accessed May 6, 2021 (at 1 in the morning!),
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/biden-says-antifa-idea-not-
025049929.html.
63 Source for Proud Boys being hired for security by Roger Stone.
Kelly Weill, “How the Proud Boys Became Roger Stone’s Personal Army,”
The Daily Beast, January 29, 2021, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-
stones-personal-army-6
64 Proud Boys Burn Black Lives Matter banner.
Margaret Barthel and Nathan Diller, “Proud Boys Leader Takes Credit For
Burning D.C. Church’s Black Lives Matter Banner,” NPR, December 21,
2020, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/12/21/948794990/proud-boys-
leader-takes-credit-for-burning-d-c-church-s-black-lives-matter-banner
65 Proud Boys sell T-shirts saying, “Stand Back, Stand By,” after Trump
says that instead of “stand down” at a debate.
Ewan Palmer, “Donald Trump Gives Proud Boys New Slogan as ‘Stand
By’ Merchandise Appears,” Newsweek, September 30, 2020, accessed May
6, 2021, https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys- stand-trump-
debate-1535240
66 Example of the media saying the Proud Boys were white supremacists.
Wilson, Jason. “Proud Boys are a dangerous ‘white supremacist’ group
say US agencies,” The Guardian, October 1, 2020, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/proud-boys-white-
supremacist-group-law-enforcement-agencies
67 Source for House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi showing off her lavish home and
expensive ice creams, and triggering a political backlash.
James Gordon, “Left-wing Dems blame Nancy Pelosi’s refrigerator filled
with $12-a-pint ice cream in her multi-million dollar home for putting
off ordinary Americans voting Democrat,” Daily Mail,
November 11, 2021, accessed May 6, 2021,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8939861/Left-wing-
Democrats-claim-Pelosis-expensive-ice-cream-drawer-voters-
lockdown-crisis.html
68 Source for then-candidate Trump promising Mexico would pay for a wall
on the border with Mexico. And then-president Trump instead spending
$15,000,000,000 of US taxpayer money to only make a partial wall.
Giles, Christopher. “Trump’s wall: How much has been built during his
term?” BBC News, January 12, 2021, accessed May 8, 2021,
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46748492
69 Source about reinforcements sent to the D.C. police.
Colleen Long, et al., “US Capitol Police rejected offers from FBI, National
Guard to help overcome riot,” The Times of Israel, January 8, 2021,
accessed May 8, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-capitol-
police-rejected-offers-for-fbi-national-guard-help-to-overcome-riot/
70 Source about reinforcements sent to the D.C. police.
Carol D. Leonnig, et al., “Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about
security failures,” The Washington Post, January 7, 2021, accessed May 8,
2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-breach-
security-failures/2021/01/06/e1e09b80-5061-11eb-b96e-
0e54447b23a1_story.html
71 Source about reinforcements sent to the D.C. police.
Nick Boykin, “National Guard troops deployed to D.C. to quell riots after
initial request for help was denied,” CBS News WUSA9, January 6, 2021,
accessed May 8, 2021,
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/national-
guard-troops-deployed-washington-dc-us-capital-building-
lockdown/65-afd10329-b508-4cbc-939a-5901a1b33d53
72 Source for one example for various Trump supporters claiming Dominion
rigged the election. There were many.
Chelsey Cox, “Fact Check: Judge did not rule Dominion Voting Systems
machines engineered to yield fraud,” USA Today, March 30, 2021,
accessed August 28, 2021,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/30/fact-
check-false-claim-dominion-voting-systems-machines/7020265002/
73 Source for the Three Percenters and Oath Keepers investigated in
connection to The Event.
Jaclyn Diaz & Rachel Treisman, “Members of Right-Wing Militias,
Extremist Groups Are Latest Charged In Capitol Siege,” January 19,
2021, accessed May 9, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-
capitol/2021/01/19/958240531/members-of-right-wing-militias-
extremist-groups-are-latest-charged-in-capitol-si
74 A woman was shot with a real bullet, not a rubber bullet, as she was
storming the building.
Dustin Jones, “Officer Cleared in The Shooting Death of Ashli Babbitt
During Capitol Riot,” NPR, April 14, 2021, accessed May 9, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/14/987425312/officer-cleared-in-the-
shooting-of-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot
75 Source for the British Canadians storming the Capitol in 1814, only to be
chased away by a tornado the next day.
Ben Johnson, “The War of 1812 and the burning of the White House,”
Historic UK, accessed May 9, 2021, https://www.historic-
uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-War-of-1812-the-burning-of-
the-White-House/
76 Description of the Women’s March on Versailles, one of the times a
lightly armed mob with vaguely defined goals, pushed their way into a
government building during the early French Revolution.
John Johnson Lewis, “A History of the Women’s March on Versailles.”
ThoughtCo., Aug. 26, 2020, accessed May 5, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/womens-march-on-versailles-3529107
77 Source for Washington D.C.’s August 2020 riot.
Manheimer, Allie. “More than 40 arrests made for rioting in Adams
Morgan,” WDVM Washington D.C. News, August 14, 2020, accessed May
14, 2021, https://www.localdvm.com/news/washington-dc/more-
than-40-arrests-made-for-rioting-in-adams-morgan/
78 Source for Washington D.C.’s May-June 2020 riot.
NBC Washington Staff. “Fires, Looting, Tear Gas: D.C. in Turmoil
Following 3rd Night of Protests,” NBC Washington, May 31, 2020,
accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/3rd-day-george-floyd-
protests-washington-dc/2318177/
79 Transcript of Schumer’s remarks that night.
Staff, “Read: Chuck Schumer’s Statement to the Senate on the Storming
of the Capitol,” US News, January 6, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2021-01-06/read-
chuck-schumers-statement-to-the-senate-on-the-storming-of-the-
capitol .
80 Source for the mob banging on the doors of the Congressional Chamber
while Congress was still inside.
Politico Staff, “‘Is This Really Happening?’: The Siege of Congress, Seen
From Inside,” Politico, January 7, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/07/capitol-storming-
siege-congress-inside-first-person-oral-history-455715
81 Source for QAnon Shaman’s threatening note left on the dais at the head
of the Senate Chamber.
Found in court case United States of America v. Jacob Anthony Chansley,
also known as “Jacob Angeli,” Case 1:21-cr-00003-RCL.
Adam Klasfeld, “Federal Judge Quells ‘QAnon Shaman’s’ Hunger Strike
by Ordering Up Organic Jail Food,” Law and Crime, February 3, 2021,
accessed May 9, 2021, https://lawandcrime.com/high- profile/federal-
judge-grants-organic-food-to-qanon-shaman-in-response-to-
emergency-motion-for-whole-sustenance/
82 Source for threatening note left in Nancy Pelosi’s office.
Image: Saul LOEB/AFP via Getty Images #1230454148
Connor Perrett, “Trump supporter who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s office
during their siege of the US Capitol left her a note warning they ‘will not
back down,’” Insider, January 6, 2021, accessed May 9, 2021,
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supporters-leave-
threatening-note-in-pelosis-office-2021-1 .
83 Source for pipe bombs found in the area.
Tim Mak and Dina Temple-Raston, “What We Know About The Suspect
Who Planted Bombs Before the Capitol Riot,” NPR Morning Edition, April
14, 2021, accessed May 9, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/14/986457987/what-we-know-about-
the-suspect-who-planted-bombs-before-the-capitol-riot
84 Source for what Senator Kelly Loefler said about changing her vote to
certify the election.
Staff, “Senator Kelly Loefler drops her objection to the electoral count,”
CBS News, January 6, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021,
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/senator-kelly-loeffler-drops-
objection-to-the-electoral-count-2020-election/
85 Source for 5 deaths from the Capitol Riots.
Bart Jansen, “Cause of Death released for 4 of 5 people at Capitol riot –
but not Officer Brian Sicknick,” USA Today, April 7, 2021, accessed May
11, 2021,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/07/capitol-
riot-deaths-cause-death-released-4-5-not-sicknick/7128040002/ .
86 Source for Sidney Powell filing motions to try and overturn the election.
Joe Walsh, “Who is Sidney Powell? Meet Trump’s New Top Conspiracy
Theorist,” Forbes, November 20, 2020, accessed May 11, 2021,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/20/who-is-sidney-
powell-meet-trumps-new-top-conspiracy-theorist/?sh=6cf4423e1f9d
87 Source for cropped and uncropped misleading image of the QAnon
Shaman.
Reuters Staff. “Fact Check: Man with painted face wearing fur and horns
rallied for Trump and QAnon, not Antifa or BLM,” Reuters, January 6,
2021, accessed May 10, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-
factcheck-protester-capitol-antifa-qa/fact-check-man-with-painted-
face-wearing-fur-and-horns-rallied-for-trump-and-qanon-not-antifa-
or-blm-idUSKBN29C0BP
88 Source for cropped and uncropped misleading image of the QAnon
Shaman.
Reuters Staff, “Fact Check: Man with painted face wearing fur and horns
rallied for Trump and QAnon, not Antifa or BLM,” Reuters, January 6,
2021, accessed May 10, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-
factcheck-protester-capitol-antifa-qa/fact-check-man-with-painted-
face-wearing-fur-and-horns-rallied-for-trump-and-qanon-not-antifa-
or-blm-idUSKBN29C0BP
89 QAnon Shaman with Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney and former mayor
of New York.
Reuters Fact Check, “Fact Check-Photo of Rudy Giuliani and Jake Angeli
is not proof that the storm of the capitol was staged,” Reuters, March 5,
2021, accessed May 10, 2021,
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-capitol-giuliani/fact-
check-photo-of-rudy-giuliani-and-jakeangeliis-not-proof-thatthe-
storming-of-the-capitol-wasstaged-idUSL2N2L31S2
90 Source talking about other people who left “goodbye” messages to their
loved ones, implying they knew in advance there’d be violence on January
6th.
Adam Rawnsley and Justin Rohrlich, “Ready to Die: Two Months of
MAGA Mob Warning Signs,” The Daily Beast, January 8, 2021,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey/iraq-conflict-
has-killed-a-million-iraqis-survey-idUSL3048857920080130
91 Footage of inside the storming. Includes QAnon Shaman screaming in a
made-up language .
Mogelson, Luke. “A Reporter’s Footage From Insider the Capitol Siege,”
the New Yorker, January 17, 2021, Accessed May 13, 2021
https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-
from-inside-the-capitol-siege.
92 Source for the article claiming the number of people was “even 10,000,
maybe,” I absolutely reject that, that’s ridiculously low.
Staff, “It is difficult, if not impossible to estimate the size of the crowd
that stormed Capitol Hill,” The Conversation, January 8, 2021, accessed
May 5, 2021, https://theconversation.com/it-is-difficult-if-not-
impossible-to-estimate-the-size-of-the-crowd-that-stormed-capitol-
hill-152889
93 Source for image of QAnon Shaman shouting in halls of Capitol.
Image: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta #21187690671453
Found in court case United States of America v. Jacob Anthony Chansley,
also known as “Jacob Angeli,” Case 1:21-cr-00003-RCL.
Becky Willeke, “Judge Orders Jail to Provide Organic Food to ‘QAnon
Shaman,’” News Channel 3 WREG Memphis, February 3, 2021, accessed
May 7, 2021, https://wreg.com/news/judge-orders-jail-to-provide-
organic-food-to-qanon-shaman/
94 Source for at least 620,000 people dying in American Civil War.
Staff, “Civil War Casualties,” American Battlefield Trust, accessed May 7,
2021, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-casualties
95 Source for image of confederate flag guy in Capitol.
AFP/Saul Loeb Image : 1230455296
96 Source for image of guy stealing Nancy Pelosi’s Speaker of the House
podium.
Getty Image News Win McNamee #1294949346,
As found in court case United States of America v Adam Johnson, 1:21-MJ-
00020.
Josh Salman and Carlos Munoz, “After the Capitol riot, one Florida man
became ‘Podium Guy’: Another man turned him in,’” USA Today, January
15, 2021, accessed May 7, 2021,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/01/15/after-capitol-
riot-florida-man-turned-podium-guy-fbi/6642678002/
97 Source for angry mob pounding on the Congressional Chamber doors
while police and lawmakers barricaded it with furniture.
Lindsay Wise, et al., “‘The Protesters Are in the Building.’ Inside the
Capitol Stormed by a Pro-Trump Mob,” Wall Street Journal, January 6,
2021, accessed May 13, 2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-
protesters-are-in-the-building-inside-the-capitol-stormed-by-a-pro-trump-
mob-11609984654
98 Source for professional photographer taking pictures as the Capitol was
stormed.
Elizabeth Yuko, “He Was Assigned to Photograph a Joint Session of
Congress. The MAGA Mob Had Other Plans,” Rolling Stone, January 8,
2021, accessed May 13, 2021,
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/saul-loeb-
maga-insurrection-riot-richard-barnett-photographs-1111717/
99 Source for the one member of the MAGA mob who got shot, Ashli Babbitt.
Gina Heeb, “Capitol Police Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt in Jan. 6 Riot
Won’t Face Criminal Charges,” Forbes, April 14, 2021, accessed May 13,
2021,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ginaheeb/2021/04/14/capitol-police-
officer-involved-in-ashli-babbitt-shooting-wont-face-criminal-
charges/?sh=26bbdd1e24d9
100 Source for police officers who took selfies and gave directions to the mob.
Nick Pearson, “Two Capitol Police officers suspended for posing for
selfies as colleagues assaulted,” 9 News Australia, January 12, 2021,
accessed May 13, 2021, https://www.9news.com.au/world/capitol-
police-officers-suspended-selfies-washington-dc-congress-riots-
insurrection/98422c82-4748-40dc-b8b6-3be523ff6e45
101 Footage of inside the storming when police officer meekly whined while
QAnon Shaman sat at the head of the Senate Chamber.
Luke Mogelson, “A Reporter’s Footage From Inside the Capitol Siege,” The
New Yorker, January 17, 2021, accessed May 13, 2021,
https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-
from-inside-the-capitol-siege
102 Source for Capitol police ordered not to use lethal force.
Colleen Long, et al, “Capitol police were overrun, ‘left naked’ against
rioters.” AP News, January 10, 2021, accessed May 13, 2021,
https://apnews.com/article/politics-police-riots-michael-pence-capitol-
siege-c3a5973a68c699ff6a57cdd76d675e29
103 Footage of inside the storming when mob threatened police with the
larger mob outside.
Luke Mogelson, “A Reporter’s Footage From Inside the Capitol Siege,” The
New Yorker, January 17, 2021, accessed May 13, 2021,
https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-
from-inside-the-capitol-siege .
104 Source for the various warning signs about the MAGA protest that
Capitol police missed.
Logan Jaffe, et al. “Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The
Police Weren’t Ready.” ProPublica, January 7, 2021, accessed May 13,
2021, https://www.propublica.org/article/capitol-rioters-planned-for-
weeks-in-plain-sight-the-police-werent-ready
105 List of some of the other riots in America in 2020.
Stephanie Pagones, “Protests, riots that gripped America in 2020,” Fox
News, December 29, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protests-riots-nationwide-america-
2020
106 Source for Washington D.C.’ August 2020 riot.
Allie Manheimer, “More than 40 arrests made for rioting in Adams
Morgan,” WDVM Washington D.C. News, August 14, 2020, accessed May
4, 2021, https://www.localdvm.com/news/washington-dc/more-than-
40-arrests-made-for-rioting-in-adams-morgan/
107 Source for Washington D.C.’s May-June riot.
Staff, “Fires, Looting, Tear Gas: D.C. in Turmoil Following 3rd Night of
Protests,” NBC Washington, May 31, 2020, accessed May 4, 2021,
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/3rd-day-george-floyd-
protests-washington-dc/2318177/
108 Source D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote a letter opposing the law-
enforcement and national Guard deployments during BLM protests.
Nicky Robertson, “Mayor Muriel Bowser joins protesters: ‘We all should
be watching what’s happening in Washington, D.C.,’” CNN, June 6, 2020,
accessed May 13, 2021,
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/politics/muriel-bowser-joins-
saturday-protestors/index.html
109 Source D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote a letter opposing the police and
National Guard deployments the night before the MAGA protests.
Justine Coleman, “Bowser to DOJ, Pentagon: D.C. isn’t asking for federal
law enforcement to assist with protests,” The Hill, January 5, 2021,
accessed May 13, 2021,
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532739-bowser-to-doj-
pentagon-dc-isnt-requesting-federal-law-enforcement-to
110 Source for federal agencies offered assistance to Capitol police before
The Event but were turned down.
Colleen Long, et al. “Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell
mob,” AP News, January 7, 2021, accessed May 13, 2021,
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-reject-federal-help-
9c39a4ddef0ab60a48828a07e4d03380
111 Further documentation of the anti-police sentiment of the BLM
protests/riots influencing Mayor Bowser’s approach to policing at The
Event.
Laurel Wamsley, “What we Know So Far: A Timeline of Security
Response At The Capitol On Jan. 6,” NPR, January 15, 2021, accessed May
13, 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/956842958/what- we-
know-so-far-a-timeline-of-security-at-the-capitol-on-january-6
112 Source for a police officer asking to borrow the QAnon Shaman’s
bullhorn, and being refused.
Richard Ruelas, “Prosecutors Say Jake Angeli left threatening note for
Pence in Capitol raid: judge orders him to D.C. for trial,” Arizona Republic,
January 15, 2021, accessed May 13 2021,
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-
breaking/2021/01/15/jake-angeli-qanon-shaman-capitol-raid-left-
threat-mike-pence/4176155001/
113 Source for Trump’s tweet to mob that said both “go home” and “we love
you, you’re very special.”
CBS Baltimore Staff. “‘We Love You, You’re Very Special’: President
Trump Tweets Message, Later Removed To Rioters Storming The U.S.
Capitol,” CBS Baltimore, January 6, 2021, accessed May 14, 2021,
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/01/06/its-time-to-go-home-now-
president-trump-tweets-message-to-supporters-storming-the-u-s-
capitol/
114 Source for Trump permanently banned from Twitter, even if he runs for
office again.
Haley Messenger, “Twitter to uphold permanent ban against Trump,
even if he were to run for office again,” NBC News, February 10, 2021,
accessed May 14, 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-
news/twitter-uphold-permanent-ban-against-trump-even-if-he-were-
n1257269
115 List of all social media platforms Trump is banned from as of 5/5/2021.
Cristiano Lima, “Social Media: Where Trump is welcome – and where
he’s still banned,” Politico, May 5, 2021, accessed May 15, 2021,
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/where-trump-can-and-
cant-post-on-social-media-facebook-twitter-485343
116 Source for President Trump’s two “stay peaceful” tweets.
Katherine Barner, “No Violence; President Trump asks protesters to
respect the law,” January 6, 2021, accessed May 14, 2021,
https://www.khq.com/news/no-violence-president-trump-asks-
protesters-to-respect-the-law/article_307bda1e-5055-11eb-8141-
83c9341608f6.html
117 Source for Trump telling members of Congress “I guess these people are
more upset about the election than you are,” over the phone while Congress
was being evacuated.
Jordan Williams, “Trump told McCarthy that rioters ‘more upset about
the election than you are’: report,” The Hill, February 12, 2021, accessed
May 14, 2021, https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538714-trump-
told-mccarthy-that-rioters-more-upset-about-the-election-than-you-
are
118 Source for Trump and his lawyers making multiple phone calls to
members of Congress to get them to change their votes, even as they were
being evacuated.
Sunlen Serfaty, et al., “As Riot Raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call
senators to overturn election,” CNN, January 8, 2021, accessed May 14,
2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/mike-lee-tommy-
tuberville-trump-misdialed-capitol-riot/index.html
119 Source for the person who made homemade bombs.
Tim Mak, and Dina Temple-Raston, “What We Know About the Suspect
Who Planted Bombs Before the Capitol Riot,” NPR, April 14, 2021,
accessed May 14, 2021, https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-
news/2021/04/14/what-we-know-about-the-suspect-who-planted-
bombs-before-the-capitol-riot
120 Example of a news story saying the manatee had Trump “carved” on its
back.
David Mathews, “Federal officials investigating after manatee found
with ‘Trump’ carved on back,” New York Daily News, January 11, 2021,
accessed May 11, 2021,
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-manatee-trump-
carved-back-20210111-frkpork34bgahfmhsm5tay37om-story.html
121 Source for the news media reporting that the guy brought flex-cuffs with
him for premeditated reasons, even though his own prosecutors admitted
he found them inside.
Glen Greenwald, “The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread
About the Capitol Riot,” Glen Greenwald Substack, February 16, 2021,
accessed May 11, 2021, https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-
and-exaggerated-claims
122 Source for photo of the zip-tie guy.
You know what? I REALLY wish I’d screenshotted this, because when I first
saved the link, I could have sworn it was a fact-check article claiming to
prove the guy “brought” zip-ties, which is false. When I checked the article
again it said he was “with” zip-ties which is true. I swear it didn’t used to say
that. Probably when people like Glen Greenwald started complaining about
no one getting their facts right, they finally adjusted it, but the correct thing
to do in that situation is draw attention to the fact that made a mistake and
are issuing a correction, you’re not supposed to change it and hope no one
noticed, that makes it hard for people to keep the real truth straight. I could
just be remembering it wrong, but it was only a couple weeks ago and I recall
it so distinctly… this little incident is a good example of the ethereal nature
of truth in the early 2020s.
Image: Getty Image News #1294932395
Jordan Liles, “Do Photos Show Rioters with Zip Cuffs at US Capitol?”
Snopes, January 8, 2021, accessed May 11, 2021,
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zip-cuffs-capitol-riots/ =
123 Source for Federal prosecutors claiming they had “strong evidence” of a
kidnapping plot only to claim a week later they had “no direct evidence.”
Mark Mester, “No ‘direct evidence’ of plot to kidnap or kill lawmakers in
U.S. Capitol attack: Official,” Associated Press, January 15, 2021, accessed
May 15, 2021, https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/mob-that-stormed-
capitol-aimed-to-capture-and-assassinate-elected-officials-federal-
prosecutors/
124 The false story that a police officer was beaten to death with a fire
extinguisher being repeated during President Trump’s second
impeachment.
Jamie Raskin, et al., “Trial Memorandum of the United States House of
Representatives in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J Trump,”
accessed May 11, 2021,
https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/house_trial_brief_final.pdf?u
tm_campaign=5706-519
125 Body of the officer “beaten to death with fire extinguisher” lay in state
in Capitol.
Brakkton Booker, “Lawmakers Honor Slain Capitol Police Officer Brain
Sicknick in Rotunda,” NPR, February 3, 2021, accessed May 11, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-
capitol/2021/02/03/963598638/lawmakers-honor-slain-capitol-
police-officer-brian-sicknick-in-rotunda
126 The false story that a police officer was beaten to death with a fire
extinguisher being repeated during President Trump’s second
impeachment.
Raskin, Jamie et al. “Trial Memorandum of the United States House of
Representatives in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J Trump,”
https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/house_trial_brief_final.pdf?u
tm_campaign=5706-519. Accessed May 11, 2021
127 Body of the officer “beaten to death with fire extinguisher” lay in state
in Capitol.
Booker, Brakkton. “Lawmakers Honor Slain Capitol Police Officer Brain
Sicknick in Rotunda,” NPR, February 3 2021,
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-
capitol/2021/02/03/963598638/lawmakers-honor-slain-capitol-
police-officer-brian-sicknick-in-rotunda. Accessed May 11, 2021
128 Glen Greenwald’s excellent piece about the various ways The Media lied
and exaggerated the Capitol Riots. Which again, is WEIRD, ‘cause they
were already bad, there was no need to lie about them.
Glen Greenwald, “The False Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About
the Capitol Riot,” Glen Greenwald Substack, accessed May 12, 2021,
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and- exaggerated-claims
129 Source for “no evidence of blunt for trauma” in death of an officer
“beaten to death with fire extinguisher.”
Hsu, Spencer and Hermann, Peter. “Capitol Police Office Brian Sicknick
died of stroke one day after Jan. 6 riot, D.C. chief medical examiner
rules,” April 19 2021, Accessed May 11 2021
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/capitol-police-officer-
brian-sicknick-died-of-stroke-one-day-after-jan-6-riot-d-c-chief-
medical-examiner-rules/.
130 Source for cause of death for Brian Sicknick.
Wise, Alana. “Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Died Of Natural Causes, Medical Examiner Rules,” April 19, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes-medical-examiner-ru