There's no doubt that the police could have prevented the "capitol insurrection," after all, they routinely provide much more security for many other protests and never let them get that far! Some of the most obvious recent examples include the Black Lives Matter protests that have been going on for years, including the protest at the Lincoln Memorial where the National Guard was called in last June, pictured above.
For some reason, even though the police seized at least a dozen fire arms, and suspected there were more, two pipe bombs Molotov cocktails, a crossbow, and several other weapons, few if any of the protesters were brandishing guns and the only shots fired, that I know of, were fired by the police, which killed Ashli Babbit, an unarmed protester. The police were incredibly incompetent at stopping them from raiding the Capitol with few if any firearms;yet, they were incredibly effective at seizing large amounts of weapons with little or no violence. They claim there were almost certainly many more weapons they never found, yet no one brandished them or attempted to kill anyone, even though the media tells us that's exactly what they intended to do.
There were also a large percentage of veterans involved in the insurrection, including at least one or two from military intelligence organizations, which should be called espionage organizations, and at least thirty-nine cops, from at least eighteen states among the protesters or rioters, and at least one Capitol police officer that seemed sympathetic to the rioters, even posing for a selfie with them. At least two Capitol police officers were suspended, including the one that took a selfie with a protester, and ten others investigated.
Not surprisingly this has led some people to believe that this may have been an inside job, with some justification, including the following article, although there is a possibility that, if there was a conspiracy to allow the raiding of the Capitol, it could actually be much larger:
The unprotected Capitol was an inside job| COMMENTARY by Robert Benjamin 01/11/2021
Almost 50 years ago, in May 1971, Vietnam War protest leaders called for “May Day” protests in Washington, D.C. If the federal government would not stop the war, then the nation’s capital would be brought to a standstill — by non-violently clogging its major intersections with thousands of sitting protesters. That seemed like a grand idea to some college buddies and me. We didn’t think twice about driving to the district to join in.
It didn’t seem like a good idea, however, to the federal government under President Nixon. At least 10,000 military troops (including 4,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Battalion) and an almost like number of federal agents and police from the District and surrounding jurisdictions were waiting for us and the estimated 40,000 other protesters that initially amassed.
I saw no unruly acts by protesters, but on the first big day of protests — Monday, May 3 — tear gas was widely deployed and security forces drove motorcycles at those of us sitting in the streets, forcing many of us to jump to our feet. Many were chased and detained while just walking on the District’s sidewalks.
We then were quickly herded into smaller groups to board dozens of yellow school buses waiting nearby, to be driven to and corralled in the Washington Coliseum and a large, fenced football field next to RFK Stadium. In all, more than 12,600 people were arrested that day and over the next two days — distressingly swiftly and efficiently, albeit illegally in most cases. I and many others were charged with disorderly conduct, charges that largely were dismissed.
My point is this: When it comes to dealing with even just potentially unruly protesters in the District — let alone insurrectionists, such as we saw Wednesday at the Capitol — federal authorities have firmly had a playbook for a half century or more. (Their actions in 1971 were outlined in a federal plan, dubbed “Operation Garden Plot,” developed in the 1960s to combat potential civil disorders.)
There now are widespread calls for a much a needed investigation into how the domestic terrorists could so easily have entered the Capitol to cause mayhem. And there are repeated comparisons to the overwhelming responses of authorities to much more recent and peaceful protests than the “May Day” actions, such as those by Black Lives Matter and climate activists.
We need an investigation, of course, but there’s likely little mystery here. The head of the Capitol police force and the sergeants of arms of both the Senate and the House have resigned. Indeed, these men appear to have failed in their duties, but the failure to secure the Capitol likely rests at the doorstep of the Defense Department — led by a recently appointed, unqualified toady of President Donald Trump, Christopher Miller — if not the White House.
Not only did the Pentagon not have troops or National Guard units on standby, evidence has emerged that the DOD stalled in responding to urgent requests to send in forces. President Trump claimed Thursday that he called in the National Guard, but reports indicate he didn’t lift a finger in that direction; Vice President Mike Pence eventually had to do it.
And in a news conference Thursday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recounted how he tried in vain to get the top level of the DOD to authorize sending in the Maryland National Guard to counter the insurrection, but they did not even answer his phone calls. Finally, after a long wait, the secretary of the Army gave him authorization, Mr. Hogan said.
The lack of preparation and the delayed response were not mere bureaucratic miscues. They were intentional. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the “Pentagon placed tight limits on the D.C. National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, trying to ensure the use of military force remained constrained,” citing DOD memos issued Monday and Tuesday in advance of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol. Complete article
Almost 50 years ago, in May 1971, Vietnam War protest leaders called for “May Day” protests in Washington, D.C. If the federal government would not stop the war, then the nation’s capital would be brought to a standstill — by non-violently clogging its major intersections with thousands of sitting protesters. That seemed like a grand idea to some college buddies and me. We didn’t think twice about driving to the district to join in.
It didn’t seem like a good idea, however, to the federal government under President Nixon. At least 10,000 military troops (including 4,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Battalion) and an almost like number of federal agents and police from the District and surrounding jurisdictions were waiting for us and the estimated 40,000 other protesters that initially amassed.
I saw no unruly acts by protesters, but on the first big day of protests — Monday, May 3 — tear gas was widely deployed and security forces drove motorcycles at those of us sitting in the streets, forcing many of us to jump to our feet. Many were chased and detained while just walking on the District’s sidewalks.
We then were quickly herded into smaller groups to board dozens of yellow school buses waiting nearby, to be driven to and corralled in the Washington Coliseum and a large, fenced football field next to RFK Stadium. In all, more than 12,600 people were arrested that day and over the next two days — distressingly swiftly and efficiently, albeit illegally in most cases. I and many others were charged with disorderly conduct, charges that largely were dismissed.
My point is this: When it comes to dealing with even just potentially unruly protesters in the District — let alone insurrectionists, such as we saw Wednesday at the Capitol — federal authorities have firmly had a playbook for a half century or more. (Their actions in 1971 were outlined in a federal plan, dubbed “Operation Garden Plot,” developed in the 1960s to combat potential civil disorders.)
There now are widespread calls for a much a needed investigation into how the domestic terrorists could so easily have entered the Capitol to cause mayhem. And there are repeated comparisons to the overwhelming responses of authorities to much more recent and peaceful protests than the “May Day” actions, such as those by Black Lives Matter and climate activists.
We need an investigation, of course, but there’s likely little mystery here. The head of the Capitol police force and the sergeants of arms of both the Senate and the House have resigned. Indeed, these men appear to have failed in their duties, but the failure to secure the Capitol likely rests at the doorstep of the Defense Department — led by a recently appointed, unqualified toady of President Donald Trump, Christopher Miller — if not the White House.
Not only did the Pentagon not have troops or National Guard units on standby, evidence has emerged that the DOD stalled in responding to urgent requests to send in forces. President Trump claimed Thursday that he called in the National Guard, but reports indicate he didn’t lift a finger in that direction; Vice President Mike Pence eventually had to do it.
And in a news conference Thursday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recounted how he tried in vain to get the top level of the DOD to authorize sending in the Maryland National Guard to counter the insurrection, but they did not even answer his phone calls. Finally, after a long wait, the secretary of the Army gave him authorization, Mr. Hogan said.
The lack of preparation and the delayed response were not mere bureaucratic miscues. They were intentional. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the “Pentagon placed tight limits on the D.C. National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, trying to ensure the use of military force remained constrained,” citing DOD memos issued Monday and Tuesday in advance of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol. Complete article
Robert Benjamin wasn't the only one making a case that this insurrection was an inside job; Glynn Wilson cites the same evidence and more in, Inside Job: Were the U.S. Military and Capitol Police Ordered to ‘Stand Down’ to Allow Trump’s Mob to Storm the Capitol? 01/11/2021, to make the case that this was a serious attempt to overthrow the government, although it's hard to imagine they could have possibly believed that it could succeed, even though they did manage to withhold the police or troops necessary to prevent them from getting in. Inevitably within a few hours there were massive amounts of troops capable of repelling the protesters, with little incident; and it should have been considered inevitable that this would happen.
The Oregon Republican Party went even further and called Capitol riot a 'false flag' operation to discredit GOP, silence Trump supporters. 01/26/2021 This claim hardly seems to pass the laugh test; if this was a "false flag" carried out by Democrats or their allies, how could they get Trump to make his speech virtually calling for the insurrection; and how could the Democrats manage to get all these right wingers to invade the Capital? If this was a "false flag" operation they would have had to get the cooperation of the Republicans to help set themselves up.
Most of these theories almost certainly need work if they're close to the truth; however, one absurd thing after another keep happening and the media jumps from one obsession du jour to another, even though they have enough research to show how to prevent many disasters, even if the evidence for a "false flag" is inadequate. So there is enough evidence to show something seriously wrong is going on, either an incredible amount of corruption and incompetence, or perhaps even a real conspiracy, although the details haven't all been exposed.
There's also no doubt that Trump at least partly incited the riot, by denying that he lost for weeks, even though his denials were obvious lies to anyone with a minimal amount of critical thinking, which doesn't include many of his cult followers. If that isn't enough evidence, then his speech on the morning of the riot, Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot 01/13/2021 where he says "Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down. ....... Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
But that doesn't explain why anyone in their right mind would believe anything Donald Trump says, including his claims that he would "drain the swamp," when he did the exact opposite while in office, and his record of massive amounts of scandals before being elected, including "Trump University," where he admitted in court that it was a fraud. Many of them supposedly believed that building a wall between Mexico and the United States would actually solve problems, which was absurd enough, but they also believed that "Mexico is going to pay for it," which of course they didn't. He also claimed during his Jan. 6 speech that, "You know, the wall is built," which was false; most of the wall built happened before he took office, and the majority of construction while he was in office was building replacement walls for sections that needed repair with only about forty-seven miles of new walls.
The truth of the matter is that sociologists have been studying demagogues and how to manipulate the masses for decades, if not thousands of years going back to the days of ancient Rome, Greece and perhaps even Egypt. Modern academic research dates back at least to the fifties or sixties when Irving Janis began studying groupthink and two of his students Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo began studying under him and eventually carried out the "Obedience to Authority" and "Stanford Prison Experiment." I went into these research projects in a couple previous articles including Eli Roth’s Milgram/Obedience experiment much more extensive than most people realize and Philip Zimbardo, Lucifer Effect, Stanford Prison Experiment which explains that they studied why people blindly obeyed authorities and how to prevent it; although they also studied methods to indoctrinate people to ensure they would obey instead of questioning authority. These articles explain that this research was supported by the military and possibly the CIA; however, the military isn't in the practice of teaching cadets to question authority, they're in the practice of teaching blind obedience, and there are clear parallels with this research and boot camp indoctrination tactics, indicating they've been using it for all the wrong reasons.
There may be more of this in Irving Janis "Groupthink: psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascoes" 1982. This research isn't what I would consider adequate to prove that they could carry out a sophisticated "false flag" operation using indoctrination methods; however, if they had done a much better job teaching the general public, not just people in the academic world, how these indoctrination tactics work, they could have made this far less likely and taught people how not to fall for manipulative efforts to teach blind obedience or fall for political demagogues.
There's good reason to believe that the political establishment has learned to create propaganda ensuring that only candidates supported by oligarchs get media coverage and to manipulate crowds and if that doesn't work, rig elections at the polls as I explained previously in Psst, Elections Were Rigged By Oligarchy not Russia & Evidence Was Reported Before It Happened! This article explains that rigging media coverage and elections at the polls is routine, even if I seriously doubt there could be anything to Trump's claims that Biden stole the election from him. The most important way they rig elections is by giving obsession coverage to candidates supported by the establishment years before the election presenting Hillary Clinton as the inevitable nominee, even though she was extremely unpopular, in 2016, and they were in the process or repeating this with Joe Biden at the time of that article, even though he was also extremely unpopular.
This article also explains how Trump used "section leaders" including Mike Pence’s nephew, John Pence to help control and lead the crowds at his rallies. This practice could have been developed with the help of the sociology research by Milgram, Zimbardo, Janis and more from other academics, even if they didn't directly participate in it. Once they do the research, they make it available to others in the academic world so they can do what they want with it to develop indoctrination tactics. There was public evidence indicating the Trump campaign were using this tactic, but it's almost guaranteed that other political campaigns, including Democrats like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have also used these tactics. Even though this may make a "false flag" conspiracy theory a little more likely, most rational skeptics wouldn't consider it adequate evidence, and I wouldn't blame them.
Whether your a skeptic, conspiracy theorist, or a little of both, you should focus on the best research that doesn't rely on possibly unreliable theories to come to conclusions. A good conspiracy theorist should also be a rational skeptic, as I've said in the past, and start with things that can be explained from reliable sources, and perhaps only resorting to conspiracy theories when that isn't adequate to explain unsolved mysteries, which may happen at times. One Trump supporter that has been covered in the traditional media came close to the point when he complained about how the traditional political establishment wasn't helping them going on to say "the only one helping us is us," which may have sounded good to him, although I can't imagine how he came to the conclusion that Trump was helping the working class, since he did as much, if not more as traditional candidates to rig the economy for the wealthy at the expense of the working class. But, when the working class fell for one political scam after another they were looking for someone to help them and fell for Trump's demagoguery. If the traditional political establishment did far more to address legitimate social concerns Trump's supporters wouldn't have been driven to desperate measures.
If you go to the library or check academic journals or alternative media, you can find some of the best research to solve many social problems; however if you check traditional commercial media or the discussion by the political establishment, it may become clear that they're not paying attention to the best research, instead relying on ideological beliefs to make their decisions and pushing policies that rig the economy for wealthy campaign donors, while ignoring good research. This isn't an irrational conspiracy theory, since the information leading to this conclusion isn't secret and can be confirmed independently. In many cases we can compare our policies to the policies of other countries which have done a much better job addressing social problems and they have far less problems with crime, poverty, homelessness, extremists like the ones that stormed the Capitol, and many other social problems. They also have a higher quality of life, including access to better education, child care, health care and other social programs that have been very effective, yet our media doesn't report on it.
I've gone into may of these social problems in several previous articles, which often show that we have good research that shows how to solve them, and often evidence to show that programs to solve them are far less expensive than ignoring social problems including Ten Ways To Reduce Violence, Backed Up By Research which explains how reducing child abuse leads to much less violence later in life, improving education, child care reducing poverty & income inequality all help reduce violence. This is all backed up by good research from many academic sources and European countries that base their policies on good science have far less violence than we do. Another article, Must We Hate? Must We Beat Children? explains how early child abuse leads to increased amount of racism, and the same argument can be made that if we reduce child abuse extremists like those that stormed the Capitol would be far less likely, yet this research isn't in the mainstream media or used to make political decisions.
In Machiavellian Ideology Ignores Real Science; I explained how Portugal has shown that it's far less expensive to treat drug addiction than it is to criminalize it and Finland has shown it's far less expensive to house the homeless than to deal with the social consequences afterwards, and there's additional research from within the United States to show these policies are more effective, yet, once again this research isn't covered by mainstream media and policies aren't based on it. In Epidemic of abandoned babies & possibly mothers I explained how we have the research available to reduce abandoned children or desperate parents that go to even worse extremes and kill their own child, which is also ignored by the media and politicians. In United States Coups & Entrapment of Immigrants I explained how our foreign policy is almost entirely based on lies, and that the traditional media often admits it for brief periods of times, although they do so for one incident at a time as if it's isolated before going back to deceptive propaganda presenting our country as the leader of the free world. The traditional media practically never reports on the fact that many of these "illegal aliens" are forced into desperation by coups and wars inspired by our own government, which means they're victims of our politicians, not criminals as the media often portrays them, which also contributes to problems with crime or prejudices by right wing extremists.
There's also overwhelming evidence to show that the political establishment has been far easier on white supremicists, even when they're much more violent, than they are on Balack Lives Matter, envirnmentalists, Occuppy Wall Street, and many other progressive protesters. And this is bipartisan enforcement, which included many protests during the Obama administration. Amazingly, even President Biden agreed with this, although he declined to remind people of how the police cracked down on many protesters while he was vice president. This wasn't limited to the response to the Capitol riots; white supremicists also faced much less resistance in several protests at State Capitols, including one at the Michigan State Capitol a few months ago.
All of this is backed up by credible evidence which the media practically never covers. There should be plenty that progressives and skeptics can agree on that needs to be reformed; yet, there's little or no help from the political establishment which is constantly ignoring, or worse suppressing the best research showing how to solve social problems and make these riots and political instability far less common. Not surprisingly many conspiracy theorists have concluded that the political establishment is intentionally encouraging instability as an excuse to clamp down on our civil rights.
This doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a real far-fetched conspiracy, of some sort, though; perhaps, considering the non-stop insanity from the political establishment, when many of them must know how to avoid many of these disasters indicates that there really is one. Furthermore, there's no doubt that all the most powerful institutions controlling our society are controlled by a fraction of one percent of the public, and they routinely rig the economy in their own favor, while the working class often fights among themselves.
Another major issue to consider is that rigging the economy to such a bizarre extreme in their own favor does little or nothing to improve their own quality of life. It's as if they're only interested in "power for the sake of power" as George Orwell said in 1984, even if it inevitably destroys the entire society, including the rich, which is it will with the epidemic amount of environmental destruction they're profiting from and many other social problems that will even help destroy the wealthy eventually.
Are those controlling our society suicidal? They have to know that they have to reverse Climate Change and repair the environment in at least a large enough part of the world to save themselves, yet tehy're not doing this. Biden recently sounded like he was going to act despite a long record of doing the opposite, but, not surprisingly he already began approving more oil drilling raising doubts about this.
What ever their motive might be, it must be huge. What could be so important that the oligarchs would allow this much insanity?
One theory I came up with is based on the possibility that they may being influenced by aliens who according to Philip Corso, author of "The Day After Roswell," have been provided technology which he allegedly helped reverse engineer by sharing with many large corporations. If this is the case then that is having a major impact on every aspect of our society and it's giving an enormous amount of political power to those that control the technology which is being used to corrupt our government. It also means that these people know how to avoid all this insanity and much more, yet choose not to. This would of course lead to many other questions, which may require inside information to answer, but it might be a start to explain what's going on.
Furthermore, if these aliens do exist, and if they've been here for thousands of years, which some evidence shows is a possibility, then there might be a possibility they've influenced our early development, including religion and some of the alleged prophecies including Revelations. Most theories about this are seriously flawed, however, after going into some more rational conspiracy theories in Yes Virginia There Is A Trump And Clinton Conspiracy I acknowledged that there were a surprising number of similarities in 2016 between the presidential elections, which were insane and some of the things in the book of revelations, although there were also many flaws. If you Google "Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?" you'll find that many other people raised the same questions, although they came up with different theories with many more flaws of their own. Yet, what ever is going on, the Trump presidency has been even more insane since then, often with more similarities to biblical prophecy instead of exposing this theory for the fraud that it should be; therefore, even though there are still serious flaws with it, I can't completely rule out the possibility that some of it might be close to the truth.
In another article, Is Trump A Massive CIA PsyOp?, I followed up on this theory with some additional details, including some speculation by Caitlin Johnstone that QAnon might actually be a CIA PsyOp. If this is the case then it increases the possibility that this really was a stage "false flag" conspiracy of some sort, for some bizarre reason, which would have to be enormous. If that enormous reason does exist, and it's not related to sharing of alien technology, then I can't imagine what it could be; the ones other conspiracy theorist have come up with don't stand up to scrutiny.
If there is something to this bizarre conspiracy theory, then one of the possibilities that I've considered in previous articles is the possibility that they've been conducting an enormous amount of research on many things, including developing computer technology, propulsion to travel through space, medical research, possibly even including manipulating DNA and weather control research. If that's the case, and if they're intentionally allowing Climate Change as a result of this, then there's a possibility they may want to reverse it when, and only when, it suits their own purposes. If this is the case they're playing an insane game of chicken with the survival of this planet.
With or without this bizarre conspiracy theory there should be no doubt that we have to do far more to protect the environment and reverse the damage being done by Climate Change and other forms of environmental destruction. For a couple days it seemed as if Biden might be planning on doing far more to protect the environment than his past record indicated we could expect. But instead of backing up his words with action he already indicated he would continue expanding drilling.
Focusing on the best available science on any given subject should be considered a good idea, whether you're a skeptic or open minded enough to consider some conspiracy theories; however, the best science on any given subject is almost completely absent from traditional media and the political discussion. This is why more people need to look to other sources, including libraries, academic journals and alternative media. It's also why, even skeptics shouldn't rush to dismiss the more rational conspiracy theories, since there has to be a good reason why the media isn't covering good science and politicians aren't basing decisions on it.
The following are some additional sources or related articles:
Should we call Donald Trump “antichrist”? 06/09/2020
The false prophet in the White House 08/22/2019
Here’s How We’d Really Know That Trump Is the Antichrist 08/21/2019
Activists Cite Difference Between BLM Protests, Capitol Breach 01/11/2021
Police response to violent DC mob criticized, compared to crackdown on BLM protests 01/07/2021
Capitol police treatment of Trump rioters underscores America's racist reality 01/07/2021
$1 Million Bail Reduced To $50K In WCU Student, Taylor Enterline, Arson Case 09/17/2020
Another White Supremacist, Riley June Williams, Walks Free After Storming The U.S. Capitol 01/21/2021
The Cops at the Capitol - The Appeal 01/13/2021
Surprise, Surprise: Off-Duty Cops From All Over the Country Were in D.C. During Capitol Coup Attempt 01/10/2021
2 Capitol Police officers suspended and at least 10 more under investigation for alleged roles in riot 01/11/2021
Houston cop arrested for storming the US Capitol insists he just wanted to view 'art on the walls' 01/21/2021
Pentagon placed limits on D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests due to narrow mission 01/07/2021
FBI, Homeland Security, White House Advisers Foresaw Possible Riots, Looked the Other Way 01/06/2021
Police seize firearms from Black men at Virginia rally for gun rights 01/18/2021
Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits, Calling Them ‘Moot’ 01/25/2021
“Sense of Entitlement”: Rioters Faced Few Consequences Invading State Capitols. No Wonder They Turned to the U.S. Capitol Next. 01/19/2021
Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready. 01/07/2021
Man who punched cop during Capitol riot has brother in Secret Service who is friends with Michelle Obama, the Huffington Post has revealed 01/24/2021
I have a lot of questions about what happened today, but among them is why does it appear the police simply opened the barricades for these protestors? 01/06/2021
The storming of Capitol Hill was organized on social media. 01/06/2021
Before Mob Stormed the Capitol, Days of Security Planning Involved Cabinet Officials and President Trump 01/09/2021
Army investigates psyops officer for role in Washington on day of Capitol riot 01/11/2021
Officer resigns as Army investigates her involvement in Washington rally that led to U.S. Capitol riot 01/11/2021
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds 01/14/2021
Off-duty Virginia police officers arrested, accused of storming US Capitol 01/14/2021
A police officer arrested after the pro-Trump assault on the Capitol is also a current member of the US military 01/14/2021
A Former Marine Stormed the Capitol as Part of a Far-Right Militia 01/14/2021 Last week’s storming of the Capitol attracted a wide range of people, but at least some of the individuals who made it into the building’s inner chambers appear to be members of militia groups, acting with a degree of coördination. Wearing tactical gear, they moved in an organized fashion, using handheld radios and headsets to communicate. Far-right groups at the Capitol included the Oath Keepers, the Three Percenters, the Proud Boys, and the Boogaloo Bois, as well as smaller local organizations.
Investigators pursuing signs US Capitol riot was planned 01/14/2021
Off-Duty Police Officers Investigated, Charged With Participating In Capitol Riot 01/15/2021
2 National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Duty After Militia Links Found 01/19/2021
12 Army National Guard members removed from inauguration duty 01/19/2021
Militia group suspects and Army Reservist charged in Capitol riot 01/18/2021
FBI: Texas man threatened to shoot family if they reported him going in U.S. Capitol 01/18/2021 One of them, Air Force veteran Larry Brock Jr. of Grapevine, told The New Yorker that President Donald Trump's loss in the presidential election in November was fraudulent, a position that is not supported by evidence.
Texas man in Capitol riot allegedly threatened to kill his kids if they turned him in: ‘Traitors get shot’ 01/1/2021 Jessica Watkins, a 38-year-old bartender and Army veteran who was arrested on Saturday, founded the “Ohio State Regular Militia,” a unit of the Oath Keepers, the FBI said.
Here are the North Texans accused of taking part in the riot at the US Capitol 01/18/2021 One video posted by that account featured a man in a Veterans for Trump hat saying, “Why don’t all of us veterans get together and have our own protest?” Larry Brock, a former lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, entered the Capitol building wearing a green helmet, green tactical vest with patches, and a black and camo jacket, according to FBI agents. They believe he was holding white flex cuffs, which are used by law enforcement to restrain and/or detain people.
Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military 01/21/2021
Police Are Three Times More Likely to Use Force Against the Left, Data Shows 01/14/2021
Trump supporters protest at statehouses across the U.S. as Capitol Hill demonstrations turn violent 01/06/2021
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant 01/27/2021
Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot 01/13/2021 Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. ....... And think of what you’re doing. Let’s say you don’t do it. Somebody says, “Well, we have to obey the Constitution." And you are, because you’re protecting our country and you’re protecting the Constitution. So you are. ........ You know, the wall is built. ...... So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol, and we’re going to try and give.
January 6th. Mr. President, Here We Come! 12/19/2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/169820826815643/permalink/1134665566997826/?comment_id=1134739543657095 Dubhthaigh Mehen Zachery I know that i personally reported it to the FBI who said they were very well aware of this particular board & would be monitoring closely...But from the sound of it someone high up in DC made sure they had little to no opposition...coupled with the video of cops helping “protesters” around the barricades & the stark contrast between the BLM rally some years back in the exact same place where 14,000 arrests were made vs just 13 during the events yesterday & a total of only 52 by the end of the day & I think it’s pretty obvious that the police are absolutely complicit & partially to blame for what took place...they no longer protect us & I now know that they would’ve allowed us to become a banana republic had trump gotten even just four more years! It’s way last time to defund the police nation wide!!!
A Newly Elected West Virginia Delegate Was Part Of The Pro-Trump Mob That Stormed The Capitol 01/06/2021
West Virginia Delegate Derrick Evans Films Self Breaking Into Capitol With Rioters 01/06/2021
Authorities Identify Woman, Ashli E. Babbitt, Killed By Police During U.S. Capitol Rioting 01/07/2021
Was it worth your jobs? Insurance firm fires lawyer who stormed the Capitol while marketing company sacks MAGA fan who walked through the chambers with his work LANYARD around his neck 01/07/2021 Goosehead Insurance later said Texas lawyer Paul Davis, who livestreamed his actions outside the building, was no longer employed by the company.
For Police, MAGA Insurrectionists Weren’t A Threat. Black Lives Matter Was. 01/08/2021
Video shows Oregon Rep. Mike Nearman open Capitol door to far-right demonstrators 01/08/2021
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results 01/07/2021
FBI raids the homes and offices of several Tennessee Republicans: report 01/08/2021
Details emerge of high-level state involvement in Wednesday’s coup attempt 01/08/2021
Fascinatingly, the Defense Department is referring to Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot as “the January 6, 2021 1st Amendment Protests.” 01/09/2021 https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/08/2002562063/-1/-1/1/PLANNING-AND-EXECUTION-TIMELINE-FOR-THE-NATIONAL-GUARDS-INVOLVEMENT-IN-THE-JANUARY-6-2021-FIRST-AMENDMENT-PROTESTS-IN-WASHINGTON-DC.pdf
CEO says breaching Capitol was ‘single worst’ decision of his life 01/08/2021
Pentagon War Game Included Scenario of Gen Z Protests 06/05/2020
On Trump’s “Border Ruffians” January 2021
A Coup Attempt and a Fascist Riot: What Does it Mean for the United States? 01/09/2021
5 Dead, 82 Arrested In Total Including 11 Marylanders After U.S. Capitol Riot 01/08/2021
Ron Paul Blocked From Accessing Facebook Page Over Violating 'Community Standards' 01/1/2021
'What the Hell Happened?': Bowman Introduces COUP Act to Investigate Pro-Trump Mob's Capitol Attack 01/12/2021 According to a person familiar with the warning, "Some Capitol Hill staffers were told by supervisors to not come into work that day, if possible, because it seemed the danger level would be higher than a lot of prior protests," the newspaper reported. Despite this warning, "Capitol Police did not take the kind of extra precautions, such as frozen zones and hardened barriers, that are typically used in major events around the Capitol." On Monday, the Post reported that "several U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended and more than a dozen others are under investigation for suspected involvement with or inappropriate support" for last week's deadly riot at the Capitol. Politico reporter Caitlin Emma tweeted that one of the suspended officers took "the now infamous selfie" and another "wore a MAGA hat while directing rioters."
As scrutiny intensifies over deadly U.S. Capitol riots, Marylanders delete photos, social media trails 01/12/2021
Lawmakers gave groups ‘reconnaissance’ tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic representative says 01/13/2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she feared GOP lawmakers would lead rioters to her: ‘I thought I was going to die’ 01/13/2021
What the Capitol insurgency reveals about white supremacy and law enforcement 01/12/2021
Panic buttons in Ayanna Pressley's office were 'torn out' ahead of Capitol riot, chief of staff says 01/13/2021
Chaos agent: Right-wing blames US Capitol riot on notorious instigator banished by Black Lives Matter 01/12/2021
“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years 01/14/2021
Enough Ammunition to Shoot Every Member of the House and Senate 01/15/2021
Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them 01/14/2021
The Texas woman who took a private jet to D.C. to 'storm the Capitol' has been charged 01/15/2021
AP finds most arrested in protests aren’t leftist radicals 10/20/2020
FBI charges Florida veteran with plotting armed confrontation of state Capitol protesters 01/15/2021
Communications director for Rep. Boebert resigns following Capitol siege 01/16/2021
Seattle police union leader blames the Capitol riot on Black Lives Matter. He needs to go - NOW 01/12/2021
US Capitol riot: police have long history of aiding neo-Nazis and extremists 01/16/2021
'I feel wronged': US Capitol rioter asks Donald Trump for pardon after arrest – video 01/16/2021
'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons 01/16/2021
Researchers: More Than a Dozen Extremist Groups Took Part in Capitol Riots 01/16/2021
Among the many things lost in the Capitol Hill riot of January 6th was a clear message from the protestors. 01/16/2021 Video with CC
Capitol rioter plotted to sell stolen Pelosi laptop to Russian intelligence 01/18/2021
‘I Am Such an Instigator’: Oath Keeper Leader Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riots 01/19/2021
Mounting evidence of GOP reps aiding Capitol invasion 01/14/2021
Justice Department open to pursuing charges against Trump in inciting riot 01/07/2021
Don't expect charges against Trump or allies for inciting Capitol siege, say DOJ officials 01/08/2021
Hours After Biden’s Inauguration, Gun-Toting Trump Backer with Extremist Website Charged and Kept in Jail for Capitol Siege 01/20/2021
Army now acknowledges the brother of Michael Flynn was a part of Army response to Capitol riot 01/21/2021
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert gave Capitol tour to ‘large’ group before the riots, Democratic lawmaker says 01/19/2021
Now Even the QAnon Shaman Disowns Trump: I Was Duped 01/22/2021
'Stop the Steal' organizer Ali Alexander says 3 GOP congressmen helped him plan the rally that preceded the storming of the Capitol 01/14/2021
Why veterans of the military and law enforcement joined the Capitol insurrection 01/15/2021
Watchdog Says Organizer of Capitol Protest Turned Riot 'Received Explicit Support' from 2 GOP Reps. 01/22/2021
Trump Campaign Paid $2.7 Million To People, Firms That Planned Rally Sparking Capitol Riot 01/22/2021
Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General 01/22/2021
“Unprecedented” Anti-Protest Push in State Legislatures 01/21/2021 “We expected to see some bills this month, as state legislatures reconvened, but the number of bills and their severity is still shocking.”
Rioters breached US Capitol security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protesters on DC streets last year 01/10/2021
DOJ Reportedly Considers Not Charging All Capitol Rioters, Sparking Outrage 01/23/2021 Federal officials are privately considering whether it's feasible to charge all the rioters who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a report in The Washington Post that prompted outrage online from critics wondering if those charged are being coddled because of their race.
Corrections Officer Charged In Riot Texted From Capitol: ‘We’re Inside Hahaha’ 01/23/2021
After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups 01/24/2021
Police seized alarming number of weapons on Capitol rioters, court documents show 01/16/2021
Feds say police found a pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol insurrection as wide-ranging investigation unfurls 01/09/2021
Where Was Security When A Pro-Trump Mob Stormed The Capitol? 01/07/2021
Stun guns, 'stinger whips' and a crossbow: What police found on the Capitol protesters 01/13/2021 Snell, a private security guard himself, had a handgun in his backpack in the back seat. .... Richard Barnett, who went viral after he was photographed lounging at the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was carrying a stun gun on his belt, according to federal prosecutors.
52 arrested, 6 weapons recovered at U.S. Capitol riot 01/06/2021
4 dead, explosive devices seized: All you need to know about US Capitol chaos 01/07/2021
The FBI can't investigate white extremism until it first investigates itself 01/26/2021
Fact check: Did Capitol Police let mob of Trump supporters in? 01/08/2021
Did police let the Capitol mob into the building? 01/07/2021
Multiple States Will Be Filing Criminal Charges Against Trump Now That He’s No Longer President: Report 01/19/2021
Full text of "The Lucifer Effect Understanding How Good People Turn Evil" 2007 by Philip Zimbardo
Full text of Stanley Milgram "Obedience to Authority"
Biden Admin Issues 30+ Drilling Permits 01/27/2021
Republican ties to extremist groups under scrutiny 01/29/2021 Rep. Paul Gosar & Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama,
Horned Viking ‘Shaman’ Who Stormed Capitol Now Willing To Testify Against Trump 01/29/2021
Key arrests so far from the Capitol riot 01/15/2021
Trump, Rothschilds, Rockefellers, CIA, Mossad, Mafia 12/11/2019
A detailed background on Trump 01/10/2020
‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy 01/29/2021
QAnon: Why We Have the CIA Partly to Thank for the Craziest Conspiracy Theory Yet 08/09/2018
The Fourth Beast: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist? by Lawrence Moelhauser 2016
