Panic! at the Disco: The Jan. 6 Event (WIW 12)

EPISODE 101 | Panic! at the Disco: The Jan. 6 Event (World Is Weird 12)

On January 6, 2021 at 12:53 EST, a mass of people overwhelmed police on the west side of the US Capitol Building in Washington DC. At 2:11, a window was broken, and they entered the building. What followed was a bizarre scene, with some happy to just wander around, while others had more active plans. When it was over, 5 people were dead, 138 law enforcement personnel were injured (15 needing hospitalization), and an untold number of civilians were also injured. Eventually, more than 1100 people would be charged with various crimes committed that day. 

What exactly happened here? Whatever you want to call it, it was fueled by conspiracy theories and conspiracy thinking. And it also engendered CTs of its own. The conspirasphere had finally run amok. 

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SECTIONS

1. 03:21 - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Sept. 29, 2020 "stand back and stand by", #stopthesteal, white supremacists and other militia asshats make plans for the Nov. 3 election, they set their eyes on the "innauguration" (sic), the Million MAGA March, Women for America First, Proud Boys leader Tarrio makes a mistake on Dec. 12
2. 09:39 - High Hopes - Trump and Barr spar, Dec. 14 looms large, firings and hirings, shouts and insults, the #wildprotest is announced on Dec. 19, plans are made to meet on Jan. 6, pressure on Pence, threats of a "red wedding"
3. 19:48 - Vices & Virtues - Trump calls Raffensperger on Jan. 2, Trump gets conflicting advice, Tarrio gets arrested on Jan. 4, bombs are planted, Trump sets up a war room at the Intercontinental Willard, Trump really doesn't want to leave office and rewrites his upcoming speech
4. 25:50 - Mad as Rabbits - Jan. 6, 8:17am-2:39pm: the "rally", Giuliani talks, an extraordinary video is shown, arrests are plan and plans are laid, Trump gives his speech, the crowd finds inspiration, Trump tries to take the wheel, Proud Boys head to the Capitol, crowds follow, help is asked for, the crowd surges, the building is breached, police are attacked
5. 38:44 - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage - 2:44pm-3:49am: things get even uglier, help starts trickling in, attempts are still made to block certification, things finally get sorted
6. 43:08 - Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Repercussions aplenty, dramatis personae, prison sentences with Tarrio the leader of the pack
7. 48:57 - Emperor's New Clothes - What the heck were they all thinking? Apologist narratives, including the "false flag" trope

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info

• The January 6 insurrection: Minute-by-minute on CNN
• Capitol riots timeline: What happened on 6 January 2021? on BBC
• A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when on NPR
• A Timeline of the Government's Response on Jan. 6, 2021 on American Oversight
• EXPLAINER: A look at far-right extremists in Jan. 6 riot on AP News
• #StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection on Just Security
• The January 6 Effect: An Evolution of Hate and Extremism on the ADL website
• Read: Full transcript of Donald Trump’s call to Brad Raffensperger on Atlanta News First
• Trump film on the Ellipse Jan. 6 video
• Movie at the Ellipse: A Study in Fascist Propaganda on Just Security
• Did This 2 Min. Video Help Incite the Jan. 6 Rioters? video
• Read Trump's Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial on NPR
• How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection in The Texas Tribune
• The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson on ProPublica
• What Happened to the Jan. 6 Rioters Arrested Since the Capitol Attack on Time
• Full List of Capitol Rioters Jailed So Far and the Sentences They Are Serving in Newsweek
• Trump supporter at center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory: "It's just been hell" on Axios
• Fox News sued by man at centre of Jan 6 conspiracy theory on Al Jazeera
• Conspiracy Theorist Presumed Dead in Explosion During Police Standoff on Vice
• What words should we use to describe what happened in the Capitol? on Poynter
• What the History of the Word “Insurrection” Says About Jan. 6 in Time
• There’s an ongoing battle of words to describe Jan 6, 2021. Here’s why it matters on PBS News
• Has the U.S. Capitol Been Attacked Before? on Gale
• Expert weighs in on why the Capitol riot was not an unusual historical event on Spectrum News 1
• The Capitol Has Been Attacked Before: This Time It Was Different on American University website
• Conspiracy Theories and January 6th on Public Wise
• Conspiracy theories paint fraudulent reality of Jan. 6 riot on PBS News
• A Guide to the Right’s Unhinged Conspiracy Theories about Jan. 6 in Rolling Stone
• January 6 conspiracy theories and debunked claims on The National News

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