{"id":5898,"date":"2026-01-06T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/scott-macfarlane-the-whitewashing-of-jan-6th\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:48:00","slug":"scott-macfarlane-the-whitewashing-of-jan-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/scott-macfarlane-the-whitewashing-of-jan-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott MacFarlane. The Whitewashing of Jan 6th."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Pardons, Pipe Bombs and the Campaign to Make You Forget. Stephen Miller: \u201cGreenland Should be Part of the US\u201d What About the War Crimes? Maduro Arraigned. Trump\u2019s Runaway Train Effect. Congrats, Montana St.\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span>On the fifth anniversary of January 6th, Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff broadcasts from a dark, gloomy New York City morning that looks and feels like the day the Capitol was attacked\u2014and he refuses to let America forget what really happened. He opens with a raw reflection on how Trump\u2019s insurrection shattered his own family\u2019s memories of the date, then tears into Trump\u2019s runaway war footing across the Western Hemisphere, from Venezuela to Cuba, Colombia and even Greenland, and a cowardly Congress that won\u2019t assert its War Powers responsibilities or even demand answers on alleged war crimes and wounded U.S. troops.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On this somber anniversary, Paul is joined by the \u201cgreat and powerful\u201d Scott MacFarlane, CBS News justice correspondent and arguably the most trusted reporter on January 6th in America. Reporting from inside the Cannon House Office Building, Scott reveals that Republican leadership is doing nothing official to mark the day\u2014no memorials, no floor speeches, no shared remembrance for officers who were beaten, gassed, traumatized or killed\u2014creating what he calls a real\u2011time whitewashing of history, as he details the emotional toll on Capitol Police and congressional staff who hid under desks, called their families, and then came back to work in the same halls that were under siege. He breaks down the state of accountability now: mass clemency for more than 1,500 rioters, pardons that wiped away cases even for people not yet arrested, halted and refunded restitution payments, the new pipe\u2011bomb arrest outside the RNC and DNC, the slow grind of the Maduro case, and how denialism has shifted from rejecting the 2020 result to denying the insurrection itself.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paul zooms out to connect Trump\u2019s unchecked global strikes, the risk of another government shutdown, the dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after 58 years of funding PBS, NPR and local stations, and new efforts in New York to require teaching January 6th alongside 9\/11 to kids growing up in a time when that history is being rewritten. He spotlights independent veteran Senate hopeful Ty Pinkins of Mississippi and reminds listeners why Independent Veterans of America was created to back patriots like him, then rounds out the episode with culture and sports\u2014from the X\u2011Men\u2019s big\u2011screen return to Montana State\u2019s first FCS title in 41 years and the power of football as one of America\u2019s last shared rituals\u2014before he and Scott close by saluting the officers and staffers who \u201cstood the line\u201d on January 6th. For everyone tired of partisan gaslighting who knows January 6th was real and still matters, this is a home for country over party, people over politics, and light over heat\u2014and a call to subscribe, share, support independent media, and stay vigilant, especially on January 6th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because every episode of Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the most important news stories&#8211;and offers light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It\u2019s independent content for independent Americans. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans is your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope. The podcast that helps you stay ahead of the curve&#8211;and stay vigilant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-WATCH <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3y7lfDhVNao\"><span>video of this episode on YouTube now<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Learn more about Paul\u2019s work to elect a new generation of independent leaders with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><span>Independent Veterans of America<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8211;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typinkins.com\/\"><span>Support Ty Pinkins run for Senate in Mississippi.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8211;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"><span>Join the movement. Hook into our exclusive Patreon community<\/span><\/a><span> of Independent Americans. 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