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THE DEPRAVED NEW WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE ISN’T JUST A LIE: IT’S AN
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Thom Hartmann
January 7, 2026
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_ Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with
their own eyes never really happened, what’s left of democracy in
that republic is already on life support… _

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The Trump regime rolled out a new, lie-filled website yesterday
purporting to tell the history of the January 6th insurrection
attempt. It opens with bullshit like this (which, interestingly,
appears to be 100% AI-generated):

“The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6,
branding peaceful patriotic protesters as ‘insurrectionists’ and
framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by
Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow
the government.

“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by
certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread
irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down
dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos
they later exploited to seize and consolidate power. This gaslighting
narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence
opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining
democracy.”

THE MOST DANGEROUS LIES A GOVERNMENT CAN TELL AREN’T ABOUT HOW TAX
CUTS WILL CREATE PROSPERITY OR THAT IRAQ HAD WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, ALTHOUGH THOSE WERE BAD. WHEN A MALICIOUS, CORRUPT
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TRULY BREAK DOWN TRUST IN A SOCIETY TO MORE EASILY
SEIZE AND MANIPULATE IT POLITICALLY AND LOOT IT ECONOMICALLY, IT
INEVITABLY TELLS LIES ABOUT THE _PAST_.

BECAUSE ONCE A GOVERNMENT CONVINCES ITS PEOPLE THAT WHAT THEY _SAW
WITH THEIR OWN EYES_ NEVER REALLY HAPPENED, WHAT’S LEFT OF DEMOCRACY
IN THAT REPUBLIC IS ALREADY ON LIFE SUPPORT.

That’s what makes the Trump administration’s new official White
House website about January 6th so chilling. This isn’t spin or
selective memory: it’s an industrial-scale, government-run attempt
to erase the memory of a violent insurrection and replace it with a
fantasy narrative where Trump and the attackers were the heroes, the
police and Mike Pence were the villains, and Joe Biden simply winning
the election was the real crime.

The site claims that January 6 was marked by “minimal violence”;
that the rioters who smashed doors and windows, smeared feces on the
walls, urinated on carpets and papers on Democratic members’ desks,
killed Officer Brian Sicknick and four others were “peaceful”; and
that the police officers trying to prevent the mob from greater
violence weren’t brutally assaulted but instead “allowed” the
“protesters” into the Capitol.

The White House claims the police “aggressively” fired “tear
gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful
protesters, injuring many and deliberately escalating tensions. Video
evidence shows officers inexplicably removing barricades, opening
Capitol doors, and even waving attendees inside the building—actions
that facilitated entry—while simultaneously deploying violent force
against others. These inconsistent and provocative tactics turned a
peaceful demonstration into chaos.”

One section even argues that the _real_ injustice wasn’t the beating
of officers with flagpoles, fire extinguishers, and fists, but that
Trump’s violent supporters were later prosecuted at all.

Another section claims that the January 6th defendants were victims of
“political persecution,” while the police officers who defended
the Capitol were the aggressors.

THESE ARE SIMPLE, BLATANT LIES, SOMETHING WE’VE GROWN TO EXPECT FROM
TRUMP AND HIS PEOPLE BUT ARE SHOCKING, NONETHELESS.

More than 140 police officers were injured so severely that day that
they were hospitalized. We watched officers crushed in doors, dragged
down stairs, tased into heart attacks, beaten, eyes gouged out, and
left bleeding on the ground. We heard their screams live on
television.

Multiple courts reviewed thousands of hours of video and multiple
juries sent hundreds of Trump’s thugs to prison. Multiple judges —
many appointed by Republicans — called January 6th an “attempted
coup” and an attack on America’s constitutional order.

And now our government itself — today in the hands of a billionaire
wannabe dictator and his lickspittles because five corrupt Republicans
on the Supreme Court let billionaires buy an election — is trying to
tell Americans none of it was real.

HISTORY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH US ABOUT THIS DESPICABLE
ATTEMPT AT REVISIONIST PROPAGANDA.

IN NAZI GERMANY, THE REGIME’S MOST IMPORTANT LIES WEREN’T ABOUT
ECONOMICS OR FOREIGN POLICY; THEY WERE ABOUT VIOLENCE. NAZI STREET
THUGS WERE RECAST AS PATRIOTS WHILE THE VICTIMS OF THEIR VIOLENCE,
INCLUDING SOCIALISTS, GAYS, IMMIGRANTS, AND JEWS, WERE REFRAMED AS THE
PROVOCATEURS.

When the Nazi state lied about who committed violence and why, it
taught its citizens that paramilitary force is legitimate when used by
the “right” people.

IN THE SOVIET UNION, PEOPLE DIDN’T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THE
GOVERNMENT’S LIES, BUT THAT DIDN’T PREVENT THE USSR’S
DICTATORSHIP FROM HOLDING POWER. INSTEAD, IT PRODUCED SOMETHING WORSE:
MASS CYNICISM.

A common joke in Russia about the two major newspapers — Pravda
(“Truth”) and Izvestia (“News”) — was “In Pravda there is
no news, and in Izvestia there is no truth.” (_В ‘Правде’
нет известий, а в ‘Известиях’ нет
правды._) When citizens assume the government is lying all the
time, truth stops mattering, participation becomes mere theater or
social climbing, and power becomes untouchable and, thus, increasingly
brutal.

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER HANNAH ARENDT WARNED THAT THE GOAL OF CONSTANT
LYING DURING THE NAZI ERA WASN’T PERSUASION ABOUT THE RIGHTNESS OF
HITLER’S PRONOUNCEMENTS, LAWS, AND FLUNKIES BUT WIDESPREAD PUBLIC
DISORIENTATION.

When people can no longer tell fact from fiction, she pointed out,
they stop resisting and retreat into a sort of semi-tribal existence.
Loyalty to “your” particular tribe replaces the rule of law.

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THIS LIE-FILLED JANUARY 6TH WEBSITE IS
DOING.

By declaring that Trump’s mob was innocent and the American criminal
justice system is corrupt, it sends a clear message: violence in
service of Trump will be forgiven, even celebrated, going forward into
the future.

THIS IS AN OLD TACTIC THAT DICTATORS HAVE USED SINCE THE DAYS OF
ANCIENT ROME. PUTIN TODAY HAS MOTORCYCLE GANGS CALLED THE NIGHT WOLVES
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FOR EXAMPLE, WHO TERRORIZE “LIBERALS” AND GAYS IN RUSSIA WITH
IMPUNITY. IT’S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE THE MILITIA MEMBERS IN AMERICA
WHO’RE NOW BEING RECRUITED BY ICE BEING TURNED LOOSE ON THE REST OF
US IN A SIMILAR WAY ONCE THE “IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY” IS
“RESOLVED.”

The police who defend democracy, these White House lies tell would-be
vigilantes, will be abandoned by the very government that employs
them, while the courts that are the historic arbiters of the law will
be smeared and ignored. Elections that should reflect the will of the
people will instead be treated as optional suggestions rather than
binding decisions.

We’ve seen this movie before in America, too. After the Civil War,
the “Lost Cause” mythology rewrote an armed rebellion to preserve
slavery into a noble struggle for “heritage.” That lie didn’t
heal the country, but instead justified the rise of the Klan and a
century of racial terror, voter suppression, and political violence
that endures to this day.

THESE OFFICIAL LIES ABOUT JANUARY 6TH ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
THE SAME KIND OF FUTURE FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY OPPOSE THE TRUMP
REGIME AND ITS SUCCESSORS.

This isn’t just about salving Donald Trump’s fragile, 10-year-old
ego. It’s also a setup to condition the public to accept the next
time Republicans lose an election and respond with violent attacks.

THE MESSAGE ISN’T SUBTLE: IF JANUARY 6TH WAS “PEACEFUL,” THEN
JANUARY 6TH IS WITHIN THE NEW NORM AND CAN — OR EVEN _SHOULD _—
HAPPEN AGAIN. IF POLICE WERE THE VILLAINS, THEN POLICE CAN BE IGNORED
NEXT TIME. IF COURTS ARE CORRUPT, THEN THEIR VERDICTS DON’T COUNT
WHEN THEY’RE INCONVENIENT TO THESE NEW AMERICAN FASCISTS.

A democratic republic can survive policy mistakes and bad presidents;
G-d knows we’ve had our share of both. What it can’t survive,
though, is a government that looks straight into the camera and tells
its people that violence didn’t happen when everyone watched it
live.

In other words, this depraved new website isn’t just a lie: it’s
an invitation.

_Thom Hartmann is a NY Times bestselling author of 34 books in 17
languages & nation's #1 progressive radio host. Psychotherapist,
international relief worker. Politics, history, spirituality,
psychology, science, anthropology, pre-history, culture, and the
natural world._

 

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