Lauren Ober

Right. She's a mom, and the police killed her kid. That's why she's here. She wants to make sure her dead daughter isn't forgotten and that someone is held accountable for what happened. And one way to do that is to maybe get yourself arrested or at least show up everywhere. January 6th trials, congressional hearings, the Supreme Court, rallies, marches, my neighborhood.

Another way for people to take notice, a nightly vigil outside the D.C. jail every single night for more than 700 nights.

Another way for people to take notice, a nightly vigil outside the D.C. jail every single night for more than 700 nights.

Another way for people to take notice, a nightly vigil outside the D.C. jail every single night for more than 700 nights.

As I explained to Hannah, every night at 7 p.m., these apparently true patriots come out. And they have a vigil for all of the January 6th defendants who are currently being held in the jail, either awaiting trial or awaiting sentencing. And every night they get like a January 6th inmate on the phone and they put them on the speaker and then they join in singing like the national anthem of

As I explained to Hannah, every night at 7 p.m., these apparently true patriots come out. And they have a vigil for all of the January 6th defendants who are currently being held in the jail, either awaiting trial or awaiting sentencing. And every night they get like a January 6th inmate on the phone and they put them on the speaker and then they join in singing like the national anthem of

As I explained to Hannah, every night at 7 p.m., these apparently true patriots come out. And they have a vigil for all of the January 6th defendants who are currently being held in the jail, either awaiting trial or awaiting sentencing. And every night they get like a January 6th inmate on the phone and they put them on the speaker and then they join in singing like the national anthem of

Or America the Beautiful. And they're chanting, like, justice for Ashley. And the evening ends often with God bless America. Lee Greenwood.

Or America the Beautiful. And they're chanting, like, justice for Ashley. And the evening ends often with God bless America. Lee Greenwood.

Or America the Beautiful. And they're chanting, like, justice for Ashley. And the evening ends often with God bless America. Lee Greenwood.

So there's a small cadre of true believers who believe that the people in the D.C. jail are political prisoners.

So there's a small cadre of true believers who believe that the people in the D.C. jail are political prisoners.

So there's a small cadre of true believers who believe that the people in the D.C. jail are political prisoners.

But it didn't happen that way. Instead, two opposite dramas unfolded. One, we got an up-close, intimate view of how history gets rewritten. Call it the Lost Cause narrative for the 21st century. A group of Americans immediately sets to work retooling the history of an event through tweets and podcasts and viral video clips in a way that distorts collective memory forever.

But it didn't happen that way. Instead, two opposite dramas unfolded. One, we got an up-close, intimate view of how history gets rewritten. Call it the Lost Cause narrative for the 21st century. A group of Americans immediately sets to work retooling the history of an event through tweets and podcasts and viral video clips in a way that distorts collective memory forever.

But it didn't happen that way. Instead, two opposite dramas unfolded. One, we got an up-close, intimate view of how history gets rewritten. Call it the Lost Cause narrative for the 21st century. A group of Americans immediately sets to work retooling the history of an event through tweets and podcasts and viral video clips in a way that distorts collective memory forever.

This woman, Mickey Witthoff, is many things to many people. Mama Mickey to the January 6th defendants, mother of a dead domestic terrorist to others. But to us, she's something else. She's our neighbor. Do you want to hear something rotten?

This woman, Mickey Witthoff, is many things to many people. Mama Mickey to the January 6th defendants, mother of a dead domestic terrorist to others. But to us, she's something else. She's our neighbor. Do you want to hear something rotten?

This woman, Mickey Witthoff, is many things to many people. Mama Mickey to the January 6th defendants, mother of a dead domestic terrorist to others. But to us, she's something else. She's our neighbor. Do you want to hear something rotten?

After months of getting to know Mickey, I felt like I needed to confess something. She had been telling me how people in the neighborhood had generally been nice to them, except for this one time. One of her roommates, Nicole, had been sitting in the car, and these two women walked by and said something totally rude, and I know, you've already heard the story before. The Nicole sitting in the car?