Tina’s Story
Jimmy Dimora served for decades as a County Commissioner and Chairman of the Democratic Party in Ohio. BUT when his pay for play schemes are revealed he is sentenced to federal prison in one of the largest corruption cases in Ohio history.

Hillary’s Story
SCOTUS judge Clarence Thomas’s wife, Virginia,aka, Ginni spent many years in Washington building her own political career. BUT her alleged role in the January 6th insurrection places the reputation of SCOTUS in jeopardy.

Tina's Sources
The Chicago Crusader
Mayor in Florida arrested after shots fired at SWAT attempting to serve warrant at his home--by The Washington Post

FDLE Press Release
FDLE agents arrest Port Richey Mayor Dale Glen Massad

Heavy
Dale G. Massad: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

NBC News
Florida mayor arrested after deputies shot at during raid on his home--by Elisha Fieldstadt
Florida mayor who shot at deputies is suspended from office by governor--by Phil Helsel

Newsweek
Shots Fired at Police As They Attempt to Serve Warrant at Florida Mayor's House in Port Richey--by Jenni Fink

Tampa Bay 10
Former Port Richey mayor Dale Massad used crack cocaine and meth daily, records show--by Chelsea Tatham and Grady Trimble

Tampa Bay Reporter
FORMER AND ACTING PORT RICHEY MAYORS ACCUSED IN PLOT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE
PORT RICHEY MAYOR ARRESTED AFTER FIRING SHOTS AT SWAT DEPUTIES

Tampa Bay Times
Terrence Rowe, ex-acting mayor of Port Richey, admits to conspiracy, gets probation--by C.T. Bowen

Vice
The Strange Rise and Sudden Fall of the Florida Mayor Who Took on a SWAT Team--by Francisco Alvarado

WFLA News Channel 8
Former Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad accepts plea deal, 3-year prison sentence--by Megan Gannon

Photos
Dale Glen Massad Mug Shot--from Pasco County Sheriff's Office via NBC News
Terrence Row Mug Shot--from Pasco County Sheriff's Office via Tampa Bay Times)
Sheriff Chris Nocco at Press Conference--screenshot via Bay News 9

Hillary's Story
CNBC
Ginni Thomas-tied Facebook group ‘FrontLiners for Liberty’ could be a new focus in Jan. 6 investigation--by Brian Schwartz

CNN
Latest Ginni Thomas controversy means the Supreme Court can't escape the 2020 election--By Joan Biskupic

NBC News
The untold story of Ginni Thomas' anti-cult activism — after she was 'deprogrammed'--By Allan Smith and Alex Seitz-Wald

NPR
Ginni Thomas reportedly pressed Trump's chief of staff on overturning the election
Jan. 6 committee asks Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify

Politifact
A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff--by Bill McCarthy and Amy Sherman

Vanity Fair
“PUT THINGS RIGHT”: GINNI THOMAS' EFFORTS TO OVERTURN TRUMP'S LOSS IN ARIZONA MORE EXTENSIVE THAN KNOWN--by Terry Mosley

Washington Post
The Nominee's Soul Mate--by Laura Blumenfeld

Wikipedia
Ginni Thomas

Photos
Ginni Thomas--by Chip Somodevilla/Getty via NPR
Ginni and Clarence Thomas Wedding Photo--via Arkansas Online
Ginni Thomas Text to Mark Meadows--screenshot via CNN Politics

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Tina’s Story
Wyatt Outlaw was the first African American to be appointed Town Commissioner and constable of Graham, North Carolina in 1869. BUT when whites objected to being policed by a black man, the KKK lynch Wyatt leading to the Kirk-Holden War.

Hillary’s Story
George Q. Cannon moved up the ranks to become a senior apostle in the Mormon Church and also served as non-voting delegate for Utah Territory in the United States Congress for 10 years beginning in 1872. BUT when political opponents learn of his plural marriages, his seat is jeopardized.

Sources
Tina's Story
Black Then
THE KIRK-HOLDEN WAR OF 1870
The Murder of Wyatt Outlaw--by Matt Swift

Caswell County Historical Association
Kirk-Holden War (1870)

City of Graham
Remembrance of Constable Wyatt Outlaw

Civil War Era North Carolina
Governor William W. Holden's Impeachment
John Walter Stephens
The Ku Klux Klan and the Kirk-Holden War

Elon News Network
Alamance NAACP spearheads effort to rename park after Black councilman slain in 1870--by Mackenzie Wilkes

Medium
The Confederate monument standing where the Klan killed Wyatt Outlaw--by Mike Scott

NC Pedia
Governor Holden Speaks Out Against the Ku Klux Klan
The Kirk-Holden War
Union League

North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultureal Resources
Lynching of Wyatt Outlaw and the Kirk-Holden War

North Carolina History
Holden Impeachment

The Times News
The life and tragic death of Wyatt Outlaw

Trial of William W. Holden

A Red Record
Wyatt Outlaw

Wikipedia
Kirk-Holden War
William Woods Holden
Wyatt Outlaw

Yes Weekly
Wyatt Outlaw and the white men who put a monument where they lynched him--by Ian McDowell

Photos
Wyatt Outlaw--taken from Black Then
William Woods Holden--via Public Domain
George W. Kirk--from Library of Congress via Public Domain

Hillary's Story
BYU Religious Studies Center
George Q. Cannon in Hawai‘i, 1850–54: Relationship Challenges of a Young Missionary--by Davis Bitton

Church Historians Press
The Journal of George Q. Cannon

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
George Q. Cannon: A Mighty Instrument

History, Art & Archives
Cannon, George Quayle

Utah Department of Heritage & Arts
A PATRIARCH & THREE SCIONS: GEORGE Q. CANNON AND HIS OLDEST SONS JOHN, FRANK & ABRAHAM

Wikipedia
George Q. Cannon

Photos
George Q. Cannon--by Mathew Benjamin Brady via Public Domain
Cannon and his three oldest sons--via Utah Department of Heritage & Arts
Portrait of Polygamists in prison--from Charles Roscoe Savage via Public Domain

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