Attack on the Capitol--planned in 1978

How many lives did we lose by not electing Hillary Clinton?

The attack on the Capitol Building is a case of truth imitating fiction.

A white supremacist wrote a novel in 1978, and then other nutcases started trying to act out the plot.

Thank you to Dorany Pineda at the Los Angeles Times for publishing an article about The Turner Diaries by William Luther Pierce, who used a pseudonym on his novel.

Kathleen Belew is the historian at the University of Chicago whom Pineda interviewed to understand the copycat nature of last week's attack on the Capitol Building.

Belew wrote a book about white supremacy extremists in the US:

The Turner Diaries "imagines a successful coup by white power activists who take over a homeland, the U.S., then the world,” writes Pineda.  

Kathleen Belew is author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America.

As understanding of the assault on the USA unfolds, you can get more information by following Pineda on Twitter @doranypineda90, as well as Belew @kathleen_belew.