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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontline
 
- Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel
 
- Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?
 
- What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36
 
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Sources:
 
Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel
 
https://www.cawshinythings.com/about-caw/
 
https://am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm-am-aem/global/en/insights/eye-on-the-market/fair-shakes-amv.pdf
 
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/article/jimmy-kimmel-returns-after-suspension-for-charlie-kirk-comments-our-government-cannot-be-allowed-to-control-what-we-do-and-do-not-say-on-television-195436293.html
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/24/trump-approval-rating/86306451007/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-dips-americans-worry-about-economy-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-23/
 
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kimmel-reinstatement-disney-price-increase-scoop
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/democrats-pounce-in-reliably-red-iowa-fueled-by-special-election-hopium-00538075
 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democratic-win-in-iowa-special-election-breaks-gop-supermajority
 
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/iowa-democrats-win-massive-upset
 
Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?
 
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406
 
What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?
 
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09/28/the-implications-of-trumps-war-on-antifa-with-moira-meltzer-cohen/ 
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36
 
democrats-are-shutting-down-government

 
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4309929/at-war-department-shaving-waivers-out-clean-shaven-faces-in/ 
 
​​https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/treasury-tax-correspondence/remove-irs-workers-anti-conservative-bias-group-says/7sx42 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-charge-man-who-burned-u-s-flag-outside-white-house-in-protest-of-trumps-executive-order/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department-of-war/
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/president-trump-deploys-federal-resources-to-crush-violent-radical-left-terrorism-in-portland/
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18372/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility 
 
https://x.com/SecWar/status/1971342502650429458 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/document/environmental-assessments/border-barrier-system-construction-san-diego-county-california 
 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/federal-drug-prosecutions-fall-lowest-level-decades-trump-shifts-focus-2025-09-29/ 
 
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568 
 
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/msnbc-exclusive-former-ice-officer-led-the-fbi-to-tom-homan-248671301528 
 
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-demand-doj-fbi-release-recordings-of-tom-homan-receiving-50000-cash-bribe 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/stephen-miller-venezuela-drug-boat-strike 
https://thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds-detain-dozens-of-immigrants-in-massive-south-shore-apartment-building-raid-in-chicago/ 
 
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/ 
 
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/armed-agents-in-unmarked-vans-target-south-shore-apartment-building/ 
 
https://thetriibe.com/2025/10/video-shows-feds-choking-a-black-man-in-east-garfield-park/ 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 202

Robert goes through the colorful life and backstory of future Trump administration official Steven Hatfill, who went from Rhodesian military volunteer to biological weapons expert to (innocent) suspect of a major terrorist attack.

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How The FBI Botched the 2001 Anthrax Scare (Part 1)

Robert begins our series of episodes about two of the most infamous fuck ups in US law enforcement history, starting with the Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing.

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How The FBI Botched The Olympic Park Bombing

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- An Inside Look at the Asylum Process
 
- What is Tren de Aragua and Why is Trump Obsessed With Them?
 
- Autism and RFK Jr.’s War on Pregnant People
 
- How the US attacks on Venezuela Impact Trinidad and Tobago with Andrew 
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #35
 
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Sources:
 
https://x.com/ConsulMexCho/status/1966636249910738951 

 
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/12/dhs-statement-ice-officer-seriously-injured-line-duty-and-shooting-chicago-during 

 
https://unraveledpress.com/what-happened-to-silverio-villegas-gonzalez/ 

 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.37.0_2.pdf 

 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.41.0.pdf 

 
https://calmatters.org/inside-the-newsroom/2025/04/calmatters-partners-with-evident-media-on-a-documentary-exposing-truth-behind-border-patrol-raid/ 

 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html 
 
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-leaked-messages-from-charlie 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/media/abc-jimmy-kimmel.html 
 
Crossing Borders: The Evolution and Impact of Tren de Aragua | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University https://share.google/xnyZpnUILdcDrZep1
 
Debunking 3 Myths About Tren de Aragua https://share.google/TGwfFwu9ApWrOuU7N 
 
Tattoos of deported Venezuelans don't necessarily signal gang affiliation, experts say https://share.google/PD8reoZTA8yDc7mA5 
 
Tattoos of deported Venezuelans don't necessarily signal gang affiliation, experts say https://share.google/PD8reoZTA8yDc7mA5 
 
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-health-autism-white-house-september-22-2025/
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/22/autism-tylenol-takeaways-trump-rfk-jr/86293921007/
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-health-experts-trump-tylenol-autism-link/
 
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-us-military-should-kill-them-all-violently-6.2.2390747.79d6204d7c 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jel4gyezo 
 
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/09-16-2025-Whistleblower-Disclosure-to-Congress-re-Guatemalan-UC-Repatriation-SN.pdf
 
https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MEMORANDUM-OPINION.pdf 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-gold-card/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/ 
 
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1970491119831028000 
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/23/nx-s1-5550915/trump-immigration-judges 
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/g-s1-86691/military-lawyers-immigration-judges-jag 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ 
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-afpi-tpusa-hillsdale-college-and-over-40-national-and-state-organizations-launch-america-250-civics-coalition#:~:text=Home-,U.S 
 
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/centers/america-250-civics-education-coalition?__cf_chl_tk=CX4TkwEkLHCaXlh.Fd5SU143s0.XxeWDM.gYxCgS1R4-1758115761-1.0.1.1-PtDspNboVVBLqiywS5GF3.Ns09TzWf.a9IAN86NyplM 
https://oversight-project.revv.co/urge-the-fbi-to-designate-transgender-terrorism 
 
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people 
 
https://www.them.us/story/trump-admin-fbi-trans-nihilistic-violent-extremists-terrorist

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 201

Robert discussed Buford Pusser's war on crime and the crime he committed when he murdered his wife and blamed the mafia. We also talk about how he died, which is fun.

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Part Two: Buford Pusser: The Worst Sheriff Ever

Robert tells the story of legendary lawman Buford Pusser, whose lies about his real life inspired the movie 'Walking Tall' and helped create Hollywood's conception of the ideal lawman.
 
(2 Part Series)

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Part One: Buford Pusser: The Worst Sheriff Ever

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction
 
- DC Police Takeover Update feat. Bridget Todd
 
- Thi'sl, The Nipsey Hussle of St. Louis, On What It Really Takes to Make Our Hoods Better feat. Prop
 
- Years of Lead Paint
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Years of Lead Paint
 
https://www.cawshinythings.com/i-was-promised-a-more-aesthetically-pleasing-cyberpunk-dystopia/
 
https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states

 
https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52960-charlie-kirk-americans-political-violence-poll
 
https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/italian-neofascism-and-years-lead-closer-look 
 
https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist 
 
https://libcom.org/article/analysis-autonomia-interview-sergio-bologna 
 
https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/terrorism2ed/chpt/ordine-nuovo 
 
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bologna-train-station-bombing-of-1980

 
https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Terrorism#ref929858 

 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.jooL.UUL_fH4KQcdy

 
https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/ 
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34
 
 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 200

Ever wondered how the SS celebrated Christmas? This, and Heinrich Himmler's war on Christmas in our conclusion to Heinrich Himmler's life from birth up to the start of WW2.

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Part Six: How Heinrich Himmler Went From Nerdy Boy To Master of the SS

As the Nazis take total power, Heinrich Himmler must build the SS into a power that can defeat his new enemy: other Nazis.

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Part Five: How Heinrich Himmler Went From Nerdy Boy To Master of the SS

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop
 
- Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals
 
- ICE Partners with Israeli Phone Hacking Spyware
 
- Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33
 
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Sources/Links:
 
It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop
 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10567-025-00534-6#Sec9 
 
https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-homicides-drop-WTR3QQN7LRGFXOVCGAAMNYMUBE/ 
 
https://theconversation.com/data-driven-early-intervention-strategies-could-revolutionize-phillys-approach-to-crime-prevention-258756
 
https://genius.com/Freeway-what-we-do-lyrics
 
https://www.baltimorepolice.org/about/baltimore-police-crime-plan
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/baltimore-violent-crime-trump
 
Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals
 
https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris?ref=newintermag.com
 
https://newintermag.com/abundance-big-techs-bid-for-the-democratic-party/#fn16
 
https://archive.vn/zgPJ8
 
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Abundance-Ecosystem-Report-Final.pdf
 
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2025/with-the-argument-the-left-gets-a-new-publication
 
http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2022/01/washingtons-newest-think-tank-institute.html
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capital-extremism
 
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/who-is-behind-the-growing-abundance-movement/
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis
 
https://www.abundancedc.org/speakers
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis
 
https://archive.vn/GKRmw#selection-377.0-377.19
 
https://www.theargumentmag.com/about
 
https://prospect.org/economy/2024-11-26-abundance-agenda-neoliberalisms-rebrand/
 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/dc-attorney-general-inks-first-settlement-realpage-price-fixing-lawsuit-2025-06-02/
 
https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/economic-liberties-launches-2025-end-rental-price-fixing-campaign/
 
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/written-materials/2024/12/17/the-cost-of-anticompetitive-pricing-algorithms-in-rental-housing/
 
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters
 
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters
 
https://techfascism.substack.com/p/the-network-state-and-infrastructure
 
ICE Partners with Israeli Phone Hacking Spyware
 
https://ssd.eff.org/ 
 
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/ 
 
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/06/first-forensic-confirmation-of-paragons-ios-mercenary-spyware-finds-journalists-targeted/ 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-immigration-ice-israeli-spyware

 
https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-ice-has-reactivated-its 
 
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-paragon-solutions-contract/

 
https://dfrlab.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/09/Mythical-Beasts.pdf

 
https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/company_page/paragon

 
https://red-dot.capital/portfolio

 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/07/29/paragon-is-an-nso-competitor-and-an-american-funded-israeli-surveillance-startup-that-hacks-encrypted-apps-like-whatsapp-and-signal/
 
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14093-prohibition-use-the-united-states-government-commercial-spyware-that
 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-statement-ice-use-paragon-solutions-malware
 
Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd
 
Noura Erekat and Shahd Hammouri in Jadaliyya - https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46838
 
Paul Poast in World Politics Review - https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/palestine-state-recognition-france/
 
NPR report - https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5485359/france-uk-palestine-state-explainer
 
European Society of International Law on occupation - https://esil-sedi.eu/prolonged-occupation-or-illegal-occupant/#:~:text=The%20occupying%20power%2C%20throughout%20the,consistent%20with%20its%20trustee%20responsibilities.
 
Daniel Kurtzer on the Oslo Accords - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/20/magazine/israel-gaza-oslo-accords.html
 
Hanan Ashrawi on the Oslo Accords - https://www.972mag.com/hanan-ashrawi-oslo-accords/
 
Polling of Palestinians May 2025 - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf
 
Dana El Kurd and Pablo Abufom for The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/palestinians-leader-mahmoud-abbas-president
 
Tanja Aalberts on sovereignty - Constructing Sovereignty between Politics and Law - 1st Edition - Tanj
 
Jared Kushner “Peace to Prosperity” plan - trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Peace-to-Prosperity-0120.pdf
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33
 
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/422/873/
 
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/customs-and-border-protection-settles-federal-lawsuit-american-citizens-racially
 
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/l.g.m.l.-v.-noem--a-hearing-diary
 
ttps://qz.com/higher-investment-means-hyundai-could-get-2-1-billion-1850832920
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/hyundai-factory-ice-raid-legal-visa
 
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-reactions-charlie-kirk-shooting-civil-war/ 

 
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-shooting-news
 
https://x.com/mkraju/status/1965108206969241953

 
https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1963635111112446449

 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-considering-banning-trans-people-buying-guns-us-media-2025-09-04/
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment 
 
https://archive.ph/kI2Uo
 
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/rfk-jr-hhs-to-link-autism-to-tylenol-use-in-pregnancy-and-folate-deficiencies-e3acbb4c 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 199

Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Ed Zitron's Better Offline podcast series.
 
 1. Man Who Killed Google Search
 2. Sam Altman Is Dangerous to Society
 3. Rot Society
 
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