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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. 
 
- Requiem for Stop Cop City
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43
 
- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure
 
- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
 
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Sources:
 
Requiem for Stop Cop City
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g
 
https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

 
https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text 

 
https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ 

 
https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

 
https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

 
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 
 
https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/ 

 
https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43
 
https://archive.is/LRnmy
 
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 
 
https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 
 
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 
 
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 
 
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 
 
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out
 
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/
 
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

 
https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html
 
CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw
 
https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/
 
https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers
 
https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html
 
https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians
 
https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 210

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short.
 
Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23
 
Sources:
 
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet
 
https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125
 
https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30
 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite
 
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/
 
https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105
 
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways
 
https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code
 
https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556
 
https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis
 
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive

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CZM Rewind: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (Secretly About Michael Lewis)

Part One: Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about the collapse of one of the great financial criminals of our time.
 
Original Air Date: 11.22.22
 
Part Two: Everyone's favorite crypto conman is back behind bars! Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about his plans to buy an island and make he and his friends living gods.
 
Original Air Date: 8.15.23

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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration
 
- Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson
 
- The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge
 
- Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42
 
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Sources/Links:
 
The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration
 
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare
 
https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/
 
Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson
 
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare
 
https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/
 
The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge
 
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting
 
@goodbyealma
 
@picnic_mag
 
Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd
 
Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about
 
Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production
 
Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE
 
AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42
 
https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20
 
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548
 
https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/
 
https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/ 
 
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20
 
https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20
 
https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda
 
https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/ 
 
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html
 
https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f
 
https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698
 
https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d 
 
https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t 
 
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats 
 
https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina 
 
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/ 
 
https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777 
 
https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana 
 
https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf 
 
https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement 
 
https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States 
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html 
 
https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf 
 
https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf 
 
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/ 
 
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 209

Robert concludes the story of Bo Gritz with his unhinged attempts to rescue POWs from Vietnam, his political ambitions, and disgraceful downfall.

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Part Two: Behind the Bastards Live Show: The Ballad of Bo Gritz

Robert and Prop did a live show to raise money for the Portland Bail Fund. They discussed the life and times of Bo Gritz, a foundational right wing militia maniac.
 
Sources:
 
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/29/James-Bo-Gritz-the-Vietnam-War-veteran-who-slipped/7427417762000/
 
https://www.spike-team.com/home/origins/
 
https://time.com/archive/6857330/colonel-gritzs-dubious-mission/
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/03/24/bo-gritz-story-is-fascinating-but-does-he-really-believe-itmissing/9aef313b-233d-401c-b4d6-cfb9c4368e95/
 
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/patriot-leader-bo-gritz-shoots-himself-under-troubling-circumstances/
 
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/02/erase-and-forget-review-andrea-luka-zimmerman-bo-gritz
 
https://theoutline.com/post/7984/rambo-last-blood-vietnam-bo-gritz-sylvester-stallone
 
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/war-hero-bo-gritz-reflects-on-ruby-ridge-siege-28-years-later-2124428/
 
https://www.nizkor.org/gritz-grodin-and-garbage/
 
https://www.deseret.com/1994/10/19/19137185/gritz-says-he-s-leaving-lds-church/
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/03/03/bo-gritz-the-glory-38/e0a78612-dfa7-45f2-b5b7-c2f78f53a80f/
 
https://archive.is/OLBBk#selection-475.0-475.238
 
https://www.deseret.com/1992/10/25/19012368/gritz-raring-to-solve-the-ills-of-america-in-1-week/
 
https://archive.is/ANNoI#selection-1035.507-1039.688
 
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2024/11/04/parker-anderson-conspiracy-theory-reserach/
 
https://archive.org/stream/soldieroffortunemagazine/Soldier%20of%20Fortune%20%5B1992%2709%5D_djvu.txt

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Part One: Behind the Bastards Live Show: The Ballad of Bo Gritz

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts
 
- A New Threat to Public Lands
 
- The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41
 
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Sources:
 
Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600718/wall-street-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-nyc-mayor-election-race-results-zohran-mamdani-2025-11#jamie-dimon-1
 
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/elon-musk-is-having-a-post-election-meltdown-western-civilization-is-doomed.html
 
https://defector.com/lets-check-in-with-people-who-threatened-to-leave-zohran-mamdanis-nyc
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrats-republicans-reaction-mamdani-win
 
https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e
 
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan
 
https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/
 
https://archive.vn/3N3wu
 
A New Threat to Public Lands
 
https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-fights-back-against-biden-s-border-chaos-destroying-america-s-parks-and-public-lands 
 
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/11/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-nomination-steve-pearce-lead-blm
 
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kathleen-sgamma-withdraws-jan-6-criticism-came-public--rcna200699 
 
https://recreationroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ORR-Burgum-Nomination-Letter-of-Support-Final.pdf 
 
https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee
 
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-lee/summary?cid=N00031696 
 
https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/0DED04C4-18C7-4C1F-BCE4-DD5B79FB0264 
 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/14646 
 
The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide
 
Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/after-zionism/
 
The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson
 
https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827 
 
https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265 
 
https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46 
 
https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488
 
https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party 
 
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/ 
 
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/ 
 
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/
 
https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html 
 
https://freebeacon.com/politics/i-made-a-mistake-heritage-foundation-president-apologizes-to-staff-for-video-refusal-to-cancel-tucker-carlson-and-throws-shade-at-former-chief-of-staff/
 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/heritage-president-apologizes-for-tucker-carlson-defense-video-in-heated-all-hands-meeting/ 
 
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-french-schools-matt-walsh-over-his-call-for-no-enemies-on-the-right/ 
 
https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20 
 
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20 
 
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html 
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/ 
 
https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-and-heard-in-washington?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264
 
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/
 
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289
 
https://archive.vn/sHLdh
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/
 
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\
 
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore 
 
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/ 
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 
 
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/ 
 
https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midterms

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 208

Robert talks about legitimately some of the worst stuff we'll ever discuss on this show. Oh my god, you guys

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Part Two: Thomas Thistlewood: Slave Plantation Owner and Diarist

Robert walks his former colleague Titi Lee through the life and times of Thomas Thistlewood, a slave owner and monster of the first order who kept a detailed diary of all his crimes against humanity.
 
(2 Part Series)
 
Sources:
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20170328175826/https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/journals-of-thomas-thistlewood/
 
https://www.amazon.com/Miserable-Slavery-Thistlewood-Jamaica-1750-1786/dp/9766400660
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2007/03/29/thomas_thistlewood_feature.shtml
 
https://talkafricana.com/thomas-thistlewood-the-serial-rapist/
 
https://talkafricana.com/derbys-dose-the-cruel-punishment-used-to-punish-slaves-in-jamaica/
 
https://talkafricana.com/stockmen-trade-the-19th-century-practice-of-renting-enslaved-men-to-plantation-owners-for-breeding-in-america/
 
https://read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/article/22/1%20(55)/18/133815/Thomas-Thistlewood-s-Libidinal-Linnaean?fromStore=true
 
https://samepassage.org/thomas-thistlewood-2/
 
https://www.pismin.com/10.2307/40654549
 
https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m044g0752/fulltext.pdf

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Part One: Thomas Thistlewood: Slave Plantation Owner and Diarist

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Occulture, Technomancy vs Tradition, and the Role of Magick in 2025
 
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly
 
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40
 
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Sources:
 
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly
 
Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
 
Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf, The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2025.) 
 
Austin Sarat, Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014.)
 
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 
Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
 
Dick Reavis, “Charlie Brooks’ Last Words,” Texas Monthly (February 1983.)
 
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
 
Breanna Ehrlich, “The Last Face Death Row Inmates See,” Rolling Stone, March 29, 2025 (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-row-reverend-jeff-hood-1235305460/)
 
Anand Giridharadas, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.) 
 
Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40
 
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/ 
 
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/ 
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/
 
https://archive.vn/rR8Ix
 
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html
 
https://archive.vn/BFLOe
 
https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/
 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html
 
https://archive.vn/BFLOe
 
https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/
 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 207

Robert concludes the story of Daryl Gates with his founding of SWAT and insane reaction to the LA Riots.

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Part Two: Daryl Gates: The Man Who Invented SWAT Teams and DARE

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