Behind the Bastards

In this episode we introduce two great heroes: freed slave and adventurer Olaudah Equiano, and crusading abolitionist lawyer Granville Sharp.

Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html 

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In our annual holiday reverse episode, Robert introduces James Stout to the heroes who fought to end the Atlantic Slave trade.

(3 part series)

Against the State by James Stout available for preorder here: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html 

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

- Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle

- Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1

- Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

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Sources/Links:

The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275

https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php

https://archive.ph/xBjST

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html

https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix

https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730

https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy

https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/

Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle

Website: bluebottleunion.org
Strike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike

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Grenada with Andrew

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/  

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro

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Padraig explains how Lord Haw-Haw became an agent of the Third Reich...and how it all came crashing down for him at the end of the war.

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Robert sits down with Pádraig O Ruairc to learn about a bastard from across the pond who threw his lot in with Hitler during WW2.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd

- Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News

- Natalism feat. Andrew

- The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45

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Sources/Links:

Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd

Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/

GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf 

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved  - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/

Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243

Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20

https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market

https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html

https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries

https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/

https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns

https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket

https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348

https://truthpredict.net/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w

https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html

https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20

Natalism feat. Andrew

https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/

The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town

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Robert tells Margaret about the giant meeting the military held to tell everyone how they planned to kill the world.

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ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident.

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Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle 

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help 

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

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Sources/Links:

Darién Gap: One Year Later

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data

https://compstat.nypdonline.org/ 

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf 

https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3 

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445 

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo 

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis 

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf 

https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/ 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia 

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest 

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme 

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf

https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view 

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=

https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20 

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership 

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117

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