Behind the Bastards

It's a CZM Rewind week! Enjoy this old, but prescient, episode where Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Dr. Oz.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://www.oprah.com/pressroom/oprah-bids-farewell-to-dr-oz-as-he-launches-his-own-show-september-14#ixzz6ryQsKlGx 
2.  https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2018/02/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-the-doctors-and-the-dr-oz-show-what-our-analysis-reveals/ 
3. https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/the-dr-oz-health-quiz/all#ixzz6ryqeqPD3 
4. https://www.nature.com/articles/nn0412-497 
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167233/ 
6. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-dr-oz-effect-has-hooked-american-consumers-n134801 
7. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18Oz-t.html 
8. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/reiki-cant-possibly-work-so-why-does-it/606808/  
9. https://quackwatch.org/nccam/research/energy/  
10. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/case-dr-oz-ethics-evidence-and-does-professional-self-regulation-work/2017-02 
11. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dr-oz-slammed-for-suggesting-it-may-only-cost-us-2-to-3-of-american-lives-to-reopen-schools-2020-04-16 
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/business/media/dr-oz-apology-coronavirus.html 
13. https://www.businessinsider.com/dr-oz-false-misleading-baseless-medical-claims-coronavirus-2020-4#a-strawberry-and-baking-soda-mixture-can-whiten-teeth-oz-said-8 
14. https://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims 
15. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/01/can_you_trust_dr_oz_his_medical_advice_often_conflicts_with_the_best_science.single.html 

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

1. Trump’s Cabinet of Curiosities

2. Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

3. The Death of Public Health Under RFK Jr.

4. Delete Your Account?

5. Safe Gun Ownership

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Sources:

Trump’s Cabinet of Curiosities

https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-called-for-a-righteous-holy-war

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/trump-defense-pete-hegseth.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/13/kristi-noem-dhs-trump-policy-00189513

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-leaked-rubio-dossier?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=151561577&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

https://bylinetimes.com/2019/10/03/islamophobic-world-view-of-tulsi-gabbards-guru-revealed-in-unearthed-recordings-can-she-still-run-for-president/ 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/tulsi-gabbard-dni-intelligence-trump-appointment/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trumps-pick-top-intel-job-accused-traitorous-parroting-russian-propaga-rcna180073     

https://decider.com/2020/08/04/the-swamp-matt-gaetz-truman-show-house/ 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17/story?id=115867555     

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/13/trumps-cabinet-picks-could-diminish-gops-already-thin-edge-in-congress-heres-what-to-know/ 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-picks-john-ratcliffe-for-cia-director-heres-what-to-know

https://newrepublic.com/post/188369/lee-zeldin-epa-trump

https://newrepublic.com/post/188246/trump-border-czar-tom-homan?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter 

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/11/west-bank-annexation-evangelical/680658/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/trump-picks-pro-settlement-mike-huckabee-as-us-ambassador-to-israel 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna179826

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/07/congress/donald-trump-transition-team-00186912 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4951768-linda-mcmahon-sued-wwe/

Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

Richard Wolin, "'The Leprosy of the Soul in Our Time': On The European Origins of the 'Great Replacement Theory," Los Angeles Review of Books, August 4, 2022, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-leprosy-of-the-soul-in-our-time-on-the-european-origins-of-the-great-replacement-theory/

Richard Slotkin, Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America (University of Oklahoma Press, 1998), https://www.amazon.com/Gunfighter-Nation-Frontier-Twentieth-Century-America/dp/0806130318

The Death of Public Health Under RFK Jr.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs/index.html

https://time.com/7177027/rfk-jr-hhs-secretary-trump-public-health/

https://www.additudemag.com/adderall-shortage-dea-stimulants-adhd-medication/

https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-adderall-labor-camps

https://thehill.com/homenews/4993660-robert-f-kennedy-trump-health-human-services/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/woman-who-accused-rfk-jr-sexual-assault-says-he-apologized-by-text-2024-07-12/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-war-vaccines-could-213751533.html?guccounter=1

https://archive.is/QIIY7

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5191947/trump-rfk-health-hhs

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-comes-home-anti-vaccine-group-commits-break-us-infectious-disea-rcna123551

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/03/flattening-curve-global-poor-covid-lockdowns-human-rights-vulnerable/

Delete Your Account?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-artwork-zines/cybersecurity-with-pigeon-know-your-cyber-civil-rights 

https://open.nytimes.com/how-to-dox-yourself-on-the-internet-d2892b4c5954 

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/some-steps-to-defend-against-online-doxxing-and-harassment 

https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aftercare-for-those-targeted-by-doxxing-and-political-harassment 

Safe Gun Ownership

inrange.tv

https://theliberalgunclub.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/

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Robert concludes the story of T.E. Lawrence by getting into the real bastardry of his life, including a pretty heinous war crime!

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Robert tells Margaret how to scientifically shatter a bridge the T.E. Lawrence way, and how Lawrence crippled the transportation infrastructure of a mighty empire using some guys with camels and sacks of flour.

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

1. Life for Trans People Under Trump

2. What Happens to Gaza Under Trump
3. How Trump's Tariffs Will Impact You
4. Trump's Foreign Policy
5. Why Did Non-White People Vote For Trump?

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Sources:

Life for Trans People Under Trump

https://diyhrt.wiki/
https://www.glad.org/transgender-id-project-updating-your-passport/#ds-11

https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/

https://www.transincomeproject.org/ 

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-skrmetti/ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/3839471-trump-vows-to-punish-doctors-hospitals-that-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-transgender-minors/\ 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/harris-trump-trans-rights-election-lgbtq/ 

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/31/trump-transgender-rights-lgbtq 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna178755 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/10/trump-promises-rollback-on-trans-rights-heres-what-hes-said/ 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-anti-trans-ads-are-just-election-rhetoric-rcna178755 

https://thehill.com/homenews/3839471-trump-vows-to-punish-doctors-hospitals-that-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-transgender-minors/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/politics/democrats-kamala-harris.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU4.kF1q.d5RAok6aekNd&smid=url-share

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-anti-transgender-political-ads-are-dominating-the-airwaves-this-election

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/26/21374948/trump-second-term-lgbtq-people

What Happens to Gaza Under Trump

Palestinians dismayed by Trump's win, their leaders urge peace | Reuters

Gaza’s Cease-Fire Talks Will Probably Wait Until After Trump’s Inauguration - The New York Times

‘Israel will keep invading – with more ease’: Gaza dreads Trump presidency | Features News | Al Jazeera

Trump Wants to End Gaza War on Israel’s Terms

Trump's election promises even more pain for Palestinians

U.S. presidential election: Why Trump's phone call with Netanyahu is so alarming.

Israeli Officials Embrace Trump Victory, Despite His Unpredictability - The New York Times

Donald Trump uses expletive to attack ex-ally Benjamin Netanyahu

No guarantees Trump will give Netanyahu all he wants

How Trump's Tariffs Will Impact You

https://chuangcn.org/2019/12/trade-war-or-redistribution

https://chuangcn.org/journal/one/no-way-forward-no-way-back/

https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/picking-quarrels/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-cementing-fair-and-reciprocal-trade-with-the-trump-reciprocal-trade-act

https://chuangcn.org/2020/06/measuring-profitability/

https://chuangcn.org/2019/08/the-changing-geography-of-chinese-industry-data-brief/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/china-trump-tariffs-taiwan/index.html

https://yeutter-institute.unl.edu/who-has-authority-impose-tariffs-and-how-does-affect-international-trade

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/china-and-walmart-please-for-the-love-3729889/

https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/trumps-tariff-would-cost-the-typical-american-household-roughly-1500-each-year/

https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-biden-tariffs/

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fiscal-macroeconomic-and-price-estimates-tariffs-under-both-non-retaliation-and-retaliation

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/07/donald-trump-is-poised-to-smash-mexico-with-tariffs

https://www.vox.com/scotus/383884/supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-inflation-economy

Trump's Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/us/civilian-deaths-war-isis.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/syrian-surprise-how-trumps-phone-call-changed-the-war-idUSKCN1OR0PN/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/issues

https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2024/trumps-bigger-tariff-proposals-would-cost-typical-american-household-over

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-donald-trump-trade-war-second-presidency-kamala-harris/

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-trump-interview-transcript/

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/woodward-war-biden-putin-nuclear-use-trump-russia-logan-act/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/border-patrol-tactical-unit-marksman-fires-round-fatally-injuring

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/04/trump-mexico-tariff-trade/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrVdFnjEjs&t=17s

Why Did Non-White People Vote For Trump?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-11-10/election-2024-asian-american-voters 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-exit-poll-harris-trump-rcna179005 

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Robert is joined again by Margaret Killjoy to continue our series on Lawrence of Arabia.

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Robert tells Margaret Killjoy the whole story of Lawrence of Arabia, a British imperialist, hopeless romantic and asexual icon who invented the concept of modern insurgent war. Through it all we ask: was he a bastard?

(4 Part Series)

https://www.cliohistory.org/thomas-lawrence/lawrence/youth

https://www.investigativeproject.org/4256/guest-column-the-final-death-of-lawrence-of-arabia

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/02/young-lawrence-a-portrait-of-the-legend-as-a-young-man-review

https://www.salon.com/2015/03/01/i%C2%A0realize_now_that_he_was_sexless/

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/t-e-lawrence-art-war-twenty-first-century/

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2016/2/16/what-would-t-e-lawrence-do

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-lawrence-arabia-180951857/

https://www.tracesofevil.com/p/blog-page_24.html

https://www.firstworldwar.com/features/telawrence.htm

https://baklol.com/baks/Misc/Great-people-who-were-also-per-_1492/T--E--Lawrence-_18491

https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2016/sykes-picot-100-years-middle-east-map/index.html

https://stljewishlight.org/top-story/lawrence-of-arabia-or-lawrence-of-zion/

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/peter-thiel-jeff-thomas/

https://israelforever.org/programs/balfourinitiative/Implementing_Balfour_Declaration/

https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Implementing-the-Balfour-Declaration

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/manuscript-reveals-dark-side-of-lawrence-of-arabia-s-sex-life-76363.html

https://www.amazon.com/Setting-Desert-Fire-T-Lawrence-ebook/dp/B006072QSG 

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/22/archives/the-naked-truth-nothing-withheld-revealed-at-last-the-secret-lives.html

https://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/players/dahoum.html

Schneider, James. Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt (p. 52). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Sattin, Anthony. The Young T. E. Lawrence (pp. 34-35). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.

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

1. Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs

2. Remember, Remember, the (Other) 5th of November
3. An Election Episode feat. Robert
4. Still Don't Panic: An Election Response
5. Trump's Deportation Plans

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Sources:

Trump's Constitutional Sheriffs

https://politicalresearch.org/the-insurgence-sheriffs

Remember, Remember, the (Other) 5th of November

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/real-story-of-bonfire-night/

https://www.ajc.org/news/on-luther-and-his-lies

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/guy-fawkes-bonfire-night/index.html

https://deadline.com/2024/10/lilly-wachowski-anarchists-united-grants-1236161483/

https://www.autostraddle.com/lilly-wachowski-interview/

Trump's Deportation Plans

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/MIGRATION-DEPORTATIONS/akpeoeoerpr/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics/title-8-and-title-42-statistics-fy22

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-trump-would-crack-down-immigration-second-term-2023-11-14/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pledges-10000-extra-border-agents-fight-with-harris-over-immigration-2024-10-13/

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/mass-deportation

https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g

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Robert and Noah conclude the story of Peter Thiel, who just might get the corporate god king he's dreamed about.

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Robert tells Noah how Peter Thiel went to war against Gawker and also completely whiffed on profiting from the 2008 financial crash. Bonus: how Palantir enabled a bunch of creepy corporate security types to stalk their girlfriends, each other.

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