Behind the Bastards

Robert takes us into the modern day history of SEAL malfeasance, from kinda robbing Captain Phillips to the comedy of errors that was the raid on Bin Laden.

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In this episode Robert Chronicles how Richard Marcinko's elite red cell suffered two casualties trying to beat up an unarmed man. Also: the Navy SEALs make a series of questionable decisions overseas.

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

• How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights
• Free Football from FIFA
•  How to Fire Your Boss
• The DSA Red Scare
• Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea

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Sources/Links:

How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far

https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own

Free Football from FIFA

https://www.Rebootfifa.com

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt

 How to Fire Your Boss

https://industrialworker.carrd.co

https://linktr.ee/raisaf161

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism

The DSA Red Scare

http://program.dsausa.org

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing

https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/

https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists

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

https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20

https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20

https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/

Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20

https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/ 

https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521 

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628

https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 

https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46 

https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf 

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c 

https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/ 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html 

https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20

https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/

https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites

https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6

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We continue the life and times of Richard Marcinko as he enters the Vietnam War and immediately commits numerous war crimes for the CIA. Then he gets to invent SEAL Team 6!

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This week Robert tells Andrew Ti the story of Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team 6 and patient zero of tacticool "operator" culture.

(4 Part Series)

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/07/14/navy-retiree-arms-maker-indicted/e175edc4-e44d-4f4c-ba0f-750f393a9e87/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/us/richard-marcinko-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/books/in-short-nonfiction-731592.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://archive.is/F9PY3

https://www.forever-wars.com/teamwork/

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/special-opsforces-could-use-a-breather-commander/?ref=forever-wars.com

https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/rogue-warrior/

https://archive.is/UX4bb#selection-1973.0-1973.503

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-different-era-a-different-seal/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/story-richard-marcinko-rejected-marines-144219526.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACuQ4Uwa-deYGH3XjHUkjzLSSNtHqywJJmLzQ6p8IQ47bxUuctt558PTcUjQopVO5YciWUSCa8-Vxb0kWB1ru5BVsttBWLxFZkebdt8pDo925e2bdtxWqLPqTtMuO_lXu-KISzYfRbk351GO4GeoWkNX4ejReU448VUaoAGQwplC

https://www.businessinsider.com/6-wild-facts-about-the-deadly-creator-of-seal-team-6-2018-8?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com

https://tacticalshit.com/shocking-epstein-files-claim-seal-team-six-founder-richard-marcinko-implicated-in-mexico-child-sex-ring-allegations/

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/epstein-files-mexico-ambassador/

https://www.twz.com/43667/enlisted-seal-team-six-operators-piloted-leased-aircraft-according-to-founder-richard-marcinko

https://medium.com/@petraivanigova/performance-vs-trust-why-trust-always-wins-cde97726db2e

https://archive.is/gGQVq#selection-3243.0-3261.472

https://archive.is/ZAqW0#selection-6121.0-6125.172

https://calhoun.nps.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7df2b114-d722-4b5b-b013-29375b27c3af/content

https://archive.is/8R1RB#selection-2665.0-2687.182

https://archive.org/details/roguewarrior0000marc_o0n9/page/n375/mode/1up

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

• Palestine in the World Cup
• What's Wrong with Human Rights
• What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2
• A Report from the Great American State Fair
• Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

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Sources/Links:

Palestine in the World Cup

https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup 

https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup

What's Wrong with Human Rights

Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034

Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012
John Lechte & Saul Newman

State of Exception. 2005
Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell

The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002

Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West

Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20 

https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html

https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/

https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action 

https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/ 

https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/ 

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html 

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy

https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/ 

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html

https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250

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Robert concludes the story of Uday Hussein, football team owner with guest Molly Conger, host of Weird Little Guys. 

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In honor of the World Cup, Robert tells our guest, Molly Conger the wild story of the worst team owner in FIFA History, who also happened to be Saddam Hussein's oldest son.

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

• The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom
• The Fakest Economy of All Time
• The London Dockworkers Strike
• Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition

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Sources/Links:

The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom

https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks  

https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/  

https://eliaayoub.com/ 

The Fakest Economy of All Time

https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 

The London Dockworkers Strike

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike 

https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889 

https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/ 

https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike

https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e

https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/

https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi

https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6

Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges

https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/ 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/ 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/ 

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

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401 

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/ 

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html

https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf

https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

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Robert concludes the Liz Dilling story with her thrilling exploits to support Father Coughlin in taking down FDR and supporting the Nazis.

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