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  • Behind the Bastards

    Bonus Episode: Untitled Warhammer 40,000 Podcast

    20/05/2026 | 49 mins.
    Robert and Joe Kassabian are soon launching a new podcast about Warhammer 40,000 and you. This episode acts as a legally binding teaser / preview.
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    Part Three: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

    19/05/2026 | 52 mins.
    Robert concludes the story of H.L. Hunt with his involvement in the death of John F. Kennedy and downfall as a polical force.
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    It Could Happen Here Weekly 232

    16/05/2026 | 3h 26 mins.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    - Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
    - Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
    - Parasitism with Andrew
    - The Return of Jim Crow
    - Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
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    Sources/Links:
    Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf
    https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
    https://colonelpanic.tech/
    SSD.eff.org
    Rayhunter.eff.org
    https://www.open-archive.org/save
    Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
    https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf
    https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf

    https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/

    https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

    https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/

    https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/

    https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/

    https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

    https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=
    https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
    Parasitism with Andrew
    Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
    Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
    The Return of Jim Crow
    https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
    https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/

    https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/

    https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/

    https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/

    https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/

    https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning

    https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html
    Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
    https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo

    https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
    https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20

    https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20

    ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged

    https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046
    https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20
    https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828
    https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf
    https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/
    https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/

    https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide

    https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720

    https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20

    https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf
    https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
    https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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    Part Two: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

    14/05/2026 | 54 mins.
    Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.
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    Part One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk

    12/05/2026 | 57 mins.
    This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
    (3 Part Series)
    https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/
    https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
    https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
    Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
    https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
    https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
    https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
    https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up
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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.
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