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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

Robert and Jamie learn how Pete Hegseth thinks Islam works, and discuss his plan to purge the U.S. of undesirables.

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Part Two: Pete Hegseth's Fascist Book 'American Crusade'

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Pete Hegseth's life, times and horrible 2020 book.

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Part One: Pete Hegseth's Fascist Book 'American Crusade'

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
 
- Post Woke Cinema
 
- AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd
 
- Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27
 
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Sources/Links:
 
The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
 
https://givebutter.com/Uj0NLs
 
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-upmc-to-reinstate-healthcare-for-trans-youth-and-young-adults?source=direct_link&
 
@providers4transjustice on IG
 
Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying
 
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/live-like-the-world-is-dying
 
http://www.tangledwilderness.org
 
http://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff
 
Douglas Rushkoff
 
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/features/ready-for-anything
 
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/its-time-to-build-resilient-communities
 
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocalypse
 
https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e1-kitty-stryker-on-anarchist-prepping/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27
 
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/one-person-killed-every-12-minutes-july-now-gazas-deadliest-month-early-2024
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/27/live-israel-intercepts-gaza-bound-handala-5-palestinians-starve-to-death
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties
 
https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-133/en/ 
 
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=7-30 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.238.0.pdf 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.97.0.pdf 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.98.0.pdf 
 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag-blanche-set-meet-2nd-day-ghislaine/story?id=124064062
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/ 

 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 193

We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people.

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Part Two: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

Robert sits down with Steven Monacelli to tell the grisly tale of a Texas psychiatrist who invented an industry based on convincing juries to kill people.
 
(2 Part series)
 
sources:
 
TRAVELS WITH Dr. DEATH | Vanity Fair | May 1990
 
Death’s Conviction
 
James Grigson Testimony Linked to Miscarriages of Justice
 
Effect of "Dr. Death" and his testimony lingers
 
Flawed Trials Lead to Death Chamber | Death Penalty Information Center
 
Texas halts execution of accomplice tainted by 'Dr Death' testimony - BBC News
 
James Grigson Obituary (2004) - Dallas, TX - Dallas Morning News
 
The Law; Expert Witness Is Unfazed by 'Dr. Death' Label - The New York Times
 
Law: They Call Him Dr. Death | TIME
 
Texas 'Dr. Death' retires after 167 capital case trials - Washington Times
 
82-6080.PDF
 
Implicit bias | ASU News
 
On Texas' Death Row, Ramiro Gonzales Gets Help From Doctor Who Condemned Him | The Marshall Project
 
Dr. Death, This Side of the Twilight Zone: Estelle v. Smith (1981) — MAX WACHTEL, PHD
 
Texas Study Challenges 'Violent Behavior' Predictions - Los Angeles Times
 
The origins of forensic psychiatry in the United States and the great nineteenth-century crisis over the adjudication of wills - PubMed

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Part One: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
 
- Tracking ICE Removal Flights
 
- How LA Resisted ICE
 
- Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
 
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Sources/Links:
 
How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
 
https://transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com/
 
https://thefreeradical.org/dont-panic-the-battle-over-the-trans-medicaid-ban-is-far-from-over-heres-how-to-fight-back/
 
https://ashevilleblade.com‪‪
 
Social Media: @thefreeradical.org‬, @davidforbes.bsky.social‬, @madycast.com
 
Tracking ICE Removal Flights
 
https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/

https://hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-eswatini-flight-went-through-us-base-in-djibouti-americans-stationed-there-are-angry/

https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-action-for-airline-workers-to-stop-ices-deportation-machine/
 
https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/
 
witnessattheborder.org

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

https://www.pogo.org/investigations/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights

https://capitalandmain.com/a-drunk-mechanic-shackled-immigrants-a-crash-landing-the-dangers-of-ice-flights

https://alexplank.substack.com/p/photos-shackled-migrant-escorted

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
 
How LA Resisted ICE
 
https://linktr.ee/mel_buer‪
 
@acatwithnews.bsky.social‬
 
@melbuer.bsky.social‬
 
Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein
 
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-model-amy-dorris
 
https://archive.fo/J6z9J
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna218693
 
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll
 
https://archive.fo/aeLYy
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
 
Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose
 
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?st=dg3j4m&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
 
https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-4634e5afceb8b1bb43f23558dfbb1d6c
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year 
 
https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038 
 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-immigration-deport-chilean-man-living-pennsylvania-refuting-123944071
 
https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/07/22/foto-atribuida-a-luis-leon-supuesto-migrante-chileno-deportado-a-guatemala-es-falsa/
 
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165454 
 
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-07-22/fort-bliss-detention-center-migrants-18520342.html
 
https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4250988/ 
 
https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2022-02/DODIG-2022-064.pdf 
 
https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2024/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_2/OHDACA_OP-5.pdf 
 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/trump-awards-immigration-detention-center-contract-for-fort-bliss-in-texas?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy 
 
https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/21/you-feel-like-your-life-is-over/abusive-practices-at-three-florida-immigration 
 
https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/232598p.pdf
 
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghan-refugee-fort-bliss/ 
 
https://ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/031145354889
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/ 
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/trump-announces-massive-trade-deal-with-japan-with-15percent-tariffs.html
 
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/23/eu-100bn-no-deal-plan-trump-tariffs-threat-us-imports
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-trade-deals-are-arriving-how-they-might-affect-us-economy-rcna220465
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-law-ban-hormone-therapy-gender-affirming-surgery-transgender-youth/
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5407157-puerto-rico-gender-affirming-care-ban-transgender-americans/
 
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-congress-epstein-mike-johnson-b2793874.html
 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-strikes-deal-with-japan-as-eu-us-reportedly-close-in-on-pact-200619932.html
 
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/npr-pbs-affiliates-worry-congress-clawbacks-00465850
 
https://archive.vn/zXQCw#selection-895.0-899.146
 
 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 192

Robert and Miles discuss the second phase of Laetrile's history, where it becomes a culture war issue for the right wing John Birch Society.

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Part Two: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry

Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about Laetrile, a fraudulent cancer "cure" embraced by the John Birch society as a way to tie right wing politics to alternative medicine.
 
(2 Part Series)
 
Sources:
 
Sci-Hub | Laetrile: A Lesson in Cancer Quackery. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 31(2), 91–95 | 10.3322/canjclin.31.2.91
 
The Controversy Surrounding Chad Green
 
Nation: A Battle over Cancer Care - TIME
 
Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. / Oasis of Hope Hospital | Big Statues
 
first-page-pdf
 
Natural Cancer Cures Pioneer Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Founder of Oasis of Hope Cancer Hospital
 
Medicine: Debate over Laetrile | TIME
 
Ernesto Contreras' TJ laetrile clinic | San Diego Reader
 
Laetrile in Historical Perspective | Quackwatch
 
Dr Ernst T. Krebs - ENCOGNITIVE.COM.pdf
 
OBITUARY -- Ernst T. Krebs Jr.
 
The Story of Ernest Krebs, Jr., and Bunk Cancer Cure “Vitamin B17” – Patient Worthy
 
Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. (1912-1996)
 
The Rise and Fall of Laetrile | Quackwatch

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Part One: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew
 
- Humanity, the Bad feat. Andrew
 
- What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
 
- What Does the PKK's Disarmament Mean
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Humanity, the Good & the Bad, feat. Andrew
 
Humankind by Rutger Bregman
 
A Paradise Built In Hell by Rebecca Solnit
 
What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
 
https://hengaw.net/en
 
https://www.iranhr.net/en/
 
https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeopleii
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
 
https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case
 
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/trump-uncle-unabomber-pennsylvania-speech-b2789762.html 
 
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-im-done-talking-about-epstein-time-being-im-gonna-trust-my-friends 
 
https://x.com/WIRED/status/1945207066634657854 
 
https://cw39.com/crime/former-us-marine-corps-reservist-charged-in-texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting/
 
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-blocks-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-nationwide-class-protecting-all-impacted-babies 
 
https://x.com/jeremyphoward/status/1943444549696917714 

 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628d9mre3go 
 
https://strangematters.coop/supply-chain-theory-of-inflation/
 
https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1945274627976200206 
 
https://www.facebook.com/TimesofEswatini/ 
 
https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/homan-says-white-house-hopes-to-forge-more-third-country-deals-in-wake-of-south-sudan-deportations-00448137
 
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/legislators-immigration-reform-reintroduced-dignidad-act/ 
 
https://archive.ph/DdUIR 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/department-of-education-trump-dismantle-explainer 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/supreme-court-firings-education 
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/trump-tariffs-small-countries-00456401 
 
https://www.ft.com/content/65b1fb44-6391-4f74-82db-2d7eb6aaafa9 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/trump-brazil-tariffs-ultimatum-backfires-bolsonaro-lula 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/economy/trump-says-trade-deal-with-indonesia 
 
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/15/spokane-ice-protesters-including-stuckart-arrested/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 191

Antonio Salazar spends his post-war years helping the CIA learn how to torture people and starting a disastrous war with a large portion of Africa. Then he dies! Hooray!
 
Sources:
Antonio Salazar de Oliveira of Portugal and his Estado Novo
 
Antonio Salazar: A Quiet Autocrat Who Held Power in Portugal for 40 Years - The New York Times
 
Did Salazar have a love life? Part 2 – Portugal Resident
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/history/article/2024/04/25/50-years-ago-the-carnation-revolution-ended-portugal-s-dictatorship-in-one-night_6669464_157.html
 
50 years ago, the Carnation Revolution ended Portugal's dictatorship in one night
 
Portugal: End of the Salazar Era | TIME
 
Portugal’s secret police – Portugal Resident
 
The PIDE and Portuguese Society under the Salazar Dictatorship 1945-1974: Fear, SelfPolicing, Accommodation. | ICS
 
Portugal’s Dictatorship: Salazar’s Estado Novo - Portugal.com
 
Sci-Hub | Framing Sexual Violence in Portuguese Colonialism: On Some Practices of Contemporary Cultural Representation and Remembrance. Violence Against Women, 25(13), 1558–1577 | 10.1177/1077801219869547
 
The war that tears Estado Novo down | NewsMuseum
 
friedheim_pub - salazar - leaders of europe 1995.ashx
 
Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995
 
Colonialism and Genocide in Portuguese Africa
 
Three graphics that explain Portuguese colonialism · Global Voices
 
118979704.pdf
 
Portugal, declassified – POLITICO
 
Acousmatic and Acoustic Violence and Torture in the Estado Novo: The Notorious Revelations of the PIDE/DGS Trial in 1957
 
SalazarandBritish.pdf
 
Acousmatic and Acoustic Violence and Torture in the Estado Novo: The Notorious Revelations of the PIDE/DGS Trial in 1957
 
Sci-Hub | Framing Sexual Violence in Portuguese Colonialism: On Some Practices of Contemporary Cultural Representation and Remembrance. Violence Against Women, 25(13), 1558–1577 | 10.1177/1077801219869547
 
Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995
 
Françafrique: A brief history of a scandalous word 
 
Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/180995

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Part Two: Antonio Salazar: The Smartest Fascist Dictator

Robert is joined by Anna Salinas for an update on Keith Raniere and NXIVM.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Leader of Alleged Sex Cult NXIVM Hit With Child Porn Charges

2. NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Arrested Just Before Group Sex: Former ‘Slave’

3. Keith Raniere's Nxivm sex cult trial: What we learned

4. NXIVM Leader Held Woman Inside Bedroom for 2 Years, Ex-Lieutenant Testifies

5. Allison Mack Kept Sex Slave Photos for Blackmail, Ex-NXIVM Member Testifies

6. NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader Forced 3 Sisters to Get Abortions, Ex-Follower Testifies

7. NXIVM Trial Opens: Feds Say Founder Keith Raniere Was ‘Crime Boss,’ Not Guru

8. 6 weeks of testimony in Nxivm case reveal lurid details of alleged sex cult, including branding women and holding them captive

9. Nxivm’s Keith Raniere Convicted in Trial Exposing Sex Cult’s Inner Workings

 
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