Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  1. 16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story 2. Rendition By Private Jet 3. What's Happening in Immigration Court 4. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #18 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone [http://apple.co/coolerzone]  Sources/Links: 16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story https://thefreeradical.org/ [https://thefreeradical.org/] Rendition By Private Jet https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-private-jet-to-hell/ [https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-private-jet-to-hell/] What's Happening in Immigration Court Donate to Primrose's legal fees: venmo.com/u/kirsten-zittla [venmo.com/u/kirsten-zittlau] https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose [https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #18 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/22/live-israel-kills-87-in-gaza-shots-fired-near-diplomats-in-west-bank [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/22/live-israel-kills-87-in-gaza-shots-fired-near-diplomats-in-west-bank]  https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto [https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto]  https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-elias-rodriguezs-leaked-chats?r=1aiy5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false [https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-elias-rodriguezs-leaked-chats?r=1aiy5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false]  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ajc-access-young-diplomats-reception-tickets-1312062246499 [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ajc-access-young-diplomats-reception-tickets-1312062246499] https://www.ajc.org/events/washington [https://www.ajc.org/events/washington]  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/22/us/israel-embassy-shooting-dc [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/22/us/israel-embassy-shooting-dc] https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjyxay1zxg [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjyxay1zxg] https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1925468225665446272 https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1925468225665446272 [https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1925468225665446272] https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1925650699414646909 [https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1925650699414646909] https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Spectrum-Security-Services/Job/Detention-Officer/-in-Los-Angeles,CA?jid=2a4b6034cef9977e [https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Spectrum-Security-Services/Job/Detention-Officer/-in-Los-Angeles,CA?jid=2a4b6034cef9977e]https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25954386-24a1153/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25954386-24a1153/ [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25954386-24a1153/] https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-nationals-deported-by-us-being-held-in-notorious-junta-detention-centre/?tztc=1 [https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-nationals-deported-by-us-being-held-in-notorious-junta-detention-centre/?tztc=1] https://www.patreon.com/posts/129696965 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/129696965] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Robert builds to the thrilling conclusion of the other Kevin Smith's story: the mass slaughter of his own flock. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Robert tells the story of Kevin Ontoniel Smith, a Jamaican-Canadian minister who created an apocalyptic Christian sect and slit his follower's throats in a COVID related panic. Sources; “Is Your Blood Clean?”: The Paranoid Pastor Who Turned His Church into a Violent Cult | The Walrus [https://thewalrus.ca/is-your-blood-clean-the-paranoid-pastor-who-turned-his-church-into-a-violent-cult/] Ontario college mum on cult pastor's PhD - Jamaica Observer [https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/10/27/ontario-college-mum-on-cult-pastors-phd/] The power of religion to abuse, distort and control the realities of susceptible persons | Toronto Caribbean Newspaper [https://torontocaribbean.com/the-power-of-religion-to-abuse-distort-and-control-the-realities-of-susceptible-persons/] Preacher Kevin O. Smith, parishioners arrested for alleged human sacrifices [https://nypost.com/2021/10/23/preacher-kevin-o-smith-parishioners-arrested-for-alleged-human-sacrifices/] ‘It was like prison’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://web5.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211019/it-was-prison#slideshow-1] Naive Christians slammed for missing Kevin Smith red flags | News | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220107/naive-christians-slammed-missing-kevin-smith-red-flags] Kevin Smith’s money trail | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211107/kevin-smiths-money-trail] ‘He left a trail of pain and debt’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/he-left-trail-pain-and-debt] ‘Kevin Smith will return’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20221113/kevin-smith-will-return] Kevin O. Smith’s social media footprint | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211020/kevin-o-smiths-social-media-footprint] Kevin Smith had great prophetic powers, says Henley Morgan | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/kevin-smith-had-great-prophetic-powers-says-henley-morgan] I’m a scholar of the “prosperity gospel.” It took cancer to show me I was in its grip. | Vox [https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/3/12/17109306/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy] Book Review: Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, by Kate Bowler - 9Marks [https://www.9marks.org/review/blessed-history-american-prosperity-gospel/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  1. Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 2. Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 2 3. War Update 4. The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12 5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #17 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone [http://apple.co/coolerzone]  Sources/Links: Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chuck-morse-anarchism-in-mexico [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chuck-morse-anarchism-in-mexico] https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angel-cappelletti-anarchism-in-latin-america [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angel-cappelletti-anarchism-in-latin-america] Kirk Shaffer’s “Tropical Libertarians: Anarchist movements and networks in the Caribbean, Southern United States, and Mexico, 1890s–1920s” (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/steven-j-hirsch-lucien-van-der-walt-anarchism-and-syndicalism-in-the-colonial-and-postcolonial#toc97) [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/steven-j-hirsch-lucien-van-der-walt-anarchism-and-syndicalism-in-the-colonial-and-postcolonial#toc97)] War Update https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/pkk-final-declaration-activities-under-the-pkk-name-have-ended-79294 [https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/pkk-final-declaration-activities-under-the-pkk-name-have-ended-79294] 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In this episode we follow Carl Schmitt through the disillusionment of WW1, and breaking up with his con artist wife, to his creation of the Death Star of liberal democracy. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.