Behind the Bastards

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

Robert begins to explore the new Epstein files with Andrew Ti and unveils a conspiracy that crosses cryptocurrency, right-wing political power and, believe it or not, video game micro transactions. (4 Part Series) See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot - Normalcy feat. Andrew - Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons - The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson - Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos 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: Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf [https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf]  https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/ [https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/]  https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism [https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism]  https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin] https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained [https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained]  https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358 [https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358]  https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20 [https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20]  https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808 [https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808]  https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214 [https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214]  https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790 [https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790] Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7] Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep [https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep] https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/ [https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/] https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/ [https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/] https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058 [https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058]  https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf [https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf]  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf]  https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476 [https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476]  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php]  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration]  https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family]  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/] https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family]  https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency [https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency]  https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46 [https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/ [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/] https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results [https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results] https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all [https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all] https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026 [https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I] https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46 [https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46] https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46 [https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46] https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46 [https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46] https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46 [https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

Finally, an episode about the life and times and possibly crimes of Border Patrol sin eater Greg Bovino. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Three: Romana Didulo: Queen of Canada

Robert concludes the story of Romana Didulo, for now, with the tale of her ill-fated invasion of a small Canadian town. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting - Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew - Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us, Pt. 2 - What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism - Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest 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: CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/ [https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/] https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf [https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752] https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/ [https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/] https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n [https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n] Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. 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https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-us-justice-department-filed-a-lawsuit-over-georgia-voter-data-in-the-wrong-city/#:~:text=Judge%20rules%20US%20Justice%20Department%20filed%20a,government%20had%20sued%20in%20the%20wrong%20city [https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-us-justice-department-filed-a-lawsuit-over-georgia-voter-data-in-the-wrong-city/#:~:text=Judge%20rules%20US%20Justice%20Department%20filed%20a,government%20had%20sued%20in%20the%20wrong%20city]. https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/e815ed47-fce4-4797-8dc7-bcbc9efa968d.pdf [https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/e815ed47-fce4-4797-8dc7-bcbc9efa968d.pdf] https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2018504435769520156?s=20 [https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2018504435769520156?s=20] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/georgia-fulton-county-fbi-election-raid [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/georgia-fulton-county-fbi-election-raid] 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[https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-next-for-146454395?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf]  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.52.0.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.52.0.pdf]  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2z7eb5efGlHrb2AYBtfqMVDJSUfIu/view [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2z7eb5efGlHrb2AYBtfqMVDJSUfIu/view]  https://www.startribune.com/another-wave-of-departures-in-minnesotas-us-attorneys-office/601575569 [https://www.startribune.com/another-wave-of-departures-in-minnesotas-us-attorneys-office/601575569]  https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/24_0307_priv_pia-ice-066a-pia-update.pdf [https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/24_0307_priv_pia-ice-066a-pia-update.pdf]  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/bovino-frustrated-directive-conduct-targeted-operations-chicago-rcna257069 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/bovino-frustrated-directive-conduct-targeted-operations-chicago-rcna257069]  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and]  https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/25/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/ 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https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2019098549640917124?s=20 [https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2019098549640917124?s=20]  https://t.co/aMIp9uMx04 [https://t.co/aMIp9uMx04]  https://wladimirvanwilgenburg.substack.com/p/kurdish-regions-will-be-organized [https://wladimirvanwilgenburg.substack.com/p/kurdish-regions-will-be-organized] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.