Behind the Bastards

It Could Happen Here Weekly 210

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Requiem for Stop Cop City - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43 - CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure - CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers 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: Requiem for Stop Cop City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g] https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop [https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU]  https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent [https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent]https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text] https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ [https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/] https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ [https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces]https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/]https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/ https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/ [https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/]https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/ https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/ [https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY]  https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/ [https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/] https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/ https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/ [https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43 https://archive.is/LRnmy [https://archive.is/LRnmy] https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff [https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E [https://archive.is/o/LRnmy/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E]  https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 [https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20]  https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 [https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760]  https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 [https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96]  https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 [https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704]  https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out [https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out] https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology [https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology]  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/] https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy [https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy] https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf [https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE]  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html] CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw] https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ [https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/] https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers [https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers] https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html [https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html] https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians [https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians] https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/ [https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: The Last Sam Bankman-Fried Episodes (Secretly About Michael Lewis)

Robert Evans is a Living God and can never lie.....Also we talk with Jamie Loftus about Sam Bankman-Fried and beloved biographer to con man Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short. Original Air Dates: 12.5.23 & 12.7.23 Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet [https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet] https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125 [https://archive.is/GnVkX#selection-2015.0-2029.125] https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30 [https://archive.is/cZZcN#selection-455.0-523.30] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-going-infinite] https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/ [https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/02/is-michael-lewis-throwing-out-his-reputation-to-defend-sam-bankman-fried/] https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105 [https://archive.is/yrvL9#selection-1231.0-1271.105] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-key-takeaways] https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code [https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code] https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556 [https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556] https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis [https://jacobin.com/2023/11/sam-bankman-fried-convicted-crypto-fraud-michael-lewis] https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/the-blind-side-michael-lewis-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy-original-review-archive] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update

Part One: Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about the collapse of one of the great financial criminals of our time. Original Air Date: 11.22.22 Part Two: Everyone's favorite crypto conman is back behind bars! Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about his plans to buy an island and make he and his friends living gods. Original Air Date: 8.15.23 See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 209

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration - Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson - The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge - Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42 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: The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare [https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare] https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer [https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/] https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 [https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6] https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/] Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare [https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare] https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer [https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/] https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 [https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6] https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/] The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting [https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting?source=direct_link] @goodbyealma @picnic_mag Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about [https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about] Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production [https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production] Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE] AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations [https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42 https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20 [https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20] https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20 [https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20] https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548 [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548] https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/ [https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/] https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/ [https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/]  https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20 [https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20] https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20 [https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20] https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda [https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda] https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/ [https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/]  https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20 [https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html] https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f [https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f] https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698 [https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698] https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d [https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d]  https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t [https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t]  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats]  https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina [https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina]  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/ [https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/]  https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777 [https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777]  https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana [https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana]  https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf [https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf]  https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement [https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement]  https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States [https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States]  https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html]  https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf [https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf]  https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf [https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf]  https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/ [https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/]   https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 [https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Two: Behind the Bastards Live Show: The Ballad of Bo Gritz

Robert concludes the story of Bo Gritz with his unhinged attempts to rescue POWs from Vietnam, his political ambitions, and disgraceful downfall. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.