Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition
- Is the Economy About to Explode?
- Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis
- The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs
- Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail
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Sources/Links:
UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-clintons-must-be-held-accountable-for-refusing-to-comply-with-duly-issued-bipartisan-subpoenas/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiAk6WXc0M

https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/26/lauren-boebert-photo-hillary-clinton-pausing-epstein-deposition/

https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/hillary-clintons-team-demanded-beauty-lighting-for-oversight-deposition-was-wary-of-looking-like-a-hostage-source/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJrYKAl6T0
Is the Economy About to Explode?
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/south-korea-stocks-kospi.html
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/persian-gulf-oil-squeeze-d9a39190
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/nikkei-225-hang-seng-index-kospi-crude-wti-brent-oil-futures-iran-war-gulf-hormuz.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
https://x.com/weijia/status/2031086856679412042?s=20
Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis
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Solidarity with Isavela: Support Her Legal Fight https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-with-isavela-support-her-legal-fight
Follow Home Girlz 4 Isa to stay updated on her case https://www.instagram.com/homegirlz4isa
Help keep vulnerable Minneapolis neighbors housed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need
The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/senate-democrats-bill-small-businesses-trump-tariffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-new-tariffs-shift-focus-balance-payments-economists-see-no-crisis-2026-02-24/
https://archive.vn/E3fwh#selection-479.0-482.0
https://www.toyassociation.org/PressRoom2/News/2026-News/court-orders-refunds-for-ieepa-tariffs-implementation-process-ongoing.aspx
https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2026/feb/us-dollar-role-as-reserve-currency
https://sudanreeves.org/2018/05/10/the-collapse-of-sudans-economy-is-accelerating-along-with-human-suffering/
https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2016/11/01/international-trade
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-macroeconomics/ap-open-economy-international-trade-and-finance/the-balance-of-payments/a/the-balance-of-payments
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/bolivias-balance-payments-crisis-brings-back-bad-memories
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557758286/ch02.xml
https://www.krwg.org/local-viewpoints/2026-03-10/scotus-decision-on-tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-healey-demands-refunds-mass-182527561.html
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5775500-businesses-sue-trump-tariffs/
https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2025/oct/what-is-the-balance-of-payments
https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/10710/text
https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/explainers/the-balance-of-payments.html
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/frbslreview/rev_stls_196103.pdf
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/952314
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0003/003/article-A003-en.xml
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3545&context=faculty_scholarship
Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-isis-supporters-charged-attempting-detonate-explosive-devices-during-protests-outside
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737562/justice-department-missing-epstein-files-trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/09/trump-is-delaying-texas-senate-endorsement-to-pressure-gop-senators-on-save-america-act-00819991?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-trump-secures-historic-commitment-to-keep-electricity-costs-down-amid-data-center-boom/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-energy-affordability-with-the-ratepayer-protection-pledge/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge-proclamation/
https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=91c3f239c18349fdb409f901c50b7e71&mediatype=video
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-cuba-may-or-may-not-be-friendly-takeover-2026-03-09/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/cuba-trump-iran-venezuela/686203/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/trump-cuba-marco-rubio-fall
https://archive.ph/n8IuV#selection-615.200-615.231
https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3mgfkfdazls2c
Shield of the Americas - Doral 2026
https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/2029647010002055467
https://www.usaspeShield of the Americas - Doral 2026nding.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000055_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-
https://fbodaily.com/archive/2025/08-August/21-Aug-2025/FBO-07556474.htm
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/markwayne-mullin-smell-of-war/
​​https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2030056869624955036?s=20
https://x.com/SecWar/status/2029675198115401932?s=20
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/09/terrorist-designations-of-los-choneros-and-los-lobos
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2029011785567572285?s=20
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/commitment-to-countering-cartel-criminal-activity/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-6
https://x.com/BaxtiyarGoran/status/2031747170588577931?s=20
https://www.patreon.com/posts/trump-model-for-152819826?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.
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Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- What’s Happened to the Israeli Left
- Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
- What's Next for Iran?
- Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything
- Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election
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Sources/Links:
What’s Happened to the Israeli Left
Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/
Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en
Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/
Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/
Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/
Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/
Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen
Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng
“No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
“Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/
Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs
Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
https://taxtherichny.com/action/
https://ourtime.nyc/
https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12
Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election
https://apnews.com/article/bovino-minnesota-immigration-minneapolis-good-pretti-0ace82ca68846109fbf6d30439e6f0f1
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1431469.html
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-kurds-iraq
https://x.com/KurdistanWatch/status/2028447001508012501?s=20
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran
https://presidency.gov.krd/sarok-nechervan-barzani-o-oazeri-daraoai-aeran-peshhathkani-naochhkh-taotoe-dhkhn/
https://x.com/qubadjt/status/2029199935917187252?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2029219939102401017?s=20
https://www.centcom.mil/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/pam-bondi-subpoena-epstien-00812960

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-wbd-paramount-merger-deal-netflix.html

https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/2027181141162111461
https://president.columbia.edu/news/message-acting-president-claire-shipman-0
https://x.com/NoahHurowitz/status/2027124257394774140?s=20
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms

https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_enrolled.pdf

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kansas-revokes-license-no-gender-change
https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/2029041869074604256?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-primary.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/jasmine-crockett-dallas-williamson-county-voting-changes/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/elections/dallas-county-vote-tally-court-ruling.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/on-the-issues-a-qa-with-the-texas-democrats-running-for-u-s-senate/
https://jamestalarico.com/issues/
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/talarico-pitch/
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Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice
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