Robert concludes the thrilling story of how Heinrich Schlieman destroyed a crucial piece of our shared human heritage after purchasing a child bride.

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This week Robert delves into the background of the most destructive archaeologist in history: Heinrich Schlieman, who destroyed the city of Troy looking for the city of Troy.

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US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific

After Ceuta

Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated?

What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month?

Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade

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Robert discusses Martin's activities after the war, which included executing unarmed socialists. Then he became a pro-Nazi pastor and was shocked when the Nazis took power and did Nazi stuff.

Sources:

https://www.1517.org/articles/martin-niem%C3%B6ller-controversial-confessor

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/martin-niemoller

https://archive.org/details/godsmanthestory0000clar/page/28/mode/2up

https://www.nytimes.com/1939/09/25/archives/niemoeller-volunteers-for-uboat-service-nazis-reject-imprisoned.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/obituaries/martin-niemoller-resolute-foe-of-hitler.html

https://considerthesourceny.org/teaching-holocaust-and-genocide/overview-human-behavior/case-studies/martin-niemoller

https://archive.org/details/fromuboattoconce0000mart/page/260/mode/2up?q=jew

https://worldbeyondwar.org/kapp-putsch-modern-memory/

https://spartacus-educational.com/GERniemoller.htm

https://nwlocalpaper.com/first-they-came-explained

https://historymadeeasier.com/the-reverend-martin-niemollers-opposition/

https://blog.oup.com/2023/11/the-man-behind-the-legend-martin-niemoller-hitlers-personal-prisoner/

https://www.christiancentury.org/critical-essay/martin-niem-ller-nazis-finally-came-him

https://archive.is/ww7hM

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/first-they-came-martin-niemoller/

https://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/projects/niem/NiemollersAntisemitism.htm

https://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/projects/niem/njm415/NatJewMonthly415.htm

God's Man: The Story of Pastor Niemoeller: Mckay, David: 9780313210655: Amazon.com: Books

Hitler's Personal Prisoner - Benjamin Ziemann - Oxford University Press

Then They Came for Me by Matthew D Hockenos | Hachette Book Group

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You've heard Martin Niemoller's famous poem about Nazi Germany: "First they came..." In these episodes, Robert exposes Martin's true past as a war criminal and Nazi supporter.

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West Bank Takeover

The AI Regulation Debate

Diversity With Andrew

Gas Prices and Oil Wars

Executive Disorder: Trump Bans the “Free Press,” Palestinian National Council Elections, ICE Shooting, Canadian Neoliberalism

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We conclude the harrowing story of Radovan Karadžić with his war crimes and third act as an energy healer.

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to discuss a bastard who really did it all: started his own country and became dictator, carried out a genocide, and matured to quack energy healer using magic to improve men's sperm count.

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19960285

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/22/92775717/timeline-the-political-life-of-radovan-karadzic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/the-hunt-for-radovan-karadzic-ruthless-warlord-turned-spiritual-healer

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/23/92809597/karadzics-dual-life-war-fugitive-new-age-mystic

Radovan Karadzic’s New-Age Adventure - The New York Times

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html

https://calivita.com/webshop

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/radovan-karadzic-war-crimes-trial-no-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/19/5020196/the-poetry-of-an-indicted-war-criminal

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/radovan/poems.html

https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/25/4/485.full.pdf 

https://www.jessicasternbooks.com/my-war-criminal 

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Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet

Should AOC talk to MAHA?

Debating the American Role in the Middle East

A History Built of Uprising

Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??

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We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.

Sources: 

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

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Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.

Sources:

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

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What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?

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Counterrevolution in Egypt

What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?

The Death of American Hegemony

Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov

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In part 2, we follow Galton during his youthful rampage through the middle east and then Africa, and how his 'gap years' created the racism we all live with today.

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This week Robert begins our exploration of Francis Galton, a groundbreaking explorer and statistician who also invented modern racism as we know it by creating Eugenics.

(4 Part Series)

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Disarming Hamas

Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew

The Hunt for Jason Arday

Civilization with Andrew

Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted 

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Robert sketches out the international network of websites where sex criminals ply their trade and advertise, and concludes the story of Dominique Pelicot.

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There exists online a community of websites and users who encourage, pay and teach each other in how to drug and sexually abuse women. Robert explores the case of one particular website, Coco, in France, along with in one specific offender, Dominique Pelicot.

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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition 

Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic 

DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota 

Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions 

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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition 

How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr

Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano

The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/ 

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/ 

https://theconversation.com/why-russia-gave-up-alaska-americas-gateway-to-the-arctic-74675?xid=PS_smithsonian 

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html 

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d 

https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/nyregion/new-light-on-old-fbi-fight-decades-of-surveillance-of-puerto-rican-groups.html 

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1685.html

https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ 

https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d 

https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_123/index.html#es/default/PLEBISCITO_Resumen.xml 

https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099257005212415735 

https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement 

https://time.com/7024574/puerto-rico-status-vote/ 

https://www.uog.edu/_resources/files/schools-and-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/droessler_whose-pacific.pdf 

Las carpetas: persecución política y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico by Ramón Bosque Pérez y Javier Colón Morera

Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 by Harry Franqui-Rivera

Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic 

DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota 

Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions 

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Robert concludes the tale of Percy Fawcett by discussing how he came to believe a hidden jungle portal would turn his son into a god (spoiler: they died horribly).

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There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.

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How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

Fighting for Incarcerated Workers

Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 

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Sources/Links:

How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187

https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/ 

https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll 

https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement 

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ 

https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html 

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d 

https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/ 

https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547

https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe
st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert
o-rico-greenland-n1237336

https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest
“Nationals” but not “Citizens”

https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship
-to-american-samoans

How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 

Fighting for Incarcerated Workers

https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/

https://incarceratedworkers.org

https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/

https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page

Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 

https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdf
https://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal 

https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20 

https://x.com/UK_MTO 

https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20
https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/
https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.html
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.html
https://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8
https://angienixon.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results#democratic-primary https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/florida-democratic-senate-primary-results.html
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20
https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868
https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/ 

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Robert continues telling James Stout about the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

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This week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

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The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-do-indias-gen-z-protests-mean-for-modi

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68282270

GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA\

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https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2025/01/14/auchincloss-take-on-the-tiktok-case-00198039
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https://x.com/BayAreaNewLibs/status/2020215361573122556?s=20

GlobeCon: Can Technocratic Neoliberalism Save Us? Um no wtf?

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-new-liberal-podcast-30949602/episode/the-crisis-of-liberalism-338635572
https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026
https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/bennet-loses-colorado-governor-primary-00983357?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://cnliberalism.org/posts/press-release-greg-schultz-joins-center-for-new-liberalism-as-senior-advisor
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/upshot/poll-democrats-times-siena.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.html

Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election

https://www.glo.texas.gov/about-glo/press-releases/dont-tread-texas-commissioner-buckingham-orders-federal-contractors-cease

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/us-nears-full-withdrawal-iraq-bases-kurdistan-region-face-attacks-iran-proxies?gift_code=PxC6sQpYfa47Ebi2ruPAcNozYz0
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/us-military-iran-war-troops-punish?Date=20260803&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1785734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/exclusive-splc-fraud-cfo-charges 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-secretary-leavitt-dc3753a957b05ef554bf277221d9cf46?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/10/spacexs-earnings-show-elon-wiped-out-two-thirds-of-twitters-ad-business/ https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/12/the-border-is-an-open-wound-a-tree-sit-in-lochiel-arizona-halts-border-wall-construction
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/axon-license-plate-reader-flock-replacement-surveillance-2026/

https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/

https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen

https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs

https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html

https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/

https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html

https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13-police-cameras-says-they-are-unconstitutional

https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justice/2025/12/16/timeline-the-brief-troubled-history-of-flock-cameras-in-eugene-springfield/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/09/03/ai-startup-flock-thinks-it-can-eliminate-all-crime-in-america/

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/flock-cameras-destroyed-nationwide-ice-backlash-2026/

https://ngscinc.com/history-license-plate-recognition

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/automatic-license-plate-readers-legal-status-and-policy-recommendations

https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/patrol-cars-poles-alpr/

https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/state-house-hopeful-arrested-in-flock-fiasco/article_2bb9aca2-5ede-4f42-9329-a8754aad7350.html

https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountySheriffsOffice/posts/pfbid0YWZxSJqZSBJu2BDQiQQnWUqzNiYEoHxQEgF88NBRjRXfDwQxMtqfNyHoiry5m3Mel

https://www.wlky.com/article/attorney-lmpd-flock-camera-scandal/69895783

https://www.alxnow.com/2026/07/14/alexandria-man-arrested-for-allegedly-destroying-multiple-license-plate-readers/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/flock-camera-sawed-old-braeswood-22370015.php

https://nypost.com/2026/08/02/us-news/flock-safety-cameras-vandalized-on-long-island-after-accusations-cop-tracked-lover/

https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/flock-cameras-vandalized-in-monterey-county/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/08/04/down-with-the-flock-florida-man-uses-simple-trick-to-combat-flock-cameras/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/03/police-flock-safety-surveillance-cameras-getting-pushback-florida/90915780007/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137.42.0.pdf 

https://www.highereddive.com/news/court-blocks-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/826417/ 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rb28dkl0zanl3idfd6gk7/2026-35259.pdf?rlkey=n7tj1ii329fwx5syadydk0ve4&st=5dt4p4uf&e=1&dl=0 

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/fc/2015HB-06844-R000875-FC.htm 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixi9_cciy8w&t=43s https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/delivering-gold-standard-childhood-vaccine-recommendations-for-americans/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/health/executive-order-vaccines-what-it-means

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tariff-refunds-split-companies-as-consumers-demand-share-of-166b/ar-AA29jzkB

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/us-sent-back-334-billion-in-tariff-refunds-in-july-as-total-payouts-surpass-100-billion-190357854.html

https://x.com/FrancescaHongWI/status/2087228416101699813?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrKW3GAQjG/?img_index=3

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/wisconsin-governor-results 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary-governor-polling.html
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/11/wisconsin-minnesota-south-carolina-connecticut-elections/wisconsin-election-tv-ads-01035024

https://program.dsausa.org/
https://archive.is/FVnx0#selection-1275.0-1281.109

https://aviationsourcenews.com/air-farce-one-the-exorbitant-cost-of-refitting-a-qatari-boeing-747-8/

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With Palantir now off the ground, Alex Karp turns himself into the spokesman and salesman for Palantir, a company that threatens to destroy everything he pretends to believe in.

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Robert begins his exploration of the early life of Alex Karp, current CEO of Palantir and best friend to Peter Thiel. He traces Alex's journey from left-wing academic to overlord of an "Anti-Woke" defense contractor.

Sources:

Robert Evans

Sun, Aug 16, 7:55 PM (21 hours ago)

to me

https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.26d95273-6a62c822-5da570ba-74722d776562/https/www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/philosoph-des-cyberkriegs/

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https://archive.is/mITxe#selection-2543.0-2557.72

https://archive.is/aVOyY#selection-1659.0-1671.192

https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt

https://kristindemontfort.substack.com/p/alex-karps-aggression-in-the-lebenswelt

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/

https://medium.com/@alfredas/leaving-the-shire-a-farewell-letter-to-my-colleagues-at-palantir-5275b28ce09b

https://medium.com/coriers/can-palantir-take-over-the-entire-data-stack-e9a40b842d0c

https://www.bobinsun.cn/assets/pdf/Palantir-Redefining-Analytics,%20Augmenting-Intelligence%20&%20Unlocking-Secrets.pdf

https://archive.is/QVBtT#selection-2347.0-2347.346

https://fpif.org/americas-ai-war-has-no-civilian-stop-rule/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/

https://lieber.westpoint.edu/warification-illusion-precision-ai-targeting-increasing-civilian-harm/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/palantir-spacex-allegedly-complicit-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza/

https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/security_risks_emerge_how_us_based_palantirs_systems_could_endanger_ukraines_defense_data-16804.html

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A Second Electrolysis Union Appears

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https://linktr.ee/GACWA

Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara 

Saharawi Voices youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SAHARAWIVOICE

The Rise of Organized Retail Crime Propaganda 

https://www.geekwire.com/2026/drone-vs-shoplifter-watch-how-redmond-pd-tracks-an-alleged-thief-from-high-in-the-sky/

https://nrfprotect.nrf.com/attend/event-recap

https://radsecurity.com/roameo

https://losspreventionmedia.com/top-retailers-rely-on-artificial-intelligence-for-loss-prevention/

https://www.facefirst.com

https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-grocery-outlet-facial-recognition/

https://trends.google.com/explore?q=organized%20retail%20crime&date=2019-10-10%202026-07-02&geo=US

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/transnational-organized-crime/organized-retail-theft

https://www.retaildive.com/news/retailers-crime-problem-numbers/699107/

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https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000000741

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853

https://counciloncj.org/shoplifting-trends-what-you-need-to-know/

https://www.vera.org/news/the-truth-about-retail-theft

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/retail-theft-losses-inventory-nrf

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php

https://www.businessinsider.com/target-closing-stores-due-to-crime-stats-tell-another-story-2023-10

https://www.youtube.com/live/CcfggLuNAIk?si=wpu-uZyUisXLWRZT&t=1768

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-12/newsom-suggests-ways-to-crack-down-on-property-crime-without-dismantling-proposition-47

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/09/property-crime-framework/

https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024

https://nrf.com/podcast/how-san-diego-district-attorney-summer-stephan-combats-organized-retail-crime

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049651009/mountain-dew-arrest-felony-count-dropped

https://youtu.be/LXwNudSOWls?si=Jbg8Kh3_ucWxmTXQ&t=2327

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/05/22/states-can-safely-raise-their-felony-theft-thresholds-research-shows

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money2026.html

https://www.lao.ca.gov/policyareas/cj/6_cj_inmatecost

https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/8c903f42-47ab-4b6d-baf7-4f5dc5a6f4d0_DA%20Testifies%20at%20Senate%20Hearing%207-15-25.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/us/one-year-old-mississippi-boy-police-shooting

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/us/south-carolina-murder-trial-cyrus-carmack-belton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNKn0oAdMo

How Congress Could Bring ICE to a Store Near You

https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ATRI-The-Fight-Against-Cargo-Theft-Exec-Summ-12-2025.pdf

https://www.cargonet.com/news-and-events/cargonet-in-the-media/2025-theft-trends/

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-cargo-theft-costing-60-billion-annually-what-that-number-actually-represents

https://www.levernews.com/the-real-story-behind-the-highway-robbery-panic/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853/text

https://www.newstore.com/articles/unified-customer-profile/

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/eyes-everywhere-ices-expanded-use-of-surveillance-technologies/

https://www.aclu-wi.org/news/mobile-fortify-ices-dystopic-facial-recognition-app/

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/06/oregon-state-police-violated-sanctuary-law-sharing-data-ice-lawsuit-claims/

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/retailers-secretively-using-face-recognition

https://vera-action.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Oppose+CORCA+Organizational+Sign-on.pdf

https://davisvanguard.org/2026/07/orgs-oppose-retail-crime-act/

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-durbin-advance-bipartisan-packages-in-national-defense-authorization-act-to-crack-down-on-crime-and-protect-kids-online

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/24/underground-mutual-aid-hillsboro-immigrant-families-ice/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5

https://www.tucsonspotlight.org/ice-detention-bars-tucson-mom-from-her-own-trial/

https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/6/11/230128-a-tucson-resident-was-arrested-for-shoplifting-now-shes-in-ice-custody/

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD004.pdf

https://revealnews.org/article/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech/

https://innovationlawlab.org/news-and-analysis/video-evidence-surveillance-tech-used-op-black-rose

https://www.404media.co/ices-facial-recognition-app-misidentified-a-woman-twice/

Executive Disorder: Spokane Wildfires, Abdul Wins Michigan Primary, Munition Shortage

https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/wildfire/american-red-cross-volunteers-removed-kaiser-canyon-fire-shelter-allegations-racist-discriminatory-language/293-bb0165df-e18f-4b36-95b7-4278f5a327f4

https://gothamist.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-new-yorks-ban-on-ice-agents-wearing-masks
https://x.com/GovKathyHochul/status/2084421714528666043?s=20 

https://gothamist.com/news/ny-looks-to-shut-down-kalshi-have-it-pay-36-billion-in-new-lawsuit
https://abcnews.com/US/capital-closed-hundreds-trumps-bank-accounts-2021-anti/story?id=135273257
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/trump-blanche-acting-nomination-01017021
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28528054-hearn-dismissal-motion/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/jeanine-pirro-removal-reflecting-pool 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1097148959431469

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/g-s1-137389/max-miller-congress-house-ethics-committee-investigation

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/stevens-dismisses-pac-focus-as-campaign-finance-zoomies/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-aipac.html
https://www.eenews.net/articles/michigan-senate-primary-puts-data-center-politics-to-the-test/
https://abdulforsenate.com/priorities/ 

https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2083648125273588199?s=20
https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2085013160528921029?s=20

https://prospect.org/2026/07/17/cbc-condemns-will-lawrence-local-black-leaders-back-him-up-michigan-congress/
https://x.com/WeWill2026/status/2076015931227250722
hhttps://youtu.be/3UyXlWgXyAY?si=OsrVNhC2LuJCjgb- ttps://www.wvxu.org/politics/2026-07-16/cook-political-report-ohio-governor-ramaswamy-acton-toss-up
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/ohio-governor-election-polls-2026.html
https://tiffinohio.net/posts/ramaswamy-booed-young-conservatives-convention-cincinnati/  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/military-organizations/exclusive-us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/ar-AA29nIXd 

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/americas-munitions-crisis-is-real/ 

https://gtac-hub.com/news/crisis-in-us-munitions-supply-as-155mm-production-stalls 

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-ammo-factory-zero-shells/ 

https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2026/08/as-oregon-burns-and-gamblers-bet-lawmakers-push-back-against-wildfire-betting-markets-drawing-millions.html

https://www.hcn.org/articles/people-are-betting-on-wildfires-should-they/ 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/kevin-warsh-is-facing-more-than-a-communication-problem 

https://abc7chicago.com/post/25-states-including-illinois-file-lawsuit-president-donald-trumps-new-tariffs/19620616/ 

https://fortune.com/2026/08/01/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-credibility-shock-rate-hikes-inflation-yield-curve/ 

https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-yields-inflation-interest-rates-outlook-fed-meeting-kevin-warsh-2026-7 

https://archive.vn/gjEFl 

https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/yen-dollar-intervention-euros-bessent-japan-debt-yields/

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/02/business/us-buys-japan-yen-intl-hnk

https://www.cfr.org/articles/why-the-u-s-intervened-to-prop-up-japans-yen

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After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots,  pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

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Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land.

Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/blogs/my-nation-lives/this-week-in-israeli-history-operation-moses-raful-eitan-and-the-patria-disaster-435421

https://www.972mag.com/the-first-political-murder-in-jewish-palestine-lessons-of-intolerance/

https://archive.is/Rdwny#selection-1141.0-1141.321

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654849

https://rense.com/general76/zan.htm

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692

https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/

https://waqarahmed.org/menachem-begin-israeli-terrorist-who-became-prime-minister-won-nobel-peace-prize

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24114/hoffman_2020_swi_bombingkingdavid_aam.pdf?sequence=1

https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/jewish-arab-relations-a-deep-dive-into-the-history

https://www.972mag.com/before-zionism-the-shared-life-of-jews-and-palestinians/

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-arabs-in-palestine

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/conflict-palestine-bw-jews-arabs-zionism

https://thecjn.ca/news/jews-muslims-coexisted-peacefully/

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/jabotinsky-vladimir/?format=pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857736?seq=19wwf

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Sources/Links:

Lebanon's Agreement with Israel

https://www.972mag.com/lebanon-israel-trap-withdrawal-sovereignty/

https://thefirethesetimes.com

https://hauntologies.net

https://eliaayoub.com

Ukraine Update: Political Chaos, Drone War, Crimes & More (ft. Romeo Kokriataski)

https://english.nv.ua

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-ukraine-without-hype-127616838/

Why is DHS Buying Private Prisons

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/corecivic-sells-ice-detention-centers/ 

Why DSA Keeps Winning

https://socialists.nyc/

https://www.dsausa.org/

https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/the-dsa-red-scare/id1449762156?i=1000777008325 

Executive Disorder: Asylum Seekers Forced to Meet with Iranian Officials, Ken Paxton, Activist Charged for GrapheneOS Phone Wipe

https://www.givesendgo.com/letsamgo 

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required 

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-rescinds-2022-public-charge-regulation 

https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2025-20278/public-charge-ground-of-inadmissibility 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-05-26/pdf/99-13202.pdf 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.294220/gov.uscourts.dcd.294220.9.3_1.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.294220/gov.uscourts.dcd.294220.9.4.pdf  

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iran-get-chinese-shoulder-launched-missile-systems-weeks-sources-say-2026-07-29/  

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2082260118930956482

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/28/texas-senate-poll-james-talarico-ken-paxton-july-2026/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/ken-paxton-has-survived-years-of-scandals-can-james-talarico-change-that
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/ken-paxton-has-survived-years-of-scandals-can-james-talarico-change-that
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/ken-paxton-waco-plea-deal-child-sex-abuse-texas-attorney-general/
https://www.kwbu.org/news/2026-05-15/lawmakers-call-for-legal-reforms-response-to-adam-hoffman-case?_amp=true
https://www.kwtx.com/2025/06/11/wife-waco-attorney-adam-hoffman-disputes-allegations-sexual-abuse-made-by-local-boy/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/technology/meta-data-center-louisiana.html
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8800
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8800/text#H6C56E3050B5F4792AEBB0DF665B1D5D9
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/07/22/breakthrough-news-is-under-attack/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Bg1RJk3_8
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf
https://peoplesforum.org/blog_post/trump-allies-in-congress-subpoena-the-peoples-forum-help-us-fight-back/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-withdraw.html
https://www.chandralaw.com/files/assets/2026-05-27def.morenosmotforexpeditedreliefunderupepa.pdf
https://www.chandralaw.com/files/assets/2026-06-04def.morenossecondsupplementtohermot.forexpeditedrelief.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/politics/video/max-miller-abuse-allegations-emily-moreno-digvid-invs
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/14/ohio-congressman-max-miller-is-being-sued-amid-domestic-violence-allegations/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/
https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/2082212225364746306
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71998357/1/united-states-v-tunick/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.351976/gov.uscourts.gand.351976.21.0.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone

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After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.

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Rebecca Felton was a major suffragette and the first female senator. She was also, at different points, a slave owner and professional racist who became America's #1 pro-lynching advocate.

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Felton.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-woman-senator-was-a-virulent-white-supremacist-180981150/

https://archive.is/PpZnj#selection-1919.0-1923.192

https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10695

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/1898/item/2278

https://www.nhcgov.com/604/Wilmington-Massacre-1898

https://www.neh.gov/article/wilmington-1898-unsupressed-history-massacre

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-white-supremacists-overthrew-government/

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/27

https://evhsonline.org/native-american

https://archive.org/details/countrylifeingeo0000felt/page/95/mode/1up?q=slaves+caring+for+a+considerable+number+of+slaves

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674061853?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

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Sources/Links:

CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership

inrange.tv

https://theliberalgunclub.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/

CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20

https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market

https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html

https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries

https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/

https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns

https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket

https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348

https://truthpredict.net/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w

https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html

https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20

CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf

https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html

https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber

Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism,  Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-man-accused-of-setting-fire-outside-immigration-court-charged-with-arson

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2079578782604689855?s=20

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism

https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/ministerial-on-resurgence-of-political-terrorism-results

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1309861/rubio-cites-fatal-greece-firebombing-as-he-urges-global-action-against-far-left-terrorism/

https://apnews.com/article/france-student-beating-death-politics-melenchon-d333739b9f6025828ffaba3bceb1d263

https://apnews.com/article/rubio-polticial-violence-antifa-trump-e1dad3924bd1b018e43d5b89ac07bb0b 

https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/ 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.51.0.pdf 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm 

https://www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terrorist-removal-court-has-its-first-case 

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/visa-restriction-policy-targeting-far-left-terrorist-and-other-aligned-groups/ 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/17/2026-14439/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant 

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf

https://x.com/BaselineNow/status/2079560456117551204?s=20

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2077776039074230375?s=20

https://x.com/TeamFishback/status/2078957886403670411?s=20

https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2079633911181725999?s=20

https://x.com/Julesnader386/status/2078847789606334715?s=20

https://x.com/roomcguire/status/2077484311608008925?s=20

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/

https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/2077940482869453085

https://x.com/AOC/status/2079618843815645552?s=20

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8183/pdf/COMPS-8183.pdf 

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-may-revive-1930-trade-discrimination-law-for-reciprocal-us-tariffs-125021200628_1.html 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-10-duties-expiring-trade-181612201.html 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-canada-tariffs-wildfire/90987616007/ 

https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/trump-tariffs-canada-alcohol-motor-vehicles-dairy/ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-canada-50-tariffs-203346290.html 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/trump-generic-drugs-tariffs-medicine-trade-.html 

https://archive.vn/LzzYv 

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/trump-imposes-new-illegal-tariffs-on-canada/ 

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/03/does-the-smoot-hawley-act-justify-the-trump-tariffs-no-says-philip-zelikow/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/21/canada-tariffs-prices-rise-impact-limited/90993514007/ 

https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/

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Robert takes us into the modern day history of SEAL malfeasance, from kinda robbing Captain Phillips to the comedy of errors that was the raid on Bin Laden.

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In this episode Robert Chronicles how Richard Marcinko's elite red cell suffered two casualties trying to beat up an unarmed man. Also: the Navy SEALs make a series of questionable decisions overseas.

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Sources/Links:

How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far

https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own

Free Football from FIFA

https://www.Rebootfifa.com

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt

 How to Fire Your Boss

https://industrialworker.carrd.co

https://linktr.ee/raisaf161

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism

The DSA Red Scare

http://program.dsausa.org

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing

https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/

https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbARdcqmWTY

https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20

https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20

https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/

Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20

https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/ 

https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521 

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628

https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 

https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46 

https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf 

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c 

https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/ 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html 

https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20

https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/

https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites

https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6

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We continue the life and times of Richard Marcinko as he enters the Vietnam War and immediately commits numerous war crimes for the CIA. Then he gets to invent SEAL Team 6!

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This week Robert tells Andrew Ti the story of Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team 6 and patient zero of tacticool "operator" culture.

(4 Part Series)

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/07/14/navy-retiree-arms-maker-indicted/e175edc4-e44d-4f4c-ba0f-750f393a9e87/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/us/richard-marcinko-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/books/in-short-nonfiction-731592.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://archive.is/F9PY3

https://www.forever-wars.com/teamwork/

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/special-opsforces-could-use-a-breather-commander/?ref=forever-wars.com

https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/rogue-warrior/

https://archive.is/UX4bb#selection-1973.0-1973.503

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-different-era-a-different-seal/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/story-richard-marcinko-rejected-marines-144219526.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACuQ4Uwa-deYGH3XjHUkjzLSSNtHqywJJmLzQ6p8IQ47bxUuctt558PTcUjQopVO5YciWUSCa8-Vxb0kWB1ru5BVsttBWLxFZkebdt8pDo925e2bdtxWqLPqTtMuO_lXu-KISzYfRbk351GO4GeoWkNX4ejReU448VUaoAGQwplC

https://www.businessinsider.com/6-wild-facts-about-the-deadly-creator-of-seal-team-6-2018-8?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com

https://tacticalshit.com/shocking-epstein-files-claim-seal-team-six-founder-richard-marcinko-implicated-in-mexico-child-sex-ring-allegations/

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/epstein-files-mexico-ambassador/

https://www.twz.com/43667/enlisted-seal-team-six-operators-piloted-leased-aircraft-according-to-founder-richard-marcinko

https://medium.com/@petraivanigova/performance-vs-trust-why-trust-always-wins-cde97726db2e

https://archive.is/gGQVq#selection-3243.0-3261.472

https://archive.is/ZAqW0#selection-6121.0-6125.172

https://calhoun.nps.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7df2b114-d722-4b5b-b013-29375b27c3af/content

https://archive.is/8R1RB#selection-2665.0-2687.182

https://archive.org/details/roguewarrior0000marc_o0n9/page/n375/mode/1up

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Sources/Links:

Palestine in the World Cup

https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup 

https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup

What's Wrong with Human Rights

Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034

Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012
John Lechte & Saul Newman

State of Exception. 2005
Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell

The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002

Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West

Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20 

https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html

https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/

https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action 

https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/ 

https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/ 

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html 

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy

https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/ 

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html

https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250

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Robert concludes the story of Uday Hussein, football team owner with guest Molly Conger, host of Weird Little Guys. 

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In honor of the World Cup, Robert tells our guest, Molly Conger the wild story of the worst team owner in FIFA History, who also happened to be Saddam Hussein's oldest son.

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Sources/Links:

The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom

https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks  

https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/  

https://eliaayoub.com/ 

The Fakest Economy of All Time

https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 

The London Dockworkers Strike

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike 

https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889 

https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/ 

https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike

https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e

https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/

https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi

https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6

Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges

https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/ 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/ 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/ 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-haiti 

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401 

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/ 

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html

https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf

https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

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Robert concludes the Liz Dilling story with her thrilling exploits to support Father Coughlin in taking down FDR and supporting the Nazis.

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Robert sits down with the magnanimous Katy Stoll to discuss the predecessor of Phyllis Schlafly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones: Elizabeth Dilling

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Sources/Links:

The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight

https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline

https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien 

How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary Sources:
https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senate
https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/
https://mainepeoplesalliance.org/endorsements/https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69df7d24dedc9206b2f1e62c/1776254244968/GrahamforMaine_EndBillionaireWelfare.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e243347ef4a528f4d10392/1776719977715/GrahamforMaine_DefendDemocracyAgenda.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e244c4754da237acf6aa07/1776436420589/GrahamforMaine_HealthcarePolicy.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69fe0394377d136e142fc5ff/1778254740849/GrahamforMaine_TakeBackAmericanPower.pdfhttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/interview-graham-platner-gun-control-transgender-rights-military-record-family-senate/97-da9bf2d5-e35b-4a2f-9cbd-3b1e3be48570
https://frenchmanbay.org/aaresponse/
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/23/politics/elections/unions-found-susan-collins-challenger-oysterman-graham-platner-joam40zk0w/
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/28/the-oysterman-trying-to-oust-susan-collins-raised-1-million-in-nine-days/

https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/in-collins-hometown-platner-brings-his-grassroots-pitch-to-the-county/
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-service-employees-association-endorses-democrat-graham-platner-for-us-senate
https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/01/demonstrators-gather-outside-ellsworth-city-hall-part-statewide-protests/
https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/graham-platner-profile/https://themainemonitor.org/graham-platner-success-explained/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlRswCllI5w

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2MkjC7ymQHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMgQVqa-DA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-itNjgCJDxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZOj1IzEcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwu_X-as8U&t=116s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNRmty16fg
https://www.patreon.com/naomilachance/posts/graham-platner-160548109

The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/unemployment-rate-returned-to-its-prepandemic-level-in-2022.htm

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-287.html

https://endhomelessness.org/resources/nationwide-survey-shows-widespread-discrimination-against-gender-expansive-people-including-in-emergency-shelters/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/162985/economics/unemployment-during-the-great-depression/

https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-Trans-Survey-Brief-V4_Working-File.pdf

Executive Disorder Sources:

Sources: 

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv1208-27  

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/86/text
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5939015-trump-cassidy-iran-gop-meeting/ 

https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-reps-juan-ciscomani-and-gabe-vasquez-lead-bipartisan-public-lands-integrity 

 https://x.com/iThusitha/status/2069796878674485517?s=20 

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/06/army-general-pentagon-hegseth/687675/ 

https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2069824558035607651?s=20 

https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-12542/naturalization-application-fee-adjustments 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490.1.0.pdf 

https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/contact-support/legal-matters/child-support.html 

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv3501-111 

https://x.com/USinNigeria/status/2069798954997264530?s=20 

https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116779961376108129
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116800002761284625
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/g-s1-129586/france-red-heat-wave-alert https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/22/how-india-heatwaves-shutting-schools-pushing-women-out-of-the-workforce https://indianexpress.com/article/education/schools-shut-in-delhi-up-punjab-wb-more-heatwave-triggers-imd-alert-extended-summer-breaks-10696915/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp0krp98ro https://apnews.com/article/india-heatwave-deaths-heat-stroke-climate-change-880f26e3b8eeb066d2db2308502783d2 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/24/europe-heatwave-live-news-updates-uk-record-breaking-temperatures-italy-red-alert https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-france-europe-climate-change-record-81c341900166135de6cbc0f49156477b https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/climate/europe-heat-wave-dome-france-uk-spain https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/climate/europe-heat-wave-france-uk-spain?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en https://theconversation.com/too-hot-too-humid-why-the-sustained-heatwave-in-india-and-pakistan-is-so-dangerous-283762 https://weather.com/2026/06/23/news/weather/dangerous-record-heat-wave-europe-france-uk-forecast

https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-million-preventable-deaths-2030-if-usaid-defundinghttps://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/news-logos/BU-researcher-warns-of-367,000-deaths-from-halted-USAID-programs_.pdfhttps://gizmodo.com/the-headlines-that-elon-musk-says-dont-exist-2000776112https://archive.is/dv0Ve#selection-1309.1-1335.403
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-new-york-primary.html
https://forward.com/news/831689/brad-lander-israel-palestinians-congress/
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/mysterious-pro-reynoso-super-pac-funded-teachers-union-not-aipac/414238/
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/aipac-helping-boost-espaillat-against-dsa-challenge/414300/
https://espaillatsreceipts.com/
https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2068810495239369066?s=20
https://x.com/d_aviladickson/status/2069197935812718717?s=20
https://x.com/ellad3vi/status/2069190974937436581?s=20
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2069195933837869472?s=20
https://x.com/pelegrinc/status/2062184383876935829?s=20
https://x.com/r0berto_mid_5/status/2069427334088740970?s=20
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2w0yezeyxo https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/manifesto-laden-with-incel-ideology-linked-to-cote-des-neiges-shooting/

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Robert concludes the life story of Ian Smith by explaining the Rhodesian Bush War, and how prejudice led to military disaster.

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It's finally time for our episodes on Ian Smith, and the founding of Rhodesia! Buckle up for some racism kids.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

- Settler Colonialism with Andrew

- Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

- The Necessary War on Data Centers

- Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

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Sources/Links:

How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth

(https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth)

More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican

Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu

Empire of Borders by Todd Miller

Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller

From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu

(https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf)

Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294)

Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña

(https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/)

Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924

(https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf)

US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic)

Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1

(https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header)

Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby

(https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/)

Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas)

‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart)

Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/)

“They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses”

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/)

Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic

(https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/)

10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic

(https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality)

LEA Training Schedule 2024

(https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR)

International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program)

Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program)

El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M)

How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau

(https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/)

Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html)

Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/)

US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border

(https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border)

Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti

(https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/)

A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi

(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg)

“A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234)

Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS

(https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html)

Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti)

La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia

(https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/)

La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413)

Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement

(https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/)

87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración

(https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/)

Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic

(https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)

Settler Colonialism with Andrew

Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe

https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History

Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran. 

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel

Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og 

Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

Short Stories:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/

https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation 

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rul
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/

Police Shooting:

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/ 

https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/ 

https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp 

https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/ 

https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/ 

https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163 

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html 

https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1 

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022

Iran Deal:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20 

https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781 

https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz 

https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20

https://x.com/osinttechnical 

World Cup:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/

UFC Freedom 250:
https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline
https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

Dialog:
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

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Robert concludes the heroic story of a fake bomb detector that got forced on Iraq leading to hundreds of deaths.

Sources:

https://corruption-tracker.org/case/the-worldwide-fake-bomb-detector-scam

https://archive.is/ykgSC

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29477894

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375

https://archive.is/6pQv#selection-659.1-671.44

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22380368

https://archive.is/qOXeu#selection-1625.1034-1633.368

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-43900624

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-bomb-detectors-that-didnt-work-in-baghdad/

https://archive.is/IctuY#selection-3735.0-3747.72

https://quackwatch.org/related/ideomotor/

https://www.maloriesadventures.com/blog/the-forgotten-story-of-the-radionics-scam-that-fooled-the-gilded-age/

https://mind.university/radionics-the-medicine-of-the-future-a-hoax-or-a-scientific-mystery/

https://educate-yourself.org/tjc/ruthdrownuntoldstory.shtml

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-un-science-of-radionics/

https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2019/10/08135540/drown.pdf

https://www.kookscience.com/arch/Radionics.html

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Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed.

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