Behind the Bastards

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Robert concludes the story of H.L. Hunt with his involvement in the death of John F. Kennedy and downfall as a polical force.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
- Parasitism with Andrew
- The Return of Jim Crow
- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
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Sources/Links:
Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
https://colonelpanic.tech/
SSD.eff.org
Rayhunter.eff.org
https://www.open-archive.org/save
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf

https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/

https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/

https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/

https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/

https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
Parasitism with Andrew
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
The Return of Jim Crow
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/

https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html
Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo

https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20

https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20

ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged

https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046
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https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720

https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.
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This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
(3 Part Series)
https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/
https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up
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