Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
¡El Chupacabras!
Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
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Sources/Links:
Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means
2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH
¡El Chupacabras!
Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
Radford
Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román
En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1
Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x
Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
William A Calvo-Quirós
https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf
El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc
La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupac
abras/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
ng
https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
nmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uran
ium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunq
ue-national-forest
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5
https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-
rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
“Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
“Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni
Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------
Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20
https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20
https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20
https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0
https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20
https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143
https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns
https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo
https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/
https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges
https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/
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Robert concludes the thrilling tale of the life of Peter Rachman by explaining how his death was used by even worse Slumlords to evade any responsibility for their crimes.
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Peter Rachman was a London landlord so bad, his last name became an internationally recognized synonym for "shitty slumlord". In these episodes, Robert explains how he went from fleeing the Nazis, to fleecing the British.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Anti-Palestinian Racism
How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1
The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P2
Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue
You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!
Sources/Links:
Anti-Palestinian Racism
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/
https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality
https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/resources/dismantling-anti-palestinian-racism
https://afi.mesana.org/
How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text
https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/
https://michigandems.com/michigan-leaders-slam-mike-rogers-for-trying-to-intimidate-and-disenfranchise-detroit-voters/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/save/current-user-agencies/guidance/voter-registration-and-voter-list-maintenance-fact-sheet
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-revives-dhs-use-of-flawed-immigration-database-for-voter-purges/
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2026/091526.shtml
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-use-modified-voter-verification-database/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistake
https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f

The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
https://archive.is/V3Qye
https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
https://archive.ph/LClfA
https://archive.ph/NL4NF
https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon
https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20
https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/
https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112343101708611879?s=20
https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20
https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-to-spend-nearly-9m-of-gender-affirming-care-fund-for-minors
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/10/php2shell-why-websites-are-going-offline-for-emergency-security-updates
https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-20/canada-awaits-alberta-referendum-results-after-carney-urges-voters-to-reject-separation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo
https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/
https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/
https://www.dw.com/en/clashes-erupt-at-argentine-student-protests-against-president-mileis-austerity-policies/a-79676861
https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/
https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/
https://apnews.com/article/albania-protests-edi-rama-jared-kushner-9f0ce30c446aa9f273068b98d9f40b14
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr
https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/
https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510
https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6
https://x.com/cspan/status/2111608955847802991?s=20
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2112268669312983214?s=20
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20
https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20
https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20261016-ukmto_vra_overview_u.pdf
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/32/3/president-biden-requests-12b-for-research-on-womens-health
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-flotus-womens-health-executive-order-new-nih-division.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/
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Robert explains how live streamers went from pranks, to acts of insane violence and public cruelty, and eventually turned them into a lucrative industry.
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