Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight
An Update from Belfast
The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America
Executive Disorder: Prairieland Sentencing, DOGE Deaths, DSA Sweep in New York
How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary
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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.
(2 Part Series)
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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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