Behind the Bastards

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)
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Palestine in the World Cup
What's Wrong with Human Rights
What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2
A Report from the Great American State Fair
Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings
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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
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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/
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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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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom
The Fakest Economy of All Time
The London Dockworkers Strike
Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition
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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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