Behind the Bastards

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
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https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/40692
https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/patria/
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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/
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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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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Lebanon's Agreement with Israel
Ukraine Update: Political Chaos, Drone War, Crimes & More (ft. Romeo Kokriataski)
Why is DHS Buying Private Prisons
Why DSA Keeps Winning
Executive Disorder: Asylum Seekers Forced to Meet with Iranian Officials, Ken Paxton, Activist Charged for GrapheneOS Phone Wipe
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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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