Behind the Bastards – Details, episodes & analysis

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

1. Kamala Shuts Down the DNC
2. Imane Khelif and the Co-option of the Mexican Terfs
3. Transnational Repression of Sikh Independence Activists
4. Political Cults: The Democratic Workers Party feat. Andrew

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Robert and Randy conclude the story of Thomas Kincade by talking about the massive fraud he committed and also some sex crimes.

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Sources:

https://archive.is/Exc9H#selection-1601.0-1605.107

https://mbird.com/art/the-drunken-downfall-and-death-of-thomas-kinkade/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cultivare/2012/05/the-dark-light-of-thomas-kinkade/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/painter-of-light-thomas-k_n_16801

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-05-fi-kinkade5-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/25/arts.artsnews

https://archive.is/DJgOU#selection-1229.0-1233.162

https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2012-apr-08-la-me-thomas-kinkade-20120408-story.html

https://www.salon.com/2012/04/09/thomas_kinkade_the_george_w_bush_of_art/

https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/light_4/

https://medium.com/@scottproposki/remembering-thomas-kinkade-and-learning-from-his-meteoric-rise-7dafbf3476d6

https://www.susanorlean.com/articles/art_for_everybody.php

https://www.salon.com/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/

https://www.degruyter.com/foxyCartCheckout?fcsid=h6o7rl8tvhra7lcqcmokpsq5ar 

https://hereswhatsleft.typepad.com/home/2004/12/conservative_ar.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brexit-art-preference-study-1368613

https://medium.com/@baudart1965/thomas-kinkade-paintings-not-worth-much-if-anything-because-of-oversaturation-d298f1661b1e

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-29/science-explains-why-it-s-so-easy-to-hate-painter-of-light-thomas-kinkade

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/thomas-kinkade-death-of-a-kitsch-master

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/jul/12/features11.g22

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Why do people keep posting that fake Voltaire quote and who is the pedophile who actually said it? Molly takes you back to the 90s, inside the Nazi compound where Kevin Strom started broadcasting a weekly antisemitic radio show. 

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear!

(4 Part Series)

Sources:

1. https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade
2. https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x53vg/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epsteinand-pizzagate-conspiracies
3. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/287890/finders-keeper/  
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/officialsdescribe-cult-rituals-in-child-abuse-case/11f05df1-48e0-41f7-b46d249c0bd2bc39/  
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/finders-group-has-its-roots-in-popular60s-hippie-refuge/2d6b5d9d-904f-4acd-a371-f560fca68b39/  
6. https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders/the-finders-part-01-of-04/viewr 
7. https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/finders.htmlhttps://joncohen.org/wp-content/uploads/1988/11/In-Search-of-the-Finders-New-Times-version-.pdf
8. https://www.amazon.com/Gamecaller-Mr-Tobe-Terrell/dp/1974059308

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Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald Trump

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Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. 

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

1. https://cafe.com/article/were-revolutionaries-john-schmitzs-controversial-1972-third-partypresidential-campaign/  
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/05/archives/john-schmitz-is-no-george-wallace-.html 
3. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-16-me-1902-story.html  
4. https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/115krux/fun_facts_about_john_g_schmitz_not _really_theyre/  
5. https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-devastated-when-politician-father-was-caughtfathering-children-with-student/  
6. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joseph-e-schmitz-foreign-policypentagon-dod-germany-wrong-doing-439239
7. https://archive.is/qkm9c  
8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/01/12/conservative-gopcongressman-john-g-schmitz-70-dies/d1dc7a2d-458c-4ef4-8f0d-398dfb8d54b4/  
9. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1176662608/a-historian-details-how-a-secretiveextremist-group-radicalized-the-american-rig  
10. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/29/republicans-orange-county-california-228110/
11. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20181105/281483572392685  

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In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Kaiser Wilhelm.

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Kaiser Wilhelm, the devastatingly cringy Mama's boy who came to rule an empire despite lacking even a single relevant skill.

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