Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Isn’t Really Over
Do Not Become Addicted to Water: Asheville After Helene
Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger
A Tale of Two Assassinations with Andrew
Executive Disorder: Hegseth Impeachment Vote, Jensen Huang’s Spy Scandal, Salvadoran Operations in Haiti
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Sources/Links:
Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Isn’t Really Over
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-declares-drought-disaster-parts-puerto-rico-dry-conditions-persist-rcna594653
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-embalse-la-plata-se-acerca-al-nivel-de-control-como-estan-sus-condiciones/
https://www.esmental.com/agua-impacto-sequia-salud-mental-ansiedad/
https://www.neefusa.org/story/water/home-water-use-united-states#Puerto%20Rico
https://docs.pr.gov/files/Estado/OrdenesEjecutivas/2026/OE-2026-035.pdf
https://www.prfaa.pr.gov/recent-press-releases/governor-announces-usda-approval-of-drought disaster-declaration-for-puerto-rico
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/aaa-contratos-millonarios-perdida-agua/
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/aaa-fondos-reparar-tuberias-perdida-agua/
https://wapa.tv/noticias/locales/una-semana-sin-agua-y-190-mil-abonados-afectados-por-rotura-en-el-superacueducto/articleb4a05276-f542-4d3b-a21e-6b154eee5d16.htmlref_=heavyweather.media
https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2026/06/07/utilizaran-camiones-de-leche-para-distribuir-agua-en-comunidades-afectadas-por-averia-de-la-aaa/?ref=heavyweather.media
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Mtu_y1nBj1M&sourceve_path=NzY3NTg&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fheavyweather.media%2F
https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/averia-en-el-superacueductos-dejara-mas-de-100-mil-abonados-sin-agua/?ref=heavyweather.media
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/yo-voy-a-cobrarles-todo-lo-que-pueda-presidente-de-la-aaa-advierte-que-buscara-que-luma-pague-por-reparacion-en-carraizo/?ref=heavyweather.media
https://elpais.com/us/2026-08-01/mas-de-100-dias-sin-agua-la-crisis-que-golpea-a-miles-en-puerto-rico-ademas-de-los-apagones.html
https://www.periodicolaperla.com/actualidad/nuevo-estudio-advierte-que-la-sequia-en-puerto-rico-seguira-y-aumentara/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/10/puerto-rico-water-access
https://www.wired.com/story/puerto-rico-is-rationing-water-it-could-avoid-it-by-harvesting-rainwater/
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/videos/carl-axel-soderberg-acueductos-pierde-el-60-del-agua-que-produce-294132/
https://es.euronews.com/2026/08/08/puerto-rico-raciona-el-agua-a-500000-personas-por-la-peor-sequia-desde-2015
https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/falta-de-dragados-y-mala-planificacion-estudio-confirma-lo-que-esta-limitando-nuestros-embalses/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-declares-drought-disaster-parts-puerto-rico-dry-conditions-persist-rcna594653
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/mas-de-la-mitad-de-puerto-rico-sigue-bajo-sequia-o-sequedad-pese-a-lluvias/
https://www.cdc.gov/global-water-sanitation-hygiene/about/about-global-hygiene.html
https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-esencia-cabo-rojo-developers-44d13fdafa22d9ec3
94ff222426db331
https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20260811/puerto-rico-tiene-desde-el-2024-una-ley-que-obliga-a-las-agencias-recolectar-agua-de-lluvia/
https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/91-2024.pdf
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/agua-no-da-proyecto-esencia/
https://www.senado.pr.gov/aaa-aee-y-turismo-se-oponen-al-proyecto-esencia-en-cabo-rojo-durante-los-trabajos-de-investigacin-del-senado-de-puerto-rico
https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/culmina-el-dragado-del-embalse-carraizo/
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/legislatura/notas/carlos-johnny-mendez-promete-accion-sobre-el-plan-de-mitigacion-al-cambio-climatico-pero-dice-falta-un-proyecto-de-ley/
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/08/nuevo-estudio-advierte-sequia-aumentara/
https://planclimaticopr.com/visor.html?tomo=1&pagina=1
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/legislatura/notas/legislatura-apunta-a-aprobar-version-reducida-del-plan-para-enfrentar-el-cambio-climatico/?templateId=OT3HWJU9FRSI&
templateVariantId=OTB2HAZL1TSY&experienceID=EX029JWEG3W3
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63354869/108/1/maldonado-gonzalez-v-puerto-rico-aqueduct-and-sewer-authority/?ref=heavyweather.media
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/dd80d863-6a63-11ef-a8ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-was-puerto-ricos-water-system-really-built-for/id1553089886?i=1000799569550

Do Not Become Addicted to Water: Asheville After Helene
https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5399

Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/
https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/
https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison
https://www.nilc.org/resources/tracking-the-cecot-disappearances/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-cnn-cbs-news-editorial-indepedence-board-who-what-why-1236707168/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/oracle-tiktok-us-stake-outages.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-d5d8a1d56b5185778536874d7fc1ee62
https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover

A Tale of Two Assassinations with Andrew
https://abcnews.com/US/luigi-mangione-charged-murder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-life-school-family-back/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-brian-thompson-killing
America's Forgotten Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists by Jeffrey D. Simon
Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe by Nunzio Pernicone, Fraser Ottanelli
The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s by Carl Levy
The Monza Tragedy by Errico Malatesta - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-the-monza-tragedy

Executive Disorder: Hegseth Impeachment Vote, Jensen Huang’s Spy Scandal, Salvadoran Operations in Haiti
https://x.com/AvAkifAkin/status/2119530275541811504?a=P678NnFDDQ_gCEpTZ5Y&s=20
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ICS_U.S._Mission_to_Burma_20260831-Public.pdf
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/11/disrupting-irans-pursuit-of-man-portable-air-defense-systems-fact-sheet
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/portsmouth-grants-rnli-highest-civic-honour-following-threats-to-crew-9342509
https://www.axios.com/2026/11/08/scoop-mamdanis-bid-for-2028-kingmaker
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/09/congress/union-sours-on-schumer-01157983
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/10/congress/sanders-dings-schumer-01159546
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/no-idea-hegseth-strategy-iran-james-comer/
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mzvwv2cxl32x
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026317
https://x.com/Rep_Stansbury/status/2120312483697091008
https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/house-democrats-traffic-key-hegseth-impeachment-vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6206617-jeffries-supports-hegseth-impeachment/
https://x.com/riley_rogerson/status/2120299241348202952
https://x.com/LEBassett/status/2120307288754065812?a=q397I_gDFM3huIgD_to&s=20
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-natural-causes-340763248/episode/urgent-the-bipartisan-effort-to-quietly-erode-environmental-and-tribal-protections-349745030/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2aC8lAOQbg
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2118778661243634138a=9rxD6GnZblVeCArqCvo&s=20
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2118794656154550533a=qjnnQBn295o28uObEuM&s=20
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2118805228153864465a=UMBw8NvHgD9qVhvwTbY&s=20
https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395863
https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hegseth_articles_of_impeachment.pdf
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-impeachment-vote-house-thomas-massie/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_Ui8f1k6jYbISwuK2TJWdFmumkR24jM/view
https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/General%20Order%200826%20re%20Immigration%20Habeas%20Petitions.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-bond-policy-trump-washington-judges-976cd214de879948f324988a60a96d4b
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/bukele-says-salvadoran-troops-destroyed-195938494.html
https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/2120182485015474372?a=Dgw1vfEEOAu9XXLcnqY&s=20
https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/2118798429434343447?a=-NEIMF6zQ-lBZ4jXr5A&s=20
https://apnews.com/article/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-haiti-elections-war-on-gangs-un-rubio-democracy
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/17/americas/haiti-erik-prince-drones
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/10/haiti-drone-strikes-put-residents-at-risk
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-deal-trump-bukele-gangs-el-salvador/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article317973147.html
https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/el-salvador-state-department-haiti-gangs
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/11/11/haiti-depth-what-bukeles-intervention-means-security-crisis
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/a-message-to-our-company
https://www.ft.com/content/a55a2a22-4479-4f93-a445-6147a5c6d790?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/jensen-huangs-affair-with-alleged-chinese-spy-puts-nvidias-china-ambitions-under-scrutiny/
https://archive.is/4MK0d#selection-473.0-477.231
https://archive.is/DitAN
https://archive.is/20261029091025/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/nvidia-china-jensen-huang-trump.html
https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-hired-a-pr-firm-known-for-handling-sex-scandals-last-year/
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Don Simpson rises to the top of Hollywood by co-opting gay culture and doing every drug imaginable. But then things take a turn on the set of a doomed Tom Cruise movie.
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In this week's harrowing episode, Robert and Soren Bowie explore the life and times of Don Simpson: the man who produced Top Gun and most of the other big hits of the 1980s while being a coked-up devil behind the scenes.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Hope & Dirty Tricks: How Lula Beat Flavio Bolsonaro
Election Rumors and Conspiracism
Catching up with the status of Kurdish groups in Iran
Executive Disorder: 2026 Midterms Edition
Executive Disorder: GOP Blame Game, Trump/Epstein Report, Paraguay Ousts President
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Sources/Links:
Election Rumors and Conspiracism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-reward-reporting-voter-fraud
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/harassment-public-records-requests-bombard-uw-truth-seeker-after-jan-6-hearings-cameo/
https://uwcip.substack.com/p/election-rumor-rundown-october-24
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/minnesota-charges-conservative-activist-okeefe-influencer-higby-after-voting-2026-10-29/
Catching up with the Status of Kurdish Groups in Iran
https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg
Executive Disorder: GOP Blame Game, Trump/Epstein Report, Paraguay Ousts President
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/10/how-mamdani-canceled-cop-city/416903/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/nyregion/pied-a-terre-mamdani-appeal-win-home-tax.html?smid=url-share
https://apnews.com/article/port-strikes-arms-shipments-france-greece-italy-4a8813406fd51b91b3b7d17826c1883d
https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2117641211909730538?a=ri24O90ueHp7eYgCoDc&s=20
https://x.com/war_noir/status/2117581845755773246?a=P0quWPGQ6wjaX70NPOQ&s=20
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26A624/431463/20261102111302952_California%20Application.pdf
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/united-states-v-california-2/
https://2026.electoral.dsausa.org/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/senate-results
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-trump-lost-midterms-33cf9fd4?st=EQm4gx
https://x.com/justinbaragona/status/2117780696626257981?a=Q68Ma2bBhMU2LKxTVkk&s=20
https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835
https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/2117614591060721973?a=A5arnEBUOHurQE3jSg8&s=20
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2117612993139585093?a=dprbLi0Afsej7Jh14ko&s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/desantis-calls-midterm-bloodbath-an-extinction-level-event-for-republicans-01148705
https://x.com/politico/status/2117840712855113793?a=5vZ3flWUbvcJyTvleyU&s=2
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/05/congress/bernie-sanders-launches-medicare-for-all-push-01151604
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2117887743443505646?a=tif1VPo4NuwejhijsNY&s=20
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6199505-house-investigations-trump-administration/
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2118335426968616973?a=tRXmF86Rp3SEkpIuB_E&s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/15/paolo-zampolli-fired-state-department-trump-01121739
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-call-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-trump-s-ties-to-epstein/ar-AA2g6UnX
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes
https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/318-garment-factories-closed-amid-labour-unrest-over-7-lakh-workers-leave-workplaces
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/paraguay-president-santiago-pena-resigns-following-bank-collapse/4102079/
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In part 2, Dennis Hastert lucks his way into becoming Speaker of the House and helps Congress redefine corruption for the 21st century. And then, after his retirement, it all comes crashing down.
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