Behind the Bastards

It Could Happen Here Weekly 251

September 26, 2026·3h 5m·10-min readnarrativenews
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This compilation episode weaves together urgent global crises — from Israel's coordinated settler-state campaign to ethnically cleanse the West Bank, to the U.S. government's complicity in AI monopolization and imperial oil wars, to the erosion of democratic norms under Trump — revealing

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Dana Al-KurdAndrew SageMio WongGarrison DavisJames StoutDario AmadeiSam AltmanLina KhanBernie Sanders

Companies

OpenAIAnthropicParamountWarner Bros.

Research & Papers

Pace the Frontier

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceCriminal JusticeGeopoliticsInequalityMergers AcquisitionsPolitical NewsRacial JusticeTech News

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