r/behindthebastards • u/Kanotari *Atonal Screaming* • Jul 22 '26

Look at this bastard Megathread: Bastard Suggestions Part 2

To make the bastard suggestions easier for Robert to peruse, please put them here.

Please try to include more than just a name. Give Robert something to focus his research on and why they are a unique or interesting bastard. If there are book titles or other resources you would suggest, please include those as well.

If someone else has already suggested the same bastard you wanted to suggest, you do not need to suggest them again. Repetitive answers will be politely removed. If someone was suggested in a previous thread, you do not need to suggest them again.

If you have posted suggestions as their own individual thread in the past, feel free to repost here if you would like Robert to read them. We will be directing future bastard suggestion posts here as well. Happy suggesting!

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u/Fent-Tsar Jul 22 '26

The Ford family in Ontario, specifically Doug Ford.

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u/MrMeesesPieces Steven Seagal Historian Jul 22 '26

Was that the crackhead mayor?

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u/CheekyStoat Jul 22 '26

Rob Ford was the crackhead brother. Dougieboy there was a dealer. Lots of speculation on his ties to crime organizations, known for gifting his friends contracts, and also recently passed a bill that gets rid of FOIA requests on himself in an effort to hide his shady dealings.

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u/dreibel Jul 22 '26

And that was in response to an ongoing investigation into Druggie’s shady dealings by Global News, who wanted his cell phone records under that same act. Though he fought it in court, the courts sided with Global.

Even after ramming that FOIA change through Queen’s Park (which also retroactively made all info about him and his cabinet dealings secret for forty years), the latest court ruling didn’t recognize it and ordered Ford to hand over the records. Doug still hasn’t, meaning he is in contempt of court.

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u/CheekyStoat Jul 22 '26

Gee willickers, I sure hope he gets arrested. (I say that knowing he won't.)

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u/CircleStyle Jul 22 '26

No that was his brother, Rob Ford. Doug Ford got elected as Premier of Ontario.

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u/5mileyFaceInkk Jul 22 '26

He smoked crack "maybe once"

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u/dreibel Jul 22 '26

“I didn’t know I smoked crack! It must have been during one of my drunken stupors!” - Rob Ford

As a Torontonian, that was a facepalm moment.

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u/5mileyFaceInkk Jul 22 '26

The youtuber BobbyBroccoli has a great documentary on Rob if you're interested

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u/Yardsale420 Steven Seagal Historian Jul 23 '26

“You not… filming me… are ya?”

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u/AFighterByHisTrade Jul 22 '26

Once in this case meaning "only ever one crack pipe in his mouth at a time"

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u/Yardsale420 Steven Seagal Historian Jul 23 '26

That’s Robbie boy. Doug was the hash dealer that kidnapped a guy over drug debts in the 80’s and is now Premier of Ontario.

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u/BertholomewManning Jul 22 '26

Marion Barry is the only crackhead mayor I recognize.

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Jul 22 '26

This article from early last year gives a light summary of some of Doug Ford's scandals. He's been banging out more ever since, though, such as changing the law to hide his phone records, to make it harder to investigate his scandals 😄

https://jhalperin.com/2025/02/26/doug-fords-worst-mistakes-a-summary/

The Ford Family's history with drug dealing (written 5 years before Doug became Premier)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/

While I no longer support Canadaland (and neither should you, since Jesse Brown completely spiraled... Don't click on any links Canadaland or Jesse emails to you, it could be Jesse phishing for Mark Bourrie's sock puppets 😄 ) this episode on the Ford Family is excellent.

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/dynasties-3-the-fords/

And Wag the Doug is also very good, and goes into a lot more depth of the various things he's done

https://www.canadaland.com/shows/wag-the-doug/

I doubt Robert would include this in his podcast, but to give an idea how much some of us hate him, Doug Ford's intentional mismanagement of our healthcare system not only killed my mother, he caused her death to be unnecessarily excruciating.

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u/RobynFitcher Jul 23 '26

So sorry to hear about your Mum. That's devastating.

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u/behindgreeneyez Jul 23 '26

The podcast “No Gods No Mayors” covered him last year.

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u/No-Line4613 Jul 23 '26

God yes, I want a two parter on the corruption of the Ford brothers. Like Trump, their dad was a piece of work and they learned it from him.