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 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Republican’s reactions to the election blowout, DSA’s midterm wins, how Democrats can go after the Trump admin while delivering on economic issues, economic collapse protests in Paraguay, and a one million worker wildcat strike in Bangladesh. Sources: 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/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert, James, and Garrison are joined by Steven Monacelli and Kevin Foster to discuss the BLUE TSUNAMI with Democrats flipping at least 7 Senate seats and gaining an 80+ House majority. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Wladimir Van Willgenberg to discuss the situation for Kurds in Iran after nearly nine months of the USA’s bombing of Iran. Links: https://x.com/vvanwilgenburgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin speaks with Stephen Prochaska and Danielle Lee Tomson of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public about election rumors and how to sort through claims of rigged elections.  Sources:  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/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things James mentioned in the episode, all with non affiliate links! https://armsofandes.com/https://darntough.com/ https://www.sitkagear.com/collection/equinox-guard-collection https://www.royalrobbins.com/us/en-us/men/featured/mosquito-protection-technology/ https://nuyarn.com/ https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha https://www.primaloft.com/insulation-products/active-series/active-evolve https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/quantum-air https://kahtoola.com/gaiters/navagaiter-gtx/ https://auclairgloves.us/products/hybrid-xc-2-finger-mitts-adult-new-fall-2023 https://skida.com/products/limoncello-alpine-hat See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert reads an essay by Brazilian activist and podcaster Caio Almendra, about Caio's personal experience helping rally 2 million voters to save Brazilian democracy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a comfy, cozy story about a robot colony on the moon, and one robot's journey to find a new home--and have her tarot cards readSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Israeli Elections and the Palestinians 2026 Elections (The Union Ones) ¡El Chupacabras! Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales  Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!   Sources/Links: Israeli Elections and the Palestinians Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026 A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026 Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/ Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means 2026 Elections (The Union Ones) https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH ¡El Chupacabras! Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by BenjaminRadford Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1 Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years byWilliam A Calvo-Quirós https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupacabras/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-training https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Environmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uranium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunque-national-forest https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5 https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-puerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”  “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales  https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074 https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/ https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/ https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/ https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/ https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------------------- Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20 https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20 https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20 https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20 https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20 https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0 https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20 https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143 https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/ https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns  https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243  https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/ https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815 https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/ https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election  https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701 https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list  https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/  https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180 https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes  https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/ https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20 https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327 https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842 https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/  https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0  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The gang discuss how Brazilians organized to beat Bolsonaro, White House allegations of “likely” non-citizen voting, James O'Keefe being charged with unlawful voting, $137 million in AI campaign ads and politician deepfakes, and why there are massive protests in Albania.Sources: https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20 https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20 https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20 https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20 https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20 https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0 https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20 https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20 https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143 https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/ https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns  https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243  https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/ https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815 https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/ https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election  https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701 https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list  https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/  https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180 https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes  https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/ https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20 https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327 https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842 https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/  https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0  https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Kim Kelly gives us a spooky little roundup of labor actions from gravediggers, embalmers, and coffin makers (oh my!). Sources:  https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074 https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/ https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/ https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/ https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/ https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos hunts down the origin of the chupacabra, then explains how U.S. imperialism andPuerto Rico’s many crises gave rise to the bloodsucker. Follow Carlos @vaquero2XL Sources: Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by BenjaminRadford Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1 Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years byWilliam A Calvo-Quirós https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupacabras/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-training https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Environmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uranium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunque-national-forest https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5 https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-puerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”  “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with IWW members Pam Suitland-Halas, Andrew D. Ferguson, and Elizabeth Copis-Dukelow about the upcoming elections in the IWW. Links: https://linktr.ee/PamelaSHSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure  https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands  https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4 https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical  https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/  https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks through what the Israeli elections mean for Palestinians across the territories and within Israel. She goes over the latest reports on how the election might play out, and recent events that have affected campaigning in Israel.  Sources: Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026 A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026 Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/ Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret and Hazel read you a found documents story about a government experiment gone wrongSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Anti-Palestinian Racism How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P2 Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistake https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f    The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788 https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection https://www.europesays.com/3147332/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788 https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en https://archive.is/V3Qye https://orf.at/stories/3122404/ https://archive.ph/LClfA https://archive.ph/NL4NF https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501   Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470 https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon  https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20 https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380 https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html 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The gang discuss the short lived career of Press Sec Katie Zacharia, an anti-trans op in Texas, Trump’s new “Women’s Health Task Force,” the Alberta secession referendum, Elon Musk cutting Starlink speed in Ukraine, and protests in France, Albania, Indonesia, and Italy. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470 https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon  https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20 https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380 https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/ https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112343101708611879?s=20 https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20 https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027  https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-to-spend-nearly-9m-of-gender-affirming-care-fund-for-minors https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/10/php2shell-why-websites-are-going-offline-for-emergency-security-updates https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-20/canada-awaits-alberta-referendum-results-after-carney-urges-voters-to-reject-separation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/ https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/ https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/ https://www.dw.com/en/clashes-erupt-at-argentine-student-protests-against-president-mileis-austerity-policies/a-79676861 https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/ https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/ https://apnews.com/article/albania-protests-edi-rama-jared-kushner-9f0ce30c446aa9f273068b98d9f40b14 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/ https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510 https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6 https://x.com/cspan/status/2111608955847802991?s=20 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2112268669312983214?s=20 https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20 https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20  https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20  https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20261016-ukmto_vra_overview_u.pdf https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167 https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/ https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/32/3/president-biden-requests-12b-for-research-on-womens-health https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-flotus-womens-health-executive-order-new-nih-division.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second of two episodes Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory.   Sources: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788 https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection https://www.europesays.com/3147332/ https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en https://archive.is/V3Qye https://orf.at/stories/3122404/ https://archive.ph/LClfA https://archive.ph/NL4NF https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory.  Sources: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788 https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection https://www.europesays.com/3147332/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788 https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en https://archive.is/V3Qye https://orf.at/stories/3122404/ https://archive.ph/LClfA https://archive.ph/NL4NF https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it. Listen here and subscribe to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of the midterms, Garrison explains the current status of Trump’s executive orders to to restrict mail in voting and purge voter rolls, and how the worst effects may not come until 2028.   Sources: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/ https://michigandems.com/michigan-leaders-slam-mike-rogers-for-trying-to-intimidate-and-disenfranchise-detroit-voters/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/save/current-user-agencies/guidance/voter-registration-and-voter-list-maintenance-fact-sheet https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-revives-dhs-use-of-flawed-immigration-database-for-voter-purges/ https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2026/091526.shtml https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-use-modified-voter-verification-database/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistake https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd outlines what anti-Palestinian racism is and the common tropes used to attack Palestinians and their allies.   Sources: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/ https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/resources/dismantling-anti-palestinian-racism https://afi.mesana.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our conversation with Dr. Treasure about Herny Dumas and touch on all sorts of topics from Hoodoo to Fannie Lou Hamer to being mentored by one's father.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: 2026 Midterms Polling Update  The French Student Uprising Breadfruit! Fear of a Nuclear January 6th Executive Disorder: ICE Shooting in NYC, Russian Diesel and Ukraine, Protests Around the World You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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Vega Rodríguez https://treesthatfeed.org/programs/planting-trees/ https://treesthatfeed.org/programs/school-feeding-programs/ https://treesthatfeed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AR_2026_.3.6MB.pdf Executive Disorder: ICE Shooting in NYC, Russian Diesel and Ukraine, Protests Around the World NYC Immigration Resources: Immigration Legal Support Hotline: 800-354-0365, or dial 311 and say "Immigration Legal."“Free, confidential, funded by the City. Interpretation in 200+ languages. Immigration status does not matter,” - Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/moia-immigration-legal-support-centers.page Intake form for help from the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative: http://nyc.gov/RRLC Know Your Rights booklets, multiple languages: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/know-your-rights.page  “What to do if ICE agents approach you / what to do if a friend or family member is detained / Sanctuary City laws in NYC.” https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/2108722293967073459?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHE6Zfi-vUs https://x.com/hollypret/status/2108343537309990968?s=20 https://x.com/StatusCoup/status/2108344393958617221?s=20 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/10/09/dhs-debunks-new-york-sanctuary-politicians-lies-about-ice-shooting-illegal-alien https://www.amny.com/news/ice-shooting-detainee-bullet-neck-10122026/ https://x.com/DarializaforNY/status/2108564402756595758 https://x.com/nycDSA/status/2108539679452942837?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/09/nyregion/ice-shooting-bronx-nyc https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/08/federal-officers-shoot-man-in-the-bronx-nypd-says/utm_content=buffer39205&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQA_BiDZH-0  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/10/mayor-mamdani-directs-first-comprehensive-review-of-nypd-use-of-  https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/2109675562344087792 https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2108344900165263476?s=20 https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2109454084961137040?s=20 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crx23qlnj27qo https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article317572876.html https://prospect.org/2026/10/13/militants-victory-uaw-shawn-fain/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ogPwN9ykM https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/tech/seniors-struggling-worse-than-teens-with-screens-ai-and-algorithms/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions-and-use-of-ai-differ-by-age/ https://brendonbeebe.substack.com/p/did-bot-traffic-drop-after-the-yandex https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/russia-s-yandex-bot-traffic-plunges-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-russia-google-data-centers/ar-AA2e0IjN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9y7l0pm8jkko https://archive.is/2RtqI#selection-1999.0-1999.257 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-10/russian-attacks-kill-20-in-ukraine-after-trump-strikes-diesel-deal-with-putin https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russian-Strikes-Cut-Power-to-600000-Ukrainians-Days-After-US-Diesel-Deal.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/india-shuts-down-iconic-delhi-024043716.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-student-protests-spread-scroller-9.7379099 https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/belgium-9-minors-arrested-clashes-055545941.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/spain-madrid-protesters-mourn-evicted-123225186.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/india-cockroach-leaders-jailed-protest-140533064.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss ICE agents shooting Oscar Belgal in the Bronx and the ensuing protests, live-streamed military execution, the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home, Trump taking Russian diesel, the situation in Ukraine, and the current wave of protests in India, Spain, and France.  Links: NYC Immigration Resources: Immigration Legal Support Hotline: 800-354-0365, or dial 311 and say "Immigration Legal."“Free, confidential, funded by the City. Interpretation in 200+ languages. Immigration status does not matter,” - Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/moia-immigration-legal-support-centers.page Intake form for help from the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative: http://nyc.gov/RRLC Know Your Rights booklets, multiple languages: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/know-your-rights.page  “What to do if ICE agents approach you / what to do if a friend or family member is detained / Sanctuary City laws in NYC.” Sources: https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/2108722293967073459?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHE6Zfi-vUs https://x.com/hollypret/status/2108343537309990968?s=20 https://x.com/StatusCoup/status/2108344393958617221?s=20 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/10/09/dhs-debunks-new-york-sanctuary-politicians-lies-about-ice-shooting-illegal-alien https://www.amny.com/news/ice-shooting-detainee-bullet-neck-10122026/ https://x.com/DarializaforNY/status/2108564402756595758 https://x.com/nycDSA/status/2108539679452942837?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/09/nyregion/ice-shooting-bronx-nyc https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/08/federal-officers-shoot-man-in-the-bronx-nypd-says/utm_content=buffer39205&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQA_BiDZH-0  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/10/mayor-mamdani-directs-first-comprehensive-review-of-nypd-use-of-  https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/2109675562344087792 https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2108344900165263476?s=20 https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2109454084961137040?s=20 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crx23qlnj27qo https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article317572876.html https://prospect.org/2026/10/13/militants-victory-uaw-shawn-fain/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ogPwN9ykM https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/tech/seniors-struggling-worse-than-teens-with-screens-ai-and-algorithms/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions-and-use-of-ai-differ-by-age/ https://brendonbeebe.substack.com/p/did-bot-traffic-drop-after-the-yandex https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/russia-s-yandex-bot-traffic-plunges-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-russia-google-data-centers/ar-AA2e0IjN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9y7l0pm8jkko https://archive.is/2RtqI#selection-1999.0-1999.257 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-10/russian-attacks-kill-20-in-ukraine-after-trump-strikes-diesel-deal-with-putin https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russian-Strikes-Cut-Power-to-600000-Ukrainians-Days-After-US-Diesel-Deal.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/india-shuts-down-iconic-delhi-024043716.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-student-protests-spread-scroller-9.7379099 https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/belgium-9-minors-arrested-clashes-055545941.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/spain-madrid-protesters-mourn-evicted-123225186.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/india-cockroach-leaders-jailed-protest-140533064.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert lays out his theory for how a "nuclear January 6" - the accidental or intentional limited deployment of a nuclear weapon for incredibly stupid reasons, is more likely than you might think.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos talks about how breadfruit is being used as a tool of emergency preparedness andto fight hunger crises around the world. Sources: https://es.mongabay.com/2023/08/arbol-del-pan-conservacion-crisis-climatica/ https://www.wired.com/story/breadfruit-caribbean-pacific-climate-change-super-food/ https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000062 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-breadfruit-the-climate-change-proof-food-of-the-future-180980665/ https://thestoryexchange.org/shes-brought-a-climate-resilient-superfood-to-the-worlds-attention/ https://ntbg.org/breadfruit/about-breadfruit/ https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/supply-and-demand-concerns-breadfruit/ https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/ulu-on-the-up-hawaii-breadfruit-production-keeps-booming/ https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/supply-and-demand-concerns-breadfruit/ https://www.9millones.com/story/como-los-puertorriquenos-disenan-su-recuperacion-justa-colectivamente https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/18/climate-change-impact-on-food-everyone-giving-up-breakfast/ https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/08/climate-resilient-breadfruit-might-be-the-food-of-the-future https://www.plateapr.com/que-hacer/origen-festival-de-la-pana-humacao https://www.eater.com/23664880/what-is-breadfruit-hawaii-how-to-cook https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/climate/3-degrees-warming-reports-iea-united-nations  https://bittmanproject.com/breadfruit-is-delicious-and-versatile-but-it-shouldnt-have-to-save-the-world/ https://www3.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FN-68.pdf https://estadisticas.pr/Agriculturahttps://ishs.org/ishs-article/1128_8/ Breadfruit: Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree by Russell Fielding Recetario de Pana Edición 2014 by Asociación Recreativa y Educativa Comunal del Bo.Mariana, Inc (ARECMA), edited by Luz A. Vega Rodríguez https://treesthatfeed.org/programs/planting-trees/ https://treesthatfeed.org/programs/school-feeding-programs/ https://treesthatfeed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AR_2026_.3.6MB.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Faiza, a political analyst and feminist theorist in France about the French high school student protests and breaking out of our complacency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Indigenous People's Day James intorduces an episode of the Nomadcast interviewing Mato Wayuhi. NomadCast is hosted by Caleb “Moose” (White Mountain Apache Descendant) and Cheyanne (White Mountain Apache Enrolled) Endfield from the White Mountain Apache Reservation where the couple went to school, met, had children and now work and create. NomadCast is a show interested in exploring the best of Indian Country. Caleb Suggested listeners who enjoyed this episode might also enjoy: Lilly GladstoneOne of Indian countries brightest stars. Proof we can sit comfortably at any table. Doctor’s Orders Solo episodeWhy not believe in myself a bit? Tiio Horn EpisodeIn person event at Indigenous Pop Culture Expo in Oklahoma. Very fun episode where I made the deer lady laugh. Alice Qannik Glenn Third Wheel Blues EpisodeFun conversation that flows between topics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Robert chat about what it will take for Democrats to win back Congress, Iran’s letter to the American people, and midterm election polls in Texas, Maine, Florida, North Carolina, Alaska, and Michigan. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-call-trump-big-liar-2026-09-29/ https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019  https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midterm-elections-in-maine-october-2026/ https://mainebeacon.com/new-polling-jackson-narrowly-leads-collins-mainers-want-affordable-childcare/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/maine-senate-democratic-party-troy-jackson-graham-platner-susan-collins.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/north-carolina-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/republicans-pull-ad-spending-from-north-carolina https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6131462-sabatos-crystal-ball-shifts-alaska/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/alaska-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-its-lone-star-senate-showdown-between-talarico-paxton https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/texas-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2106409529512808548?s=20  https://x.com/MediumBuying/status/2108208307550752820?s=20 https://floridapolitics.com/archives/820643-poll-ashley-moody-45-angie-nixon-45-and-florida-now-has-two-toss-ups-at-the-top-of-the-ticket/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article317496818.html https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ttw_fl_20260921_lv.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-voter-poll-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/ https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-health-care-issues-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2026-midterm-election/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/midterms https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/how-much-will-gerrymandering-impact-2026-midterms https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5989694/midterm-elections-control-congress https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/gop-track-lose-house-majority-15-race-ratings-shift-towards-dems See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon  Attacking Palestinian Health Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! Sources/Links: The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/ Bob Dunning's Newsletter:  https://www.thewaryone.com/ https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/ https://centerforneweconomics.org https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/ https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/ https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/ https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/ https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/ How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon  https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3 https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/ https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/  https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/  https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/ https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/ https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/ https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf  https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/  https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees  https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7  https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/  https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill Attacking Palestinian Health https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/ https://www.hudassalon.movie/ Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf https://acampada26s.net/ https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/ https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20  https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf  https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/  https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini  https://www.camp-oshad.org/ https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent  https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports 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The gang discuss a tree-sit on the border, massive student protests in France, a Supreme Court ruling on rendition, the Brazilian election, a Russian researcher who was accidentally exposed to the pneumonic plague, and the death of former House Speaker and pedophile Dennis Hastert. Sources: https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf https://acampada26s.net/ https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/ https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20  https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf  https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/  https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini  https://www.camp-oshad.org/ https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent  https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html https://apnews.com/article/dennis-hastert-dead-obituary-4a04ca4b4c0741a38f4b4a7e0f2bc78c https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-wins-big-without-his-name-ballot-2026-10-06/ https://archive.is/6j85h https://archive.is/DqaJi https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/world/video/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-of-unknown-infection See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Yara Asi, Palestinian scholar, author, and public health researcher studying how conflict, structural violence, and political systems shape health and human security. Yara describes the attacks on Palestinian health in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Israeli policies and objectives driving these attacks.   Sources: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/ https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/ https://www.hudassalon.movie/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Matt and Olivia from the NYC-DSA Labor Working Group about how Amazon uses subcontractors to exploit “last mile” delivery drivers and how a new bill could hold Amazon accountable and strengthen workers' ability to organize.  Sources: https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3 https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/ https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/  https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/  https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/ https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/ https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/ https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf  https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/  https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees  https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7  https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/  https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest host Zaron Burnett investigates the curious question: Can we print our own money? The short answer is: yes, yes we can. To consider the more nuanced aspects of that question, Burnett spoke with Peter LaRochelle from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. LaRochelle administers a local currency called BerkShares, which is available in the tourist-friendly Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. The alternative currency was created 20 years ago and serves as a successful model for how to create your own local currency. LaRochelle spoke to the various challenges and benefits as well as the financial freedom a community enjoys once you start printing your own money. Sources/Links:  BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/ Bob Dunning's Newsletter:  https://www.thewaryone.com/ https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/ https://centerforneweconomics.org https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/ https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/ https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/ https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/ https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development  https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111 https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php  https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204  https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/  https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including  https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/  "See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the battle for democracy in the workplace to the division of the class itself, Mia examines how workers lost the world Sources: https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific After Ceuta Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated? What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month? Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea  https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/costa-rica-recibe-dos-cuerpos-y-sobreviviente-de/NICWT53FXRAP3JACIU3HJAJVTU/story/  https://www.wola.org/analysis/killing-spree-extrajudicial-executions-in-the-u-s-boat-strikes-campaign/ https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr-ct-briefing-note-targeting-narco-terrori.pdf  https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeados-sin-derecho-a-la-defensa/  https://www.elclip.org/bombardeados-sin-derecho-defensa-comando-sur-victimas-caribe-pacifico/  https://www.elclip.org/victimas-comando-sur-bombardeos-caribe-guajira/  https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeos-un-rompecabezas-al-que-le-faltan-muchas-piezas/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/22/drug-boats-strikes-cia-legal-concerns/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/  https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/us/el-salvador-torture-of-venezuelan-deportees  https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-de-los-soles-profile/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/trump-venezuela-drug-cartel-de-los-soles.html  http://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role  https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-legal/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-memo  https://insightcrime.org/news/why-is-us-attacking-cartels-that-dont-exist/  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2502924  https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/argumentos-y-dudas-en-la-guerra-abierta-por-eeuu-contra-el-narcoterrorismo  https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=29899  https://www.justsecurity.org/121115/united-states-dirty-war-narcoterrorism/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/  https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring  https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/  https://theintercept.com/2025/11/07/trump-dto-list-venezuela-boat-strikes/  https://www.justsecurity.org/52343/reasonable-certainty-vs-near-certainty-military-targeting-what-law-requires/  https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral/us-drone-attack-marriage-procession-yemen  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html  https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/  https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session63/a-hrc-63-61-aev.pdf  https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-the-fy27-state-department-budget-request   https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02/kaine-paul-rubio-trump-drug-boat-strike-justification-latin-america/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/  https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/  https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/boat-strike-shows-survivors.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html  https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ob469Cr7U&t=8s  https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/colombia/caribe/confirman-muerte-de-pescador-colombiano-en-bombardeos-estadounidenses  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/briefing/the-effects-of-the-boat-strikes.html  https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/12/03/cidh-recibe-primera-denuncia-contra-operativos-militares-de-ee-uu-en-el-caribe-por-parte-de-la-familia-de-un-pescador-colombiano/  https://x.com/CNC3TV/status/1978838103222628834  https://www.elclip.org/victimas-guiria-bombardeos-comando-sur-trump-caribe/?lang=en  https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-justice-yet-for-chad-joseph-after-us-strike-6.2.2476227.31df119986  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72191479/45/burnley-v-united-states/  https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/fishermen-s-us-strike-death-lawsuit-awaits-local-court-hearing/article_20ec9021-6388-4d33-acc4-7e73f044f3a1.html  https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-12-14-25-sen-mark-warner/story?id=128378685  https://www.elclip.org/interdiccion-maritima-cocaina-jiatfs-dea-vs-bombardeos-comando-sur/  https://colombiaone.com/2025/09/03/colombia-seizes-cocaine-dr/  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2103187969096003585  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2086902740387865015  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2102490082024235340/photo/1  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2097475163658883493  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2095666992779059404  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2096376737458487609  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115136798909755892  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115210075167747572  https://x.com/SecWar/status/1974150886084485503  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115373751811822463  https://elpais.com/america/2025-10-20/ecuador-libera-a-uno-de-los-sobrevivientes-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-al-narcosubmarino-en-el-caribe.html  https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-strike-caribbean-trump-fentanyl-colombia-venezuela-0f8f1c004064857046398b388ddb8df5  https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2025-11-04/el-colombiano-que-sobrevivio-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-a-un-narcosubmarino-sale-del-hospital-libre-y-sin-cargos.html  https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-07/one-of-the-two-survivors-of-trumps-caribbean-bombings-dad-i-would-have-been-better-off-dead.html  https://theintercept.com/2026/02/17/boat-strike-trump-southcom-survivors-rescue-plane-hours/  https://www.univision.com/shows/noticiero-univision/pescadores-ecuatorianos-denuncian-haber-sido-atacados-por-fuerzas-de-eeuu-video?utm_campaign=PrimerImpacto&utm_content=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survivors-of-pacific-boat-strikes https://es.mongabay.com/2026/05/pescadores-ecuatorianos-victimas-desaparicion-detencion-arbitraria-tortura-ee-uu-denuncian-expertos/  https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ecuadorian-fishing-boat-disappears-amid-trumps-strikes-in-the-pacific  https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-13/hegseth-says-colombia-has-authorized-us-military-operations-on-its-territory-to-combat-narco-terrorism.html  https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4420523/ecuadorian-and-us-military-forces-launch-operations-against-narco-terrorists/  https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-operations-latin-american-western-hemisphere-a1fccf4414e44341d3dbd54e19ae1ba4  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/joint-statement-on-defending-hemispheric-sovereignty  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-hegseth-miller-urge-latin-american-allies-to-be-more-aggressive-against-drug-cartels  https://www.elheraldo.co/colombia/2025/10/19/vinculan-a-colombiano-que-murio-en-ataque-de-ee-uu-con-escandalo-de-robo-masivo-de-armas-en-2016/  https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250902a-september-2-2025 https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250915a-september-15-2025  https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251003a-october-3-2025  https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251014a-october-14-2025  After Ceuta Spain: Liberals Cede Ground to Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings Why is Spain in Africa? – Canadian Dimension Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara It Could Happen Here | iHeart Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated? https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc_bH4_N1FN/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-robert-kraft-statement-1235626352/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ed-sheerans-shows-stadium-owned-pro-israel-robert-kraft-cancelled https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/?img_index=4 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-pro-palestine-statements-1235625967/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-statement-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-1235626135/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngmblAp7y_I https://www.lucasoilstadium.com/tours-stadium-info/background-history/ https://blankfamilyofbusinesses.com/company/amb-sports-entertainment/ https://raymondjamesstadium.com/tampasportsauthority https://www.tampasportsauthority.com/tsa-about https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ye/2026/raymond-james-stadium-tampa-fl-33745801.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/ut-texas-austin-palestine-protest-ruling/ What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month? https://labornotes.org/2026/09/video-game-workers-win-first-contract-microsoft-owned-blizzard https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/cdpap/ https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-across-us-demand-hospitals-cut-ties-with-palantir-citing-ice-and-gaza/?source=email-sept-2026-newsletter&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&link_id=34&can_id=5cd4cd77783c61743857a7efb7930b4a&email_referrer=email_3426373___subject_3887973&email_subject=september-2026-newsletter& https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/statement-on-israeli-bombings-of-medical-supply-warehouses https://jacobin.com/2026/09/walmart-logistics-canada-union-contract https://labornotes.org/2024/10/walmart-warehouse-workers-win-first-union-canada https://documentedny.com/2026/09/23/union-avoidance-cesar-alarcon-golden-krust/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-truck-drivers-allegedly-going-205300430.html https://www.dairyherd.com/news/oct-1-trucker-strike-what-happens-when-diesel-prices-force-milk-haulers-road https://thechiefleader.com/stories/worker-firing-the-latest-chapter-in-autozone-s-unsuccessful-union-busting-campaign,57714? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/autozone-new-york-union  https://aflcio.org/2026/9/29/service-solidarity-spotlight-autozone-workers-vote-join-uaw-first-nationwide-chain https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2081402455938761143?s=20 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nate-and-the-autozone-union?attribution_id=sl:47223fd6-2040-4a68-bfc1-88bcb64cc61e&lang=en_US&ts=1790511644&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/422/586049/ Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade https://www.camp-oshad.org/  http://America.gov https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/ https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2105292669303791687 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680584-effective-altruism-opposition-research-file/ https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2099536442594582922?s=20 https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2100311000993997135?s=20  https://theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman-fundraising-republican-gop/ https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/john-fetterman-democrat-turns-to-republicans-for-campaign-cash/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/palantir-top-supporter-cbc-foundation-annual-conference_n_6ab44468e4b05097ab6cd6c7 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-administration-taxpayer-funds-2024-campaign-ad-01094567?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://www.facebook.com/cnnpolitics/videos/during-a-cnn-debate-california-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-chad-bianco-said-he-i/1532884141888808/ https://www.ksl.com/article/51628353/california-sheriff-unlawfully-seized-over-650000-ballots-and-must-return-them-state-supreme-court-rules  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion  https://www.threads.com/@thegreatgatsbry/post/Dd6YGpzkane?xmt=AQGzqaZ-H3abT0EW2lfRTONANK8dwciIx844aGm48QTIrQ  https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/lsu-football-player-rape-title-ix-suspension 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We discuss taxpayer funded pro-Trump ads, the Supreme Court approving a widely inaccurate verification system to purge voter registration, the Chi Phi Snapchat gang assault at Cornell, Trump reinstating the 2020 version of Title IX, how Prime Minister Peter Magyar is cracking down on Orban’s corruption, and the upcoming election in Brazil. Sources: https://www.camp-oshad.org/  http://America.gov https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/ https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2105292669303791687 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680584-effective-altruism-opposition-research-file/ https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2099536442594582922?s=20 https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2100311000993997135?s=20  https://theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman-fundraising-republican-gop/ https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/john-fetterman-democrat-turns-to-republicans-for-campaign-cash/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/palantir-top-supporter-cbc-foundation-annual-conference_n_6ab44468e4b05097ab6cd6c7 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-administration-taxpayer-funds-2024-campaign-ad-01094567?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://www.facebook.com/cnnpolitics/videos/during-a-cnn-debate-california-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-chad-bianco-said-he-i/1532884141888808/ https://www.ksl.com/article/51628353/california-sheriff-unlawfully-seized-over-650000-ballots-and-must-return-them-state-supreme-court-rules  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion  https://www.threads.com/@thegreatgatsbry/post/Dd6YGpzkane?xmt=AQGzqaZ-H3abT0EW2lfRTONANK8dwciIx844aGm48QTIrQ  https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/lsu-football-player-rape-title-ix-suspension https://www.dw.com/en/magyar-hungary-fight-orban-corruption-system-return-democracy/a-77726207  https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/with-two-orb%C3%A1n-era-ministers-detained-magyars-operation-purge-takes-shape/ar-AA2ddhtr https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/brazils-presidential-election-more-just-another-polarized-contest https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-section-301-forced-labor-165346448.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/trump-tariffs-court-challenge.html  https://www.ttnews.com/articles/us-delays-tariffs-plan-china  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/g20-trade-ministers-open-talks-under-strain-of-trump-tariffs/ar-AA2dhyJI  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-economics-of-the-tariff-regime-301846881/  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/trump-tariffs-lawsuit-301-ieepa.html  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-reserve-renovation-watchdog-report-rcna600656  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, labor reporter Kim Kelly breaks down September's biggest and baddest labor stories, from an historic union election for caregivers to union-busting at AutoZone. Sources: https://labornotes.org/2026/09/video-game-workers-win-first-contract-microsoft-owned-blizzard https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/cdpap/ https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-across-us-demand-hospitals-cut-ties-with-palantir-citing-ice-and-gaza/?source=email-sept-2026-newsletter&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&link_id=34&can_id=5cd4cd77783c61743857a7efb7930b4a&email_referrer=email_3426373___subject_3887973&email_subject=september-2026-newsletter& https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/statement-on-israeli-bombings-of-medical-supply-warehouses https://jacobin.com/2026/09/walmart-logistics-canada-union-contract https://labornotes.org/2024/10/walmart-warehouse-workers-win-first-union-canada https://documentedny.com/2026/09/23/union-avoidance-cesar-alarcon-golden-krust/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-truck-drivers-allegedly-going-205300430.html https://www.dairyherd.com/news/oct-1-trucker-strike-what-happens-when-diesel-prices-force-milk-haulers-road https://thechiefleader.com/stories/worker-firing-the-latest-chapter-in-autozone-s-unsuccessful-union-busting-campaign,57714? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/autozone-new-york-union  https://aflcio.org/2026/9/29/service-solidarity-spotlight-autozone-workers-vote-join-uaw-first-nationwide-chain https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2081402455938761143?s=20 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nate-and-the-autozone-union?attribution_id=sl:47223fd6-2040-4a68-bfc1-88bcb64cc61e&lang=en_US&ts=1790511644&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/422/586049/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Foster speaks with Mo Meltzer-Cohen, a law professor at CUNY School of Law, about Macklemore being booted from the Ed Sheeran tour and the First Amendment implications.    Sources: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc_bH4_N1FN/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-robert-kraft-statement-1235626352/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ed-sheerans-shows-stadium-owned-pro-israel-robert-kraft-cancelled https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/?img_index=4 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-pro-palestine-statements-1235625967/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-statement-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-1235626135/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngmblAp7y_I https://www.lucasoilstadium.com/tours-stadium-info/background-history/ https://blankfamilyofbusinesses.com/company/amb-sports-entertainment/ https://raymondjamesstadium.com/tampasportsauthority https://www.tampasportsauthority.com/tsa-about https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ye/2026/raymond-james-stadium-tampa-fl-33745801.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/ut-texas-austin-palestine-protest-ruling/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Harsha Walia about the anti immigrant backlash that has emerged in the aftermath of the migrant crossing incident in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Harsha breaks down what happened, how parts of the right and left have responded, and why we need to center migrant rights in our struggle against fascism.   Sources: Spain: Liberals Cede Ground to Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings Why is Spain in Africa? – Canadian Dimension Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara It Could Happen Here | iHeartSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Part Two of our series on The Wall and the Wilderness, James talks about the cultural and ecological damage done by the border wall and continues his interview with Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains. Sources: https://www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=29de9d51905bd175a701b04c24176b46  https://www-jstor-org.sdmesa.idm.oclc.org/stable/3636811?seq=5 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_employer=Atkore https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a11265b0-17c3-5bed-b50a-72e5d17e1369.html https://www.blm.gov/visit/jacumba-wilderness https://www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=29de9d51905bd175a701b04c24176b46 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/08/2025-05992/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility https://www.enr.com/articles/54215-us-settles-border-wall-suit-against-contractor-fisher-sand-gravel https://www.atkore.com/about-us https://desertreport.org/a-border-wall-in-the-jacumba-wilderness-area/ https://gizmodo.com/trumps-border-wall-torn-apart-by-arizona-monsoon-rains-1847535174 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B01C25F00001112_7014_70B01C23D00000010_7014 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/atkr-20260429.htm  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos Berríos Polanco discusses the United States’ yearlong campaign of extrajudicial killing through boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific, how the Trump Administration set the foundation for the campaign since its first day in office, and the victims of these strikes.   Sources:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/29/us/us-caribbean-pacific-boat-strikes.html  https://airwars.org/boat-strikes-latin-america  https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/21/2003935694/-1/-1/1/OSS_Q2_MAR2026_FINAL_508.PDF  https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4563958/us-southern-command-establishes-joint-task-force-western-hemisphere/  https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/06/southcom-replaces-southern-spear-with-western-hemisphere-task-force-targeting-criminal-networks/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/  https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2-trinis-killed-in-latest-us-strike-6.2.2425256.22ffca949f  https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-20/us-drone-attacks-mexico-drug-boats  https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea  https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/costa-rica-recibe-dos-cuerpos-y-sobreviviente-de/NICWT53FXRAP3JACIU3HJAJVTU/story/  https://www.wola.org/analysis/killing-spree-extrajudicial-executions-in-the-u-s-boat-strikes-campaign/ https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr-ct-briefing-note-targeting-narco-terrori.pdf  https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeados-sin-derecho-a-la-defensa/  https://www.elclip.org/bombardeados-sin-derecho-defensa-comando-sur-victimas-caribe-pacifico/  https://www.elclip.org/victimas-comando-sur-bombardeos-caribe-guajira/  https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeos-un-rompecabezas-al-que-le-faltan-muchas-piezas/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/22/drug-boats-strikes-cia-legal-concerns/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/  https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/us/el-salvador-torture-of-venezuelan-deportees  https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-de-los-soles-profile/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/trump-venezuela-drug-cartel-de-los-soles.html  http://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role  https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-legal/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-memo  https://insightcrime.org/news/why-is-us-attacking-cartels-that-dont-exist/  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2502924  https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/argumentos-y-dudas-en-la-guerra-abierta-por-eeuu-contra-el-narcoterrorismo  https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=29899  https://www.justsecurity.org/121115/united-states-dirty-war-narcoterrorism/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/  https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring  https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/  https://theintercept.com/2025/11/07/trump-dto-list-venezuela-boat-strikes/  https://www.justsecurity.org/52343/reasonable-certainty-vs-near-certainty-military-targeting-what-law-requires/  https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral/us-drone-attack-marriage-procession-yemen  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html  https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/  https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session63/a-hrc-63-61-aev.pdf  https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-the-fy27-state-department-budget-request   https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02/kaine-paul-rubio-trump-drug-boat-strike-justification-latin-america/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/  https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/  https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/boat-strike-shows-survivors.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html  https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ob469Cr7U&t=8s  https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/colombia/caribe/confirman-muerte-de-pescador-colombiano-en-bombardeos-estadounidenses  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/briefing/the-effects-of-the-boat-strikes.html  https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/12/03/cidh-recibe-primera-denuncia-contra-operativos-militares-de-ee-uu-en-el-caribe-por-parte-de-la-familia-de-un-pescador-colombiano/  https://x.com/CNC3TV/status/1978838103222628834  https://www.elclip.org/victimas-guiria-bombardeos-comando-sur-trump-caribe/?lang=en  https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-justice-yet-for-chad-joseph-after-us-strike-6.2.2476227.31df119986  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72191479/45/burnley-v-united-states/  https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/fishermen-s-us-strike-death-lawsuit-awaits-local-court-hearing/article_20ec9021-6388-4d33-acc4-7e73f044f3a1.html  https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-12-14-25-sen-mark-warner/story?id=128378685  https://www.elclip.org/interdiccion-maritima-cocaina-jiatfs-dea-vs-bombardeos-comando-sur/  https://colombiaone.com/2025/09/03/colombia-seizes-cocaine-dr/  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2103187969096003585  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2086902740387865015  https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2102490082024235340/photo/1  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2097475163658883493  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2095666992779059404  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2096376737458487609  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115136798909755892  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115210075167747572  https://x.com/SecWar/status/1974150886084485503  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115373751811822463  https://elpais.com/america/2025-10-20/ecuador-libera-a-uno-de-los-sobrevivientes-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-al-narcosubmarino-en-el-caribe.html  https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-strike-caribbean-trump-fentanyl-colombia-venezuela-0f8f1c004064857046398b388ddb8df5  https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2025-11-04/el-colombiano-que-sobrevivio-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-a-un-narcosubmarino-sale-del-hospital-libre-y-sin-cargos.html  https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-07/one-of-the-two-survivors-of-trumps-caribbean-bombings-dad-i-would-have-been-better-off-dead.html  https://theintercept.com/2026/02/17/boat-strike-trump-southcom-survivors-rescue-plane-hours/  https://www.univision.com/shows/noticiero-univision/pescadores-ecuatorianos-denuncian-haber-sido-atacados-por-fuerzas-de-eeuu-video?utm_campaign=PrimerImpacto&utm_content=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survivors-of-pacific-boat-strikes 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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: West Bank Takeover The AI Regulation Debate Diversity With Andrew Gas Prices and Oil Wars Executive Disorder: Trump Bans the “Free Press,” Palestinian National Council Elections, ICE Shooting, Canadian Neoliberalism You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! Sources/Links: West Bank Takeover https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/ The AI Regulation Debate https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20 https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/ https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier https://www.anthropic.com/constitution https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20 https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20 https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?s=20 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20 https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20 https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html  https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/  https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/ https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20 https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2  https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/ https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/  Diversity With Andrew In Light of Our Differences   by David Harmon The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies by Scott E. Page Gas Prices and Oil Wars https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-5973810/houthi-attacks-saudi-oil-world-markets https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-executives-say-the-great-fuel-crisis-is-here-b6b32030 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/19/attacks-choke-off-saudi-oil-kingdom-confronts-limits-trumps-friendship/ https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/oil-hovers-near-100-as-analysts-warn-trump-diesel-export-ban-would-tighten-global-supply-130359301.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/what-is-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-and-why-is-it-rocking-oil-markets-3e9823a3?mod=article_inline https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-prices-mixed-as-traders-weigh-u-s-iran-talks-saudi-pipeline-progress-3b33f75c https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trumps-oil-allies-see-nightmare-scenario-of-diesel-export-ban-becoming-reality-16973ae2 https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-weighs-diesel-export-ban-as-fuel-prices-soar-6d1a3d2e https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-energy-secretary-wright-says-diesel-export-ban-would-not-work-2026-09-23/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj207y30wp0lo https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-wants-big-oil-to-build-more-refineries-thats-a-tough-sell-54666292?mod=article_inline https://www.ft.com/content/05887f92-c777-48ab-8efa-9a39e7e18a9f?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/the-relentless-crypto-billionaire-who-moved-to-venezuela-in-pursuit-of-oil-a4f0f219? https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/inside-trumps-plan-to-give-the-pentagon-a-stake-in-venezuelas-oil-riches-f054cdc2?mod=article_inline https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/chevron-ceo-thinks-world-spare-154027206.html Executive Disorder: Trump Bans the “Free Press,” Palestinian National Council Elections, ICE Shooting, Canadian Neoliberalism https://x.com/SecWar/status/2102382410600182000?s=20 https://x.com/ThomasBordeaux7/status/2102427909881294913?s=20 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-white-south-africans-refugees-afrikaners/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/supporting-americas-ranchers/ https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social/post/3mw4nwosork2f https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26570976.hundreds-turn-face-police-gosport-migrant-boat-fears---live/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXS24qsEEM  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/23/g-s1-144623/trump-affordable-care-act  https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-concludes-federal-ban-handgun-sales-18-20-year-olds-unconstitutional-and  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6rm903e22lgo  https://youtu.be/uNsQUNUvN0k?si=aFIiSAzCoJuAR1oZ  https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/09/22/correct-record-dhs-debunks-false-narratives-about-shooting-illegal-alien-austin  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddhn2cnItyi/  https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/attorney-man-shot-ice-north-austin-news-conference-monday/269-9976441c-cedb-486f-85fa-05459daf4a20  https://welcome.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/ENG_CBP%20One%20Parole%20Update%20%26%20FAQ_March2026.pdf  https://www.instagram.com/attorneygoldfinch/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754.1.0_1.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/media/trump-claims-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house  https://x.com/CBSNewsPress/status/2102035354689671560?s=20 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tv-networks-suspend-white-house-pool-protest-trump-cnn-ban-1236871070/  https://variety.com/2026/film/news/fcc-approves-49-5-foreign-ownership-paramount-warner-bros-1236866217/ https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/ https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-paramount-skydance-merger-settlement-1aaa7c471d8ba286ccfad92b18bc1ecf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-settlement-warner-brosparamount-litigation https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2026-09-21-244-exhibits-re-243-joint-motion-enter-consent-decree-and.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/trump-calls-eu-offer-to-canada-associate-membership-laughable-threatens-tariffs  https://archive.vn/NJc5J#selection-3749.107-3749.143  https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-britain-military-expeditionary-force-nato-9.7347144  https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-applies-join-uk-led-military-coalition-says-carneys-office-2026-09-16/  https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-carney-calls-stronger-ties-with-france-face-new-global-threats-2026-09-20/  https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/09/21/trump-us-canada-europe/  https://apnews.com/article/europe-canada-carney-associate-member-3fdb111dd4d23d88b3de88c274c52711  https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-tables-sweeping-bill-to-overhaul-environmental-and-labour-rules/article_3b03e2d3-0dce-4842-ade1-96b3d76dcd97.html  https://apnews.com/article/europe-commission-state-union-leyen-speech-address-888f1d0c061ffb2accefc19cdbf39ffc  https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-bill-c-39-environmental-assessments/  https://apnews.com/article/canada-europe-trump-tariffs-4078e9549ff9caa5ded08f7dd2f99065  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Trump’s speech at the UN, the Paramount-Warner Brothers merger,another ICE shooting in Texas, how Mark Carney’s Bill C-39 threatens Indigenous rights and labor, a new election plan in Palestine, UK lifeboat protests, and Trump banning news outlets from the White House. Sources: https://x.com/SecWar/status/2102382410600182000?s=20 https://x.com/ThomasBordeaux7/status/2102427909881294913?s=20 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-white-south-africans-refugees-afrikaners/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/supporting-americas-ranchers/ https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social/post/3mw4nwosork2f https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26570976.hundreds-turn-face-police-gosport-migrant-boat-fears---live/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXS24qsEEM  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/23/g-s1-144623/trump-affordable-care-act  https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-concludes-federal-ban-handgun-sales-18-20-year-olds-unconstitutional-and  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6rm903e22lgo  https://youtu.be/uNsQUNUvN0k?si=aFIiSAzCoJuAR1oZ  https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/09/22/correct-record-dhs-debunks-false-narratives-about-shooting-illegal-alien-austin  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddhn2cnItyi/  https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/attorney-man-shot-ice-north-austin-news-conference-monday/269-9976441c-cedb-486f-85fa-05459daf4a20  https://welcome.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/ENG_CBP%20One%20Parole%20Update%20%26%20FAQ_March2026.pdf  https://www.instagram.com/attorneygoldfinch/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754.1.0_1.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/media/trump-claims-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house  https://x.com/CBSNewsPress/status/2102035354689671560?s=20 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tv-networks-suspend-white-house-pool-protest-trump-cnn-ban-1236871070/  https://variety.com/2026/film/news/fcc-approves-49-5-foreign-ownership-paramount-warner-bros-1236866217/ https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/ https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-paramount-skydance-merger-settlement-1aaa7c471d8ba286ccfad92b18bc1ecf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-settlement-warner-brosparamount-litigation https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2026-09-21-244-exhibits-re-243-joint-motion-enter-consent-decree-and.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/trump-calls-eu-offer-to-canada-associate-membership-laughable-threatens-tariffs  https://archive.vn/NJc5J#selection-3749.107-3749.143  https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-britain-military-expeditionary-force-nato-9.7347144  https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-applies-join-uk-led-military-coalition-says-carneys-office-2026-09-16/  https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-carney-calls-stronger-ties-with-france-face-new-global-threats-2026-09-20/  https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/09/21/trump-us-canada-europe/  https://apnews.com/article/europe-canada-carney-associate-member-3fdb111dd4d23d88b3de88c274c52711  https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-tables-sweeping-bill-to-overhaul-environmental-and-labour-rules/article_3b03e2d3-0dce-4842-ade1-96b3d76dcd97.html  https://apnews.com/article/europe-commission-state-union-leyen-speech-address-888f1d0c061ffb2accefc19cdbf39ffc  https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-bill-c-39-environmental-assessments/  https://apnews.com/article/canada-europe-trump-tariffs-4078e9549ff9caa5ded08f7dd2f99065  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia looks at how recent shifts in gas prices tell the story of a series of global wars and American empire. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-5973810/houthi-attacks-saudi-oil-world-markets https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-executives-say-the-great-fuel-crisis-is-here-b6b32030 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/19/attacks-choke-off-saudi-oil-kingdom-confronts-limits-trumps-friendship/ https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/oil-hovers-near-100-as-analysts-warn-trump-diesel-export-ban-would-tighten-global-supply-130359301.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/what-is-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-and-why-is-it-rocking-oil-markets-3e9823a3?mod=article_inline https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-prices-mixed-as-traders-weigh-u-s-iran-talks-saudi-pipeline-progress-3b33f75c https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trumps-oil-allies-see-nightmare-scenario-of-diesel-export-ban-becoming-reality-16973ae2 https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-weighs-diesel-export-ban-as-fuel-prices-soar-6d1a3d2e https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-energy-secretary-wright-says-diesel-export-ban-would-not-work-2026-09-23/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj207y30wp0lo https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-wants-big-oil-to-build-more-refineries-thats-a-tough-sell-54666292?mod=article_inline https://www.ft.com/content/05887f92-c777-48ab-8efa-9a39e7e18a9f?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/the-relentless-crypto-billionaire-who-moved-to-venezuela-in-pursuit-of-oil-a4f0f219? https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/inside-trumps-plan-to-give-the-pentagon-a-stake-in-venezuelas-oil-riches-f054cdc2?mod=article_inline https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/chevron-ceo-thinks-world-spare-154027206.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Andrew to discuss diversity and its value as a concept, not a corporate buzzword.   Sources: In Light of Our Differences        by David Harmon The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies        by Scott E. PageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison outlines various proposals for a regulatory “slowdown” of frontier AI models, Trump’s push against regulation, the risk of regulatory capture, legislation for public ownership of AI companies and control of this technology, and the organizing limits of AI-denialism.Sources: https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20 https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/ https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier https://www.anthropic.com/constitution https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20 https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20 https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?s=20 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20 https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20 https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html  https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/  https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/ https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20 https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2  https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/ https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks about the ecological disaster that is the border wall and interviews Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains. Sources: https://www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=29de9d51905bd175a701b04c24176b46 https://www-jstor-org.sdmesa.idm.oclc.org/stable/3636811?seq=5 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_employer=Atkore https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a11265b0-17c3-5bed-b50a-72e5d17e1369.html https://www.blm.gov/visit/jacumba-wilderness https://www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=29de9d51905bd175a701b04c24176b46 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/08/2025-05992/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility https://www.enr.com/articles/54215-us-settles-border-wall-suit-against-contractor-fisher-sand-gravel https://www.atkore.com/about-us https://desertreport.org/a-border-wall-in-the-jacumba-wilderness-area/ https://gizmodo.com/trumps-border-wall-torn-apart-by-arizona-monsoon-rains-1847535174 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B01C25F00001112_7014_70B01C23D00000010_7014 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/atkr-20260429.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.      Sources: https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet Should AOC talk to MAHA? Debating the American Role in the Middle East A History Built of Uprising Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based?? You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! Sources/Links: Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/  https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/  https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/  Should AOC talk to MAHA? https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253 https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/ https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/ https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409 https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI Debating the American Role in the Middle East https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement A History Built of Uprising https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based?? https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247  https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243 https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20 https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768 https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26  https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145 https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232  https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20 https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/ https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20 https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20 https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20 https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/ https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/ https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ== See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore from his tour over pro Palestine comments, courts blocking new mail-in-ballot requirements, Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, a report detailing tiny metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, a general strike in Eastern Kurdistan, debate on AI regulation, and the Republican midterm convention.    Sources: https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247  https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243 https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20 https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768 https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26  https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145 https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232  https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20 https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/ https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20 https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20 https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20 https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/ https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/ https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ== See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia begins a series on the history of the most recent series of uprisings by examining how history moves.Sources:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jameSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about the debate in DC on what the role of the US has been in the Middle East, and what it should be. She also talks about what’s missing from these discussions.    Sources: https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Dr. Kaveh Hoda about the potential risks and benefits of doing outreach to people within the MAHA movement, the partisan makeup of MAHA, and why AOC is privately talking with MAHA influencers. Sources:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/ https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land.  https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869 https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret joins James to discuss a new round of sanctions against, among others, Autistici/Inventati and the internet infrastructure services they provided. Sources:https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/  https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/  https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invitedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Counterrevolution in Egypt What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos? The Death of American Hegemony Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!   Sources/Links: Counterrevolution in Egypt Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/ Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos? https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps  https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk The Death of American Hegemony https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov nyc.gov/workerpower https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/ https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20 https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/ https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610 https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/ https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859 https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468 https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/ https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/ https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/ https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4 https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/ https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663 http://arcade.gov https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20 https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20 https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1 https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20 https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11 https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20 https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20 https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067 https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20 https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/ https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss new prediction market advertising campaigns, a 9/11 themed attack ad against Abdul El-Sayed, the US striking Iranian oil tankers, Trump’s illegal tariffs against Canada, and the White House’s new online arcade with a “Build the Wall” and deportation video game. Sources: nyc.gov/workerpower https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/ https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20 https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/ https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610 https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/ https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859 https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468 https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/ https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/ https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/ https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4 https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/ https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663 http://arcade.gov https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20 https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20 https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1 https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20 https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11 https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20 https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20 https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067 https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20 https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/ https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.Sources: https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.   Sources: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps  https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20 https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".   Sources: Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/ Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-LSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana. (originally run on It Could Happen Here in May 2026) Sources: https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf  https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf  https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.  https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi  https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/  https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule   https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule  https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to talk about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invitedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Disarming Hamas  Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew The Hunt for Jason Arday Civilization with Andrew Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! Sources/Links: Disarming Hamas https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/04/what-path-forward-the-board-of-peace-gaza-and-the-future-of-multilateralism https://www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives-and-commentaries/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-setting-the-record-straight-about-aid/ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-deal-hamas-israel-lebanon-explosions-morocco-spain-migrants Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteen The Hunt for Jason Arday https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H Civilization with Andrew Against the Grain by James C. Scott Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan Wild Thought by  Claude Lévi-Strauss Ishmael by Daniel Quinn The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20  https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20  https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/  https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20 https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20  https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056  https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20  https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20   https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20  https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/ https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/ https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20 https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308 https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20 https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump’s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case.  Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20  https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20  https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/  https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20 https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20  https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056  https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20  https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20   https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20  https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/ https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/ https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20 https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308 https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20 https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future.    Sources: Against the Grain by James C. Scott Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan Wild Thought by  Claude Lévi-Strauss Ishmael by Daniel Quinn The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.   Source: https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51HSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks with Mia about how anarchists approach fighting in wars through the lens of the anarchist debate on joining WWI.   Sources: Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James follows up on last week's episode and talked to Miles Gray about what it is like to lose your home in a fire and how people can continue to help fire survivors. Sources: https://lacounty.gov/2026/08/04/county-of-los-angeles-fire-department-releases-the-investigative-reports-on-the-cause-of-the-eaton-fire/  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-19/sce-decomissioned-power-line-eaton-fire-risk  https://apnews.com/general-news-ffcad08a8ef14fa88df8bacdd9e73883  https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/newsom-wildfire-utility-liability-package/  https://x.com/WildfireVics1st/status/2078175502523585021  https://clickstrategies.us/   Donation Links: Spokane Immigrants Rights Coalition: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/sirc-community-fund  Spectrum running the Rainbow Relief Fund: https://spectrumcenterspokane.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate  Colville Fund: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/cedar-fund-wildfire-recovery-campaign See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about recent news of Hamas dissolving its emergency committee in Gaza and agreeing to disarmament – sort of.   Sources: https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/04/what-path-forward-the-board-of-peace-gaza-and-the-future-of-multilateralism https://www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives-and-commentaries/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-setting-the-record-straight-about-aid/ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-deal-hamas-israel-lebanon-explosions-morocco-spain-migrantsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads Gare a story in making fun of rich people in space Original Air Date: 12.03.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition  How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2 Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic  DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota  Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/  https://theconversation.com/why-russia-gave-up-alaska-americas-gateway-to-the-arctic-74675?xid=PS_smithsonian  https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html  https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d  https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/  https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/nyregion/new-light-on-old-fbi-fight-decades-of-surveillance-of-puerto-rican-groups.html  https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1685.html https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547  https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/  https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d  https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_123/index.html#es/default/PLEBISCITO_Resumen.xml  https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099257005212415735  https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement  https://time.com/7024574/puerto-rico-status-vote/  https://www.uog.edu/_resources/files/schools-and-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/droessler_whose-pacific.pdf  https://juntasupervision.pr.gov/abril-y-mayo-2025/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/trump-strait-of-hormuz-american-territory  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_Begins_(Puck_Magazine_1-25-1899).jpg Las carpetas: persecución política y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico by Ramón Bosque Pérez y Javier Colón Morera Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 by Harry Franqui-Rivera Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic  https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/ @thefrankiedlc @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-everything-is-wrestling-336405745/ DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/united-states-v-sant/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.5_5.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.7_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.10_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.9_5.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.11_5.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.21_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.22_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.23_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.24_4.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl inline=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3DhFnngDY Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions  https://pridesource.com/article/dolly-parton-tribute https://people.com/dolly-parton-says-she-loves-and-does-not-judge-the-lgbtq-community-8386722https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/08/18/usda-acts-remove-roadless-rule-restrictions-exacerbate-rising-wildfire-risk  https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-deal-01046788  https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5942971/u-s-treasury-launches-economic-d-day-against-iran-as-war-drags-on  https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6048370-scott-bessent-trump-administration-slow-roll-iran-war-sanctions/  https://newrepublic.com/post/214646/trump-worker-visa-fees-immigration  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxvj1zd4qjo  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/iran-vows-retaliation-u-widens-115405636.html  https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-drought-disaster-usda-farmers-water-b4fe620ecbb2272576e79d140f0180dd  https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/washington-dc/notas/agricultura-federal-declara-una-emergencia-en-26-municipios-de-puerto-rico-a-causa-de-la-sequia/ https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-prosecutors-helping-ice/   https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-trust-act-violations-immigrants-deported/  https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Safer-Communities/Resources-for-Law-Enforcement/Law-Enforcement-and-Immigration/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC1X9shmR24  https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2092303479054225809?s=20  https://deportationdata.org/news/2026-08-24-ICE-release.html  https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251258.P.pdf  https://app.deportationdata.org/?agency=ice&dataset=detention-stays&tab=chart&s=eJxVyDEKhEAMQNG7_HqEWRd2IZcJKoOKTCIabcS7W_vKd3Ei38QeXSAMflho777MtpOIuRaE6hYTibE4gqq5FVUS47a-o64IbW5_Tf43-cP9AO8gHXk  https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-08/OIG-26-23-Aug26.pdf  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/trump-usps-mail-voting-rule-lawsuit-states-supreme-court.html  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The gang discuss the death of Dolly Parton, a drought in Puerto Rico, SCOTUS allowing Trump to implement his executive order on mail-in voting, trade negotiations falling apart with Canada, how police are circumventing sanctuary policies, and the chaotic evacuation of a U.S. base in Bahrain.    Sources: https://pridesource.com/article/dolly-parton-tribute https://people.com/dolly-parton-says-she-loves-and-does-not-judge-the-lgbtq-community-8386722https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/08/18/usda-acts-remove-roadless-rule-restrictions-exacerbate-rising-wildfire-risk  https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-deal-01046788  https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5942971/u-s-treasury-launches-economic-d-day-against-iran-as-war-drags-on  https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6048370-scott-bessent-trump-administration-slow-roll-iran-war-sanctions/  https://newrepublic.com/post/214646/trump-worker-visa-fees-immigration  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxvj1zd4qjo  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/iran-vows-retaliation-u-widens-115405636.html  https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-drought-disaster-usda-farmers-water-b4fe620ecbb2272576e79d140f0180dd  https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/washington-dc/notas/agricultura-federal-declara-una-emergencia-en-26-municipios-de-puerto-rico-a-causa-de-la-sequia/ https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-prosecutors-helping-ice/   https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-trust-act-violations-immigrants-deported/  https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Safer-Communities/Resources-for-Law-Enforcement/Law-Enforcement-and-Immigration/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC1X9shmR24  https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2092303479054225809?s=20  https://deportationdata.org/news/2026-08-24-ICE-release.html  https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251258.P.pdf  https://app.deportationdata.org/?agency=ice&dataset=detention-stays&tab=chart&s=eJxVyDEKhEAMQNG7_HqEWRd2IZcJKoOKTCIabcS7W_vKd3Ei38QeXSAMflho777MtpOIuRaE6hYTibE4gqq5FVUS47a-o64IbW5_Tf43-cP9AO8gHXk  https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-08/OIG-26-23-Aug26.pdf  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/trump-usps-mail-voting-rule-lawsuit-states-supreme-court.html  https://archive.is/20260818151459/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/18/pentagon-evaluating-smaller-us-military-presence-persian-gulf-after-iran-war/#selection-1117.0-1121.36https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-21/bahrain-evacuation-military-families-navy-22618186.html https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-21/stars-and-stripes-publisher-editor-reporter-separated-22620671.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison outlines what we know about how DHS investigated anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis and new discovery documents revealing Homeland Security Investigations reports on financial probes of activist groups and labor unions. Sources: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/united-states-v-sant/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.5_5.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.7_4.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.10_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.9_5.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.11_5.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.21_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.22_4.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.23_4.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.24_4.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl?inline=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdeliveryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3DhFnngDYSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with trans sports journalist Frankie de la Cruz and former trans college athlete Bugsmaytrix about WNBA bit player Sophie Cunningham's pivot to transphobia and the right's war on trans people. Links: https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/ @thefrankiedlc + @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social   https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-everything-is-wrestling-336405745/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James about how the United States acquired its inhabited overseas colonies, why the constitution doesn't fully apply there, and what it means as Trump says he wants to add new territories or states.  How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/  https://theconversation.com/why-russia-gave-up-alaska-americas-gateway-to-the-arctic-74675?xid=PS_smithsonian  https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html  https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d  https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/  https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/nyregion/new-light-on-old-fbi-fight-decades-of-surveillance-of-puerto-rican-groups.html  https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1685.html https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547  https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/  https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d  https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_123/index.html#es/default/PLEBISCITO_Resumen.xml  https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099257005212415735  https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement  https://time.com/7024574/puerto-rico-status-vote/  https://www.uog.edu/_resources/files/schools-and-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/droessler_whose-pacific.pdf  https://juntasupervision.pr.gov/abril-y-mayo-2025/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/trump-strait-of-hormuz-american-territory  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_Begins_(Puck_Magazine_1-25-1899).jpg Las carpetas: persecución política y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico by Ramón Bosque Pérez y Javier Colón Morera Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 by Harry Franqui-Rivera See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weeks after more than 600 houses in Spokane burned, James talks to community members about how people prepared, cared for each other, and worried about migration enforcement during the fire evacuations. Sources: Aldo Leopold- A Sand County Almanac  https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBqjR6RdzJ/ Donation Links: Spokane Immigrants Rights Coalition: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/sirc-community-fund Spectrum running the Rainbow Relief Fund: https://spectrumcenterspokane.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate Colville Fund: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/cedar-fund-wildfire-recovery-campaign See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigative Journalist Kevin Foster discusses the bad economics of public investments in sports and how billionaires will try to rob your city Sources: https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-dundon/ https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nbas-newest-cheapest-owner-shows-how-billionaires-ruin-sports https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/tom-dundon-blazers-subprime-loan/ https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/investment-riches-built-on-auto-loans-to-poor/#:~:text=Ms.,the%20loan%20with%20her%20daughter https://www.youtube.com/live/UD8erzI72Fg https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/shadow-bank-blue-owl-caps-021700097.html https://wealth.blueowl.com/solutions/investment-strategy-real-assets-digital-infrastructure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/blue-owl-fund-sells-warehouse-to-dhs-for-ice-mega-jail https://youtu.be/3BqOjrFFNK0 https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.14.3.95 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.12572 https://belkcollegeofbusiness.charlotte.edu/economic-working-papers/wp-content/uploads/sites/850/2012/10/wp2016-014.pdf https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24131508_Mega-Events_The_effect_of_the_world's_biggest_sporting_events_on_local_regional_and_national_economies https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf https://media.clemson.edu/economics/data/sports/Stadiums%20and%20Econ%20Impact/Matheson-2019-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf https://www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazers-analysis/114957/portland-moda-center-portland-trail-blazers-arena-revenue-debate-sports-teams-city-revenue-taxes-deal https://www.kjzz.org/business/2026-05-10/diversification-matters-glendale-says-desert-diamond-arena-is-thriving-post-hockey https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-arena-coliseum-record-best-fiscal-year-of-all-time-after-sold-out-bad-bunny-k-pop-concerts/ https://oaklandside.org/2026/06/16/how-hot-is-the-oakland-arena-a-second-bidder-has-emerged-to-buy-it/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/keyarena-turns-a-bigger-profit-than-it-ever-did-with-the-sonics/ https://journalistsresource.org/economics/sports-stadium-public-financing/ https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/07/03/smith-entertainment-group-estimates-spending-525-million-remodeling-delta-center/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/20/trail-blazers-moda-center-portland-basketball-sports/ https://www.ripcitynotripoff.com https://weareripcity.org/#supporters https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/16/portland-councilors-release-draft-term-sheet-as-business-coalition-presses-for-public-moda-center-funding/ https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7145153/2026/03/25/nba-expansion-seattle-las-vegas/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1 The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd Fighting for Incarcerated Workers Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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Bridget Todd https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826  Fighting for Incarcerated Workers https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/ https://incarceratedworkers.org https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/ https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election  https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/ https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdfhttps://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656  https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender  https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO  https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20 https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failedhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.htmlhttps://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.htmlhttps://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8 https://angienixon.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results#democratic-primary https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/florida-democratic-senate-primary-results.html https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20 https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20 https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss a DHS investigation into Minnesota labor unions part of an alleged anti-ICE conspiracy, military detention near National Defense Areas at the border, the USS Lincoln, why a General Dynamics factory can't make artillery shells, what’s up with the bond market, and Angie Nixon winning the senate nomination in Florida.  Sources:  https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/ https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdfhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdfhttps://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656  https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender  https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO  https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20 https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failedhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.htmlhttps://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.htmlhttps://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8 https://angienixon.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results#democratic-primary https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/florida-democratic-senate-primary-results.html https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20 https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20 https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Colin, Giselle, and Audra of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing behind bars and the conditions of incarcerated workers in the US. Links: https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/ https://incarceratedworkers.org https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/ https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-pageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies. Sources:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly discusses the impact of deadly silica dust in the workplace, from coal mines to coffee shopsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James looks into the recent Cyclospora outbreak and what it can tell us about solidarity, food safety, and where our food comes from. Sources: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2026/taylor-farms/  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/23/billion-dollar-california-salad-company-exploits-undocumented-migrants-say-workers-and-teamsters https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016 https://www.thefp.com/p/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-lettuce-media?utm_source=publication-search https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-report-e-coli-outbreak-onions-taylor-farms/ https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-07-27garciatotaylorfarmsrecyclosporacontaminatedlettuce.pdf https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Bruce+Taylor&contributor_employer=Taylor+Farms+ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14967/requirements-for-additional-traceability-records-for-certain-foods-compliance-date-extension https://bsky.app/profile/ufw.bsky.social/post/3msj3j7ordt2w See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks with Molly Conger about the javelina and their installable appetite for golf courses. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65x0RvhJNa8  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/conservation.sciencenews    https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_56_1_2/049_054_BzB56_1_2_Moraves_Jiri_and_B%C3%B6hme_Wolfgang.pdf   https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife-conservation/living-with-wildlife/living-with-javelina/   https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/8e8abbf4-6775-4575-9a10-fedacb7cb2c1 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James, outlining the United States' overseas colonial empire and how it was started by a quest for bird poop.  Sources: How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187 https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/  https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll  https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement  https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/  https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/  https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d  https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html  https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d  https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/  https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547 https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longest-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puerto-rico-greenland-n1237336https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest“Nationals” but not “Citizens” https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship-to-american-samoansSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prisonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA GlobeCon: Can Technocratic Neoliberalism Save Us? Um no wtf? How Ken Paxton Became the Most Corrupt Man in Texas Politics  Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! 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Um no wtf? https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-new-liberal-podcast-30949602/episode/the-crisis-of-liberalism-338635572 https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026 https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/bennet-loses-colorado-governor-primary-00983357?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://cnliberalism.org/posts/press-release-greg-schultz-joins-center-for-new-liberalism-as-senior-advisorhttps://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ https://www.progressivepolicy.org/release-young-neoliberals-link-up-with-ppi/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/upshot/poll-democrats-times-siena.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.html Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election https://www.glo.texas.gov/about-glo/press-releases/dont-tread-texas-commissioner-buckingham-orders-federal-contractors-cease https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/us-nears-full-withdrawal-iraq-bases-kurdistan-region-face-attacks-iran-proxies?gift_code=PxC6sQpYfa47Ebi2ruPAcNozYz0https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/us-military-iran-war-troops-punish?Date=20260803&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1785734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/exclusive-splc-fraud-cfo-charges  https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-secretary-leavitt-dc3753a957b05ef554bf277221d9cf46?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/10/spacexs-earnings-show-elon-wiped-out-two-thirds-of-twitters-ad-business/ https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/12/the-border-is-an-open-wound-a-tree-sit-in-lochiel-arizona-halts-border-wall-constructionhttps://stateofsurveillance.org/news/axon-license-plate-reader-flock-replacement-surveillance-2026/ https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/ https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/ https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/ https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13-police-cameras-says-they-are-unconstitutional https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justice/2025/12/16/timeline-the-brief-troubled-history-of-flock-cameras-in-eugene-springfield/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/09/03/ai-startup-flock-thinks-it-can-eliminate-all-crime-in-america/ https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/flock-cameras-destroyed-nationwide-ice-backlash-2026/ https://ngscinc.com/history-license-plate-recognition https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/automatic-license-plate-readers-legal-status-and-policy-recommendations https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/patrol-cars-poles-alpr/ https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/state-house-hopeful-arrested-in-flock-fiasco/article_2bb9aca2-5ede-4f42-9329-a8754aad7350.html https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountySheriffsOffice/posts/pfbid0YWZxSJqZSBJu2BDQiQQnWUqzNiYEoHxQEgF88NBRjRXfDwQxMtqfNyHoiry5m3Mel https://www.wlky.com/article/attorney-lmpd-flock-camera-scandal/69895783 https://www.alxnow.com/2026/07/14/alexandria-man-arrested-for-allegedly-destroying-multiple-license-plate-readers/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/flock-camera-sawed-old-braeswood-22370015.php https://nypost.com/2026/08/02/us-news/flock-safety-cameras-vandalized-on-long-island-after-accusations-cop-tracked-lover/ https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/flock-cameras-vandalized-in-monterey-county/ https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/08/04/down-with-the-flock-florida-man-uses-simple-trick-to-combat-flock-cameras/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/03/police-flock-safety-surveillance-cameras-getting-pushback-florida/90915780007/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137.42.0.pdf  https://www.highereddive.com/news/court-blocks-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/826417/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rb28dkl0zanl3idfd6gk7/2026-35259.pdf?rlkey=n7tj1ii329fwx5syadydk0ve4&st=5dt4p4uf&e=1&dl=0  https://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/fc/2015HB-06844-R000875-FC.htm  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixi9_cciy8w&t=43s https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/delivering-gold-standard-childhood-vaccine-recommendations-for-americans/https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/health/executive-order-vaccines-what-it-means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrchttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tariff-refunds-split-companies-as-consumers-demand-share-of-166b/ar-AA29jzkB https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/us-sent-back-334-billion-in-tariff-refunds-in-july-as-total-payouts-surpass-100-billion-190357854.html https://x.com/FrancescaHongWI/status/2087228416101699813?s=20 https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrKW3GAQjG/?img_index=3 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/wisconsin-governor-results  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary-governor-polling.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/11/wisconsin-minnesota-south-carolina-connecticut-elections/wisconsin-election-tv-ads-01035024 https://program.dsausa.org/ https://archive.is/FVnx0#selection-1275.0-1281.109 https://aviationsourcenews.com/air-farce-one-the-exorbitant-cost-of-refitting-a-qatari-boeing-747-8/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss sabotage of Flock cameras across the country, immigration judge training documents, DOJ lawsuits over state tuition assistance for immigrants, Trump’s new anti-vax executive order, corporations pocketing over $100 billion in tariff refunds, Francesca Hong’s close defeat in Wisconsin, and Trump sneaking out of Air Force One.  Sources:  https://www.glo.texas.gov/about-glo/press-releases/dont-tread-texas-commissioner-buckingham-orders-federal-contractors-cease https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/us-nears-full-withdrawal-iraq-bases-kurdistan-region-face-attacks-iran-proxies?gift_code=PxC6sQpYfa47Ebi2ruPAcNozYz0https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/us-military-iran-war-troops-punish?Date=20260803&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1785734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/exclusive-splc-fraud-cfo-charges  https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-secretary-leavitt-dc3753a957b05ef554bf277221d9cf46?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/10/spacexs-earnings-show-elon-wiped-out-two-thirds-of-twitters-ad-business/ https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/12/the-border-is-an-open-wound-a-tree-sit-in-lochiel-arizona-halts-border-wall-constructionhttps://stateofsurveillance.org/news/axon-license-plate-reader-flock-replacement-surveillance-2026/ https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/ https://azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/ https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen https://sls.eff.org/technologies/automated-license-plate-readers-alprs https://www.winonapost.com/news/crime/all-of-wpd-s-flock-cameras-stolen/article_9c61aa25-411b-4f2f-a5cd-ca02942f5f9f.html https://krocnews.com/stolen-flock-cameras-winona-mn/ https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13-police-cameras-says-they-are-unconstitutional https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justice/2025/12/16/timeline-the-brief-troubled-history-of-flock-cameras-in-eugene-springfield/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/09/03/ai-startup-flock-thinks-it-can-eliminate-all-crime-in-america/ https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/flock-cameras-destroyed-nationwide-ice-backlash-2026/ https://ngscinc.com/history-license-plate-recognition https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/automatic-license-plate-readers-legal-status-and-policy-recommendations https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/patrol-cars-poles-alpr/ https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/state-house-hopeful-arrested-in-flock-fiasco/article_2bb9aca2-5ede-4f42-9329-a8754aad7350.html https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountySheriffsOffice/posts/pfbid0YWZxSJqZSBJu2BDQiQQnWUqzNiYEoHxQEgF88NBRjRXfDwQxMtqfNyHoiry5m3Mel https://www.wlky.com/article/attorney-lmpd-flock-camera-scandal/69895783 https://www.alxnow.com/2026/07/14/alexandria-man-arrested-for-allegedly-destroying-multiple-license-plate-readers/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/flock-camera-sawed-old-braeswood-22370015.php https://nypost.com/2026/08/02/us-news/flock-safety-cameras-vandalized-on-long-island-after-accusations-cop-tracked-lover/ https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/flock-cameras-vandalized-in-monterey-county/ https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/08/04/down-with-the-flock-florida-man-uses-simple-trick-to-combat-flock-cameras/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/03/police-flock-safety-surveillance-cameras-getting-pushback-florida/90915780007/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137/gov.uscourts.mnd.226137.42.0.pdf  https://www.highereddive.com/news/court-blocks-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/826417/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rb28dkl0zanl3idfd6gk7/2026-35259.pdf?rlkey=n7tj1ii329fwx5syadydk0ve4&st=5dt4p4uf&e=1&dl=0  https://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/fc/2015HB-06844-R000875-FC.htm  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixi9_cciy8w&t=43s https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/delivering-gold-standard-childhood-vaccine-recommendations-for-americans/https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/health/executive-order-vaccines-what-it-means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrchttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tariff-refunds-split-companies-as-consumers-demand-share-of-166b/ar-AA29jzkB https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/us-sent-back-334-billion-in-tariff-refunds-in-july-as-total-payouts-surpass-100-billion-190357854.html https://x.com/FrancescaHongWI/status/2087228416101699813?s=20 https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrKW3GAQjG/?img_index=3 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/wisconsin-governor-results  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary-governor-polling.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/11/wisconsin-minnesota-south-carolina-connecticut-elections/wisconsin-election-tv-ads-01035024 https://program.dsausa.org/ https://archive.is/FVnx0#selection-1275.0-1281.109 https://aviationsourcenews.com/air-farce-one-the-exorbitant-cost-of-refitting-a-qatari-boeing-747-8/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Robert sits down with Texas journalist Robert Downen to discuss the rise and hopeful fall of Texas AG Ken Paxton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with sociology professor Ben Rose Porter about the Center for New Liberalism’s anti-populist vision of "technocracy, cynical maneuvering, and liberal nationalism.”  Sources: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-new-liberal-podcast-30949602/episode/the-crisis-of-liberalism-338635572 https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026 https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/bennet-loses-colorado-governor-primary-00983357?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://cnliberalism.org/posts/press-release-greg-schultz-joins-center-for-new-liberalism-as-senior-advisorhttps://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ https://www.progressivepolicy.org/release-young-neoliberals-link-up-with-ppi/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/upshot/poll-democrats-times-siena.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison travels to Washington D.C. to attend the New Liberal Action Summit, an annual conference put on by a group of young center-left policy wonks who went from posting memes about neoliberalism to building an organization to counter the DSA. Sources: https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026 https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2025/01/14/auchincloss-take-on-the-tiktok-case-00198039 https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-oddities-israel-massachusetts-11b4dc6e42afd2d68be28dedf86fd25a https://www.newtonbeacon.org/protesters-call-out-auchincloss-on-palantir-executive-donations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/11/08/neoliberals-millenials-genz/ https://www.cjr.org/covering_the_election/center-new-liberalism-cnl-jeremiah-johnson.php https://cnliberalism.org/posts/press-release-greg-schultz-joins-center-for-new-liberalism-as-senior-advisorhttps://www.progressivepolicy.org/release-young-neoliberals-link-up-with-ppi/ https://cnliberalism.org/posts/new-website-newish-name https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/upshot/poll-democrats-times-siena.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/mamdani-nyc-voters-election-demographics.htmlhttps://dockish.com/analysis.html https://www.cnn.com/election/2025/exit-polls/new-york-city/general/mayor/0https://www.michaellange.nyc/p/the-mamdani-coalition-goes-national?r=e53xe&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=truehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/michigan-primary-election-results-what-next.htmlhttps://x.com/BayAreaNewLibs/status/2020215361573122556?s=20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Mia discuss the recent Cockroach Janta Party protests against crises in India's education system and how they threaten India's ruling fascist government. Sources: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-human-toll-of-neet-11-reported-suicides-after-paper-leak-forced-retest-101781771406022.html https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/ambedkar/web/readings/aoc_print_2004.pdf https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/surya-kant-parasite-remark-unemployment/article71041381.ece https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-do-indias-gen-z-protests-mean-for-modi https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ek3l9gp7go https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260806-india-youth-protests-highlight-mistrust-in-lapdog-media https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/come-back-my-son-indian-exam-leak-leaves-trail-of-death-despair-anger https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/india/india-cockroach-protests-what-next-intl-hnk https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/cockroach-janta-party-gen-z-politics/article71065447.ece https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/indias-youth-protests-puncture-modis-063558309.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g43l251vyo https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68282270See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prince Shakur returns to finish reading Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black AugustSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  A Second Electrolysis Union Appears Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara  The Rise of Organized Retail Crime Propaganda  How Congress Could Bring ICE to a Store Near You Executive Disorder: Spokane Wildfires, Abdul Wins Michigan Primary, Munition Shortage Donation links for Spokane wildfire: https://spokanetribalnetwork.org/ https://innovia.iphiview.com/innovia/GiveNow/AccountInformation/tabid/495/dispatch/accountselection_id$180408_hash$f9c04d9a7ad07c61d181c69d882b312140005878/Default.aspx You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: A Second Electrolysis Union Appears gacwa@protonmail.com  https://linktr.ee/GACWA Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara  Saharawi Voices youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SAHARAWIVOICE The Rise of Organized Retail Crime Propaganda  https://www.geekwire.com/2026/drone-vs-shoplifter-watch-how-redmond-pd-tracks-an-alleged-thief-from-high-in-the-sky/ https://nrfprotect.nrf.com/attend/event-recap https://radsecurity.com/roameo https://losspreventionmedia.com/top-retailers-rely-on-artificial-intelligence-for-loss-prevention/ https://www.facefirst.com https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-grocery-outlet-facial-recognition/ https://trends.google.com/explore?q=organized%20retail%20crime&date=2019-10-10%202026-07-02&geo=US https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/transnational-organized-crime/organized-retail-theft https://www.retaildive.com/news/retailers-crime-problem-numbers/699107/ https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/senate-hearing-on-organized-retail-theft/662523 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000000741 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853 https://counciloncj.org/shoplifting-trends-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.vera.org/news/the-truth-about-retail-theft https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/retail-theft-losses-inventory-nrf https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php https://www.businessinsider.com/target-closing-stores-due-to-crime-stats-tell-another-story-2023-10 https://www.youtube.com/live/CcfggLuNAIk?si=wpu-uZyUisXLWRZT&t=1768 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-12/newsom-suggests-ways-to-crack-down-on-property-crime-without-dismantling-proposition-47 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/09/property-crime-framework/ https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024 https://nrf.com/podcast/how-san-diego-district-attorney-summer-stephan-combats-organized-retail-crime https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049651009/mountain-dew-arrest-felony-count-dropped https://youtu.be/LXwNudSOWls?si=Jbg8Kh3_ucWxmTXQ&t=2327 https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/05/22/states-can-safely-raise-their-felony-theft-thresholds-research-shows https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money2026.html https://www.lao.ca.gov/policyareas/cj/6_cj_inmatecost https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/8c903f42-47ab-4b6d-baf7-4f5dc5a6f4d0_DA%20Testifies%20at%20Senate%20Hearing%207-15-25.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/us/one-year-old-mississippi-boy-police-shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/us/south-carolina-murder-trial-cyrus-carmack-belton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNKn0oAdMo How Congress Could Bring ICE to a Store Near You https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ATRI-The-Fight-Against-Cargo-Theft-Exec-Summ-12-2025.pdf https://www.cargonet.com/news-and-events/cargonet-in-the-media/2025-theft-trends/ https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-cargo-theft-costing-60-billion-annually-what-that-number-actually-represents https://www.levernews.com/the-real-story-behind-the-highway-robbery-panic/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853/text https://www.newstore.com/articles/unified-customer-profile/ https://law.vanderbilt.edu/eyes-everywhere-ices-expanded-use-of-surveillance-technologies/ https://www.aclu-wi.org/news/mobile-fortify-ices-dystopic-facial-recognition-app/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/06/oregon-state-police-violated-sanctuary-law-sharing-data-ice-lawsuit-claims/ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/retailers-secretively-using-face-recognition https://vera-action.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Oppose+CORCA+Organizational+Sign-on.pdf https://davisvanguard.org/2026/07/orgs-oppose-retail-crime-act/ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-durbin-advance-bipartisan-packages-in-national-defense-authorization-act-to-crack-down-on-crime-and-protect-kids-online https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/24/underground-mutual-aid-hillsboro-immigrant-families-ice/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5 https://www.tucsonspotlight.org/ice-detention-bars-tucson-mom-from-her-own-trial/ https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/6/11/230128-a-tucson-resident-was-arrested-for-shoplifting-now-shes-in-ice-custody/ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD004.pdf https://revealnews.org/article/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech/ https://innovationlawlab.org/news-and-analysis/video-evidence-surveillance-tech-used-op-black-rose https://www.404media.co/ices-facial-recognition-app-misidentified-a-woman-twice/ Executive Disorder: Spokane Wildfires, Abdul Wins Michigan Primary, Munition Shortage https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/wildfire/american-red-cross-volunteers-removed-kaiser-canyon-fire-shelter-allegations-racist-discriminatory-language/293-bb0165df-e18f-4b36-95b7-4278f5a327f4 https://gothamist.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-new-yorks-ban-on-ice-agents-wearing-maskshttps://x.com/GovKathyHochul/status/2084421714528666043?s=20  https://gothamist.com/news/ny-looks-to-shut-down-kalshi-have-it-pay-36-billion-in-new-lawsuit https://abcnews.com/US/capital-closed-hundreds-trumps-bank-accounts-2021-anti/story?id=135273257https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/trump-blanche-acting-nomination-01017021https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28528054-hearn-dismissal-motion/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/jeanine-pirro-removal-reflecting-pool  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1097148959431469 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/g-s1-137389/max-miller-congress-house-ethics-committee-investigation https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/stevens-dismisses-pac-focus-as-campaign-finance-zoomies/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-aipac.htmlhttps://www.eenews.net/articles/michigan-senate-primary-puts-data-center-politics-to-the-test/https://abdulforsenate.com/priorities/  https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2083648125273588199?s=20 https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2085013160528921029?s=20 https://prospect.org/2026/07/17/cbc-condemns-will-lawrence-local-black-leaders-back-him-up-michigan-congress/https://x.com/WeWill2026/status/2076015931227250722hhttps://youtu.be/3UyXlWgXyAY?si=OsrVNhC2LuJCjgb- ttps://www.wvxu.org/politics/2026-07-16/cook-political-report-ohio-governor-ramaswamy-acton-toss-up https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/ohio-governor-election-polls-2026.html https://tiffinohio.net/posts/ramaswamy-booed-young-conservatives-convention-cincinnati/   https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/military-organizations/exclusive-us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/ar-AA29nIXd  https://www.aei.org/op-eds/americas-munitions-crisis-is-real/  https://gtac-hub.com/news/crisis-in-us-munitions-supply-as-155mm-production-stalls  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-ammo-factory-zero-shells/  https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2026/08/as-oregon-burns-and-gamblers-bet-lawmakers-push-back-against-wildfire-betting-markets-drawing-millions.html https://www.hcn.org/articles/people-are-betting-on-wildfires-should-they/  https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/kevin-warsh-is-facing-more-than-a-communication-problem  https://abc7chicago.com/post/25-states-including-illinois-file-lawsuit-president-donald-trumps-new-tariffs/19620616/  https://fortune.com/2026/08/01/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-credibility-shock-rate-hikes-inflation-yield-curve/  https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-yields-inflation-interest-rates-outlook-fed-meeting-kevin-warsh-2026-7  https://archive.vn/gjEFl  https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/yen-dollar-intervention-euros-bessent-japan-debt-yields/ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/02/business/us-buys-japan-yen-intl-hnk https://www.cfr.org/articles/why-the-u-s-intervened-to-prop-up-japans-yenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, fire management and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoors and the fight for our public lands. Our shared wild spaces are under threat like never before, The Trump administration is stripping protections, extractive capitalism and data centers are pillaging out common resources, and climate change is accelerating every day. Now, more than ever, we need serious journalism and serious solidarity that engages people with the struggle to protect these spaces for generations to come. New episodes every week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James reports from the wildfires across the PNW while Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss left-wing wins and losses in the Michigan and Missouri primary elections, the US military's continuing munitions shortage, gambling on wildfires, and what’s up with the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh. Donation Links:https://spokanetribalnetwork.org/ https://innovia.iphiview.com/innovia/GiveNow/AccountInformation/tabid/495/dispatch/accountselection_id$180408_hash$f9c04d9a7ad07c61d181c69d882b312140005878/Default.aspx Sources: https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/wildfire/american-red-cross-volunteers-removed-kaiser-canyon-fire-shelter-allegations-racist-discriminatory-language/293-bb0165df-e18f-4b36-95b7-4278f5a327f4 https://gothamist.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-new-yorks-ban-on-ice-agents-wearing-maskshttps://x.com/GovKathyHochul/status/2084421714528666043?s=20  https://gothamist.com/news/ny-looks-to-shut-down-kalshi-have-it-pay-36-billion-in-new-lawsuit https://abcnews.com/US/capital-closed-hundreds-trumps-bank-accounts-2021-anti/story?id=135273257https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/trump-blanche-acting-nomination-01017021https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28528054-hearn-dismissal-motion/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/jeanine-pirro-removal-reflecting-pool  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1097148959431469 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/g-s1-137389/max-miller-congress-house-ethics-committee-investigation https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/stevens-dismisses-pac-focus-as-campaign-finance-zoomies/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-aipac.htmlhttps://www.eenews.net/articles/michigan-senate-primary-puts-data-center-politics-to-the-test/https://abdulforsenate.com/priorities/  https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2083648125273588199?s=20 https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2085013160528921029?s=20 https://prospect.org/2026/07/17/cbc-condemns-will-lawrence-local-black-leaders-back-him-up-michigan-congress/https://x.com/WeWill2026/status/2076015931227250722hhttps://youtu.be/3UyXlWgXyAY?si=OsrVNhC2LuJCjgb- ttps://www.wvxu.org/politics/2026-07-16/cook-political-report-ohio-governor-ramaswamy-acton-toss-up https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/ohio-governor-election-polls-2026.html https://tiffinohio.net/posts/ramaswamy-booed-young-conservatives-convention-cincinnati/   https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/military-organizations/exclusive-us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/ar-AA29nIXd  https://www.aei.org/op-eds/americas-munitions-crisis-is-real/  https://gtac-hub.com/news/crisis-in-us-munitions-supply-as-155mm-production-stalls  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-ammo-factory-zero-shells/  https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2026/08/as-oregon-burns-and-gamblers-bet-lawmakers-push-back-against-wildfire-betting-markets-drawing-millions.html https://www.hcn.org/articles/people-are-betting-on-wildfires-should-they/  https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/kevin-warsh-is-facing-more-than-a-communication-problem  https://abc7chicago.com/post/25-states-including-illinois-file-lawsuit-president-donald-trumps-new-tariffs/19620616/  https://fortune.com/2026/08/01/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-credibility-shock-rate-hikes-inflation-yield-curve/  https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-yields-inflation-interest-rates-outlook-fed-meeting-kevin-warsh-2026-7  https://archive.vn/gjEFl  https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/yen-dollar-intervention-euros-bessent-japan-debt-yields/ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/02/business/us-buys-japan-yen-intl-hnk https://www.cfr.org/articles/why-the-u-s-intervened-to-prop-up-japans-yenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigative journalist, Kevin Foster discusses the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act and how it could widen ICE’s surveillance dragnet.  Sources: https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ATRI-The-Fight-Against-Cargo-Theft-Exec-Summ-12-2025.pdf https://www.cargonet.com/news-and-events/cargonet-in-the-media/2025-theft-trends/ https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-cargo-theft-costing-60-billion-annually-what-that-number-actually-represents https://www.levernews.com/the-real-story-behind-the-highway-robbery-panic/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853/text https://www.newstore.com/articles/unified-customer-profile/ https://law.vanderbilt.edu/eyes-everywhere-ices-expanded-use-of-surveillance-technologies/ https://www.aclu-wi.org/news/mobile-fortify-ices-dystopic-facial-recognition-app/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/06/oregon-state-police-violated-sanctuary-law-sharing-data-ice-lawsuit-claims/ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/retailers-secretively-using-face-recognition https://vera-action.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Oppose+CORCA+Organizational+Sign-on.pdf https://davisvanguard.org/2026/07/orgs-oppose-retail-crime-act/ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-durbin-advance-bipartisan-packages-in-national-defense-authorization-act-to-crack-down-on-crime-and-protect-kids-online https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/24/underground-mutual-aid-hillsboro-immigrant-families-ice/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5 https://www.tucsonspotlight.org/ice-detention-bars-tucson-mom-from-her-own-trial/ https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/6/11/230128-a-tucson-resident-was-arrested-for-shoplifting-now-shes-in-ice-custody/ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD004.pdf https://revealnews.org/article/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech/ https://innovationlawlab.org/news-and-analysis/video-evidence-surveillance-tech-used-op-black-rose https://www.404media.co/ices-facial-recognition-app-misidentified-a-woman-twice/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigative journalist, Kevin Foster outlines the rise of organized retail crime propaganda and the ensuing legislative crackdown. Sources: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/drone-vs-shoplifter-watch-how-redmond-pd-tracks-an-alleged-thief-from-high-in-the-sky/ https://nrfprotect.nrf.com/attend/event-recap https://radsecurity.com/roameo https://losspreventionmedia.com/top-retailers-rely-on-artificial-intelligence-for-loss-prevention/ https://www.facefirst.com https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-grocery-outlet-facial-recognition/ https://trends.google.com/explore?q=organized%20retail%20crime&date=2019-10-10%202026-07-02&geo=US https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/transnational-organized-crime/organized-retail-theft https://www.retaildive.com/news/retailers-crime-problem-numbers/699107/ https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/senate-hearing-on-organized-retail-theft/662523 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000000741 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2853 https://counciloncj.org/shoplifting-trends-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.vera.org/news/the-truth-about-retail-theft https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/retail-theft-losses-inventory-nrf https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php https://www.businessinsider.com/target-closing-stores-due-to-crime-stats-tell-another-story-2023-10 https://www.youtube.com/live/CcfggLuNAIk?si=wpu-uZyUisXLWRZT&t=1768 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-12/newsom-suggests-ways-to-crack-down-on-property-crime-without-dismantling-proposition-47 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/09/property-crime-framework/ https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024 https://nrf.com/podcast/how-san-diego-district-attorney-summer-stephan-combats-organized-retail-crime https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049651009/mountain-dew-arrest-felony-count-dropped https://youtu.be/LXwNudSOWls?si=Jbg8Kh3_ucWxmTXQ&t=2327 https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/05/22/states-can-safely-raise-their-felony-theft-thresholds-research-shows https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money2026.html https://www.lao.ca.gov/policyareas/cj/6_cj_inmatecost https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/8c903f42-47ab-4b6d-baf7-4f5dc5a6f4d0_DA%20Testifies%20at%20Senate%20Hearing%207-15-25.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/us/one-year-old-mississippi-boy-police-shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/us/south-carolina-murder-trial-cyrus-carmack-belton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNKn0oAdMoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Mohamedsalem Werad, co-founder of Saharawi Voice. Saharawi Voice is a collective of citizen journalists and filmmakers based in the Western Sahara refugee camps in south-west Algeria that provides a platform for Saharawis to share their challenges, experiences, perspectives, and hopes with an international audience. Mohamedsalem is also the co-director of the documentary Haiyu. They discuss recent events related to Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, and how the US is implicated. Sources: Saharawi Voices youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SAHARAWIVOICESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Layne and Andy of the Gender Affirming Care Workers Alliance about organizing trans workers and building community through struggle. Links: gacwa@protonmail.com  https://linktr.ee/GACWASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prince Shakur reads Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black AugustSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone 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-thathttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/ken-paxton-has-survived-years-of-scandals-can-james-talarico-change-thathttps://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=truehttps://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.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8800https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8800/text#H6C56E3050B5F4792AEBB0DF665B1D5D9https://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.pdfhttps://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.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the second White House Correspondents' Dinner, school shooter response drones, a massive data center in Louisiana, ICE coordinating with Iranian officials to deport asylum seekers, why James Talarico might beat Ken Paxton, abuse allegations against GOP House rep. Max Miller, and a Stop Cop City activist charged for allegedly wiping his phone at the airport.  Sources: 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-thathttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/ken-paxton-has-survived-years-of-scandals-can-james-talarico-change-thathttps://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=truehttps://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.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8800https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8800/text#H6C56E3050B5F4792AEBB0DF665B1D5D9https://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.pdfhttps://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.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Grace Mausser, co-chair of the New York City chapter of DSA, about the chapter’s on-the-ground organizing strategy, DSA’s relationship to the democratic party, and what their electoral wins could mean for building working class power.  Resources: https://socialists.nyc/ https://www.dsausa.org/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/the-dsa-red-scare/id1449762156?i=1000777008325 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Wendy Fry from CalMatters to discuss her story on DHS buying Core Civic facilities in California and what this might mean for immigration detention.  Sources: https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/corecivic-sells-ice-detention-centers/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with journalist and Ukrainian citizen Romeo Kokriataski to discuss the recent political shake-up by Zelensky, Russian drone-based war crimes, and the mental toll of ongoing war.   Links: https://english.nv.ua https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-ukraine-without-hype-127616838/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Elia Ayoub about Lebanon’s agreement with Israel, the concerns regarding the agreement, and how it fits in to the broader regional war on Iran.* *Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday July 2, 2026, so does not reflect any subsequent developments. Sources: https://www.972mag.com/lebanon-israel-trap-withdrawal-sovereignty/ https://thefirethesetimes.com https://hauntologies.net https://eliaayoub.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes up reading you a story about punks, growing up, and refusing to lose your edgeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse CZM Rewind: How To Build A Revolution: Myanmar, Part One Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism,  Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership inrange.tv https://theliberalgunclub.com/ https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/ CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 https://truthpredict.net/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20 CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism,  Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-man-accused-of-setting-fire-outside-immigration-court-charged-with-arson https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/ https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2079578782604689855?s=20 https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/ministerial-on-resurgence-of-political-terrorism-results https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1309861/rubio-cites-fatal-greece-firebombing-as-he-urges-global-action-against-far-left-terrorism/ https://apnews.com/article/france-student-beating-death-politics-melenchon-d333739b9f6025828ffaba3bceb1d263 https://apnews.com/article/rubio-polticial-violence-antifa-trump-e1dad3924bd1b018e43d5b89ac07bb0b  https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.51.0.pdf  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm  https://www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terrorist-removal-court-has-its-first-case  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/visa-restriction-policy-targeting-far-left-terrorist-and-other-aligned-groups/  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/17/2026-14439/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant  https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf https://x.com/BaselineNow/status/2079560456117551204?s=20 https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2077776039074230375?s=20 https://x.com/TeamFishback/status/2078957886403670411?s=20 https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2079633911181725999?s=20 https://x.com/Julesnader386/status/2078847789606334715?s=20 https://x.com/roomcguire/status/2077484311608008925?s=20 https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/ https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/2077940482869453085 https://x.com/AOC/status/2079618843815645552?s=20 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8183/pdf/COMPS-8183.pdf  https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-may-revive-1930-trade-discrimination-law-for-reciprocal-us-tariffs-125021200628_1.html  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-10-duties-expiring-trade-181612201.html  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-canada-tariffs-wildfire/90987616007/  https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/trump-tariffs-canada-alcohol-motor-vehicles-dairy/  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-canada-50-tariffs-203346290.html  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/trump-generic-drugs-tariffs-medicine-trade-.html  https://archive.vn/LzzYv  https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/trump-imposes-new-illegal-tariffs-on-canada/  https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/03/does-the-smoot-hawley-act-justify-the-trump-tariffs-no-says-philip-zelikow/  https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/21/canada-tariffs-prices-rise-impact-limited/90993514007/  https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Rubio’s international summit on Antifa terrorism, new visa restrictions targeting the “far-left”, the first use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, the Trump admin’s anti-Cuba crusade, tariffs against Canada, and Trump’s election security address. Sources: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-man-accused-of-setting-fire-outside-immigration-court-charged-with-arson https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/ https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2079578782604689855?s=20 https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/ministerial-on-resurgence-of-political-terrorism-results https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1309861/rubio-cites-fatal-greece-firebombing-as-he-urges-global-action-against-far-left-terrorism/ https://apnews.com/article/france-student-beating-death-politics-melenchon-d333739b9f6025828ffaba3bceb1d263 https://apnews.com/article/rubio-polticial-violence-antifa-trump-e1dad3924bd1b018e43d5b89ac07bb0b  https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.51.0.pdf  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm  https://www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terrorist-removal-court-has-its-first-case  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/visa-restriction-policy-targeting-far-left-terrorist-and-other-aligned-groups/  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/17/2026-14439/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant  https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf https://x.com/BaselineNow/status/2079560456117551204?s=20 https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2077776039074230375?s=20 https://x.com/TeamFishback/status/2078957886403670411?s=20 https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2079633911181725999?s=20 https://x.com/Julesnader386/status/2078847789606334715?s=20 https://x.com/roomcguire/status/2077484311608008925?s=20 https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/ https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/2077940482869453085 https://x.com/AOC/status/2079618843815645552?s=20 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8183/pdf/COMPS-8183.pdf  https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-may-revive-1930-trade-discrimination-law-for-reciprocal-us-tariffs-125021200628_1.html  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-10-duties-expiring-trade-181612201.html  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-canada-tariffs-wildfire/90987616007/  https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/trump-tariffs-canada-alcohol-motor-vehicles-dairy/  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-canada-50-tariffs-203346290.html  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/trump-generic-drugs-tariffs-medicine-trade-.html  https://archive.vn/LzzYv  https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/trump-imposes-new-illegal-tariffs-on-canada/  https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/03/does-the-smoot-hawley-act-justify-the-trump-tariffs-no-says-philip-zelikow/  https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/21/canada-tariffs-prices-rise-impact-limited/90993514007/  https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part one of a five part series on Myanmar’s spring revolution. James and Robert document the first year of Myanmar’s revolution through the stories of its participants. Music for this series was provided by Rebel Riot, check out their Bandcamp here: https://therebelriot.bandcamp.com/album/one-day Original Air Date: 11.7.22See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again. Original Air Date: 3.26.26 Sources: https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains how news networks have partnered with gambling sites to forecast the future and turn everyone’s phone into a casino of human suffering. Original Air Date: 12.9.25 Sources: https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 https://truthpredict.net/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Robert are joined by Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV to discuss a sensible approach to gun ownership after the election. Original Air Date: 11.22.2024 Resources: inrange.tv https://theliberalgunclub.com/ https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights Free Football from FIFA  How to Fire Your Boss The DSA Red Scare Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own Free Football from FIFA https://www.Rebootfifa.com https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt  How to Fire Your Boss https://industrialworker.carrd.co https://linktr.ee/raisaf161 https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism The DSA Red Scare http://program.dsausa.org https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/ https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20 https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbARdcqmWTY https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20 https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20 https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20 https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/ Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722 https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20 https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/ https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20 https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20 https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/  https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250  https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521  https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628 https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20  https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share  https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46  https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969  https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf  https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c  https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html  https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20 https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089 https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/ https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the death of Lindsay Graham, a DOJ investigation into UAW president Shawn Fain, the outbreak of cyclospora across multiple states, and three ICE killings from the last week. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722 https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20 https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/ https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20 https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20 https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/  https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250  https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521  https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628 https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20  https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share  https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46  https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969  https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf  https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c  https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html  https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20 https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089 https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/ https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks about President Trump’s new campaign against COMMUNISM following a series of electoral victories by DSA candidates across the country, and how establishment democrats are teaming up with the GOP to take down the Democratic Socialists of America.  Sources: http://program.dsausa.org https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/ https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20 https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbARdcqmWTY https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20 https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20 https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20 https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20 https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Raisa, Tabby, and Daniel from the IWW about industrial and solidarity unionism, the history of the IWW, and the IWW's upcoming Fire Your Boss Tour. https://industrialworker.carrd.co https://linktr.ee/raisaf161 Sources: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd explains the political implications of the Egyptian team competing at the World Cup, how their loss is being viewed by Arab audiences, and why we should free football from FIFA. Sources: https://www.Rebootfifa.com https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egyptSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a new ruling on geofence warrants extending 4th amendment protections to location data and how it may impact police surveillance and digital privacy. Sources: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-ownSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San DiegoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Palestine in the World Cup What's Wrong with Human Rights What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2 A Report from the Great American State Fair Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Palestine in the World Cup https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup  https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/ https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup What's Wrong with Human Rights Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett ZigonCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034 Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012John Lechte & Saul NewmanState of Exception. 2005Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002 Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595 https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737 https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20  https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067  https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/ https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action  https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/  https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/  https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html  https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq  https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/  https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714 https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the sexual assault allegations made against Graham Platner and the suspension of his senate campaign, how Trump is trying to bring back tariffs, a lawsuit alleging the US has given info on asylum seekers to Iran, ICE killing a man in Houston, and Trump’s 4th of July speech attacking communism. Sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595 https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737 https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20  https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067  https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/ https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action  https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/  https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/  https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html  https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq  https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/  https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714 https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert talks to Laura Jedeed for her account of the July 4th festivities at the Great American State Fair which was totally all those things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick and James pick up their discussion of Human Rights where they left off yesterday and discuss how we can all ensure people are treated properly.  Sources: Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett ZigonCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034 Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012John Lechte & Saul NewmanState of Exception. 2005Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002 Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen WestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick and James discuss the concept of Human Rights and how they sometimes fail to ensure people around the world are treated with dignity. Sources: Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett ZigonCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034 Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012John Lechte & Saul NewmanState of Exception. 2005Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002 Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen WestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd talks about the significance of Palestine at the 2026 World Cup, comparing it to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.  Sources: https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup  https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/ https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cupSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our longer summer read, Margaret reads you a novella about punk houses and identity and growing up written by a master of the mediumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom The Fakest Economy of All Time The London Dockworkers Strike Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks   https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/   https://eliaayoub.com/  The Fakest Economy of All Time https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6  The London Dockworkers Strike https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike  https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889  https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/  https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf  https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text  https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/  https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/  https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-haiti  https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/  https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/ https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the batch of recent Supreme Court rulings from birthright citizenship and mail in voting, the president's ability to end Temporary Protected Status and fire independent agency heads, and the strengthening of gun rights and digital privacy rights. Sources:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf  https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text  https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/  https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/  https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-haiti  https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/  https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/ https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James discuss the strike of London dockworkers in 1889 and the solidarity and support it received. Sources: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike  https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889  https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/  https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it’s gambling all the way down Sources:https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland.  Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks  https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/  https://eliaayoub.com/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight An Update from Belfast The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America Executive Disorder: Prairieland Sentencing, DOGE Deaths, DSA Sweep in New York How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien    How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary Sources:https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senatehttps://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/https://mainepeoplesalliance.org/endorsements/https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platformhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69df7d24dedc9206b2f1e62c/1776254244968/GrahamforMaine_EndBillionaireWelfare.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e243347ef4a528f4d10392/1776719977715/GrahamforMaine_DefendDemocracyAgenda.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e244c4754da237acf6aa07/1776436420589/GrahamforMaine_HealthcarePolicy.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69fe0394377d136e142fc5ff/1778254740849/GrahamforMaine_TakeBackAmericanPower.pdfhttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/interview-graham-platner-gun-control-transgender-rights-military-record-family-senate/97-da9bf2d5-e35b-4a2f-9cbd-3b1e3be48570https://frenchmanbay.org/aaresponse/https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/23/politics/elections/unions-found-susan-collins-challenger-oysterman-graham-platner-joam40zk0w/https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/28/the-oysterman-trying-to-oust-susan-collins-raised-1-million-in-nine-days/ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/in-collins-hometown-platner-brings-his-grassroots-pitch-to-the-county/https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-service-employees-association-endorses-democrat-graham-platner-for-us-senatehttps://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/01/demonstrators-gather-outside-ellsworth-city-hall-part-statewide-protests/https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/graham-platner-profile/https://themainemonitor.org/graham-platner-success-explained/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlRswCllI5w https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2MkjC7ymQHchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMgQVqa-DAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-itNjgCJDxUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZOj1IzEcwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwu_X-as8U&t=116shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNRmty16fghttps://www.patreon.com/naomilachance/posts/graham-platner-160548109   The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/unemployment-rate-returned-to-its-prepandemic-level-in-2022.htm https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-287.html https://endhomelessness.org/resources/nationwide-survey-shows-widespread-discrimination-against-gender-expansive-people-including-in-emergency-shelters/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/162985/economics/unemployment-during-the-great-depression/ https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-Trans-Survey-Brief-V4_Working-File.pdf Executive Disorder Sources: Sources:  https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv1208-27   https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf  https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/86/text https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5939015-trump-cassidy-iran-gop-meeting/  https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-reps-juan-ciscomani-and-gabe-vasquez-lead-bipartisan-public-lands-integrity   https://x.com/iThusitha/status/2069796878674485517?s=20  https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/06/army-general-pentagon-hegseth/687675/  https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2069824558035607651?s=20  https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-12542/naturalization-application-fee-adjustments  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490.1.0.pdf  https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/contact-support/legal-matters/child-support.html  https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv3501-111  https://x.com/USinNigeria/status/2069798954997264530?s=20  https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957  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We discuss anti-ICE protesters being sentenced to 30-100 years in prison, updates on immigration and Iran, how Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID may have caused millions of potential child deaths, and a deadly heatwave in India, Pakistan, France, and the UK. Prairieland Support: https://prairielanddefendants.com/ https://www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWprotestors https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist-des-revol-an-immigration-attorney Sources:  https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv1208-27   https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf  https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/86/text https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5939015-trump-cassidy-iran-gop-meeting/  https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-reps-juan-ciscomani-and-gabe-vasquez-lead-bipartisan-public-lands-integrity   https://x.com/iThusitha/status/2069796878674485517?s=20  https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/06/army-general-pentagon-hegseth/687675/  https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2069824558035607651?s=20  https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-12542/naturalization-application-fee-adjustments  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490.1.0.pdf  https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/contact-support/legal-matters/child-support.html  https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv3501-111  https://x.com/USinNigeria/status/2069798954997264530?s=20  https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116779961376108129https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116800002761284625https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/g-s1-129586/france-red-heat-wave-alert https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/22/how-india-heatwaves-shutting-schools-pushing-women-out-of-the-workforce https://indianexpress.com/article/education/schools-shut-in-delhi-up-punjab-wb-more-heatwave-triggers-imd-alert-extended-summer-breaks-10696915/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp0krp98ro https://apnews.com/article/india-heatwave-deaths-heat-stroke-climate-change-880f26e3b8eeb066d2db2308502783d2 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/24/europe-heatwave-live-news-updates-uk-record-breaking-temperatures-italy-red-alert https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-france-europe-climate-change-record-81c341900166135de6cbc0f49156477b https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/climate/europe-heat-wave-dome-france-uk-spain https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/climate/europe-heat-wave-france-uk-spain?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en https://theconversation.com/too-hot-too-humid-why-the-sustained-heatwave-in-india-and-pakistan-is-so-dangerous-283762 https://weather.com/2026/06/23/news/weather/dangerous-record-heat-wave-europe-france-uk-forecast https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-million-preventable-deaths-2030-if-usaid-defundinghttps://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/news-logos/BU-researcher-warns-of-367,000-deaths-from-halted-USAID-programs_.pdfhttps://gizmodo.com/the-headlines-that-elon-musk-says-dont-exist-2000776112https://archive.is/dv0Ve#selection-1309.1-1335.403https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-new-york-primary.html https://forward.com/news/831689/brad-lander-israel-palestinians-congress/https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/mysterious-pro-reynoso-super-pac-funded-teachers-union-not-aipac/414238/ https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/aipac-helping-boost-espaillat-against-dsa-challenge/414300/ https://espaillatsreceipts.com/https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2068810495239369066?s=20https://x.com/d_aviladickson/status/2069197935812718717?s=20https://x.com/ellad3vi/status/2069190974937436581?s=20 https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2069195933837869472?s=20 https://x.com/pelegrinc/status/2062184383876935829?s=20 https://x.com/r0berto_mid_5/status/2069427334088740970?s=20 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2w0yezeyxo https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/manifesto-laden-with-incel-ideology-linked-to-cote-des-neiges-shooting/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison outlines Graham Platner’s campaign platform, his ties with labor unions and local organizing in Maine, and how those relations paved the way for Platner’s working class campaign to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, despite personal scandals and controversies.  Sources:https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senate https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/https://mainepeoplesalliance.org/endorsements/https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platformhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69df7d24dedc9206b2f1e62c/1776254244968/GrahamforMaine_EndBillionaireWelfare.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e243347ef4a528f4d10392/1776719977715/GrahamforMaine_DefendDemocracyAgenda.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e244c4754da237acf6aa07/1776436420589/GrahamforMaine_HealthcarePolicy.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69fe0394377d136e142fc5ff/1778254740849/GrahamforMaine_TakeBackAmericanPower.pdfhttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/interview-graham-platner-gun-control-transgender-rights-military-record-family-senate/97-da9bf2d5-e35b-4a2f-9cbd-3b1e3be48570 https://frenchmanbay.org/aaresponse/ https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/23/politics/elections/unions-found-susan-collins-challenger-oysterman-graham-platner-joam40zk0w/ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/28/the-oysterman-trying-to-oust-susan-collins-raised-1-million-in-nine-days/ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/in-collins-hometown-platner-brings-his-grassroots-pitch-to-the-county/https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-service-employees-association-endorses-democrat-graham-platner-for-us-senatehttps://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/01/demonstrators-gather-outside-ellsworth-city-hall-part-statewide-protests/https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/graham-platner-profile/https://themainemonitor.org/graham-platner-success-explained/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlRswCllI5w https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2MkjC7ymQHchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMgQVqa-DAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-itNjgCJDxUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZOj1IzEcwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwu_X-as8U&t=116shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNRmty16fghttps://www.patreon.com/naomilachance/posts/graham-platner-160548109See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses the economic and social condition of trans workers in the US and what it means for trans workers as a class Sources: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/unemployment-rate-returned-to-its-prepandemic-level-in-2022.htm https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-287.html https://endhomelessness.org/resources/nationwide-survey-shows-widespread-discrimination-against-gender-expansive-people-including-in-emergency-shelters/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/162985/economics/unemployment-during-the-great-depression/ https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-Trans-Survey-Brief-V4_Working-File.pdf https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2022%20USTS%20Early%20Insights%20Report_FINAL.pdf https://mapresearch.org/brief/new-survey-reveals-dramatic-changes-for-lgbtq-adults-since-november-2024/ https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-280.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. Sources: https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution Original Air Date: 6.1.2025See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine - Settler Colonialism with Andrew - Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy - The Necessary War on Data Centers - Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth) More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu Empire of Borders by Todd Miller Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu (https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf) Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294) Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña (https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/) Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924 (https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf) US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic) Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1 (https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header) Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby (https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/) Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas) ‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart) Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/) “They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses” (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/) Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic (https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/) 10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic (https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality) LEA Training Schedule 2024 (https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR) International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program) Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program) El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M) How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau (https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/) Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html) Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/) US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border (https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border) Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/) A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg) “A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen (https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234) Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS (https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html) Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti) La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia (https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/) La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413) Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement (https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/) 87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración (https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/) Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic) Settler Colonialism with Andrew Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran.  The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi The Question of Palestine by Edward Said https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og  Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack Short Stories: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identificationhttps://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIkhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000 https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/ https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation  https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rulhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/ Police Shooting: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/  https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/  https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp  https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/  https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/  https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html  https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1  https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/  https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022 Iran Deal: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20  https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781  https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz  https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20 https://x.com/osinttechnical  World Cup:https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tensionhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/UFC Freedom 250:https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attendinghttps://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inlinehttps://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/Dialog:https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss a police killing of a 1 year old boy in Mississippi, visa restrictions affecting the World Cup, an alleged terrorist plot targeting UFC Freedom 250, the MOU with Iran, and a hack of Peter Thiel’s IRL social network Dialog. Sources: Short Stories: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identificationhttps://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIkhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000 https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/ https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation  https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rulhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/ Police Shooting: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/  https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/  https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp  https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/  https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/  https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html  https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1  https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/  https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022 Iran Deal: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20  https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781  https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz  https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20 https://x.com/osinttechnical  World Cup:https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tensionhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/UFC Freedom 250:https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attendinghttps://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inlinehttps://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/Dialog:https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert argues that the current groundswell of public anger against data center projects represents an opportunity to hit Silicon Valley oligarchs where it hurts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Olive, Margaret, Mo, to discuss the indictment of 15 anti ice protesters in Minnesota and what it means for the first amendment. Sources: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James discuss settler colonialism across several contexts. Sources: Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran.  The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi The Question of Palestine by Edward Said https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco speaks with James about how the Dominican Republic’s border and immigration enforcement was shaped by the United States. Sources: Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth) More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu Empire of Borders by Todd Miller Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu (https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf) Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294) Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña (https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/) Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924 (https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf) US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic) Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1 (https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header) Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby (https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/) Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas) ‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart) Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/) “They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses” (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/) Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic (https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/) 10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic (https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality) LEA Training Schedule 2024 (https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR) International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program) Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program) El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M) How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau (https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/) Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html) Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/) US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border (https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border) Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/) A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg) “A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen (https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234) Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS (https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html) Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti) La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia (https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/) La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413) Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement (https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/) 87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración (https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/) Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Bovino’s Visit to Europe - Idealogical Totalism with Andrew - The Globalization of Resistance with Andrew - The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire - Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Trans Healthcare, Denaturalization Cases  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Bovino’s Visit to Europe https://remigrationsummit.com/  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/christchurch-shooters-links-to-austrian-far-right-more-extensive-than-thought  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/RE_2025.08.21_Unauthorized-Immigrants_REPORT.pdf  https://www.cbp.gov/about  https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444  https://youtu.be/OYIK2-pO_7Y The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber  How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567 Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Trans Healthcare, Denaturalization Cases  https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/ https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20  https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details  https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com  https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/ https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug  https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html  https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/ https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html  https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20  https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20  https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy  https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20  https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2ySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss election fraud claims in California, a pogrom targeting immigrants in Northern Ireland, DOJ investigations into healthcare for trans youth, new denaturalization cases against 17 people, and Greg Bovino’s potential 2028 presidential run.NOTE: Regrettably this episode contained factual errors and omissions: Rwanda was colonized by Germany and Belgium, not Great Britain. The pogroms we mentioned occurred in Northern Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland. Sources:  https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/ https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20  https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details  https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com  https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/ https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug  https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html  https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/ https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html  https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20  https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20  https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy  https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20  https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20 https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2ySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Andrew Leber, assistant professor of political science and Middle East and North Africa politics, with an expertise in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. Andrew outlines the different positions of the Gulf states in response to the ongoing war on Iran, the competing visions for the region posed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the role of Israel in their calculations.  Sources: Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber  How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks with Garrison about how the jailing of political prisoners in Spain  inadvertently sparked the Filipino labor movement and helped globalize the anti-imperialist struggle of the late 19th and early 20th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks with Garrison about how apocalyptic cult-like groups override critical thought and promote mass violence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino travelled to a racist conference in Europe, James and Mia break down his interviews there and what it tells us about the culture of the agency he spent decades in. Sources: https://remigrationsummit.com/  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/christchurch-shooters-links-to-austrian-far-right-more-extensive-than-thought  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/RE_2025.08.21_Unauthorized-Immigrants_REPORT.pdf  https://www.cbp.gov/about  https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444  https://youtu.be/OYIK2-pO_7YSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are collaborating with In The Belly Magazine to read you a short memoir piece about organizing behind bars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them - How to Potluck Your Way to a Union - What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy - The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism - Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/  https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20  https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm  https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska  https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf  https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/  https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A  https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/ How to Potluck Your Way to a Union https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/ What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938 https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028 https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/ Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history   Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/  Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20  https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374 https://remigrationsummit.com/  https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20  https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359  https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553 https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-politicalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral campaign, a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting in Alabama, and changes to OMB funding. Sources: https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20  https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374 https://remigrationsummit.com/  https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20  https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359  https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553 https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-politicalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Negar Razavi, a political anthropologist at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. Dana and Negar discuss conditions in Iran today, the impact the war has had on the regime and on regional dynamics, and how the “experts” in DC are implicated in this disaster. Sources: Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/ Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history   Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Sophie talk about the long awaited DNC 2024 election autopsy, its many factual errors, contradictory analysis, and the glaring omissions from Palestine to inflation and Biden’s age.  Sources: https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938 https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028 https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-visSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Morgan and Rene of Muji Workers United about their struggle for a union and how ordinary people out-organized their bosses. https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnitedhttps://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Molly to talk about bears, and the campaign to remove them from the Endangered Species Act.  Sources: https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/  https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20  https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm  https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska  https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf  https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/  https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A  https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis from the suburbsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Nakba Stories - Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun - Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends - Executive Disorder: Green Card Application Changes, the Pope’s AI Encyclical, Federal Court Blocks GOP Map in Alabama You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun Strike Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-real-you-electrolysis-workers-united Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends Check out the other episodes of Outlaw here: https://linktr.ee/outlawpod Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe  Final Straw’s past episodes on Grand Juries and Grand Jury Resistance: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/grand-jury/Live like the World is Dying: Mo on Grand Juries https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e44-mo-on-grand-juries/ Executive Disorder: Green Card Application Changes, the Pope’s AI Encyclical, Federal Court Blocks GOP Map in Alabama https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-10598/refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2026-emergency-presidential-determination-presidential  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2059440695488790898  https://x.com/atrupar/status/2059452011636982241 https://x.com/AndyKimNJ/status/2058624606085226502  https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2026/05/26/how-ice-silenced-the-face-of-the-delaney-hall-hunger-strike/   https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2026/05/ec112dg10%28e%29.pdf  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0199-AdjustmentOfStatusAndDiscretion-20260521.pdf  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0198-SIJDeferredAction-20260410.pdf   https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2059679711391838507 https://x.com/PAKenglishh/status/2059021151242801270 https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/2059045450666131705  https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2059300434313982084 https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-strikes-were-aimed-at-protecting-all-religions-not-just-christians-1b3676cf  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-subpoena-hasan-piker-medea-benjamin-over-cuba-trips https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20 https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026 https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-243_f20h.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K2ZfobOClPyEWDtLELathLkD1eYNTCAD/view https://alabamareflector.com/2026/05/26/federal-judges-block-alabamas-use-of-2023-congressional-map/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss USCIS policy changes making it harder to apply for a green card, law enforcement tracking anti-AI sentiments, an Alabama congressional map ruled as racially discriminatory, and the Trump admin pushing the Fed to allow transferring crypto. Sources: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-10598/refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2026-emergency-presidential-determination-presidential  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2059440695488790898  https://x.com/atrupar/status/2059452011636982241 https://x.com/AndyKimNJ/status/2058624606085226502  https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2026/05/26/how-ice-silenced-the-face-of-the-delaney-hall-hunger-strike/   https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2026/05/ec112dg10%28e%29.pdf  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0199-AdjustmentOfStatusAndDiscretion-20260521.pdf  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0198-SIJDeferredAction-20260410.pdf   https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2059679711391838507 https://x.com/PAKenglishh/status/2059021151242801270 https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/2059045450666131705  https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2059300434313982084 https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-strikes-were-aimed-at-protecting-all-religions-not-just-christians-1b3676cf  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-subpoena-hasan-piker-medea-benjamin-over-cuba-trips https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20 https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026 https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-243_f20h.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K2ZfobOClPyEWDtLELathLkD1eYNTCAD/view https://alabamareflector.com/2026/05/26/federal-judges-block-alabamas-use-of-2023-congressional-map/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Outlaw, Olive is joined by movement attorneys Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Bina Ahmad, and Joey Mogul to discuss trends in the repression of anti-ICE activity across the country and how to prepare for the long road ahead.To learn more about how the law is used to crush dissent, check out the other episodes of Outlaw, an anti-repression podcast. Find past episodes here: https://linktr.ee/outlawpod Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe  Get in touch: outlawpod@proton.meFor more context about J20 or the War on Terror, check out these Outlaw episodes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlaw/id1803156411?i=1000699958987https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlaw/id1803156411?i=1000718858590 More on Grand Juries: Final Straw’s past episodes on Grand Juries and Grand Jury Resistance: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/grand-jury/Live like the World is Dying: Mo on Grand Juries https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e44-mo-on-grand-juries/ Theme Music: Star by Tufawon https://www.instagram.com/tufawon/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Through debt traps, bouncing paychecks and firings, Real You Electrolysis Workers United members Jackie Mae and Deja discuss their union campaign and strike with Mia. Strike Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-real-you-electrolysis-workers-unitedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd shares her family’s Nakba stories, the process of discovering an Israeli connection, and what she takes away from understanding intergenerational trauma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about an enchanted graffiti turf war and a flying bike chase.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting - Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo? - Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid - Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con - Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements  https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/  https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information  Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo? https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf  https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf  https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.  https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi  https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/  https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule   https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule  https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/ Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333 https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1 https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926 https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/ https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/ https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025   https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/ https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/ https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/ https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/ Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324 https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024  https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20 https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20 https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20 https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20 https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046 https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185  https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20  https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20 https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/ https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, memetic nazi accelerationism, tariff rebates, and Trump’s new $1.776 billion slush fund from a lawsuit against his own IRS. Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324 https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024  https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20 https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20 https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20 https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20 https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046 https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185  https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20  https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20 https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20 https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/ https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison attends New York Comic Con to investigate the (pop) culture war and why anime is beating western superhero comics. Oh also Lego Batman is here for some reason. Sources: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926 https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/ https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/ https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025   https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/ https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/ https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/ https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia tells Molly about monopsony and how economists conspired to bury the theories that explain your wages. Sources: https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333 https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1 https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-lowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana. Sources: https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf  https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf  https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.  https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi  https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/  https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule   https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule  https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with James about FBI arrests for illegal voting and Trump’s efforts to seize state voter rolls to investigate election officials and restrict voting.  Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements  https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/  https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues with the final part of a gutting story about rejection and re-accimlationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State - Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence - Parasitism with Andrew - The Return of Jim Crow - Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf  https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/ https://colonelpanic.tech/ SSD.eff.org  Rayhunter.eff.org https://www.open-archive.org/save Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf  https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921  https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/ https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/ https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/ https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/ https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=  https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism Parasitism with Andrew Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos The Return of Jim Crow https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/ https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20 https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20 ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046  https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20  https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828  https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf  https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/  https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/ https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720 https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20 https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court  https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-warSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss how many Americans think Trump’s assassination was staged, alleged threats over an anti-trans event at the University of Washington, how the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the new district map, Trump’s criticism of the Kurds, and if we are still at war with Iran?  Sources: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20 https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20 ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046  https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20  https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828  https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf  https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/  https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/ https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720 https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20 https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court  https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-warSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses the impact of the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act and how it marks a return to overt Jim Crow white supremacy. Sources: https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/ https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and Mia talk about the political of viewing humans as parasites. Sources: Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald Worshiping Power by Peter GelderloosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Robert discuss how the new White House counterterrorism strategy targets anarchists, antifa, and “extreme transgender ideology,” while using terrorism to justify military strikes and regime change. Sources: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf  https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921  https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/ https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/ https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/ https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/ https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=  https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Colonel Panic and Cooper Quintin to discuss state surveillance and community counter surveillance. Sources:  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf  https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/ https://colonelpanic.tech/ SSD.eff.org  Rayhunter.eff.org https://www.open-archive.org/saveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you the first part of a story about kids who grew up on the moonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque - The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2 - Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon - Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz - Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/ https://archive.is/VvPa4 https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap https://archive.is/kjEUp https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/ https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/ Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil  Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html  Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448  Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/ Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz https://archive.vn/1qeiu https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/ https://archive.vn/pM5a6 https://archive.vn/u38pm https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/asia-battles-rising-uneven-toll-energy-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-2026-05-04/ https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/plastic-bag-chaos-shortage-fears-highlight-taiwans-energy-security-concerns Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/ https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557 https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265 https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-south-africa-cb424510bb0c934c781f6bd42ce2e7c8 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/ https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20  https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20  https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-navy-destroyers-transit-strait-of-hormuz-after-dodging-iranian-onslaught/  https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170  https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20  https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20  https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20  https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2051749762538389668?s=20 in https://x.com/Reuters/status/2051567572454432996?s=20  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051709553956266365?s=20  https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x&utm_medium=owned_social&mrfcid=2026050669f852024e34c652f4ad78a6  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2052070088233136553?s=20  https://x.com/Alihashem  https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-01-Fifth-Circuit-Order-Granting-Stay-of-2023-REMS.pdf https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1973866621245567344?s=20  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-is-investigating-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone-despite-decades-of/  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840361  https://reproductiverights.org/news/5th-circuit-limits-telehealth-provision-of-abortion-pill/  https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25A1208-Admin-Stay-and-CFR.pdf https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-charged-shooting-secret-service-agent-near-washington-monument-national-mall  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/washington-monument-shooting-secret-service.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the hantavirus, a 72 billion dollar reconciliation package for ICE and Border Patrol, elections in Ohio,and court rulings on mail order abortion pills.  Sources: https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/ https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557 https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265 https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-south-africa-cb424510bb0c934c781f6bd42ce2e7c8 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/ https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20  https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20  https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-navy-destroyers-transit-strait-of-hormuz-after-dodging-iranian-onslaught/  https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170  https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20  https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20  https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20  https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20  https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2051749762538389668?s=20 in https://x.com/Reuters/status/2051567572454432996?s=20  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051709553956266365?s=20  https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x&utm_medium=owned_social&mrfcid=2026050669f852024e34c652f4ad78a6  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2052070088233136553?s=20  https://x.com/Alihashem  https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-01-Fifth-Circuit-Order-Granting-Stay-of-2023-REMS.pdf https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1973866621245567344?s=20  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-is-investigating-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone-despite-decades-of/  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840361  https://reproductiverights.org/news/5th-circuit-limits-telehealth-provision-of-abortion-pill/  https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25A1208-Admin-Stay-and-CFR.pdf https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-charged-shooting-secret-service-agent-near-washington-monument-national-mall  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/washington-monument-shooting-secret-service.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses the dire economic effects of the blockade across Asia and why the ripples haven’t reached the markets. Sources: https://archive.vn/1qeiu https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/ https://archive.vn/pM5a6 https://archive.vn/u38pm https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/asia-battles-rising-uneven-toll-energy-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-2026-05-04/ https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/plastic-bag-chaos-shortage-fears-highlight-taiwans-energy-security-concernsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Justin Salhani, writer and journalist based in Beirut and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Dana and Justin discuss conditions for journalists in Lebanon at the moment, the widening range of targets, and what people expect from the ceasefire currently in place. Sources: Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil  Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html  Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448  Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick, Molly, and James conclude their discussion on the death of Quentin Duranque and discuss some fascinating new types of fascist. Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate Sources: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/ https://archive.is/VvPa4 https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap https://archive.is/kjEUp https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/ https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick, James, and Molly discuss Quentin Deranque, a French Nazi, and how it has been embraced by far right groups. Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate Sources: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/ https://archive.is/VvPa4 https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap https://archive.is/kjEUp https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/ https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret discusses your reactions to Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Day Before the Revolution" with Hazel Acacia and Steven MonacelliSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Age of Extremophiles - Libya with Andrew - Gaddafi with Andrew - Zohran Mamdani's First 100 Days - Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Libya with Andrew Iran retaliation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrqqd8lw2wo Timeline of Libyan History: https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/History Timeline of Libyan revolt: https://www.britannica.com/event/Libya-Revolt-of-2011 Behind the NTC: http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1062/2/who-drove-the-libyan-uprising Consequences and Motivations of Libya intervention: https://jacobin.com/2015/02/libya-intervention-nato-imperialism https://web.archive.org/web/20220517202837/https://merip.org/2011/11/was-the-libya-intervention-necessary/ https://jacobin.com/2021/03/nato-libya-war-uk-us-france-regime-change https://jacobin.com/2011/09/libya-and-the-left Rebel abuses: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14891913 Targeting of Black Libyans and Migrants: https://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141549384/blacks-and-migrants-targets-of-attack-in-libya Displacement numbers in 2012: https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/legacy-pdf/4ec23100b.pdf Consequences of first civil war: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/libya-capital-under-islamist-control-tripoli-airport-seized-operation-dawn https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/2/16/libya-anniversary-the-situation-is-just-terrible An attempt at unification: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/libyan-politicians-sign-un-peace-deal-unify-rival-governments El Sharara oilfield situation: https://middle-east-online.com/node/708060 The status quo as of 2020: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-libyan-conflict-explained/ Another attempt at unification: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/libya-interim-government-sworn-in-replacing-rival-administration https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/21/libya-parliament-withdraws-confidence-from-unity-government https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/3/un-voices-concern-over-vote-on-new-libyan-prime-minister Morality police: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fears-religious-freedom-libya-proposes-new-morality-police Slave auction: https://africasacountry.com/2017/11/the-slave-auction-in-libya Libya’s arms in regional instability: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-arms-un-idUSBRE93814Y20130409/ Natural disaster: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/09/year-rebuilding-libyas-flood-hit-derna-plagued-politics https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-floods-derna-turkish-firm-said-repaired-dam-did-it Gaddafi with Andrew https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/ Libya: The History of Gaddafi's Pariah State By John Oakes Qaddafi and the Libyan revolution By David Blundy, Andrew Lycett https://africasacountry.com/2017/12/the-return-of-muammar-gaddafi https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2013/10/03/gaddafis-harem-book https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16289543 https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2016/02/17/what-happened-to-the-other-libyans https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329567625_A_Linguistic_Liberation_of_Gaddafi%27s_Libya_From_Near-Extinction_to_an_Imminent_Revitalization_of_Amazigh https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2018/10/13/tebu-cultural-awakening-we-may-not-be-arabs-but-we-are-libyan https://marxist.com/nature-of-gaddafi-regime.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/business/23views.html Gaddafi’s relations with the West: https://libcom.org/article/lies-slaughter-capital-2011-nato-intervention-libya-part-two https://libcom.org/article/libyan-peoples-committees-should-be-foundation-new-life-not-just-interim-measure https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/05/us-torture-and-rendition-gaddafis-libya https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/09/secret-intelligence-documents-discovered-libya Zohran Mamdani's First 100 Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGdfQ-kPTI https://www.nyc.gov/content/100days/pages/ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/news/004-26/mamdani-administration-stricter-enforcement-city-s-250-most-distressed-apartment https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mamdani-administration-announces-historic--2-1-million-settlemen https://www.nyc.gov/content/tenantprotection/pages/pinnacle-tenants https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-signs-eo-to-revitalize-mayor-s-office-to-protect-t https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-historic--2-1m-court-judgment-against-br https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani--nycha-announce--38-4-million-investment-to-bring-  https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/sustainability.page  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-launches-new-program-to-deliver-affordabl https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-advances-new-york-city-s-first-free-child-care-pro https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/transcript--mayor-mamdani-announces-major-3-k-expansion--adding- https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/ https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/10/homeless-deaths-cold-hearing-wasow-park/ https://citylimits.org/the-mayor-promises-a-new-approach-to-encampment-sweeps-homeless-advocates-dont-buy-it/ https://gothamist.com/news/can-columbus-ohio-teach-the-nypd-about-crowd-control-mamdani-wants-to-find-out https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/nyregion/mamdani-nypd-tisch-police.html https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-mamdani-signals-openness-to-nypd-gang-database-citing-reforms https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-appoints-renita-francois-as-deputy-mayor-for-commu  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-secures-nearly--2m-in-restitution-for-800 https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-announces--5-million-settlement--reinstatement-of-  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-announces-la-marqueta-as-first-site-identified-for https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani--governor-hochul-announce-state-s-first-pied-a-ter Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28083136/allen.pdf  https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/29/congress/section-702-passes-house-00899071 https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/atf-launches-new-era-reform https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/business/media/david-ellison-trump-cbs-news.html https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp846668401o https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#fae0af84-bd4a-4a4d-86d0-cb7166ef4691 https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116474434041424846 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/governor-sinaloa-and-nine-other-current-and-former-mexican-officials-charged-drug https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-allen-003804b7/ https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=cole+allen&contributor_zip=90501 https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/2048180791356821988?s=20 https://www.timemachine.eu/study-on-quality-in-3d-digitisation-of-tangible-cultural-heritage/ https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150004067 https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2048222643237601457?s=20 https://x.com/aishahhasnie/status/2048274579043336397 https://x.com/TheRealJChubby/status/2048513664286924938?s=20 https://x.com/BonkDaCarnivore/status/2048220342678597688?s=20 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OPN/25-3141_complete_opn.pdf https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-02994/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c5d05c7ba737452f85f7b9ee4b2ea99a#data_s=id%3AdataSource_4-59220b9613c647f49771f495924d5772%3A973  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28051570-friends-of-the-ruidosa-church-v-secretary-markwayne-mullin-april-2026/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, confusion over who shot a Secret Service agent, the politics of the alleged shooter, and the conspiracy theories about the attack. Also, news of the Supreme Court's undermining of the Voting Rights Act, and a 2nd Circuit Court ruling against ICE mandatory detention. Sources: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28083136/allen.pdf  https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/29/congress/section-702-passes-house-00899071 https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/atf-launches-new-era-reform https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/business/media/david-ellison-trump-cbs-news.html https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp846668401o https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#fae0af84-bd4a-4a4d-86d0-cb7166ef4691 https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116474434041424846 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/governor-sinaloa-and-nine-other-current-and-former-mexican-officials-charged-drug https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-allen-003804b7/ https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=cole+allen&contributor_zip=90501 https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/2048180791356821988?s=20 https://www.timemachine.eu/study-on-quality-in-3d-digitisation-of-tangible-cultural-heritage/ https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150004067 https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2048222643237601457?s=20 https://x.com/aishahhasnie/status/2048274579043336397 https://x.com/TheRealJChubby/status/2048513664286924938?s=20 https://x.com/BonkDaCarnivore/status/2048220342678597688?s=20 https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OPN/25-3141_complete_opn.pdf https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-02994/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c5d05c7ba737452f85f7b9ee4b2ea99a#data_s=id%3AdataSource_4-59220b9613c647f49771f495924d5772%3A973  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28051570-friends-of-the-ruidosa-church-v-secretary-markwayne-mullin-april-2026/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison goes over what Mayor Mamdani has accomplished in his first 100 days, the challenges of adapting to power, and what his administration means for the future of working class politics. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGdfQ-kPTI https://www.nyc.gov/content/100days/pages/ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/news/004-26/mamdani-administration-stricter-enforcement-city-s-250-most-distressed-apartment https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mamdani-administration-announces-historic--2-1-million-settlemen https://www.nyc.gov/content/tenantprotection/pages/pinnacle-tenants https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-signs-eo-to-revitalize-mayor-s-office-to-protect-t https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-historic--2-1m-court-judgment-against-br https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani--nycha-announce--38-4-million-investment-to-bring-  https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/sustainability.page  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-launches-new-program-to-deliver-affordabl https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-advances-new-york-city-s-first-free-child-care-pro https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/transcript--mayor-mamdani-announces-major-3-k-expansion--adding- https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/ https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/10/homeless-deaths-cold-hearing-wasow-park/ https://citylimits.org/the-mayor-promises-a-new-approach-to-encampment-sweeps-homeless-advocates-dont-buy-it/ https://gothamist.com/news/can-columbus-ohio-teach-the-nypd-about-crowd-control-mamdani-wants-to-find-out https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/nyregion/mamdani-nypd-tisch-police.html https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-mamdani-signals-openness-to-nypd-gang-database-citing-reforms https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-appoints-renita-francois-as-deputy-mayor-for-commu  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-secures-nearly--2m-in-restitution-for-800 https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-announces--5-million-settlement--reinstatement-of-  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-announces-la-marqueta-as-first-site-identified-for https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani--governor-hochul-announce-state-s-first-pied-a-terSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James discuss Muammar Gaddafi and his claims of anti imperialism.  Sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/ Libya: The History of Gaddafi's Pariah State By John Oakes Qaddafi and the Libyan revolution By David Blundy, Andrew Lycett https://africasacountry.com/2017/12/the-return-of-muammar-gaddafi https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2013/10/03/gaddafis-harem-book https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16289543 https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2016/02/17/what-happened-to-the-other-libyans https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329567625_A_Linguistic_Liberation_of_Gaddafi%27s_Libya_From_Near-Extinction_to_an_Imminent_Revitalization_of_Amazigh https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2018/10/13/tebu-cultural-awakening-we-may-not-be-arabs-but-we-are-libyan https://marxist.com/nature-of-gaddafi-regime.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/business/23views.html Gaddafi’s relations with the West: https://libcom.org/article/lies-slaughter-capital-2011-nato-intervention-libya-part-two https://libcom.org/article/libyan-peoples-committees-should-be-foundation-new-life-not-just-interim-measure https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/05/us-torture-and-rendition-gaddafis-libya https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/09/secret-intelligence-documents-discovered-libyaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James talk about the revolution and civil war in Libya, and discuss the campist approach to world affairs. Sources: Iran retaliation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrqqd8lw2wo Timeline of Libyan History: https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/History Timeline of Libyan revolt: https://www.britannica.com/event/Libya-Revolt-of-2011 Behind the NTC: http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1062/2/who-drove-the-libyan-uprising Consequences and Motivations of Libya intervention: https://jacobin.com/2015/02/libya-intervention-nato-imperialism https://web.archive.org/web/20220517202837/https://merip.org/2011/11/was-the-libya-intervention-necessary/ https://jacobin.com/2021/03/nato-libya-war-uk-us-france-regime-change https://jacobin.com/2011/09/libya-and-the-left Rebel abuses: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14891913 Targeting of Black Libyans and Migrants: https://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141549384/blacks-and-migrants-targets-of-attack-in-libya Displacement numbers in 2012: https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/legacy-pdf/4ec23100b.pdf Consequences of first civil war: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/libya-capital-under-islamist-control-tripoli-airport-seized-operation-dawn https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/2/16/libya-anniversary-the-situation-is-just-terrible An attempt at unification: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/libyan-politicians-sign-un-peace-deal-unify-rival-governments El Sharara oilfield situation: https://middle-east-online.com/node/708060 The status quo as of 2020: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-libyan-conflict-explained/ Another attempt at unification: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/libya-interim-government-sworn-in-replacing-rival-administration https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/21/libya-parliament-withdraws-confidence-from-unity-government https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/3/un-voices-concern-over-vote-on-new-libyan-prime-minister Morality police: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fears-religious-freedom-libya-proposes-new-morality-police Slave auction: https://africasacountry.com/2017/11/the-slave-auction-in-libya Libya’s arms in regional instability: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-arms-un-idUSBRE93814Y20130409/ Natural disaster: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/09/year-rebuilding-libyas-flood-hit-derna-plagued-politics https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-floods-derna-turkish-firm-said-repaired-dam-did-itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Robert takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal people keep taking extreme action with ever-growing frequency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a 1963 science fiction story of class stratification, sports, and first contact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down - Indigeneity with Andrew - The First Anti-AI Firebombing - UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech - Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down https://businessjournalism.org/2026/01/tricolor-investigation/ https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-signals-30b-risk-020300965.html https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-03-12-2026/card/morgan-stanley-private-credit-fund-hit-with-redemption-requests-IS8PSZh497HC5aF4CkGN https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/private-credit-defaults-have-just-passed-their-2008-peak/ https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/morgan-stanley-tests-private-credit-110634713.html https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/business/what-is-blue-owl-private-credit https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/barclays-weighs-mfs-fallout-private-080551362.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/apollo-global-marc-rowan-private-credit-funds-redemptions.html https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/apollos-private-credit-fund-limits-investor-withdrawals-after-redemption-2026-03-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/wall-street-banks-trade-derivatives-bet-pain-private-credit-ft-reports-2026-04-17/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/apollo-private-credit-fund-gives-investors-only-45percent-of-requested-withdrawals.html https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/shadow-banking-and-private-credit-what-7018536/ https://www.privatedebtinvestor.com/insight-the-challenges-for-pd-arms-of-pe-firms/ https://archive.vn/f9UdP https://archive.vn/HUxEo#selection-1637.0-1650.0 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr1111.pdf?sc_lang=en https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/banks-private-credit-partnerships.html The First Anti-AI Firebombing https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl https://sfdistrictattorney.org/texas-man-charged-with-two-counts-of-attempted-murder-and-multiple-other-felonies-in-connection-to-incendiary-destructive-device-thrown-at-russian-hill-residence/ https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20  https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4 https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/  https://www.wdsu.com/article/atf-suspected-molotov-cocktail-starts-fire-tesla-new-orleans-service-center/71025308?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot  https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/altman-sf-attack-crisis-parents-22208428.php https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-altmans-attacker-in-his-own-words/id1839942885?i=1000761713169 UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech https://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-investigate-nonprofits-domestic-terrorism-links/ https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dlBorkAy4&t=88s https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/2046765129899934132?s=20 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/ https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-virginia-redistricting.html  https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2047006423612293170?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2045503858130956788?s=20 https://www.uscis.gov/join  https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847039500 https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-launches-landmark-uscis-fraud-investigation-in-minnesota https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/how-legal-immigration-became-a-deportation-trap https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/belizean-woman-found-guilty-of-naturalization-fraud https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/justice-department-files-case-to-revoke-us-citizenship-of-mastermind-behind-multimillion-dollar-tax https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2046233734374916125?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045969284690788615 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116444507618729432 https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/desantis-trump-administration-attorney-general https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-set-reclassify-marijuana-early-wednesday-axios-reports-2026-04-22/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/accelerating-medical-treatments-for-serious-mental-illness/  https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2046276304765620699?s=20 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The gang discuss fraud charges against the SPLC for paying neo-nazi informants, USCIS pursuing denaturalization, the Fed chair, Virginia redistricting, a defamation case over false reporting on the J6 bomber, and an update on Iran. Donation info: https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2026625336541147480?s=20 Sources: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-investigate-nonprofits-domestic-terrorism-links/ https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dlBorkAy4&t=88s https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/2046765129899934132?s=20 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/ https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-virginia-redistricting.html  https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2047006423612293170?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2045503858130956788?s=20 https://www.uscis.gov/join  https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847039500 https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-launches-landmark-uscis-fraud-investigation-in-minnesota https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/how-legal-immigration-became-a-deportation-trap https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/belizean-woman-found-guilty-of-naturalization-fraud https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/justice-department-files-case-to-revoke-us-citizenship-of-mastermind-behind-multimillion-dollar-tax https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2046233734374916125?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045969284690788615 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116444507618729432 https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/desantis-trump-administration-attorney-general https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-set-reclassify-marijuana-early-wednesday-axios-reports-2026-04-22/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/accelerating-medical-treatments-for-serious-mental-illness/  https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2046276304765620699?s=20 https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1083/404329/20260413154031213_2026.04.13_Mullin%20v.%20Doe%20-%20AC%20Brief%20of%20Fmr%20Gov%20Officials%20ISO%20Respondents_final.pdf  https://x.com/LTC_Shoshani/status/2045913853427634404?s=20 https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2046238168543093169?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/afghan-refugees-congo-us.html https://archive.ph/82QBZ#selection-1695.42-1699.1 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-b2961909.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-a-e-asks-u-s-for-a-wartime-financial-lifeline-3f9ea3a0 https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-kevin-warsh-jerome-powell-dd88a3f06eddcada4db555fe11e547eb https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/21/congress/gop-senators-committee-probe-as-good-offramp-to-end-warsh-standoff-00884707 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/thom-tillis-federal-reserve-trump-00874999See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks to a UCSD faculty member facing disciplinary proceedings for their participation in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment about UCSD’s history, the Palestine exception to free speech, and campus organizing. Sources: https://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Robert talk about Daniel Moreno-Gama, the 20 year old charged with attempting to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. We discuss how he became an AI doomer, his belief that artificial superintelligence will wipe out humanity, and his Substack promoting IQ nationalism.  Sources: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl https://sfdistrictattorney.org/texas-man-charged-with-two-counts-of-attempted-murder-and-multiple-other-felonies-in-connection-to-incendiary-destructive-device-thrown-at-russian-hill-residence/ https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20  https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4 https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/  https://www.wdsu.com/article/atf-suspected-molotov-cocktail-starts-fire-tesla-new-orleans-service-center/71025308?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot  https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/altman-sf-attack-crisis-parents-22208428.php https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-altmans-attacker-in-his-own-words/id1839942885?i=1000761713169See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew is joined by Mia to discuss different conceptions of indigeneity and what they mean politically.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia is once again joined by Molly to discuss a bank run on another type of shadow banks caused by subprime car loans! Sources: https://businessjournalism.org/2026/01/tricolor-investigation/ https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-signals-30b-risk-020300965.html https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-03-12-2026/card/morgan-stanley-private-credit-fund-hit-with-redemption-requests-IS8PSZh497HC5aF4CkGN https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/private-credit-defaults-have-just-passed-their-2008-peak/ https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/morgan-stanley-tests-private-credit-110634713.html https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/business/what-is-blue-owl-private-credit https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/barclays-weighs-mfs-fallout-private-080551362.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/apollo-global-marc-rowan-private-credit-funds-redemptions.html https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/apollos-private-credit-fund-limits-investor-withdrawals-after-redemption-2026-03-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/wall-street-banks-trade-derivatives-bet-pain-private-credit-ft-reports-2026-04-17/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/apollo-private-credit-fund-gives-investors-only-45percent-of-requested-withdrawals.html https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/shadow-banking-and-private-credit-what-7018536/ https://www.privatedebtinvestor.com/insight-the-challenges-for-pd-arms-of-pe-firms/ https://archive.vn/f9UdP https://archive.vn/HUxEo#selection-1637.0-1650.0 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr1111.pdf?sc_lang=en https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/banks-private-credit-partnerships.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of - Rojava with Andrew - Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire? - What Next for the People of Iran? - Executive Disorder: Hungary Election, DoorDash Stunt, Sam Altman’s Home Attacked You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire? https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043408737424285989?s=20 https://www.tiktok.com/@laurel.elise5/video/7627719339067591949 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043379636533666100?s=20 https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcla/video/7626572223742102797 https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/inland-empire-man-federally-charged-deliberately-setting-fires-destroyed-massive  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-10/warehouse-arson-charges-video https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2026/04/10/ontario-arson-fire-prompts-questions-about-toilet-paper-availability/89555950007/ https://www.forbes.com/companies/nfi-industries/ https://www.comparably.com/companies/nfi-industries/executive-salaries https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Nfi-Industries/salaries/Warehouse-Operations/California https://www.erieri.com/cost-of-living/united-states/california/ontario#:~:text=Based%20on%20our%20Ontario%20cost,average%20in%20the%20United%20States. https://www.investor.kimberly-clark.com/news-releases/news-release-details/kimberly-clark-reports-strong-finish-second-year-transformation https://x.com/FalconryFinance/status/2042839737288077445?s=20  https://abc7ny.com/post/college-point-fire-firefighters-continue-battling-flames-industrial-complex-queens-nyc/18870770/ https://www.tiktok.com/@kochead/video/7627882067191270670 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043330472131052020?s=20 https://x.com/FalconryFinance/status/2043107160301895841  https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2026/04/08/amazon-warehouse-west-jefferson-ohio-fire/89518809007/ https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/madison-county/crews-respond-to-fire-at-amazon-facility-in-west-jefferson/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thejackik/video/7627577500066991391 https://newjersey.news12.com/3-alarm-fire-in-ironbound-section-of-newark-rips-through-warehouse  https://www.nj.com/essex/2026/04/over-100-firefighters-battle-fire-that-erupted-at-nj-chemical-warehouse-authorities-say.html https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/union-county/2026/04/13/rahway-warehouse-lithium-ion-battery-fire/89594009007/ https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2026/04/extremely-large-brush-fire-reported-in-nj-amid-elevated-wildfire-risk.html https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043407987520442763?s=20 https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/-/news-events/news-releases/news-details/fire-news-release-business-fire-contained-at-gsl-transfer-station-in-lawrenceville  https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/04/10/crews-respond-fire-business-near-gwinnett-county-airport/ https://x.com/commie_trucker/status/2043173598035169776?s=20 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043378163393437921?s=20 https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2043136718510153765?s=20 https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/04/12/multiple-departments-respond-5-alarm-fire-orrville/ https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-wayne/crews-battle-massive-fire-at-wayne-county-lumber-yard https://x.com/rdd147/status/2043188567518978381?s=20 https://x.com/strike_dr/status/2043365615247724762?s=20 https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kcfd-puts-out-yet-another-warehouse-fire-on-brundage-lane/article_58533f7d-87b5-4908-af77-3f3cf05b9f90.html https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/large-plume-rises-as-crews-battle-fire-at-abandoned-east-bakersfield-warehouse  https://www.tiktok.com/@thejackik/video/7627984684210769183 https://abc7.com/post/fire-inside-ontario-mills-mall-prompts-closure-arson-investigation/18867715/ https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/warehouse-structure-fires https://hazwoper-osha.com/blog-post/top-5-ignition-sources-in-warehouses-and-how-to-eliminate-them https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043794082833867155?s=20 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043408737424285989?s=20 https://x.com/mistressdivy/status/2043148239520571676 https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/27/voters-think-plane-crashes-have-become-more-frequent-and-blame-recent-accidents-on-air-traffic-controller-shortages  https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/05/us/plane-crashes-incidents-data-visuals-dg/ https://www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-is-replaceable-death-rattles https://emersoncollegepolling.com/december-2024-national-poll-young-voters-diverge-from-majority-on-crypto-tiktok-and-ceo-assassination/ What Next for the People of Iran? https://fpa.org/netanyahus-speech-and-the-question-of-an-iran-deal/  https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/  https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1996/shock-n-awe_ch5.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqqyly9n0o  https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/1103shock/  https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-us-forces-are-clearing-strait-hormuz-2026-04-11/  https://acleddata.com/iran-crisis-live  https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2043720881256448348?s=20  https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/22022026  https://x.com/drpezeshkian/status/2041443063655248199  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/04/article-3  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/04/article-31  https://hengaw.net/en/execution  https://x.com/PDKIenglish  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961  https://x.com/ScharoBajalan/status/2041190217470693733?s=20  https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated-and-suggestions-otherwise-are-fake-news/ Executive Disorder: Hungary Election, DoorDash Stunt, Sam Altman’s Home Attacked https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-high-school-shooting-gunman-dead/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-school-shooting-kahramanmaras/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9025d7jqzo https://x.com/Southcom/status/2043831574764921318?s=20   https://x.com/Southcom/status/2044185311673213219?s=20 https://x.com/Imranmuhdz/status/2043791969554465272?s=20  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/dozens-feared-dead-in-air-strike-on-village-in-northeastern-nigeria https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42696/gov.uscourts.cadc.42696.01208840434.0.pdf https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5834485-iran-war-powers-house-2/ https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-court-interpreter-arrested-ice-south-texas-airport/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.caed.484353/gov.uscourts.caed.484353.15.0_1.pdf https://apnews.com/article/stonewall-rainbow-flag-trump-lgbtq-historic-preservation-ac4ab59d3251476139700db6687828ca?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pope-leo-brother-bomb-threat-police-investigate-rcna332136 https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/doordashs-white-house-stunt-backfired-then-its-pr-guy-made-everything-worse/91331363 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/trump-doordash-delivery-grandma-mcdonalds https://x.com/TomSteyer/status/2044155939453129001 https://www.tomsteyer.com/issues/abolish-ice  https://www.aclu.org/cases/c-m-v-noem?document=Notice-of-Noncompliance-with-PI https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2043831680759169231?s=20  https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2044683602638868959?s=20  https://x.com/LloydsList/status/2044748510868779062?s=20  https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156929/US-claims-right-to-seize-Iran-linked-vessels-anywhere-beyond-neutral-waters  https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156937/Iran-linked-vessels-continue-to-transit-Hormuz-despite-US-blockade  https://x.com/WarshipCam/status/2042574455549894847  https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2043826535203758561?s=20  https://news.usni.org/2026/04/13/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-april-13-2026  https://hanahr.org/en/news/hana-legal-team-report-on-the-death-of-ghazal-mawlan-chaparabad-following-a-drone-strike-and-alleged-denial-of-emergency-medical-care-in-sulaymaniyah/  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/iran-routes-grain-imports-to-gulf-of-oman-with-hormuz-locked-up https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20  https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4 https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/  https://www.wdsu.com/article/atf-suspected-molotov-cocktail-starts-fire-tesla-new-orleans-service-center/71025308?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-workers-lighting-warehouses-on-fire/id1449762156?i=1000761449075 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, violent abuse at Alligator Alcatraz, Tom Steyer’s plan to prosecute ICE agents and leadership, a ‘No Tax on Tips’ stunt at the White House, multiple attacks at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and an update the US war on Iran.  Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-high-school-shooting-gunman-dead/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-school-shooting-kahramanmaras/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9025d7jqzo https://x.com/Southcom/status/2043831574764921318?s=20   https://x.com/Southcom/status/2044185311673213219?s=20 https://x.com/Imranmuhdz/status/2043791969554465272?s=20  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/dozens-feared-dead-in-air-strike-on-village-in-northeastern-nigeria https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42696/gov.uscourts.cadc.42696.01208840434.0.pdf https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5834485-iran-war-powers-house-2/ https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-court-interpreter-arrested-ice-south-texas-airport/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.caed.484353/gov.uscourts.caed.484353.15.0_1.pdf https://apnews.com/article/stonewall-rainbow-flag-trump-lgbtq-historic-preservation-ac4ab59d3251476139700db6687828ca?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pope-leo-brother-bomb-threat-police-investigate-rcna332136 https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/doordashs-white-house-stunt-backfired-then-its-pr-guy-made-everything-worse/91331363 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/trump-doordash-delivery-grandma-mcdonalds https://x.com/TomSteyer/status/2044155939453129001 https://www.tomsteyer.com/issues/abolish-ice  https://www.aclu.org/cases/c-m-v-noem?document=Notice-of-Noncompliance-with-PI https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2043831680759169231?s=20  https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2044683602638868959?s=20  https://x.com/LloydsList/status/2044748510868779062?s=20  https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156929/US-claims-right-to-seize-Iran-linked-vessels-anywhere-beyond-neutral-waters  https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156937/Iran-linked-vessels-continue-to-transit-Hormuz-despite-US-blockade  https://x.com/WarshipCam/status/2042574455549894847  https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2043826535203758561?s=20  https://news.usni.org/2026/04/13/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-april-13-2026  https://hanahr.org/en/news/hana-legal-team-report-on-the-death-of-ghazal-mawlan-chaparabad-following-a-drone-strike-and-alleged-denial-of-emergency-medical-care-in-sulaymaniyah/  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/iran-routes-grain-imports-to-gulf-of-oman-with-hormuz-locked-up https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20  https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4 https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/  https://www.wdsu.com/article/atf-suspected-molotov-cocktail-starts-fire-tesla-new-orleans-service-center/71025308?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-workers-lighting-warehouses-on-fire/id1449762156?i=1000761449075 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James brings listeners up to date with the US and Israel’s bombing campaign in Iran and recent peace negotiations. Sources: https://fpa.org/netanyahus-speech-and-the-question-of-an-iran-deal/  https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/  https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1996/shock-n-awe_ch5.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqqyly9n0o  https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/1103shock/  https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-us-forces-are-clearing-strait-hormuz-2026-04-11/  https://acleddata.com/iran-crisis-live  https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2043720881256448348?s=20  https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/22022026  https://x.com/drpezeshkian/status/2041443063655248199  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/04/article-3  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/04/article-31  https://hengaw.net/en/execution  https://x.com/PDKIenglish  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961  https://x.com/ScharoBajalan/status/2041190217470693733?s=20  https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated-and-suggestions-otherwise-are-fake-news/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison investigates viral claims that a spree of warehouse fires across the country have been started by underpaid workers. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   Sources: https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043408737424285989?s=20 https://www.tiktok.com/@laurel.elise5/video/7627719339067591949 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043379636533666100?s=20 https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcla/video/7626572223742102797 https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/inland-empire-man-federally-charged-deliberately-setting-fires-destroyed-massive  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-10/warehouse-arson-charges-video https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2026/04/10/ontario-arson-fire-prompts-questions-about-toilet-paper-availability/89555950007/ https://www.forbes.com/companies/nfi-industries/ https://www.comparably.com/companies/nfi-industries/executive-salaries https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Nfi-Industries/salaries/Warehouse-Operations/California https://www.erieri.com/cost-of-living/united-states/california/ontario#:~:text=Based%20on%20our%20Ontario%20cost,average%20in%20the%20United%20States. https://www.investor.kimberly-clark.com/news-releases/news-release-details/kimberly-clark-reports-strong-finish-second-year-transformation https://x.com/FalconryFinance/status/2042839737288077445?s=20  https://abc7ny.com/post/college-point-fire-firefighters-continue-battling-flames-industrial-complex-queens-nyc/18870770/ https://www.tiktok.com/@kochead/video/7627882067191270670 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043330472131052020?s=20 https://x.com/FalconryFinance/status/2043107160301895841  https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2026/04/08/amazon-warehouse-west-jefferson-ohio-fire/89518809007/ https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/madison-county/crews-respond-to-fire-at-amazon-facility-in-west-jefferson/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thejackik/video/7627577500066991391 https://newjersey.news12.com/3-alarm-fire-in-ironbound-section-of-newark-rips-through-warehouse  https://www.nj.com/essex/2026/04/over-100-firefighters-battle-fire-that-erupted-at-nj-chemical-warehouse-authorities-say.html https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/union-county/2026/04/13/rahway-warehouse-lithium-ion-battery-fire/89594009007/ https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2026/04/extremely-large-brush-fire-reported-in-nj-amid-elevated-wildfire-risk.html https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043407987520442763?s=20 https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/-/news-events/news-releases/news-details/fire-news-release-business-fire-contained-at-gsl-transfer-station-in-lawrenceville  https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/04/10/crews-respond-fire-business-near-gwinnett-county-airport/ https://x.com/commie_trucker/status/2043173598035169776?s=20 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043378163393437921?s=20 https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2043136718510153765?s=20 https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/04/12/multiple-departments-respond-5-alarm-fire-orrville/ https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-wayne/crews-battle-massive-fire-at-wayne-county-lumber-yard https://x.com/rdd147/status/2043188567518978381?s=20 https://x.com/strike_dr/status/2043365615247724762?s=20 https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kcfd-puts-out-yet-another-warehouse-fire-on-brundage-lane/article_58533f7d-87b5-4908-af77-3f3cf05b9f90.html https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/large-plume-rises-as-crews-battle-fire-at-abandoned-east-bakersfield-warehouse  https://www.tiktok.com/@thejackik/video/7627984684210769183 https://abc7.com/post/fire-inside-ontario-mills-mall-prompts-closure-arson-investigation/18867715/ https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/warehouse-structure-fires https://hazwoper-osha.com/blog-post/top-5-ignition-sources-in-warehouses-and-how-to-eliminate-them https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043794082833867155?s=20 https://x.com/charise_lee/status/2043408737424285989?s=20 https://x.com/mistressdivy/status/2043148239520571676 https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/27/voters-think-plane-crashes-have-become-more-frequent-and-blame-recent-accidents-on-air-traffic-controller-shortages  https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/05/us/plane-crashes-incidents-data-visuals-dg/ https://www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-is-replaceable-death-rattles https://emersoncollegepolling.com/december-2024-national-poll-young-voters-diverge-from-majority-on-crypto-tiktok-and-ceo-assassination/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew is joined by James to discuss Rojava and the current situation in Syria. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church’s draconian trans healthcare ban and how Catholic hospitals spread across the healthcare system. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   Sources: https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-banSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitatorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1 - How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2 - The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination - Nigeria with Andrew - Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire? You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th! Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary  Sources/Links: How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination Here Where We Live is Our Country - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/ We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel -  https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions Jewish Federations of North America polling - https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/ Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire? https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies- Sources: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519 https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156 https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/ https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710 https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/ https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20 https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/ https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1 https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/ https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20 https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/ https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414 https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411 https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229 https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843 https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/ https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the rescue of an US airman in Iran, ceasefire negotiations, a FEMA official who say he teleported to a Waffle House, and elections in Georgia and Wisconsin. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   Sources: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519 https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156 https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/ https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710 https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/ https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20 https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/   https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad  https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html   https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1 https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/  https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20 https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/ https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414 https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411 https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229 https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843 https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/ https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks to James about the USA’s military incursion into Nigeria and the reality around claims of Christian genocide in the country.  Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Molly Crabapple, an award winning writer and artist. Her most recent book is Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, will be out on April 7th. Dana and Molly discuss what the Jewish Bund teaches us about the current political moment. Sources: Here Where We Live is Our Country - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/ We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel -  https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions Jewish Federations of North America polling - https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia finishes her interview with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald with the disturbing realization that the NFL might have paid a guy to keep the current leadership in power. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary    Sources:  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7rSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald about the history of the NFLPA and how it installed a corporate consultant as its Executive Director. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.   Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary    Sources: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7rSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty catSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy - Talking to Venezuelans About Venezuela - Strange People on the Hill: An Interview with Michael Edison Hayden - Slouching Towards Gallipoli: How The U.S. Might Be Losing To Iran - Executive Disorder: Tariff Refund Disaster, DHS Citizenship List, Idaho Bathroom Bill, Two Bombing Plots You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th! Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary  Sources/Links: The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy https://transitics.substack.com/p/trump-administration-opens-the-door  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04737/visas-enhancing-vetting-and-combatting-fraud-in-the-diversity-immigrant-visa-program  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/  https://rachelnorfolk.me/sites/default/files/2025-02/25_State_11402.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250402-RecognizingMaleAndFemaleSexes.pdf https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.2.24_DOS_Guidance_for_Visa_Adjudicators_EO_14201_22Keeping_Men_Out_of_Wom_VhPai1S.pdf https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/administrative-processing-information.html  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section:1182%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182)&f=treesort&num=0&edition=prelim  https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM030209.html  https://bsky.app/profile/progesteronipizza.bsky.social/post/3m5w6wnkyhc2u  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_03_0000.pdf  https://www.tiktok.com/@transitics/video/7616520936925285662 https://bsky.app/profile/firestorm.coop/post/3mgwxdih3x222  https://www.tiktok.com/@e_c_lider/video/7616688370462231830  https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-in-detention https://www.them.us/story/alice-correia-barbosa-ice-arrest-brazil-trans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/trump-mexico-deportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration# https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/HMKP-119-JU00-20250430-SD003.pdf https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-administration-plans-to-end-prison-rape-protections-for-trans-and-intersex-people-memo-says/ https://theneedlenews.com/2026/03/anti-trans-hate-groups-petitioning-fda-for-registry-of-trans-women-crackdown-on-transition-newly-revealed-document-shows/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27871234-fda-2025-p-7321-0001-attachment-public-fda/?ref=theneedlenews.com https://bsky.app/profile/angelic.style/post/3mgv3hjepvs2p https://bsky.app/profile/tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/post/3mgvbihtidu2m https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4865109/#:~:text=Only%20346%20(18%25)%20of,Risk%20Evaluation%20and%20Mitigation%20Strategy https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/19/tennessee-gop-advances-bill-that-would-create-public-list-of-trans-residents/?utm_content=1773928472&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://trackbill.com/bill/tennessee-house-bill-754-an-act-to-amend-tennessee-code-annotated-title-1-title-4-title-33-title-56-title-63-title-68-and-title-71-relative-to-health-care/2644177/ https://x.com/popbase/status/2034737772792041622?s=46 https://transitics.substack.com/p/tennessee-republicans-advance-bill https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/movaokabwva/USA_HEALTH_TRANSGENDER_WESTVIRGINIA.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/rfk-jr-transgender-care-ruling.html https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-rules-that-states-can https://bsky.app/profile/davidforbes.bsky.social/post/3mgv5httwss26 https://glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/18/meaning-through-its-opposite-significance-quest-theory-and-nihilistic-violent-extremism/ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/what-are-nihilist-violent-extremists  https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1968802472111083949?s=20 https://oversight-project.revv.co/urge-the-fbi-to-designate-transgender-terrorism https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DOykLZJDS2h/ https://www.tiktok.com/@genericartdad/video/7554381061128473886 Talking to Venezuelans About Venezuela https://www.instagram.com/e.m.arian Strange People on the Hill: An Interview with Michael Edison Hayden https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-edison-hayden/strange-people-on-the-hill/9781645030607/  Executive Disorder: Tariff Refund Disaster, DHS Citizenship List, Idaho Bathroom Bill, Two Bombing Plots https://open.substack.com/pub/shatterzone/p/the-trans-panic-clickbait-economy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-homeland-security-and-the-director-of-the-office-of-management-and-budget/  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/todd-lyons-ice-stress-hospital-00848458  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/trump-texas-senate-endorsement-00847967  https://ktla.com/news/california/u-s-marine-in-california-accused-of-stealing-selling-missile-systems-in-arizona/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/gun-store-owner-indicted-conspiracy-and-attempting-provide-material-support-designated  https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032526_gun_store_terrorism/southern-az-gun-dealer-hit-with-terrorism-charges-selling-50-cal-rifle-machine-guns-atf-sting/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/77/african-communities-together-v-lyons/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/78/african-communities-together-v-lyons/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.1_1.pdf  https://www.patreon.com/posts/129696965?utm_campaign=postshare_creator  https://www.mofa.gov.mm/en/receiving-those-deported-from-overseas-with-open-arms-21-3-2025/  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116317880658472708 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-889231  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-officials-deny-israeli-reports-strike-inside-iran  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/world/middleeast/iran-strikes-infrastructure-industry.htm https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/middleeast/us-air-force-awacs-jet-destroyed-saudi-arabia-intl-hnk-ml  https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/marshall-islands-declared-a-state-of-economic-emergency-amid-global-criss  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.81.0_4.pdf  https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/media/1432851/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/land-olakes-woman-charged-assisting-after-fact-and-evidence-tampering-related-attempt  https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/03/31/tampa-macdill-air-force-base-bomb-threat-ann-mary-zheng/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1433011/dl?inline  https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2037640720375316583 https://queerkentucky.com/kentucky-trans-teachers-hb-759-fact-check/  https://x.com/whooith/status/2039021995267141814?s=20 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/pinknews-to-move-to-a-reporter-free-newsroom-with-its-journalists-facing-redundancy/ https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/31/idaho-governor-signs-bill-to-criminalize-trans-people-using-bathrooms-that-align-with-their-identity/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Trump threatening to bomb desalination plants in Iran, an executive order to create a State Citizenship List and restrict mail in voting, misinformation about an anti-trans bill in Kentucky, and a bombing plot targeting a pro-Palestinian activist. Plus, updates on tariffs and immigration.  Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th! Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation  It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics  Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary  Sources: https://open.substack.com/pub/shatterzone/p/the-trans-panic-clickbait-economy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-homeland-security-and-the-director-of-the-office-of-management-and-budget/  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/todd-lyons-ice-stress-hospital-00848458  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/trump-texas-senate-endorsement-00847967  https://ktla.com/news/california/u-s-marine-in-california-accused-of-stealing-selling-missile-systems-in-arizona/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/gun-store-owner-indicted-conspiracy-and-attempting-provide-material-support-designated  https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032526_gun_store_terrorism/southern-az-gun-dealer-hit-with-terrorism-charges-selling-50-cal-rifle-machine-guns-atf-sting/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/77/african-communities-together-v-lyons/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/78/african-communities-together-v-lyons/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.1_1.pdf  https://www.patreon.com/posts/129696965?utm_campaign=postshare_creator  https://www.mofa.gov.mm/en/receiving-those-deported-from-overseas-with-open-arms-21-3-2025/  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116317880658472708 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-889231  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-officials-deny-israeli-reports-strike-inside-iran  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/world/middleeast/iran-strikes-infrastructure-industry.htm https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/middleeast/us-air-force-awacs-jet-destroyed-saudi-arabia-intl-hnk-ml  https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/marshall-islands-declared-a-state-of-economic-emergency-amid-global-criss  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.81.0_4.pdf  https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/media/1432851/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/land-olakes-woman-charged-assisting-after-fact-and-evidence-tampering-related-attempt  https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/03/31/tampa-macdill-air-force-base-bomb-threat-ann-mary-zheng/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1433011/dl?inline  https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2037640720375316583 https://queerkentucky.com/kentucky-trans-teachers-hb-759-fact-check/  https://x.com/whooith/status/2039021995267141814?s=20 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/pinknews-to-move-to-a-reporter-free-newsroom-with-its-journalists-facing-redundancy/ https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/31/idaho-governor-signs-bill-to-criminalize-trans-people-using-bathrooms-that-align-with-their-identity/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down to explain how Iran has responded to the U.S. invasion, and how the odds of a military disaster have become almost a guarantee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Molly interviews Michael Edison Hayden about his new book, Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small Town. The book is an intimate portrait of what happened in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia after a white nationalist group moved into the castle on the hill.Preorder the book now or buy it anywhere books are sold when it comes out on April 7, 2026 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-edison-hayden/strange-people-on-the-hill/9781645030607/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks to Marian about how the left discourse about the US kidnapping of Maduro has silenced Venezuelan leftists and how the anti Maduro Venezuelan left is navigating the US intervention. https://www.instagram.com/e.m.arian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison investigates a series of frightening claims: that ICE can detain people for ‘looking trans,’ the creation of a transgender public registry, and that an adult gender-affirming healthcare ban is imminent. Sources: https://transitics.substack.com/p/trump-administration-opens-the-door  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04737/visas-enhancing-vetting-and-combatting-fraud-in-the-diversity-immigrant-visa-program  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/  https://rachelnorfolk.me/sites/default/files/2025-02/25_State_11402.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250402-RecognizingMaleAndFemaleSexes.pdf https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.2.24_DOS_Guidance_for_Visa_Adjudicators_EO_14201_22Keeping_Men_Out_of_Wom_VhPai1S.pdf https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/administrative-processing-information.html  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section:1182%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182)&f=treesort&num=0&edition=prelim  https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM030209.html  https://bsky.app/profile/progesteronipizza.bsky.social/post/3m5w6wnkyhc2u  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_03_0000.pdf  https://www.tiktok.com/@transitics/video/7616520936925285662 https://bsky.app/profile/firestorm.coop/post/3mgwxdih3x222  https://www.tiktok.com/@e_c_lider/video/7616688370462231830  https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-in-detention https://www.them.us/story/alice-correia-barbosa-ice-arrest-brazil-trans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/trump-mexico-deportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration# https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/HMKP-119-JU00-20250430-SD003.pdf https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-administration-plans-to-end-prison-rape-protections-for-trans-and-intersex-people-memo-says/ https://theneedlenews.com/2026/03/anti-trans-hate-groups-petitioning-fda-for-registry-of-trans-women-crackdown-on-transition-newly-revealed-document-shows/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27871234-fda-2025-p-7321-0001-attachment-public-fda/?ref=theneedlenews.com https://bsky.app/profile/angelic.style/post/3mgv3hjepvs2p https://bsky.app/profile/tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/post/3mgvbihtidu2m https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4865109/#:~:text=Only%20346%20(18%25)%20of,Risk%20Evaluation%20and%20Mitigation%20Strategy https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/19/tennessee-gop-advances-bill-that-would-create-public-list-of-trans-residents/?utm_content=1773928472&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://trackbill.com/bill/tennessee-house-bill-754-an-act-to-amend-tennessee-code-annotated-title-1-title-4-title-33-title-56-title-63-title-68-and-title-71-relative-to-health-care/2644177/ https://x.com/popbase/status/2034737772792041622?s=46 https://transitics.substack.com/p/tennessee-republicans-advance-bill https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/movaokabwva/USA_HEALTH_TRANSGENDER_WESTVIRGINIA.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/rfk-jr-transgender-care-ruling.html https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-rules-that-states-can https://bsky.app/profile/davidforbes.bsky.social/post/3mgv5httwss26 https://glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/18/meaning-through-its-opposite-significance-quest-theory-and-nihilistic-violent-extremism/ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/what-are-nihilist-violent-extremists  https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1968802472111083949?s=20 https://oversight-project.revv.co/urge-the-fbi-to-designate-transgender-terrorism https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DOykLZJDS2h/ https://www.tiktok.com/@genericartdad/video/7554381061128473886See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism - The Scariest Court in America feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips - Israel’s Attack on Lebanon - Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse - Executive Disorder: ICE at Airports, New DHS Secretary, Iran Negotiations You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/f536e696-072c-4982-bc47-d2dc7f42f766/gov-uscourts-txnd-411041-89-0_1.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/#kyle-shideler-prosecutions-antifa-expert-redirect https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-26-federal-trial-day-5/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-10/dario-sanchez-prairieland-ice-shooting The Scariest Court in America feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Jack Bass,  “John Minor Wisdom, Appeals Court Judge Who Helped to End Segregation, Dies at 93,” New York Times, May 16, 1999, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/us/john-minor-wisdom-appeals-court-judge-who-helped-to-end-segregation-dies.html Jonathan Entin, “The Surprising History of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,” Governing, January 23, 2024, https://www.governing.com/policy/the-surprising-history-of-the-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals. Eleanor Klibanoff,  “Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit,” The Texas Tribune, July 3, 2024, https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/supreme-court-5th-circuit-court-rulings-texas-overturned/ Mattathias Schwartz, “This Federal Judge Is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ of Trump-Era Conservatism,” New York Times, August 9, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/judge-ho-trump-border.html Israel’s Attack on Lebanon Lebanese news source Megaphone news – https://megaphone.news Elia at +972mag - https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/ Death toll and displacement numbers in Lebanon - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues Nathan Brown on “Israel’s Forever Wars” - https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation Land for peace concept - https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle Foundation for Defense of Democracy on “Peace for Land” - https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/ The book Beware of Small States - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books The Fire These Times podcast - https://thefirethesetimes.com/ Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber Executive Disorder: ICE at Airports, New DHS Secretary, Iran Negotiations https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/2034419794099777620?s=20 https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-plans-national-guard-dc-2029-2-us/story?id=131234530 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/ https://x.com/cspan/status/2036514340896121179?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036105325326016658?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036083777164775452 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036253584090685709?s=20 https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5799345-ice-deployment-tsa-criticism/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html https://punchbowl.news/archive/32326-am/ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036511652275703864?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031414203920077123 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fh_K2gxDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW9E2zneDg https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/politics/mullin-confirmation-hearing-senate-paul-dhs https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036510924173963558?s=20 https://archive.ph/SmBos https://archive.vn/Xg3zP#selection-717.162-717.174  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-us-trump.html  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/trump-iran-war-power-plants-energy-infrastructure-middle-east.html  https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/trump-peace-proposal-us-iran-war-israel-pakistan/  https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-buys-5-million-barrels-iranian-oil-after-us-waiver-sources-say-2026-03-24/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzr9ynpn1o  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/oil-prices-trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-wti-crude-middle-east-lng-gas.html  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912  https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-6015671See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Trump’s deployment of ICE to more than a dozen airports, OpenAI shutting down its AI generated video app, continuing negotiations with Iran to end the war, and DHS Sec Mullin’s comments during confirmation hearings. Sources: https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/2034419794099777620?s=20 https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-plans-national-guard-dc-2029-2-us/story?id=131234530 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/ https://x.com/cspan/status/2036514340896121179?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036105325326016658?s=20 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036083777164775452 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036253584090685709?s=20 https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5799345-ice-deployment-tsa-criticism/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html https://punchbowl.news/archive/32326-am/ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036511652275703864?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031414203920077123 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fh_K2gxDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW9E2zneDg https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/politics/mullin-confirmation-hearing-senate-paul-dhs https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036510924173963558?s=20 https://archive.ph/SmBos https://archive.vn/Xg3zP#selection-717.162-717.174  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-us-trump.html  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/trump-iran-war-power-plants-energy-infrastructure-middle-east.html  https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/trump-peace-proposal-us-iran-war-israel-pakistan/  https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-buys-5-million-barrels-iranian-oil-after-us-waiver-sources-say-2026-03-24/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzr9ynpn1o  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/oil-prices-trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-wti-crude-middle-east-lng-gas.html  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912  https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-6015671See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again Sources: https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238 https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Elia Ayoub, UK-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian, anti-authoritarian writer, and host of The Fire These Times. They talk about Israel’s attacks on Lebanon in recent weeks, what this means for the Lebanese people, the impact on Hezbollah, and broader implications for the world.    Sources: Lebanese news source Megaphone news – https://megaphone.news Elia at +972mag - https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/ Death toll and displacement numbers in Lebanon - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues Nathan Brown on “Israel’s Forever Wars” - https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation Land for peace concept - https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle Foundation for Defense of Democracy on “Peace for Land” - https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/ The book Beware of Small States - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books The Fire These Times podcast - https://thefirethesetimes.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During the Civil Rights Era, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was one of the most liberal courts in the United States. It became an ally of the Civil Rights Movement that knocked down Jim Crow laws across the Deep South. But because of a string of appointments by conservative presidents starting with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, it has transformed into one of the country’s most reactionary judicial bodies, with rulings that banned drag shows, endangered nationwide access to the so-called “abortion pill,” and threatened to give domestic abusers access to handguns. This episode looks at how the Fifth Circuit turned into the scariest court in America -- and in particular the career of one extremist judge, James Ho, who one day might end up on the United States Supreme Court.  Sources:  Jack Bass,  “John Minor Wisdom, Appeals Court Judge Who Helped to End Segregation, Dies at 93,” New York Times, May 16, 1999, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/us/john-minor-wisdom-appeals-court-judge-who-helped-to-end-segregation-dies.html Jonathan Entin, “The Surprising History of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,” Governing, January 23, 2024, https://www.governing.com/policy/the-surprising-history-of-the-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals. Eleanor Klibanoff,  “Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit,” The Texas Tribune, July 3, 2024, https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/supreme-court-5th-circuit-court-rulings-texas-overturned/ Mattathias Schwartz, “This Federal Judge Is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ of Trump-Era Conservatism,” New York Times, August 9, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/judge-ho-trump-border.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Robert discuss a trial stemming from a protest and shooting outside an ICE facility in Prairieland Texas, how the government secured convictions, and the possible precedent this case sets. Sources: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/f536e696-072c-4982-bc47-d2dc7f42f766/gov-uscourts-txnd-411041-89-0_1.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/#kyle-shideler-prosecutions-antifa-expert-redirect https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-26-federal-trial-day-5/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-10/dario-sanchez-prairieland-ice-shootingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz - Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics - Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism - The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire - Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/MN-2-011-39.pdf https://en.mercopress.com/2009/04/26/cruise-ship-melody-fended-off-a-pirate-attack  https://www.jstor.org/stable/48821900?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa5c02fb4e4aea98208bb9f0b37780d3b&initiator=recommender&seq=1  https://abcnews.com/Business/International/pirates-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama/story?id=9114429  https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2011/11/riverview-resident-receives-commemorative-knife-after-surviving-pirate-attack/ Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358 Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195 Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75 Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism / The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire https://www.vcinfodocs.com/ Executive Disorder:  https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-vows-no-more-attacks-by-israel-iran-gas-field-after-it-violently-lashed-2026-03-19/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/strike-on-key-iranian-gas-field-is-a-new-phase-of-the-war-trump-blames-israel-00837052 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/why-targeting-kharg-island-could-backfire-on-trump-00834972?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=9f5c80e5-432f-4eff-99b5-c830ad9d5d94 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wrapup1-iran-targets-energy-facilities-across-gulf-after-israel-struck-its-key-2026-03-19/ https://apnews.com/article/ships-iran-oil-china-us-trump-hormuz-82a9acb473837f1bf7a821d0c3f95205 https://defector.com/trump-to-world-please-help-me-un-shoot-my-own-leg-off https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/strait-hormuz-coalition-allies-statement-uk https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19/european-nations-japan-to-join-appropriate-efforts-to-open-hormuz-strait https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/joint-statement-strait-hormuz-by-european-nations-japan-2026-03-19/ https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435 https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2033674470712353192?s=20  https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2034111241409445916?s=20  https://x.com/LisaDNews/status/2033996104186970532?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2032460946770202725?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-to-retire-sources/  https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2033497141306405353?s=20  https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/03/16/exclusive-border-patrol-sector-chief-gregory-bovino-to-retire-after-leading-largest-interior-immigration-operations-in-u-s-history/  https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/leo-cbpo/cbpo-retirement  https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/fers  https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/justices-will-hear-argument-on-trump-administrations-removal-of-protected-status-for-syrian-and-haitian-nationals/  https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031626zr1_5h25.pdf  https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2033733565838496020?s=20  https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/15/fpv-drone-slams-into-us-military-base-in-iraq  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-8  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/03/article-17  https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689?s=20  https://x.com/PressSec/status/2033932810709315865See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Polymarket gamblers harassing journalists to alter news coverage, the antifa terrorism case in Texas, threats to oil and gas infrastructure, 2,500 Marines being sent to the Middle East, and the resignation of Joe Kent. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-vows-no-more-attacks-by-israel-iran-gas-field-after-it-violently-lashed-2026-03-19/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/strike-on-key-iranian-gas-field-is-a-new-phase-of-the-war-trump-blames-israel-00837052 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/why-targeting-kharg-island-could-backfire-on-trump-00834972?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=9f5c80e5-432f-4eff-99b5-c830ad9d5d94 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wrapup1-iran-targets-energy-facilities-across-gulf-after-israel-struck-its-key-2026-03-19/ https://apnews.com/article/ships-iran-oil-china-us-trump-hormuz-82a9acb473837f1bf7a821d0c3f95205 https://defector.com/trump-to-world-please-help-me-un-shoot-my-own-leg-off https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/strait-hormuz-coalition-allies-statement-uk https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19/european-nations-japan-to-join-appropriate-efforts-to-open-hormuz-strait https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/joint-statement-strait-hormuz-by-european-nations-japan-2026-03-19/ https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435 https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2033674470712353192?s=20  https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/ https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2034111241409445916?s=20  https://x.com/LisaDNews/status/2033996104186970532?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2032460946770202725?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-to-retire-sources/  https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2033497141306405353?s=20  https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/03/16/exclusive-border-patrol-sector-chief-gregory-bovino-to-retire-after-leading-largest-interior-immigration-operations-in-u-s-history/  https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/leo-cbpo/cbpo-retirement  https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/fers  https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/justices-will-hear-argument-on-trump-administrations-removal-of-protected-status-for-syrian-and-haitian-nationals/  https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031626zr1_5h25.pdf  https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2033733565838496020?s=20  https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/15/fpv-drone-slams-into-us-military-base-in-iraq  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-8  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/03/article-17  https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689?s=20  https://x.com/PressSec/status/2033932810709315865See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia is once again joined by Shanley of vcinfodocs to discuss how the network state is spreading tech fascism worldwide from El Salvador to Saudi Arabia. Sources: https://www.vcinfodocs.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Shanley from the anti-tech fascism resource vcinfodocs about the venture capital firms backing everything from cryptocurrency to drone manufacturers. https://www.vcinfodocs.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd breaks down the ongoing debate among Palestinians about what should happen in Gaza, whether Hamas should disarm, and the role of armed tactics more generally. (Please note this episode was recorded prior to the 2026 Iran War) Sources: Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358 Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195 Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Gare talk about the world of private maritime security, pirates, and the strait of Hormuz. Sources: https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/MN-2-011-39.pdf https://en.mercopress.com/2009/04/26/cruise-ship-melody-fended-off-a-pirate-attack  https://www.jstor.org/stable/48821900?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa5c02fb4e4aea98208bb9f0b37780d3b&initiator=recommender&seq=1  https://abcnews.com/Business/International/pirates-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama/story?id=9114429  https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2011/11/riverview-resident-receives-commemorative-knife-after-surviving-pirate-attack/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition  - Is the Economy About to Explode? - Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis - The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs - Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-clintons-must-be-held-accountable-for-refusing-to-comply-with-duly-issued-bipartisan-subpoenas/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiAk6WXc0M https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/26/lauren-boebert-photo-hillary-clinton-pausing-epstein-deposition/ https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/hillary-clintons-team-demanded-beauty-lighting-for-oversight-deposition-was-wary-of-looking-like-a-hostage-source/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJrYKAl6T0 Is the Economy About to Explode? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/south-korea-stocks-kospi.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/persian-gulf-oil-squeeze-d9a39190 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/nikkei-225-hang-seng-index-kospi-crude-wti-brent-oil-futures-iran-war-gulf-hormuz.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html https://x.com/weijia/status/2031086856679412042?s=20 Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis To learn more about how the law is used to crush dissent, check out the other episodes of Outlaw, an anti-repression podcast. Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe Get in touch: outlawpod@proton.me Solidarity with Isavela: Support Her Legal Fight https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-with-isavela-support-her-legal-fight Follow Home Girlz 4 Isa to stay updated on her case https://www.instagram.com/homegirlz4isa Help keep vulnerable Minneapolis neighbors housed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/senate-democrats-bill-small-businesses-trump-tariffs https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-new-tariffs-shift-focus-balance-payments-economists-see-no-crisis-2026-02-24/ https://archive.vn/E3fwh#selection-479.0-482.0 https://www.toyassociation.org/PressRoom2/News/2026-News/court-orders-refunds-for-ieepa-tariffs-implementation-process-ongoing.aspx https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2026/feb/us-dollar-role-as-reserve-currency https://sudanreeves.org/2018/05/10/the-collapse-of-sudans-economy-is-accelerating-along-with-human-suffering/ https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2016/11/01/international-trade https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-macroeconomics/ap-open-economy-international-trade-and-finance/the-balance-of-payments/a/the-balance-of-payments https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/bolivias-balance-payments-crisis-brings-back-bad-memories https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557758286/ch02.xml https://www.krwg.org/local-viewpoints/2026-03-10/scotus-decision-on-tariffs https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-healey-demands-refunds-mass-182527561.html https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5775500-businesses-sue-trump-tariffs/ https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2025/oct/what-is-the-balance-of-payments https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/10710/text https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/explainers/the-balance-of-payments.html https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/frbslreview/rev_stls_196103.pdf https://muse.jhu.edu/article/952314 https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0003/003/article-A003-en.xml https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3545&context=faculty_scholarship Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-isis-supporters-charged-attempting-detonate-explosive-devices-during-protests-outside  https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737562/justice-department-missing-epstein-files-trump https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/09/trump-is-delaying-texas-senate-endorsement-to-pressure-gop-senators-on-save-america-act-00819991?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-trump-secures-historic-commitment-to-keep-electricity-costs-down-amid-data-center-boom/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-energy-affordability-with-the-ratepayer-protection-pledge/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge-proclamation/ https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=91c3f239c18349fdb409f901c50b7e71&mediatype=video https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-cuba-may-or-may-not-be-friendly-takeover-2026-03-09/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/cuba-trump-iran-venezuela/686203/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/trump-cuba-marco-rubio-fall https://archive.ph/n8IuV#selection-615.200-615.231 https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3mgfkfdazls2c Shield of the Americas - Doral 2026  https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/2029647010002055467  https://www.usaspeShield of the Americas - Doral 2026nding.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000055_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-  https://fbodaily.com/archive/2025/08-August/21-Aug-2025/FBO-07556474.htm  https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/markwayne-mullin-smell-of-war/  ​​https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2030056869624955036?s=20  https://x.com/SecWar/status/2029675198115401932?s=20  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/09/terrorist-designations-of-los-choneros-and-los-lobos  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2029011785567572285?s=20  https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/commitment-to-countering-cartel-criminal-activity/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-6  https://x.com/BaxtiyarGoran/status/2031747170588577931?s=20  https://www.patreon.com/posts/trump-model-for-152819826?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the totally real “Shield of the Americas,” an attempted bombing in NYC, fluctuating oil prices, Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, and Trump marking Cuba as the next target of US intervention. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-isis-supporters-charged-attempting-detonate-explosive-devices-during-protests-outside  https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737562/justice-department-missing-epstein-files-trump https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/09/trump-is-delaying-texas-senate-endorsement-to-pressure-gop-senators-on-save-america-act-00819991?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-trump-secures-historic-commitment-to-keep-electricity-costs-down-amid-data-center-boom/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-energy-affordability-with-the-ratepayer-protection-pledge/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge-proclamation/ https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=91c3f239c18349fdb409f901c50b7e71&mediatype=video https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-cuba-may-or-may-not-be-friendly-takeover-2026-03-09/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/cuba-trump-iran-venezuela/686203/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/trump-cuba-marco-rubio-fall https://archive.ph/n8IuV#selection-615.200-615.231 https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3mgfkfdazls2c Shield of the Americas - Doral 2026  https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/2029647010002055467  https://www.usaspeShield of the Americas - Doral 2026nding.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000055_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-  https://fbodaily.com/archive/2025/08-August/21-Aug-2025/FBO-07556474.htm  https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/markwayne-mullin-smell-of-war/  ​​https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2030056869624955036?s=20  https://x.com/SecWar/status/2029675198115401932?s=20  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/09/terrorist-designations-of-los-choneros-and-los-lobos  https://x.com/Southcom/status/2029011785567572285?s=20  https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/commitment-to-countering-cartel-criminal-activity/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/  https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-6  https://x.com/BaxtiyarGoran/status/2031747170588577931?s=20  https://www.patreon.com/posts/trump-model-for-152819826?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Trump fakes a balance of payments crisis to implement more tariffs, Mia faces her demons to explain what any of that means. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/senate-democrats-bill-small-businesses-trump-tariffs https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-new-tariffs-shift-focus-balance-payments-economists-see-no-crisis-2026-02-24/ https://archive.vn/E3fwh#selection-479.0-482.0 https://www.toyassociation.org/PressRoom2/News/2026-News/court-orders-refunds-for-ieepa-tariffs-implementation-process-ongoing.aspx https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2026/feb/us-dollar-role-as-reserve-currency https://sudanreeves.org/2018/05/10/the-collapse-of-sudans-economy-is-accelerating-along-with-human-suffering/ https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2016/11/01/international-trade https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-macroeconomics/ap-open-economy-international-trade-and-finance/the-balance-of-payments/a/the-balance-of-payments https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/bolivias-balance-payments-crisis-brings-back-bad-memories https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557758286/ch02.xml https://www.krwg.org/local-viewpoints/2026-03-10/scotus-decision-on-tariffs https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-healey-demands-refunds-mass-182527561.html https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5775500-businesses-sue-trump-tariffs/ https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2025/oct/what-is-the-balance-of-payments https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/10710/text https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/explainers/the-balance-of-payments.html https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/frbslreview/rev_stls_196103.pdf https://muse.jhu.edu/article/952314 https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0003/003/article-A003-en.xml https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3545&context=faculty_scholarshipSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Outlaw Podcast's first feature on ICHH, Olive talks with people detained and prosecuted for responding to ICE in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. Clem and Ray describe being dragged from their car and taken into ICE detention, and Isavela Lopez and Lucy talk about catching charges and navigating ongoing cases. These conversations offer concrete insight into how federal agencies are responding to anti-ICE activity in the Twin Cities, and the impact that has on people's lives. To learn more about how the law is used to crush dissent, check out the other episodes of Outlaw, an anti-repression podcast. Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe Get in touch: outlawpod@proton.me Solidarity with Isavela: Support Her Legal Fight https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-with-isavela-support-her-legal-fight Follow Home Girlz 4 Isa to stay updated on her case https://www.instagram.com/homegirlz4isa Help keep vulnerable Minneapolis neighbors housed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Intro Music: Star by Tufawon https://www.instagram.com/tufawon/ Outro Music: “Justice Never Brought Anyone Back from the Dead” by Twin Cities artist who wishes to remain anonymousSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses how the US attacking Iran broke the world economy and it's horrifying human impact. Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/south-korea-stocks-kospi.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/persian-gulf-oil-squeeze-d9a39190 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/nikkei-225-hang-seng-index-kospi-crude-wti-brent-oil-futures-iran-war-gulf-hormuz.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html https://x.com/weijia/status/2031086856679412042?s=20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Sophie break down 9 hours of testimony from Hillary and Bill Clinton’s long awaited Epstein deposition for the House Oversight investigation, covering everything from plane trips to foreign intel ties and conspiracy theories. Sources: https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-clintons-must-be-held-accountable-for-refusing-to-comply-with-duly-issued-bipartisan-subpoenas/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiAk6WXc0M https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/26/lauren-boebert-photo-hillary-clinton-pausing-epstein-deposition/ https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/hillary-clintons-team-demanded-beauty-lighting-for-oversight-deposition-was-wary-of-looking-like-a-hostage-source/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJrYKAl6T0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - What’s Happened to the Israeli Left - Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol  - What's Next for Iran?  - Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything - Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: What’s Happened to the Israeli Left Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/  Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/  Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en  Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/  Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/  Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/  Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/  Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen  Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng  “No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land  “Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/  Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs  Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol https://taxtherichny.com/action/ https://ourtime.nyc/   https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new  https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/ https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12 Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election https://apnews.com/article/bovino-minnesota-immigration-minneapolis-good-pretti-0ace82ca68846109fbf6d30439e6f0f1  https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1431469.html  https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-kurds-iraq  https://x.com/KurdistanWatch/status/2028447001508012501?s=20 https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran https://presidency.gov.krd/sarok-nechervan-barzani-o-oazeri-daraoai-aeran-peshhathkani-naochhkh-taotoe-dhkhn/  https://x.com/qubadjt/status/2029199935917187252?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2029219939102401017?s=20  https://www.centcom.mil/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/pam-bondi-subpoena-epstien-00812960 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-wbd-paramount-merger-deal-netflix.html https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/2027181141162111461  https://president.columbia.edu/news/message-acting-president-claire-shipman-0 https://x.com/NoahHurowitz/status/2027124257394774140?s=20 https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_enrolled.pdf https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kansas-revokes-license-no-gender-change https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/2029041869074604256?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-primary.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/jasmine-crockett-dallas-williamson-county-voting-changes/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/elections/dallas-county-vote-tally-court-ruling.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/on-the-issues-a-qa-with-the-texas-democrats-running-for-u-s-senate/ https://jamestalarico.com/issues/ https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/talarico-pitch/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss misinformation about Kurds in Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ICE’s detention of a Columbia student, an anti-trans law in Kansas, and James Talarico winning the senate primary in Texas. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/bovino-minnesota-immigration-minneapolis-good-pretti-0ace82ca68846109fbf6d30439e6f0f1  https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1431469.html  https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-kurds-iraq  https://x.com/KurdistanWatch/status/2028447001508012501?s=20 https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/cia-arming-kurds-iran https://presidency.gov.krd/sarok-nechervan-barzani-o-oazeri-daraoai-aeran-peshhathkani-naochhkh-taotoe-dhkhn/  https://x.com/qubadjt/status/2029199935917187252?s=20  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2029219939102401017?s=20  https://www.centcom.mil/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/pam-bondi-subpoena-epstien-00812960 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-wbd-paramount-merger-deal-netflix.html https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/2027181141162111461  https://president.columbia.edu/news/message-acting-president-claire-shipman-0 https://x.com/NoahHurowitz/status/2027124257394774140?s=20 https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_enrolled.pdf https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kansas-revokes-license-no-gender-change https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/2029041869074604256?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-primary.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/jasmine-crockett-dallas-williamson-county-voting-changes/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/elections/dallas-county-vote-tally-court-ruling.html https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/on-the-issues-a-qa-with-the-texas-democrats-running-for-u-s-senate/ https://jamestalarico.com/issues/ https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/talarico-pitch/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia is joined by writer and activist Vicky Osterweil to talk about Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the grim, shockingly violent history of media monopolies. @vickyacab.bsky.socialSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks with Gordayeen about the US and Israel attacking Iran, what this means for people in the country, and what might come next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison reports from Albany at a  rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City. Sources: https://taxtherichny.com/action/ https://ourtime.nyc/   https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new  https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/ https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw  https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity – a mutual aid organization in Israel/Palestine. They talk about the role of mutual aid in mobilization, the impact of occupation on the Israeli system, and where the Israeli left has gone since the October 7th attacks.  Sources: Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/  Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/  Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en  Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/  Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/  Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/  Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/  Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen  Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng  “No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land  “Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/  Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theoristSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike - Concealed Carry and ICE: The Edge of the Second Amendment - Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor - The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union - Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike https://twincitiestenants.org/ Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2010445520595210449?s=20  https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1999836956654555541?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/florida-governor-election-polls-2026.html https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2020585607702126836?s=20 https://www.jta.org/2026/02/10/politics/floridas-anti-israel-gop-candidate-james-fishback-is-railing-against-goyslop-what-is-he-talking-about https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/florida-school-gop-james-fishback-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rcna249963  https://floridapolitics.com/archives/768484-woman-says-james-fishback-dated-her-while-she-was-underage-then-harassed-her-after-breakup/  https://www.meteorwriting.com/post/james-fishback-says-florida-is-not-an-economic-zone-can-this-message-take-him-to-the-governor-s-sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtjidiZRTg https://x.com/emmawrightFL/status/2020643537075741085?s=20  https://bsky.app/profile/rightwingwatch.bsky.social/post/3m7q23qzp2c2e  https://floridapolitics.com/archives/781214-james-fishback-mingles-with-heil-hitler-influencers-during-miami-campaign-swing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5vSbx-UbQ&t=2039s https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2026281095826690217?s=20 https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/2025276128815185977?s=20 The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union https://kmph.com/news/local/bakersfield-family-meets-detained-immigrant-behind-crash-that-left-daughter-brain-injured  https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/commercial-driver-licenses-cdl/  https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article314830300.html Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now eceived_from_dhs_whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026-02-23-DHS-Spotlight-Forum-3-Memorandum-RE-Summary-of-Documents-Newly-Received-from-DHS-Whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/excerpted_testimony_ryan_schwank.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/mexico-violence-el-mencho-videos.html  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.74.0.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheUzrXsKrY https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0 https://x.com/SenMarkey/status/2021743552707862805?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ring-cameras-ice-what-to-know/ https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/  https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/ https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/memorandum_summary_of_documents_newly_received_from_dhs_whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026-02-23-DHS-Spotlight-Forum-3-Memorandum-RE-Summary-of-Documents-Newly-Received-from-DHS-Whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/excerpted_testimony_ryan_schwank.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/mexico-violence-el-mencho-videos.html  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.74.0.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheUzrXsKrY https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0 https://x.com/SenMarkey/status/2021743552707862805?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ring-cameras-ice-what-to-know/ https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/  https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/ https://www.cnyfertility.com/low-cost-ivf-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=The%20Average%20Cost%20of%20IVF,spend%20$50%2D60%2C000%20on%20treatment%20  https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xkYDBg/https://people.com/donald-trump-nicknames-himself-fertilization-president-womens-history-month-11704347 https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-ivf-to-be-paid-for-by-government-or-insurance-companies-if-elected-218264645586  https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-lower-costs-and-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-and-high-quality-fertility-care/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10384/pdf/COMPS-10384.pdf  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:19%20section:2132%20edition:prelim)  https://www.cov.com/-/media/files/corporate/publications/2016/12/law360_the_presidents_long_forgotten_power_to_raise_tariffs.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs  https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/bessent-expects-supreme-court-uphold-legality-trumps-tariffs-eyes-plan-b-2025-09-01/  https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-got-it-right-ieepa-dont-pop-champagne-yet  https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/a-breakdown-of-the-courts-tariff-decision/  https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-new-tariffs-shift-focus-balance-payments-economists-see-no-crisis-2026-02-24/  https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2026/what-supreme-courts-tariff-ruling-changes-and-what-it-doesnt  https://www.cato.org/commentary/trump-has-many-options-supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03824/imposing-a-temporary-import-surcharge-to-address-fundamental-international-payments-problems  https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/BalanceofPayments.html  https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again  https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/sri-lanka-from-economic-collapse-to-remarkable-recovery-policy-lessons-and-recommendations/  https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/supreme-court-ruling-trump-state-of-the-unionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss ICE whistleblowers, the Supreme Court striking down Liberation Day tariffs, Trump’s claims about IVF, and Ring canceling its Flock deal after a controversial Super Bowl ad. Sources: https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/memorandum_summary_of_documents_newly_received_from_dhs_whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026-02-23-DHS-Spotlight-Forum-3-Memorandum-RE-Summary-of-Documents-Newly-Received-from-DHS-Whistleblowers.pdf  https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/excerpted_testimony_ryan_schwank.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/mexico-violence-el-mencho-videos.html  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.74.0.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheUzrXsKrY https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0 https://x.com/SenMarkey/status/2021743552707862805?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ring-cameras-ice-what-to-know/ https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/  https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/ https://www.cnyfertility.com/low-cost-ivf-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=The%20Average%20Cost%20of%20IVF,spend%20$50%2D60%2C000%20on%20treatment%20  https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xkYDBg/https://people.com/donald-trump-nicknames-himself-fertilization-president-womens-history-month-11704347 https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-ivf-to-be-paid-for-by-government-or-insurance-companies-if-elected-218264645586  https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-lower-costs-and-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-and-high-quality-fertility-care/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10384/pdf/COMPS-10384.pdf  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:19%20section:2132%20edition:prelim)  https://www.cov.com/-/media/files/corporate/publications/2016/12/law360_the_presidents_long_forgotten_power_to_raise_tariffs.pdf  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs  https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/bessent-expects-supreme-court-uphold-legality-trumps-tariffs-eyes-plan-b-2025-09-01/  https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-got-it-right-ieepa-dont-pop-champagne-yet  https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/a-breakdown-of-the-courts-tariff-decision/  https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-new-tariffs-shift-focus-balance-payments-economists-see-no-crisis-2026-02-24/  https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2026/what-supreme-courts-tariff-ruling-changes-and-what-it-doesnt  https://www.cato.org/commentary/trump-has-many-options-supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03824/imposing-a-temporary-import-surcharge-to-address-fundamental-international-payments-problems  https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/BalanceofPayments.html  https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-434-back-to-the-1970s-again  https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/sri-lanka-from-economic-collapse-to-remarkable-recovery-policy-lessons-and-recommendations/  https://www.investopedia.com/insights/what-is-the-balance-of-payments/  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/supreme-court-ruling-trump-state-of-the-unionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert, James, Sophie, and Garrison break down the medal-filled 2026 State of the Union address, Trump’s waving of the bloody shirt, and the retreat into military pageantry. Sources: https://kmph.com/news/local/bakersfield-family-meets-detained-immigrant-behind-crash-that-left-daughter-brain-injured  https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/commercial-driver-licenses-cdl/  https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article314830300.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida. Sources: https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2010445520595210449?s=20  https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1999836956654555541?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/florida-governor-election-polls-2026.html https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2020585607702126836?s=20 https://www.jta.org/2026/02/10/politics/floridas-anti-israel-gop-candidate-james-fishback-is-railing-against-goyslop-what-is-he-talking-about https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/florida-school-gop-james-fishback-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rcna249963  https://floridapolitics.com/archives/768484-woman-says-james-fishback-dated-her-while-she-was-underage-then-harassed-her-after-breakup/  https://www.meteorwriting.com/post/james-fishback-says-florida-is-not-an-economic-zone-can-this-message-take-him-to-the-governor-s-sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtjidiZRTg https://x.com/emmawrightFL/status/2020643537075741085?s=20  https://bsky.app/profile/rightwingwatch.bsky.social/post/3m7q23qzp2c2e  https://floridapolitics.com/archives/781214-james-fishback-mingles-with-heil-hitler-influencers-during-miami-campaign-swing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5vSbx-UbQ&t=2039s https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2026281095826690217?s=20 https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/2025276128815185977?s=20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Karl Kasarda sit down to talk about ICE, concealed carry, and how the new era of aggressive immigration enforcement makes everyone less safe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Tara Raghuveer, director of the Tenant Union Federation, about how tenant and labor unions pulled together to begin organizing a rent strike to protect tenants and combat ICE. https://twincitiestenants.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know - War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo - The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis - Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/terror-without-ideology-the-rise-of-nihilistic-violence-an-isd-investigation/ https://archive.ph/9ACYN  https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&limit=10&sort=desc https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tumbler-ridge-shooter-had-interest-gore-and-guns  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html  https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-with-ties-to-wisconsin-school-shooter-accused-of-mass-shooting-threats/3603745/?amp=1  https://www.wisn.com/article/research-details-colorado-teen-shooters-online-idolization-of-madison-school-shooter-others/66130619  War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com https://sarajevotimes.com/prosecution-in-milan-opens-case-against-giuseppe-vegnaduzzo-first-suspect-in-sarajevo-safari-investigation/ The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-laborFrom War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925 Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-shares-fall-after-fda-refuses-review-new-flu-vaccine-2026-02-11/ https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021953022213902763?s=20 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/mamdani-taps-ex-biden-official-to-audit-nypd-other-agencies-for-sanctuary-law-lapses-00781624 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA https://www.instagram.com/p/DU1zLiWjDVx/ https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawtucket-shooters-gender-identity-tied-to-past-family-disputes-court-records-show/ https://x.com/WCVB/status/2023544634216005773?s=20 https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawtucket-rink-shooters-son-set-fire-to-black-church-in-north-providence-in-2024/ https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/hutchins-texas-ice-facility-warehouse/287-11ce4a39-65f4-41c5-bb8c-cf5afca83168  https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-deliver-urgent-ice-reform-demands-republican  https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-statement-republican-counter-commonsense  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noems-use-coast-guard-resources-strains-relationship-military-branch-s-rcna258904  https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95 https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/dhs-repatriations  https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/ice-detentions  https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/immigration-enforcement/monthly-tables  https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/heinrich_introduces_legislation_to_redirect_excessive_ice_funding_to_new_mexico_law_enforcement.pdf  https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss presidential approval polls and the growing nationwide sentiment against ICE, what the partial government shutdown means for DHS, and a public domestic violence shooting being weaponized for the culture war. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-shares-fall-after-fda-refuses-review-new-flu-vaccine-2026-02-11/ https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021953022213902763?s=20 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/mamdani-taps-ex-biden-official-to-audit-nypd-other-agencies-for-sanctuary-law-lapses-00781624 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA https://www.instagram.com/p/DU1zLiWjDVx/ https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawtucket-shooters-gender-identity-tied-to-past-family-disputes-court-records-show/ https://x.com/WCVB/status/2023544634216005773?s=20 https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawtucket-rink-shooters-son-set-fire-to-black-church-in-north-providence-in-2024/ https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/hutchins-texas-ice-facility-warehouse/287-11ce4a39-65f4-41c5-bb8c-cf5afca83168  https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-deliver-urgent-ice-reform-demands-republican  https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-statement-republican-counter-commonsense  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noems-use-coast-guard-resources-strains-relationship-military-branch-s-rcna258904  https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95 https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/dhs-repatriations  https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/ice-detentions  https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/immigration-enforcement/monthly-tables  https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/heinrich_introduces_legislation_to_redirect_excessive_ice_funding_to_new_mexico_law_enforcement.pdf  https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike of 1925. Sources: Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-laborFrom War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to Sarajevo to kill people during the siege of the city. Sources: https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com https://sarajevotimes.com/prosecution-in-milan-opens-case-against-giuseppe-vegnaduzzo-first-suspect-in-sarajevo-safari-investigation/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics, and how the shooter's online footprint shows a growing obsession with other mass shooters.  Sources:  https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/terror-without-ideology-the-rise-of-nihilistic-violence-an-isd-investigation/ https://archive.ph/9ACYN  https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&limit=10&sort=desc https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tumbler-ridge-shooter-had-interest-gore-and-guns  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html  https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-with-ties-to-wisconsin-school-shooter-accused-of-mass-shooting-threats/3603745/?amp=1  https://www.wisn.com/article/research-details-colorado-teen-shooters-online-idolization-of-madison-school-shooter-others/66130619 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot - Normalcy feat. Andrew - Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons - The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson - Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf  https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/  https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism  https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained  https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358  https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20  https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808  https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214  https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790 Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/ https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/ https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058  https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf  https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration  https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family  https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency  https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/ https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46 https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill restricting 3D printers, Pam Bondi’s congressional testimony on the mishandling of the Epstein files, and immigration updates.  Sources: https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/ https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/ https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058  https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf  https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration  https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family  https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency  https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/ https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46 https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46 https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the raging pile of slop that is social media, every once in a while you stumble across someone doing something genuinely amazing. That’s how Prop found Amanda Nelson, the creator behind Amanda’s Mild Takes, where she delivers comprehensive breakdowns of politics and history and artfully drags the trolls in her comment section while she’s at it. We had to get to know her. In this episode, Amanda shares why she started making videos in the first place, what motivates her to clap back at haters, and what parallels she sees between the past and the current events happening in the US. She also offers her predictions for the upcoming midterm elections, and weighs in on who might throw their hat in the ring for president in 2028.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Sam Hamilton to discuss how people in Social Circle, GA are organizing against an 8,000 person detention facility that ICE is planning to build in a warehouse in their community. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflects fascism as a suicidal state. Sources: Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf  https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/  https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism  https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained  https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358  https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20  https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808  https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214  https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting - Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew - Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us, Pt. 2 - What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism - Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/ https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752 https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/ https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-interior-minister-says-100-people-died-us-attack-2026-01-08/ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/omar-torrijos-ousts-arias-panama Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-Poland Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-the-clintons-caved-will-appear-for-depositions/ https://sortor.us/release/lemon.pdf https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_DDIQ8jz.pdf https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-us-justice-department-filed-a-lawsuit-over-georgia-voter-data-in-the-wrong-city/#:~:text=Judge%20rules%20US%20Justice%20Department%20filed%20a,government%20had%20sued%20in%20the%20wrong%20city. https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/e815ed47-fce4-4797-8dc7-bcbc9efa968d.pdf https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2018504435769520156?s=20 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/georgia-fulton-county-fbi-election-raid https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.315.0_1.pdf  https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-and-guyanese-president-irfaan-ali-at-a-joint-press-availability  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-resume-teaching-visa  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/court-documents-student-israel-op-ed https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-next-for-146454395?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.52.0.pdf  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2z7eb5efGlHrb2AYBtfqMVDJSUfIu/view  https://www.startribune.com/another-wave-of-departures-in-minnesotas-us-attorneys-office/601575569  https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/24_0307_priv_pia-ice-066a-pia-update.pdf  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/bovino-frustrated-directive-conduct-targeted-operations-chicago-rcna257069  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and  https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/25/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez  https://sdf-press.com/archives/47816  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2017320999629254878?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2019098549640917124?s=20  https://t.co/aMIp9uMx04  https://wladimirvanwilgenburg.substack.com/p/kurdish-regions-will-be-organizedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the FBI raid of the Fulton County Election office, ICE protests in Portland, DHS bodycams, and an unsealed memo on the arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk. Plus, updates on Minneapolis and Syria. Sources: https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-the-clintons-caved-will-appear-for-depositions/ https://sortor.us/release/lemon.pdf https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_DDIQ8jz.pdf https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-us-justice-department-filed-a-lawsuit-over-georgia-voter-data-in-the-wrong-city/#:~:text=Judge%20rules%20US%20Justice%20Department%20filed%20a,government%20had%20sued%20in%20the%20wrong%20city. https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/e815ed47-fce4-4797-8dc7-bcbc9efa968d.pdf https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2018504435769520156?s=20 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/georgia-fulton-county-fbi-election-raid https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.315.0_1.pdf  https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-and-guyanese-president-irfaan-ali-at-a-joint-press-availability  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-resume-teaching-visa  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/court-documents-student-israel-op-ed https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-next-for-146454395?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.52.0.pdf  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2z7eb5efGlHrb2AYBtfqMVDJSUfIu/view  https://www.startribune.com/another-wave-of-departures-in-minnesotas-us-attorneys-office/601575569  https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/24_0307_priv_pia-ice-066a-pia-update.pdf  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/bovino-frustrated-directive-conduct-targeted-operations-chicago-rcna257069  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and  https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/25/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/31/2022-11810/advancing-effective-accountable-policing-and-criminal-justice-practices-to-enhance-public-trust-and https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez  https://sdf-press.com/archives/47816  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2017320999629254878?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2019098549640917124?s=20  https://t.co/aMIp9uMx04  https://wladimirvanwilgenburg.substack.com/p/kurdish-regions-will-be-organized See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James continue their discussion of what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela. Sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/omar-torrijos-ousts-arias-panama Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-PolandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James discuss what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-interior-minister-says-100-people-died-us-attack-2026-01-08/ Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-PolandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Mia unravel whether the DHS is posting coded nazi messages, and discuss the limits of treating anti fascism as an easter egg hunt. Original Air Date: 08.07.25 Sources: https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/ https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752 https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/ https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Gaza and the Board of Peace feat. Dana El Kurd - Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota - Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2 - To Catch A Fascist: An Interview with Christopher Mathias - Executive Disorder: Alex Pretti Shooting, DHS Funding Bill & Rojava You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Gaza and the Board of Peace feat. Dana El Kurd UNOCHA on ceasefire violations - https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/humanitarian-situation-update-353-gaza-strip  BBC on the Yellow Line - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgxl6zkenqo Aljazeera on the 20 point plan - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/us-declares-phase-two-of-gaza-ceasefire-but-what-did-phase-one-deliver  The Huffington Post on Putin’s invite - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-has-invited-vladimir-putin-to-join-his-gaza-board-of-peace-kremlin-says_uk_696e0478e4b0fb912e9948f8?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1768820090  Aljazeera on Board of Peace - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/18/trumps-board-of-peace-appears-to-seek-wider-mandate-beyond-gaza  Who is Nikolay Mladenov - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/15/who-is-nickolay-mladenov-the-diplomat-tasked-with-disarming-gaza  Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central: https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making: https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies: https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish ICE Shirts: https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics: https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund: Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariat To Catch A Fascist: An Interview with Christopher Mathias Preorder Chris' book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767  The article Chris mentioned about Spit & Dan: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/death-in-the-desert-2263332/ Executive Disorder: Alex Pretti Shooting, DHS Funding Bill & Rojava https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fHjlCV6d7gVSHjiN&t=1222&v=Amhb8PK_an8&feature=youtu.be https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388288892112 https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/25/politics/video/bovino-dana-bash-full-interview-digvid  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/26/greg-bovino-agents-victims-pretti-minneapolis-shooting/88361659007/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.107.0.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.109.0.pdf  https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115968824541011312  https://bsky.app/profile/vanhollen.senate.gov/post/3mdg7b7k5nc2q  https://newrepublic.com/article/205723/dem-senator-harsh-new-takedown-trump-hits-home-breaking-point  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-287  https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2015826728644391063?s=20 https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2015917704725622985?s=20 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIM7ap12vPo https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2016564180757725221?s=20  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump  https://x.com/cspan/status/2016557604282011748?s=20  https://prospect.org/2026/01/26/ice-trump-democrats-funding-department-homeland-security-alex-pretti-minnesota/ https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/senate-democrats-dhs-funding-government-shutdown https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/04/29/patriots-plane-guantanamo https://www.audacy.com/national/sports/pats-team-plane-apparently-used-for-ice-deportation-flights https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/29/new-england-patriots-charter-jet-guantanamo https://apnews.com/article/ihan-omar-vinegar-attack-minneapolis-385a30eaf6acc40d6ba5c6c45c09304dSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol in Minneapolis, conflicting accounts of the shooting, a DHS bill in the Senate, and updates on Syria and the FED.  Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fHjlCV6d7gVSHjiN&t=1222&v=Amhb8PK_an8&feature=youtu.be https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388288892112  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/25/politics/video/bovino-dana-bash-full-interview-digvid  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/26/greg-bovino-agents-victims-pretti-minneapolis-shooting/88361659007/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.107.0.pdf  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.109.0.pdf  https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115968824541011312  https://bsky.app/profile/vanhollen.senate.gov/post/3mdg7b7k5nc2q  https://newrepublic.com/article/205723/dem-senator-harsh-new-takedown-trump-hits-home-breaking-point  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-287  https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2015826728644391063?s=20 https://x.com/MayorFrey/status/2015917704725622985?s=20 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIM7ap12vPo https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2016564180757725221?s=20  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump  https://x.com/cspan/status/2016557604282011748?s=20  https://prospect.org/2026/01/26/ice-trump-democrats-funding-department-homeland-security-alex-pretti-minnesota/ https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/senate-democrats-dhs-funding-government-shutdown https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/04/29/patriots-plane-guantanamo https://www.audacy.com/national/sports/pats-team-plane-apparently-used-for-ice-deportation-flights https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/29/new-england-patriots-charter-jet-guantanamo https://apnews.com/article/ihan-omar-vinegar-attack-minneapolis-385a30eaf6acc40d6ba5c6c45c09304dSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Molly interviews Christopher Mathias about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.  Preorder Chris' book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767  The article Chris mentioned about Spit & Dan: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/death-in-the-desert-2263332/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies  https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies  https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana breaks down what’s being planned for Gaza, the so-called Board of Peace, and how this is a model for global conflict in the future. Sources: UNOCHA on ceasefire violations - https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/humanitarian-situation-update-353-gaza-strip  BBC on the Yellow Line - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgxl6zkenqo Aljazeera on the 20 point plan - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/us-declares-phase-two-of-gaza-ceasefire-but-what-did-phase-one-deliver  The Huffington Post on Putin’s invite - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-has-invited-vladimir-putin-to-join-his-gaza-board-of-peace-kremlin-says_uk_696e0478e4b0fb912e9948f8?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1768820090  Aljazeera on Board of Peace - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/18/trumps-board-of-peace-appears-to-seek-wider-mandate-beyond-gaza  Who is Nikolay Mladenov - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/15/who-is-nickolay-mladenov-the-diplomat-tasked-with-disarming-gaza See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret concludes reading you a story about subculture and love and how things changeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Campaign to Free Albeiro From ICE - The Alleged Far-Left Bombing Plot - Why the Federal Reserve Crisis Matters - Executive Disorder: ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, DAVOS, Iran & Syria You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Campaign to Free Albeiro From ICE Albeiro's Family's Crowd Fund Change.org Campaign Instagram Campaign Post #1 Instagram Campaign Post #2 Instagram Campaign Post #3 Elly Belle on Instagram Elly Belle Website The Alleged Far-Left Bombing Plot https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-group-arrested-and-charged-threatening-ice https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turtle-island-indictment.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26379390-08918333876/  https://www.instagram.com/turtleislandliberationfrontla/ Why the Federal Reserve Crisis Matters https://fortune.com/2025/08/09/trump-fed-pick-stephen-miran-existential-threat-central-bank-independence/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/supreme-court-weighs-trumps-firing-feds-lisa-cook-by-social-media-2026-01-20/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDShttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/powell-could-stay-at-fed-even-after-being-removed-as-chair.htmlhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RPONTSYD#https://apnews.com/article/jerome-powell-federal-reserve-trump-af06d80b28be9c8a5de9c3b2fe33fa3dhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/the-fed-explained.htmhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/mar-lago-accord-not-recipe-successhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr1047.htmlhttps://fortune.com/2025/08/08/what-to-know-about-stephen-miran-the-tariff-proponent-trump-just-nominated-to-join-the-feds-board-of-governors/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782hhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/goldvault.htmlhttps://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeberhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greenspanput.asphttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-fed-chair-search-becoming-163021470.htmlhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/more-about-what-we-dohttps://www.stlouisfed.org/in-plain-english/who-owns-the-federal-reserve-bankshttps://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_14986.htmhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htmhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/politics/supreme-court-shield-federal-reserve-from-donald-trump Executive Disorder: ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, DAVOS, Iran & Syria Fundraiser: https://heyvasor.com/en/2026/01/19/urgent-call-for-humanitarian-aid-for-rojava/   https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2011965846739173833 https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/alleged-latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-federal-charges-after-stealing-rifle-fbi https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-charges.html https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/15/dhs-releases-more-details-about-three-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-violently https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaNationalGuard/photos/members-of-the-minnesota-national-guard-are-on-standby-ready-to-assist-local-law/1285981430233367/  https://x.com/MnDPS_DPS/status/2012614253090619619?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/active-duty-soldiers-standby-possible-deployment-minneapolis/ https://www.citieschurch.com/leadership https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2013093526867689835 https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/636 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AjH7MbFrd/ https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2013283898935882195?s=20  https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present  https://x.com/PressSec/status/2014020416860573726?s=20 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115911344443637897 https://www.forsvaret.dk/en/news/2026/exercise-arctic-endurance-continues-to-develop/ https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-statement-to-the-house-on-greenland-and-wider-arctic-security https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/2012608782593827232 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ynwzn8pqo https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115925848634299232  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115926107400617491  https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/01/article-167  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro  https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump https://gordyaen.substack.com/p/voices-from-inside-east-kurdistaniran?r=33a5nb&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish&triedRedirect=true  https://www.reuters.com/business/davos/bessent-says-deutsche-bank-ceo-called-distance-bank-analysts-greenland-report-2026-01-21/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2675/oj/eng https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20240401-the-eu-anti-coercion-regulation-a-new-tool-against-economic-pressure https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/protecting-against-coercion/qa-regarding-anti-coercion-instrument_en https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2026/01/20/eu-anti-coercion-instrument-trump-greenland-tariffs/ https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/0c873dd6/eu-anti-coercion-instrument-key-takeaways-for-businesses https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/eu-trade-deal-trump-greenland-tariff-rcna255199 https://www.politico.eu/article/the-eu-magical-mystery-trade-weapon-other-options-donald-trump/ https://www.wsj.com/business/the-100-billion-of-u-s-goods-at-risk-of-tariffs-in-trumps-greenland-push-d7fbda31 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-tariffs-nato-greenland-davos.html https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260119-what-is-eu-anti-coercion-instrument-could-use-against-us-over-trump-greenland-tariffs https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/18/greenland-eu-trump-trade-bazooka/88245951007/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greenland-anti-coercion-instrument-macron-bessent-eu-b2903967.html https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/20/trumps-greenland-tariffs-whats-europes-bazooka-option-to-hit-back https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5345ylk0oSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discusses ICE's occupation of Minneapolis, the crisis over Greenland, protests in Iran, and war in Syria. Sources/Links: Fundraiser: https://heyvasor.com/en/2026/01/19/urgent-call-for-humanitarian-aid-for-rojava/   https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2011965846739173833 https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/alleged-latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-federal-charges-after-stealing-rifle-fbi https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-charges.html https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/15/dhs-releases-more-details-about-three-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-violently https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaNationalGuard/photos/members-of-the-minnesota-national-guard-are-on-standby-ready-to-assist-local-law/1285981430233367/  https://x.com/MnDPS_DPS/status/2012614253090619619?s=20  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/active-duty-soldiers-standby-possible-deployment-minneapolis/ https://www.citieschurch.com/leadership https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2013093526867689835 https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/636 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AjH7MbFrd/ https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2013283898935882195?s=20  https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present  https://x.com/PressSec/status/2014020416860573726?s=20 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115911344443637897 https://www.forsvaret.dk/en/news/2026/exercise-arctic-endurance-continues-to-develop/ https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-statement-to-the-house-on-greenland-and-wider-arctic-security https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/2012608782593827232 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ynwzn8pqo https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115925848634299232  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115926107400617491  https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/  https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/01/article-167  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro  https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump https://gordyaen.substack.com/p/voices-from-inside-east-kurdistaniran?r=33a5nb&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish&triedRedirect=true  https://www.reuters.com/business/davos/bessent-says-deutsche-bank-ceo-called-distance-bank-analysts-greenland-report-2026-01-21/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2675/oj/eng https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20240401-the-eu-anti-coercion-regulation-a-new-tool-against-economic-pressure https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/protecting-against-coercion/qa-regarding-anti-coercion-instrument_en https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2026/01/20/eu-anti-coercion-instrument-trump-greenland-tariffs/ https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/0c873dd6/eu-anti-coercion-instrument-key-takeaways-for-businesses https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/eu-trade-deal-trump-greenland-tariff-rcna255199 https://www.politico.eu/article/the-eu-magical-mystery-trade-weapon-other-options-donald-trump/ https://www.wsj.com/business/the-100-billion-of-u-s-goods-at-risk-of-tariffs-in-trumps-greenland-push-d7fbda31 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-tariffs-nato-greenland-davos.html https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260119-what-is-eu-anti-coercion-instrument-could-use-against-us-over-trump-greenland-tariffs https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/18/greenland-eu-trump-trade-bazooka/88245951007/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greenland-anti-coercion-instrument-macron-bessent-eu-b2903967.html https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/20/trumps-greenland-tariffs-whats-europes-bazooka-option-to-hit-back https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5345ylk0oSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In her most foolish act yet, Mia attempts to explain what the Federal Reserve is, why it matters, and how Trump seizing control of it could crash the world economy. Sources: https://fortune.com/2025/08/09/trump-fed-pick-stephen-miran-existential-threat-central-bank-independence/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/supreme-court-weighs-trumps-firing-feds-lisa-cook-by-social-media-2026-01-20/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDShttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/powell-could-stay-at-fed-even-after-being-removed-as-chair.htmlhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RPONTSYD#https://apnews.com/article/jerome-powell-federal-reserve-trump-af06d80b28be9c8a5de9c3b2fe33fa3dhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/the-fed-explained.htmhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/mar-lago-accord-not-recipe-successhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr1047.htmlhttps://fortune.com/2025/08/08/what-to-know-about-stephen-miran-the-tariff-proponent-trump-just-nominated-to-join-the-feds-board-of-governors/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782hhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/goldvault.htmlhttps://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeberhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greenspanput.asphttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-fed-chair-search-becoming-163021470.htmlhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/more-about-what-we-dohttps://www.stlouisfed.org/in-plain-english/who-owns-the-federal-reserve-bankshttps://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_14986.htmhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htmhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/politics/supreme-court-shield-federal-reserve-from-donald-trumpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains the indictment against members of Turtle Island Liberation Front, their alleged bombing plan, and the operational security practices they advocated while planning the bombing alongside an FBI informant and undercover agent.  Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-group-arrested-and-charged-threatening-ice https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turtle-island-indictment.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26379390-08918333876/  https://www.instagram.com/turtleislandliberationfrontla/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with organizer Elly Belle about ICE’s kidnapping of Albeiro Remolina, the campaign to free him, and how you can help. Sources/Links:  Albeiro's Family's Crowd Fund Change.org Campaign Instagram Campaign Post #1 Instagram Campaign Post #2 Instagram Campaign Post #3 Elly Belle on Instagram Elly Belle WebsiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - AI Robot Slaves and other CES Miracles  - Best and Worst (non AI) Products at CES - What’s Happening in Iran? - What Happened in 2025 with Andrew - Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation Front You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: What’s Happening in Iran? https://www.instagram.com/hengaw_english?igsh=MTZ3Z29qd3h6YzVlMA== https://www.instagram.com/ali.javanmardi?igsh=ODV2cGZzaXk2Z3dt https://www.instagram.com/soran.mansournia?igsh=OWFhNDdtMTRtNzl0 https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeople?igsh=MTI3Y3kwZ3V0N3Zvag== What Happened in 2025 with Andrew https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522124/study-warns-brazilian-food-imports-increasingly-vulnerable-climate-change https://wmo.int/media/news/fao-and-wmo-report-highlights-extreme-heat-risks-agriculture https://apnews.com/article/monsoon-rains-nepal-floods-climate-change-india-ef8b703ab93bc310e397d896b032ce8f https://chimpreports.com/un-warns-as-somalia-drought-crisis-deepens-hunger/ https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-tracks-extreme-july-wildfire-activity-both-sides-atlantic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/weather-tracker-hurricane-melissa-caribbean-jamaica-haiti-cuba https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-switch-gen-z-protests-spread-across-globe-2025-10-02 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scenting-victory-madagascar-youth-give-scant-thought-whats-next-2025-10-14 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moroccos-youth-police-clash-fifth-night-protests-demanding-education-health-care-2025-10-01 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5w5nyd5xzo https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/young-anti-corruption-protesters-oust-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/peru-youth-protesters-state-of-emergency-gen-z https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/gen-z-styled-protests-spread-mexico-fueled-by-mayors-murder-2025-11-16/ https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/11/13/politica/marcha-de-la-generacion-z-estrategia-digital-pagada-no-es-genuina-sheinbaum https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trade-unions-india-stage-nationwide-protests-new-labor-127887286 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/ https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/israel-and-palestine https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/blood-spilled-sudan-el-fasher-space-rsf-uae-darfur https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2020/08/15103021/Yemen-HCA-2025.pdf https://www.stimson.org/2025/too-little-too-late-china-steps-up-military-aid-to-myanmars-junta/ Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation Front https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/madison-man-arrested-arson-beth-israel-and-goldringwoldenberg-institute-southern https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443 https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Indictment-Stephen-Spencer-Pittman.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/ https://www.foxla.com/news/2-turtle-island-liberation-front-members-plead-not-guilty-new-years-eve-socal-bombing-plot https://www.syriahr.com/en/376284/  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376282/  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376266/  https://x.com/deborahlipstadt/status/2010387174651490769?s=20  https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland  https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/dokumentenarchiv/Dokument/MMD17-5076.pdf  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-13/socal-protester-permanently-blinded-by-dhs-agent-family-says https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-the-impeachment-senate-trial-of-judge-boasberg-during-judiciary-hearing/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.229.1.pdf https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-CaseAssignments-061825  https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-NDOs-120125  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214?s=20  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2010740549469557010?s=20 https://www.wired.com/story/trump-warned-of-a-tren-de-aragua-invasion-us-intel-told-a-different-story/ https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/09/dhs-provides-update-us-border-patrol-portland-who-attempted-arrest-tren-de-aragua https://newrepublic.com/post/205284/trump-administration-targets-senator-elissa-slotkin-illegal-orders-jeanine-pirro-doj https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/12/congress/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-lawsuit-00722382 https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm https://apnews.com/article/trump-powell-federal-reserve-d87eedf1e35195957f903f9963aeaf99 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260113~ec4630b9fa.en.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss arson in Mississippi, events in Syria, threats to federal reserve independence and attempts to impeach judges. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/madison-man-arrested-arson-beth-israel-and-goldringwoldenberg-institute-southern https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443 https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Indictment-Stephen-Spencer-Pittman.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/ https://www.foxla.com/news/2-turtle-island-liberation-front-members-plead-not-guilty-new-years-eve-socal-bombing-plot https://www.syriahr.com/en/376284/  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376282/  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376266/  https://x.com/deborahlipstadt/status/2010387174651490769?s=20  https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland  https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/dokumentenarchiv/Dokument/MMD17-5076.pdf  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-13/socal-protester-permanently-blinded-by-dhs-agent-family-says https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-the-impeachment-senate-trial-of-judge-boasberg-during-judiciary-hearing/  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.229.1.pdf https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-CaseAssignments-061825  https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-NDOs-120125  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214?s=20  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2010740549469557010?s=20 https://www.wired.com/story/trump-warned-of-a-tren-de-aragua-invasion-us-intel-told-a-different-story/ https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/09/dhs-provides-update-us-border-patrol-portland-who-attempted-arrest-tren-de-aragua https://newrepublic.com/post/205284/trump-administration-targets-senator-elissa-slotkin-illegal-orders-jeanine-pirro-doj https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/12/congress/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-lawsuit-00722382 https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm https://apnews.com/article/trump-powell-federal-reserve-d87eedf1e35195957f903f9963aeaf99 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260113~ec4630b9fa.en.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James discuss what happened in 2025 from climate disasters to Gen Z uprisings to AI. Sources: https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522124/study-warns-brazilian-food-imports-increasingly-vulnerable-climate-change https://wmo.int/media/news/fao-and-wmo-report-highlights-extreme-heat-risks-agriculture https://apnews.com/article/monsoon-rains-nepal-floods-climate-change-india-ef8b703ab93bc310e397d896b032ce8f https://chimpreports.com/un-warns-as-somalia-drought-crisis-deepens-hunger/ https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-tracks-extreme-july-wildfire-activity-both-sides-atlantic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/weather-tracker-hurricane-melissa-caribbean-jamaica-haiti-cuba https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-switch-gen-z-protests-spread-across-globe-2025-10-02 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scenting-victory-madagascar-youth-give-scant-thought-whats-next-2025-10-14 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moroccos-youth-police-clash-fifth-night-protests-demanding-education-health-care-2025-10-01 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5w5nyd5xzo https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/young-anti-corruption-protesters-oust-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/peru-youth-protesters-state-of-emergency-gen-z https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/gen-z-styled-protests-spread-mexico-fueled-by-mayors-murder-2025-11-16/ https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/11/13/politica/marcha-de-la-generacion-z-estrategia-digital-pagada-no-es-genuina-sheinbaum https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trade-unions-india-stage-nationwide-protests-new-labor-127887286 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/ https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/israel-and-palestine https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/blood-spilled-sudan-el-fasher-space-rsf-uae-darfur https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2020/08/15103021/Yemen-HCA-2025.pdf https://www.stimson.org/2025/too-little-too-late-china-steps-up-military-aid-to-myanmars-junta/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Gordayen to discuss the protest wave in Iran, massive regime violence, and the possibilities for the future. Sources: https://www.instagram.com/hengaw_english?igsh=MTZ3Z29qd3h6YzVlMA== https://www.instagram.com/ali.javanmardi?igsh=ODV2cGZzaXk2Z3dt https://www.instagram.com/soran.mansournia?igsh=OWFhNDdtMTRtNzl0 https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeople?igsh=MTI3Y3kwZ3V0N3Zvag==See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From exoskeletons, rolling laptops, and VR therapy, Robert and Garrison discuss the some of the products at CES 2026 that aren't powered by AI and ChatGPT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Garrison talk about all of the physical AI products using ChatGPT and other large language models filling the show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about class and patriarchy but don't worry it's not as pedantic as that makes it sound.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - 2025 Q&A - 2026 Predictions - Trump Kidnaps Venezuelan President Maduro - Inside Our AI Future: Report from CES - Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689  https://t.me/s/Operasyon1  https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg  https://hengaw.net/  Https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true  https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurdsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang talk about the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Maduro, protest in Iran, and conflict in Aleppo.Note: This episode was recorded prior to the shooting in Portland, Oregon, but we will be closely following developments. We also did not know Renée Nicole Good’s name at the time of recording, but we feel it should be included here. Sources: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689  https://t.me/s/Operasyon1  https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg  https://hengaw.net/  Https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true  https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurdsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Gare return to the windy city, Las Vegas, for the annual Consumer Electronic Show, which had become drunk on AI optimism and puked all over the floor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert, Mia, and James discuss the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. Forces, and what it means for the USA and the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang makes their annual predictions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang answers listener questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful. Original Airdate: 7.21.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James' final episode looks at the people helping migrants once they leave the Darién Gap, and how you can help. Donation links for groups featured in this series:  Border Kindness: https://borderkindness.org/donate/Al Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fundFe Y Alegria: https://www.feyalegria.org/en/home-fya-international/ Original Air Date: 11.1.24 Sources: https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2023-11/OIG-24-07-Nov23.pdf https://www.notiparole.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5 https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/ https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/ https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the fourth installment of his series on the Darién Gap, James talks to migrants at Lajas Blancas reception center north of the Darién, who can often be stuck there for months without the money to continue their journeys. Original Air Date: 10.31.24 Sources: https://www.notiparole.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5 https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/ https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/ https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part three of his series on the Darién Gap, James talks about what drives Venezuelan and African migrants to make the journey through the Darién Gap. Original Air Date: 10.30.24 Sources: https://www.notiparole.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5 https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/ https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/ https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second part of his series on the Darién Gap, James looks at the impacts of migration on the indigenous Panamanian Emberá community. Original Air Date: 10.29.24 Sources: https://www.notiparole.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5 https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/ https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/ https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of five episodes, James describes his journey to the Darién gap in Southern Panama, and the journeys that thousands of migrants take each week on one of the most dangerous land migration routes on earth. Original Air Date: 10.28.24 Sources: https://www.notiparole.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5 https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/ https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/ https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks about the new Abundance movement, its ideas and how it operates as a Trojan horse for its funders Peter Thiel and the Koch Brothers. Orignal Air Date: 9.9.25 Sources: https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris?ref=newintermag.com https://newintermag.com/abundance-big-techs-bid-for-the-democratic-party/#fn16 https://archive.vn/zgPJ8 https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Abundance-Ecosystem-Report-Final.pdf https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2025/with-the-argument-the-left-gets-a-new-publication http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2022/01/washingtons-newest-think-tank-institute.html https://www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capital-extremism https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/who-is-behind-the-growing-abundance-movement/ https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis https://www.abundancedc.org/speakers https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis https://archive.vn/GKRmw#selection-377.0-377.19 https://www.theargumentmag.com/about https://prospect.org/economy/2024-11-26-abundance-agenda-neoliberalisms-rebrand/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/dc-attorney-general-inks-first-settlement-realpage-price-fixing-lawsuit-2025-06-02/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/economic-liberties-launches-2025-end-rental-price-fixing-campaign/ https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/written-materials/2024/12/17/the-cost-of-anticompetitive-pricing-algorithms-in-rental-housing/ https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters https://techfascism.substack.com/p/the-network-state-and-infrastructureSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks with Ben Lorber, Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates and co-author of Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. They discuss trends in antisemitism we are seeing today, why the far right is talking about Palestine, and how establishment organizations are not meeting the moment.  Sources: Jewish Currents article by Mari Cohen on the ADL - https://jewishcurrents.org/the-adls-antisemitism-findings-explained  Jewish Currents article by Shane Burley and Naomi Bennett on the ADL - https://jewishcurrents.org/examining-the-adls-antisemitism-audit  Safety through Solidarity book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741043/safety-through-solidarity-by-shane-burley/  Article by Ben in Convergence Magazine on What Antisemitism Is and Isn’t – https://convergencemag.com/articles/what-antisemitism-is-part-1/  Nexus Project - https://nexusproject.us/  Diaspora Alliance - https://diasporaalliance.co/  Jewish Currents podcast on the confronting the anti-zionist right - https://jewishcurrents.org/confronting-the-anti-zionist-right  Arielle Angel on the need for new Jewish institutions - https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you part one (of two) of her own story about post-apocalyptic love and violenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media - Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1 - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2 - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275 https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php https://archive.ph/xBjST https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868 https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730 https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/ Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle Website: bluebottleunion.orgStrike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike Want to organize your store? Email us at bluebottleunion@gmail.com with the Subject Line: [Your city] Barista Interest Grenada with Andrew Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al None Shall Escape by Fundi Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46 https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/  https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34roSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss escalation with Venezuela, an AI executive order, the trial of Judge Dugan, the mass shooting at Brown University, and a new travel ban. Sources: https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/  https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34roSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the downfall of the revolution in Grenada and what we can learn from the failure of the revolution and the New JEWEL Movement. Sources: Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al None Shall Escape by FundiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the events of the revolution in Grenada and those leading up to it. Sources: Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al None Shall Escape by FundiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with two members of Blue Bottle Independent Union about their campaign of strikes and walkouts against management's contract negotiation delay tactics. Website: bluebottleunion.orgStrike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike Want to organize your store? Email us at bluebottleunion@gmail.com with the Subject Line: [Your city] Barista InterestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia discusses Larry Ellison’s takeover of CBS, Jeff Bezos’ transformation of the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and the broader wave of tech fascists buying out the media. Sources: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275 https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php https://archive.ph/xBjST https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/ https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868 https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730 https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd - Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News - Natalism feat. Andrew - The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/ GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf  A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved  - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/ Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243 Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 https://truthpredict.net/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20 Natalism feat. Andrew https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/ The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.htmlhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/ https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438 https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-TownSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss Netflix and Paramount’s bids for Warner Brothers, CBP social media screening for tourists, and Trump’s national security strategy. Plus updates on the J6 pipe bomber, Texas gerrymandering, and tariffs. Sources: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438 https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-TownSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Molly talks about the Gen Z candidate in the Republican primary to replace Nancy Mace as the representative in South Carolina's first congressional district. He's running on mass deportation and cutting taxes, but he can't stop complaining that people are calling him a nazi.  Sources:https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.htmlhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/ https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and Mia discuss the pro- and anti-natalist movements and how they generate reactionary politics. Sources:  https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains how news networks have partnered with gambling sites to forecast the future and turn everyone’s phone into a casino of human suffering. Sources: https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 https://truthpredict.net/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast series Bad Cousins. They discuss the Abraham Accords, the new plan for Gaza, and what the Abrahamic framing allows for and obfuscates.  Sources: Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/ GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf  A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved  - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/ Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who says ecoterrorism is bad? In fantasy games?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help  - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Darién Gap: One Year Later Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/  https://www.ice.gov/features/atd  https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data https://compstat.nypdonline.org/  https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf  https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3  https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445  https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo  https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis  https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf  https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/  https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia  https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest  https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access  https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view  https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index= https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20  https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership  https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang covers the arrest of a J6 bomber suspect, the shooting of National Guard troops in DC and the following immigration crackdown, repeated airstrikes targeting survivors of alleged smuggling boats, a Turning Point campaign against a trans college instructor, and online gambling sites partnering with news agencies. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data https://compstat.nypdonline.org/  https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf  https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3  https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445  https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo  https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis  https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf  https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/  https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia  https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest  https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access  https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view  https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index= https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20  https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership  https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final episode of a four part series, James talks about the need for mutual aid, and speaks to the family hosting Primrose now.  Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/  https://www.ice.gov/features/atd  https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the third episode of a four part series, James talks about ICE raids, Primrose’s time in detention, and the start of mass protest against Trump’s mass deportations.  Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/  https://www.ice.gov/features/atd  https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second episode of a four part series, James talks about why Primrose left Zimbabwe and the way migrants are covered in legacy media. Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/  https://www.ice.gov/features/atd  https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of a four part series, James catches up with Primrose and her daughter Kim, who he met in the Darien Gap. We hear about the journey from Panama to the USA’s southern border, and the challenges migrants face along the way. Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Requiem for Stop Cop City - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43 - CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure - CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources: Requiem for Stop Cop City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU  https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/ https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY  https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/ https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43 https://archive.is/LRnmy https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E  https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20  https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760  https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96  https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704  https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers. Original Air Date: 3.27.25 Sources:https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gare investigates the alleged increase in Grindr activity at the 2024 Republican National Convention. Original Air Date: 8.2.24See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss X’s new account location feature, a Russian peace hoax published by Axios, Border Patrol’s use of license plate readers, the shuttering of the Education Department and DOGE, and Zohran’s White House meeting. Sources: https://archive.is/LRnmy https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E  https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20  https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760  https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96  https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704  https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison expounds on six phases of the Stop Cop City movement, its decline in momentum, and how Atlanta bridges the gap between the 2020 protests and new tactics of state repression being used nationwide in the current expansion of police power. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU  https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/ https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/ https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/ https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY  https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/ https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration - Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson - The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge - Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/ Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/ The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting @goodbyealma @picnic_mag Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42 https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20 https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548 https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/ https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/  https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20 https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20 https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/  https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698 https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d  https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats  https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/  https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777  https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana  https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf  https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement  https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States  https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html  https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf  https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf  https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/   https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang weighs whether Bubba is a horse or a president and discusses the vote on the Epstein files, a furry revelation about the Trump assassin, four “Antifa” groups designated as foreign terrorists, and the quiet recession. Plus, updates on gerrymandering and ICE activities.  Fundraiser: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2767DBRL5LDSX Sources: https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20 https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548 https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/ https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/  https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20 https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20 https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/  https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698 https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d  https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats  https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/  https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777  https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana  https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf  https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement  https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States  https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html  https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf  https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf  https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/   https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks with professor, author, historian, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Palestine Studies Sherene Seikaly. They discuss the importance of producing knowledge and learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid. Sources: Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigationsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Alma Avalle, a former staffer at Bon Appetite and VP of the News Guild of New York, about her firing in the wake of Conde Nast’s Teen Vogue purge https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting @goodbyealma @picnic_magSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview. Sources: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks about the bond market, the police, and other challenges Zohran Mamdani will face in office and how to overcome them. Sources: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/ https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts - A New Threat to Public Lands - The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide feat. Dana El Kurd - The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources: Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600718/wall-street-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-nyc-mayor-election-race-results-zohran-mamdani-2025-11#jamie-dimon-1 https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/elon-musk-is-having-a-post-election-meltdown-western-civilization-is-doomed.html https://defector.com/lets-check-in-with-people-who-threatened-to-leave-zohran-mamdanis-nyc https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrats-republicans-reaction-mamdani-win https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/ https://archive.vn/3N3wu A New Threat to Public Lands https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-fights-back-against-biden-s-border-chaos-destroying-america-s-parks-and-public-lands  https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/11/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-nomination-steve-pearce-lead-blm https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kathleen-sgamma-withdraws-jan-6-criticism-came-public--rcna200699  https://recreationroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ORR-Burgum-Nomination-Letter-of-Support-Final.pdf  https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-lee/summary?cid=N00031696  https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/0DED04C4-18C7-4C1F-BCE4-DD5B79FB0264  https://www.jstor.org/stable/14646  The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/after-zionism/ The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827  https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265   https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46  https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488 https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party   https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/  https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/  https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/ https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html  https://freebeacon.com/politics/i-made-a-mistake-heritage-foundation-president-apologizes-to-staff-for-video-refusal-to-cancel-tucker-carlson-and-throws-shade-at-former-chief-of-staff/ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/heritage-president-apologizes-for-tucker-carlson-defense-video-in-heated-all-hands-meeting/  https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-french-schools-matt-walsh-over-his-call-for-no-enemies-on-the-right/  https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20  https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20  https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/  https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-and-heard-in-washington?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264 https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/ https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289 https://archive.vn/sHLdh https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\ https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore  https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/  https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/  https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midtermsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the end of the government shutdown, the release of Epstein emails, a J6 bomber theory, and the wonders of the Trump economy. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264 https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/ https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289 https://archive.vn/sHLdh https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\ https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore  https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/  https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/  https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midtermsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains how Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes sparked infighting between the Heritage Foundation and Ben Shapiro, and the growing influence of America First branded antisemitism in the Republican Party. Sources: https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827  https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265   https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46  https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488 https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party   https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/  https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/  https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/ https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html  https://freebeacon.com/politics/i-made-a-mistake-heritage-foundation-president-apologizes-to-staff-for-video-refusal-to-cancel-tucker-carlson-and-throws-shade-at-former-chief-of-staff/ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/heritage-president-apologizes-for-tucker-carlson-defense-video-in-heated-all-hands-meeting/  https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-french-schools-matt-walsh-over-his-call-for-no-enemies-on-the-right/  https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20  https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20  https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/  https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-and-heard-in-washington?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dana El Kurd speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide. Sources: Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/after-zionism/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Gare discuss Utah Senator Mike Lee’s latest attempt to erode protections on wilderness in the USA. Sources: https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-fights-back-against-biden-s-border-chaos-destroying-america-s-parks-and-public-lands  https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/11/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-nomination-steve-pearce-lead-blm https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kathleen-sgamma-withdraws-jan-6-criticism-came-public--rcna200699  https://recreationroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ORR-Burgum-Nomination-Letter-of-Support-Final.pdf  https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-lee/summary?cid=N00031696  https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/0DED04C4-18C7-4C1F-BCE4-DD5B79FB0264  https://www.jstor.org/stable/14646 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia and Gare discuss the wide range of reactions to Mamdani’s victory and see some truly astonishing meltdowns. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600718/wall-street-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-nyc-mayor-election-race-results-zohran-mamdani-2025-11#jamie-dimon-1 https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/elon-musk-is-having-a-post-election-meltdown-western-civilization-is-doomed.html https://defector.com/lets-check-in-with-people-who-threatened-to-leave-zohran-mamdanis-nyc https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrats-republicans-reaction-mamdani-win https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/ https://archive.vn/3N3wuSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can our heroes best the mighty beasts who await them in the swamps? Who will Trant throw a bomb at?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Occulture, Technomancy vs Tradition, and the Role of Magick in 2025 - The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly - The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind - The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources: The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.) Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf, The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2025.)  Austin Sarat, Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014.) The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.) Dick Reavis, “Charlie Brooks’ Last Words,” Texas Monthly (February 1983.) The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy Breanna Ehrlich, “The Last Face Death Row Inmates See,” Rolling Stone, March 29, 2025 (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-row-reverend-jeff-hood-1235305460/) Anand Giridharadas, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.)  Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.) Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40 https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/  https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244 https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/ https://archive.vn/rR8Ix https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html https://archive.vn/BFLOe https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0 https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html https://archive.vn/BFLOe https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0 https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcriptSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang discuss the election of Zohran Mamdani and California’s redistricting. Plus updates on immigration, tariffs, and air travel issues. Fundraiser: www.weallwegotsd.com/donate Sources: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/  https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244 https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/ https://archive.vn/rR8Ix https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html https://archive.vn/BFLOe https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0 https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcriptSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.