How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare

Tracking ICE Removal Flights

How LA Resisted ICE

Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26

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

- How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage

- Tracking ICE Removal Flights

- How LA Resisted ICE

- Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26

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How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage

https://transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com/

https://thefreeradical.org/dont-panic-the-battle-over-the-trans-medicaid-ban-is-far-from-over-heres-how-to-fight-back/

https://ashevilleblade.com‪‪

Social Media: @thefreeradical.org‬, @davidforbes.bsky.social‬, @madycast.com

Tracking ICE Removal Flights

https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/

https://hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-eswatini-flight-went-through-us-base-in-djibouti-americans-stationed-there-are-angry/

https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-action-for-airline-workers-to-stop-ices-deportation-machine/

https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/

witnessattheborder.org

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

https://www.pogo.org/investigations/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights

https://capitalandmain.com/a-drunk-mechanic-shackled-immigrants-a-crash-landing-the-dangers-of-ice-flights

https://alexplank.substack.com/p/photos-shackled-migrant-escorted

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

How LA Resisted ICE

https://linktr.ee/mel_buer‪

@acatwithnews.bsky.social‬

@melbuer.bsky.social‬

Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-model-amy-dorris

https://archive.fo/J6z9J

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna218693

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll

https://archive.fo/aeLYy

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26

Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?st=dg3j4m&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-4634e5afceb8b1bb43f23558dfbb1d6c

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year 

https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-immigration-deport-chilean-man-living-pennsylvania-refuting-123944071

https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/07/22/foto-atribuida-a-luis-leon-supuesto-migrante-chileno-deportado-a-guatemala-es-falsa/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165454 

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-07-22/fort-bliss-detention-center-migrants-18520342.html

https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4250988/ 

https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2022-02/DODIG-2022-064.pdf 

https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2024/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_2/OHDACA_OP-5.pdf 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/trump-awards-immigration-detention-center-contract-for-fort-bliss-in-texas?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy 

https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/21/you-feel-like-your-life-is-over/abusive-practices-at-three-florida-immigration 

https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/232598p.pdf

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghan-refugee-fort-bliss/  

https://ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/031145354889

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/ 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/trump-announces-massive-trade-deal-with-japan-with-15percent-tariffs.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/23/eu-100bn-no-deal-plan-trump-tariffs-threat-us-imports

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-trade-deals-are-arriving-how-they-might-affect-us-economy-rcna220465

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-law-ban-hormone-therapy-gender-affirming-surgery-transgender-youth/

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5407157-puerto-rico-gender-affirming-care-ban-transgender-americans/

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-congress-epstein-mike-johnson-b2793874.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-strikes-deal-with-japan-as-eu-us-reportedly-close-in-on-pact-200619932.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/npr-pbs-affiliates-worry-congress-clawbacks-00465850

https://archive.vn/zXQCw#selection-895.0-899.146

 

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
- How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
- Tracking ICE Removal Flights
- How LA Resisted ICE
- Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
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 &ldquo;Cooler Zone Media&rdquo; and subscribe today!
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Sources/Links:
How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
<a href="https://transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="552934a9-0769-45c5-b962-95296f4981fb">https://transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com/</a>
<a href="https://thefreeradical.org/dont-panic-the-battle-over-the-trans-medicaid-ban-is-far-from-over-heres-how-to-fight-back/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="234874e4-fa76-49a0-8140-d2507231090a">https://thefreeradical.org/dont-panic-the-battle-over-the-trans-medicaid-ban-is-far-from-over-heres-how-to-fight-back/</a>
<a href="https://ashevilleblade.com" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e2a37f65-f510-48f6-95c3-16d42f42dceb">https://ashevilleblade.com</a>‪‪
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Tracking ICE Removal Flights
<a href="https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="2883a1ca-db17-4e87-a5d0-3f47e3c6753e">https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/</a> <a href="https://hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-eswatini-flight-went-through-us-base-in-djibouti-americans-stationed-there-are-angry/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3c8da5d8-db50-4531-9735-f5041ffa9538">https://hardghistory.ghost.io/new-ices-eswatini-flight-went-through-us-base-in-djibouti-americans-stationed-there-are-angry/</a> <a href="https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-action-for-airline-workers-to-stop-ices-deportation-machine/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d8635d28-8725-49a6-93c9-a30997db9b5f">https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-action-for-airline-workers-to-stop-ices-deportation-machine/</a>
<a href="https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="5c696b38-72f3-468d-b90d-98611d81dcf0">https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/</a>
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How LA Resisted ICE
<a href="https://linktr.ee/mel_buer" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="9a3ddfbc-28c2-4ae7-98ac-2590fd113412">https://linktr.ee/mel_buer</a>‪
@acatwithnews.bsky.social‬
@melbuer.bsky.social‬
Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3dfc5f25-6f84-42c8-9409-3f87d9556271">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3201c077-9dfc-45e7-b69d-385b0ce551ff">https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-model-amy-dorris" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="075d8f78-deb6-4abb-aa25-ae57543e2f84">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-model-amy-dorris</a>
<a href="https://archive.fo/J6z9J" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="afbff4fc-a62a-468b-9e72-456ab37d2d4c">https://archive.fo/J6z9J</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna218693" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7b3c4e69-fa15-440b-abbd-cd6f487f66dc">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna218693</a>
<a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="02a04760-d314-4566-90d4-163e70bd34d6">https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll</a>
<a href="https://archive.fo/aeLYy">https://archive.fo/aeLYy</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/</a>
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
Fundraiser:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose">https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose</a>
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?st=dg3j4m&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?st=dg3j4m&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-4634e5afceb8b1bb43f23558dfbb1d6c">https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-4634e5afceb8b1bb43f23558dfbb1d6c</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038">https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-immigration-deport-chilean-man-living-pennsylvania-refuting-123944071">https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-immigration-deport-chilean-man-living-pennsylvania-refuting-123944071</a>
<a href="https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/07/22/foto-atribuida-a-luis-leon-supuesto-migrante-chileno-deportado-a-guatemala-es-falsa/">https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/07/22/foto-atribuida-a-luis-leon-supuesto-migrante-chileno-deportado-a-guatemala-es-falsa/</a>
<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165454">https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165454</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-07-22/fort-bliss-detention-center-migrants-18520342.html">https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-07-22/fort-bliss-detention-center-migrants-18520342.html</a>
<a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4250988/">https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4250988/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2022-02/DODIG-2022-064.pdf">https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2022-02/DODIG-2022-064.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2024/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_2/OHDACA_OP-5.pdf">https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2024/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_2/OHDACA_OP-5.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/trump-awards-immigration-detention-center-contract-for-fort-bliss-in-texas?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_campaign=copy">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/trump-awards-immigration-detention-center-contract-for-fort-bliss-in-texas?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_campaign=copy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/21/you-feel-like-your-life-is-over/abusive-practices-at-three-florida-immigration">https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/21/you-feel-like-your-life-is-over/abusive-practices-at-three-florida-immigration</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/232598p.pdf">https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/232598p.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghan-refugee-fort-bliss/">https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghan-refugee-fort-bliss/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/031145354889">https://ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/031145354889</a>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/trump-announces-massive-trade-deal-with-japan-with-15percent-tariffs.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/trump-announces-massive-trade-deal-with-japan-with-15percent-tariffs.html</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/23/eu-100bn-no-deal-plan-trump-tariffs-threat-us-imports">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/23/eu-100bn-no-deal-plan-trump-tariffs-threat-us-imports</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-trade-deals-are-arriving-how-they-might-affect-us-economy-rcna220465">https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-trade-deals-are-arriving-how-they-might-affect-us-economy-rcna220465</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-law-ban-hormone-therapy-gender-affirming-surgery-transgender-youth/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-law-ban-hormone-therapy-gender-affirming-surgery-transgender-youth/</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5407157-puerto-rico-gender-affirming-care-ban-transgender-americans/">https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5407157-puerto-rico-gender-affirming-care-ban-transgender-americans/</a>
<a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-congress-epstein-mike-johnson-b2793874.html">https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-congress-epstein-mike-johnson-b2793874.html</a>
<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-strikes-deal-with-japan-as-eu-us-reportedly-close-in-on-pact-200619932.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-strikes-deal-with-japan-as-eu-us-reportedly-close-in-on-pact-200619932.html</a>
<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison</a>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/npr-pbs-affiliates-worry-congress-clawbacks-00465850">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/npr-pbs-affiliates-worry-congress-clawbacks-00465850</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/zXQCw#selection-895.0-899.146">https://archive.vn/zXQCw#selection-895.0-899.146</a>
&nbsp;

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It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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