Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew

Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza ft. Dana El Kurd

Mapping Border Deaths

Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28

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

- Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew

- Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd

- Mapping Border Deaths

- Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28

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Sources/Links:

Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew

Anarchist Encyclopedia by Sebastien Faure et al

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine

Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd

Oxfam statement about Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/

Fogbow in Uganda and Sudan - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector

Bezalel Smotrich’s “Decisive Plan” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on dismantling UNRWA - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen

NPR report on famine in Gaza - https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza

US Green Beret on what he saw at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites - https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000

Aljazeera op-ed by former UN official - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza

UN reporting on deaths at aid sites - https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396

Dr. Nick Maynard on what he witnessed in Gaza - https://www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza

Suppressing Dissent edited volume - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971

Mapping Border Deaths

https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/

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

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live

https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3lvnr5fixc22l

https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopalNY/

https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-27fbae217427be730f589323df7cf656

https://sam.gov/opp/53dc2fa997954c1d8acf8888fd8f0b56/view

https://bi2technologies.com/service/iris/

https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250519NE91508/bi2-technologies-and-support-our-sheriffs-foundation-partner-with-singlecare-to-create-sheriff-rx/ 

https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/el-paso-sheriff-to-use-iris-scanners/?ref=404media.co

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000040_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD025FR0000036_7012_NNG15SC82B_8000

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD25P00000047_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000042_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/02/capsule-review-ford-svt-raptor-united-states-border-patrol-edition/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senator-cornyn-says-fbi-will-help-track-down-texas-democrats-who-fled-over-2025-08-07/

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-house-warrants-arrest-quorum-break/

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-research

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
- Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew
- Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
- Mapping Border Deaths
- Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28
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:
Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew
Anarchist Encyclopedia by Sebastien&nbsp;Faure et al
<a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest</a>
<a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine</a>
Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
Oxfam statement about Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - <a href="https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/">https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/</a>
Fogbow in Uganda and Sudan - <a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector</a>
Bezalel Smotrich&rsquo;s &ldquo;Decisive Plan&rdquo; - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october</a>
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on dismantling UNRWA - <a href="https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen">https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen</a>
NPR report on famine in Gaza - <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza">https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza</a>
US Green Beret on what he saw at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites - <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000</a>
Aljazeera op-ed by former UN official - <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza</a>
UN reporting on deaths at aid sites - <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396">https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396</a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/97b49af09fe8aaad/Documents/Dr.%20Nick%20Maynard%20on%20what%20he%20witnessed%20in%20Gaza%20-%20https:/www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza">Dr. Nick Maynard on what he witnessed in Gaza - https://www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza</a>
Suppressing Dissent edited volume - <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971">https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971</a>
Mapping Border Deaths
<a href="https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/">https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/</a>
Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting
<a href="https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/">https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/</a>
<a href="https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf">https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-arrests-low-deportations-rcna217752</a>
<a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/">https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/ </a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/">https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n">https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3luq3qktltc2n</a>
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive">https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374">https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25">https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv">https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump">https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461">https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25">https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump">https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/">https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3lvnr5fixc22l">https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3lvnr5fixc22l</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopalNY/">https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopalNY/</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-27fbae217427be730f589323df7cf656">https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-27fbae217427be730f589323df7cf656</a>
<a href="https://sam.gov/opp/53dc2fa997954c1d8acf8888fd8f0b56/view">https://sam.gov/opp/53dc2fa997954c1d8acf8888fd8f0b56/view</a>
<a href="https://bi2technologies.com/service/iris/">https://bi2technologies.com/service/iris/</a>
<a href="https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250519NE91508/bi2-technologies-and-support-our-sheriffs-foundation-partner-with-singlecare-to-create-sheriff-rx/">https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250519NE91508/bi2-technologies-and-support-our-sheriffs-foundation-partner-with-singlecare-to-create-sheriff-rx/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/el-paso-sheriff-to-use-iris-scanners/?ref=404media.co">https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/el-paso-sheriff-to-use-iris-scanners/?ref=404media.co</a>
<a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000040_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-">https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000040_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-</a>
<a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD025FR0000036_7012_NNG15SC82B_8000">https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD025FR0000036_7012_NNG15SC82B_8000</a>
<a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD25P00000047_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-">https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD25P00000047_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-</a>
<a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000042_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-">https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000042_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-</a>
<a href="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/02/capsule-review-ford-svt-raptor-united-states-border-patrol-edition/">https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/02/capsule-review-ford-svt-raptor-united-states-border-patrol-edition/</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senator-cornyn-says-fbi-will-help-track-down-texas-democrats-who-fled-over-2025-08-07/">https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senator-cornyn-says-fbi-will-help-track-down-texas-democrats-who-fled-over-2025-08-07/</a>
<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/">https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/</a>
<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-house-warrants-arrest-quorum-break/">https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-house-warrants-arrest-quorum-break/</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-research">https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-research</a>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172</a>

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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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