Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it.

 

 

Andrew and James talk about the idea of &ldquo;normalcy&rdquo; and the bias towards it.
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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.

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.

It Could Happen Here

Normalcy feat. Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/84a28e88-9092-420b-85f3-b3ed000ba908/transcript

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/7554381061128473886

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

The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/726d951c-1070-43a5-a349-b41a016b8e11/transcript

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glass

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glass

CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/37045e5a-cb52-4f12-8f6c-b41b0175b4a1/transcript

Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism

The Scariest Court in America

Israel’s Attack on Lebanon

Shadow Banking

Executive Disorder

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

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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-6015671

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

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