Robert sits down with Cooper Quinton and Caroline Sinders from the Tech Policy Press to discuss encrypted messaging apps, and which are really secure.

Robert sits down with Cooper Quinton and Caroline Sinders from the Tech Policy Press to discuss encrypted messaging apps, and which are really secure.

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

Which Messaging App is Truly Secure?

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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-Town

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

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45

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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-0

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://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/

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.&nbsp;
Sources: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e871e5fc-38a2-4282-85a3-ae240d82aebc">https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0</a> <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="1f9bb7ba-8313-442f-8106-4b77c26adb2d">https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html</a> <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/</a>
<a href="https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="dbf2b22d-ed7a-4f78-aa47-0a711893d380">https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/</a> <a href="https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="9e3f6fce-038a-417b-94c9-f25cff2b7cd3">https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/</a>

The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace

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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/

Andrew and Mia discuss the pro- and anti-natalist movements and how they generate reactionary politics.
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/">https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate</a>
<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/</a>

Natalism feat. Andrew

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Which Messaging App is Truly Secure?

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