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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

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!
 
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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
 
 

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

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=46

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Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

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.

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The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson

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_7

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Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

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

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Normalcy feat. Andrew

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 

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Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid

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CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two

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-organized

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 218

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 

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Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest

Robert's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.

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What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism

The Gang sits down to lay out our predictions for 2025 and analyze how right or wrong we were about last year's predictions.

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2025 Predictions

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