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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

For our longer summer read, Margaret reads you a novella about punk houses and identity and growing up written by a master of the medium

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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part One of Four)

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
 • The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom
 • The Fakest Economy of All Time
 • The London Dockworkers Strike
 • Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition
 
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:
 
The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom
 
https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks 
 
https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/ 
 
https://eliaayoub.com/ 
 
The Fakest Economy of All Time
 
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 
 
The London Dockworkers Strike
 
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike 
 
https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889 
 
https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/ 
 
https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike
 
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike
 
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e
 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/
 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/
 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d
 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320
 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6
 
Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition
 
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges

 
https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

 
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/

 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results

 
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/ 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf 
 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/ 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/ 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-haiti 
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf 
 
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401 
 
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/ 
 
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/

 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931
 
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/
 
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf

 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html
 
https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf

 
https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 239

The gang discuss the batch of recent Supreme Court rulings from birthright citizenship and mail in voting, the president's ability to end Temporary Protected Status and fire independent agency heads, and the strengthening of gun rights and digital privacy rights.
 
Sources:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges

 
https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

 
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/29/colorado-supreme-court-rejects-democrat-redistricting-plan-initiative-240/

 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-house-results

 
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/standing-up-for-trans-new-yorkers--mayor-mamdani-launches--15-mi 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/ 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-states-can-exclude-transgender-athletes-from-girls-and-womens-sports-teams/ 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf 
 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358/text 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/trump-v-miot/ 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/noem-v-doe-3/ 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-haiti 
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amid-haiti-chaos-biden-border-hypocrisy-full-display-he-tells-ncna1274121 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf 
 
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401 
 
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/169/649/ 
 
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/

 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-fire-fed-member-lisa-cook-grants-powe-rcna234931
 
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/
 
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf

 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-gun-140830239.html
 
https://www.firearmspolicy.org/us-supreme-court-drives-final-stake-through-vampire-rule-gun-carry-ban-in-second-amendment-decision

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1234_g2bh.pdf

 
https://archive.is/GW904#selection-1595.0-1603.118

 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

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Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition

Andrew and James discuss the strike of London dockworkers in 1889 and the solidarity and support it received.
 
Sources:
 
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike 
 
https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889 
 
https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/ 
 
https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike
 
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/1926-london-docks-general-strike
 
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e
 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/
 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/
 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d
 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320
 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6

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The London Dockworkers Strike

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it’s gambling all the way down
 
Sources:
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 

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The Fakest Economy of All Time

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland. 
 
Sources:
 
https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks 
https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/ 
https://eliaayoub.com/ 
 
 

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The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom

Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors

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CZM Book Club: Two Stories from Gaza Writes Back, edited by Refaat Alareer

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
 • The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight
 • An Update from Belfast
 • The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America
 • Executive Disorder: Prairieland Sentencing, DOGE Deaths, DSA Sweep in New York
 • How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary
 
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:
 
The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight
 
https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/

 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto
 
https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline
 
https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY

 
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien 
 
 
 
How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary Sources:
https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senate
https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/
https://mainepeoplesalliance.org/endorsements/https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69df7d24dedc9206b2f1e62c/1776254244968/GrahamforMaine_EndBillionaireWelfare.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e243347ef4a528f4d10392/1776719977715/GrahamforMaine_DefendDemocracyAgenda.pdfhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69e244c4754da237acf6aa07/1776436420589/GrahamforMaine_HealthcarePolicy.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/69fe0394377d136e142fc5ff/1778254740849/GrahamforMaine_TakeBackAmericanPower.pdfhttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/interview-graham-platner-gun-control-transgender-rights-military-record-family-senate/97-da9bf2d5-e35b-4a2f-9cbd-3b1e3be48570
https://frenchmanbay.org/aaresponse/
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/23/politics/elections/unions-found-susan-collins-challenger-oysterman-graham-platner-joam40zk0w/
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/28/the-oysterman-trying-to-oust-susan-collins-raised-1-million-in-nine-days/
 
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/in-collins-hometown-platner-brings-his-grassroots-pitch-to-the-county/
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-service-employees-association-endorses-democrat-graham-platner-for-us-senate
https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/01/demonstrators-gather-outside-ellsworth-city-hall-part-statewide-protests/
https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/graham-platner-profile/https://themainemonitor.org/graham-platner-success-explained/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlRswCllI5w
 
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2MkjC7ymQHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMgQVqa-DA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-itNjgCJDxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZOj1IzEcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwu_X-as8U&t=116s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNRmty16fg
https://www.patreon.com/naomilachance/posts/graham-platner-160548109
 
 
 
The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America
 
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/unemployment-rate-returned-to-its-prepandemic-level-in-2022.htm
 
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have
 
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-287.html
 
https://endhomelessness.org/resources/nationwide-survey-shows-widespread-discrimination-against-gender-expansive-people-including-in-emergency-shelters/
 
https://news.gallup.com/poll/656708/lgbtq-identification-rises.aspx
 
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/162985/economics/unemployment-during-the-great-depression/
 
https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-Trans-Survey-Brief-V4_Working-File.pdf
 
Executive Disorder Sources:
 
Sources: 
 

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv1208-27 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf 
 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/86/text 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5939015-trump-cassidy-iran-gop-meeting/ 
 
https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-reps-juan-ciscomani-and-gabe-vasquez-lead-bipartisan-public-lands-integrity 
 
 https://x.com/iThusitha/status/2069796878674485517?s=20 
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/06/army-general-pentagon-hegseth/687675/ 
 
https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2069824558035607651?s=20 
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-12542/naturalization-application-fee-adjustments 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490/gov.uscourts.mnd.234490.1.0.pdf 
 
https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/contact-support/legal-matters/child-support.html 
 
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv3501-111 
 
https://x.com/USinNigeria/status/2069798954997264530?s=20 
 
https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957 
 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116779961376108129
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116800002761284625
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/g-s1-129586/france-red-heat-wave-alert https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/22/how-india-heatwaves-shutting-schools-pushing-women-out-of-the-workforce https://indianexpress.com/article/education/schools-shut-in-delhi-up-punjab-wb-more-heatwave-triggers-imd-alert-extended-summer-breaks-10696915/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp0krp98ro https://apnews.com/article/india-heatwave-deaths-heat-stroke-climate-change-880f26e3b8eeb066d2db2308502783d2 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/24/europe-heatwave-live-news-updates-uk-record-breaking-temperatures-italy-red-alert https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-france-europe-climate-change-record-81c341900166135de6cbc0f49156477b https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/climate/europe-heat-wave-dome-france-uk-spain https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/climate/europe-heat-wave-france-uk-spain?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en https://theconversation.com/too-hot-too-humid-why-the-sustained-heatwave-in-india-and-pakistan-is-so-dangerous-283762 https://weather.com/2026/06/23/news/weather/dangerous-record-heat-wave-europe-france-uk-forecast
 
https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-million-preventable-deaths-2030-if-usaid-defundinghttps://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/news-logos/BU-researcher-warns-of-367,000-deaths-from-halted-USAID-programs_.pdfhttps://gizmodo.com/the-headlines-that-elon-musk-says-dont-exist-2000776112https://archive.is/dv0Ve#selection-1309.1-1335.403
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-new-york-primary.html 
https://forward.com/news/831689/brad-lander-israel-palestinians-congress/
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/mysterious-pro-reynoso-super-pac-funded-teachers-union-not-aipac/414238/ 
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/aipac-helping-boost-espaillat-against-dsa-challenge/414300/ 
https://espaillatsreceipts.com/
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 238

We discuss anti-ICE protesters being sentenced to 30-100 years in prison, updates on immigration and Iran, how Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID may have caused millions of potential child deaths, and a deadly heatwave in India, Pakistan, France, and the UK.
 
Prairieland Support:
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/
 
https://www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWprotestors 
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice 
https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist-des-revol-an-immigration-attorney 
 
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https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv1208-27 
 
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5939015-trump-cassidy-iran-gop-meeting/ 
 
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https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2069824558035607651?s=20 
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-12542/naturalization-application-fee-adjustments 
 
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https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957 
 
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Executive Disorder: Prairieland Sentencing, DOGE Deaths, DSA Sweep in New York

Garrison outlines Graham Platner’s campaign platform, his ties with labor unions and local organizing in Maine, and how those relations paved the way for Platner’s working class campaign to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, despite personal scandals and controversies. 
 

Sources:
https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senate 
https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-graham-platner-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/
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https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/in-collins-hometown-platner-brings-his-grassroots-pitch-to-the-county/
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2MkjC7ymQHc
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https://www.patreon.com/naomilachance/posts/graham-platner-160548109

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How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary

Robert and Gare sit down with D.C. resident, Bridget Todd to discuss her experiences at the inauguration, the return of the Proud Boys, and what it all means for everyone in and out of the District.

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A Firsthand Account of the Inauguration & Trump's First Days

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