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Robert concludes the story and, thankfully, the life of Mark Fuhrman, after discussing his most famous moment: the OJ Simpson trial.
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This week Robert invites Joe Kassabian to the guest seat and regales him with the thrilling story of Mark Fuhrman, the most famous racist in LAPD history.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Nakba Stories
- Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun
- Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends
- Executive Disorder: Green Card Application Changes, the Pope’s AI Encyclical, Federal Court Blocks GOP Map in Alabama
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Sources/Links:
Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun
Strike Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-real-you-electrolysis-workers-united
Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends
Check out the other episodes of Outlaw here: https://linktr.ee/outlawpod
Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
Final Straw’s past episodes on Grand Juries and Grand Jury Resistance: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/grand-jury/
Live like the World is Dying: Mo on Grand Juries https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e44-mo-on-grand-juries/Executive Disorder: Green Card Application Changes, the Pope’s AI Encyclical, Federal Court Blocks GOP Map in Alabama
https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-10598/refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2026-emergency-presidential-determination-presidential
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2059440695488790898
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2059452011636982241
https://x.com/AndyKimNJ/status/2058624606085226502
https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2026/05/26/how-ice-silenced-the-face-of-the-delaney-hall-hunger-strike/
https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2026/05/ec112dg10%28e%29.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0199-AdjustmentOfStatusAndDiscretion-20260521.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0198-SIJDeferredAction-20260410.pdf
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2059679711391838507
https://x.com/PAKenglishh/status/2059021151242801270
https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/2059045450666131705
https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2059300434313982084
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-strikes-were-aimed-at-protecting-all-religions-not-just-christians-1b3676cf
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-subpoena-hasan-piker-medea-benjamin-over-cuba-trips
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20
https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america
https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026
https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-243_f20h.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K2ZfobOClPyEWDtLELathLkD1eYNTCAD/view
https://alabamareflector.com/2026/05/26/federal-judges-block-alabamas-use-of-2023-congressional-map/
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Robert finally concludes the tale of OneTaste by describing how it all fell apart and ended in prison for Nicole Daedone.
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Robert continues to tell Jamie about Nicole Daedone's OneTaste, orgasm cult.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
- Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
- Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
- Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
- Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
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Sources/Links:
How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf
https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html
https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information
Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf
https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve
https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.
https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/
Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333
https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926
https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa
https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review
https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/
https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/
https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/
https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/
Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund
https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324
https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024
https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf
https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20
https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20
https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046
https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185
https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20
https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/
https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/
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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to weave the half-century long history of orgasm cults in the U.S., culminating in the rise of Nicole Daedone's OneTaste.
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Robert and Joe Kassabian are soon launching a new podcast about Warhammer 40,000 and you. This episode acts as a legally binding teaser / preview.
Tickets: Lions Led by Donkeys Podcast LIVE IN LONDON 29th May
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Robert concludes the story of H.L. Hunt with his involvement in the death of John F. Kennedy and downfall as a polical force.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
- Parasitism with Andrew
- The Return of Jim Crow
- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
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Sources/Links:
Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
https://colonelpanic.tech/
SSD.eff.org
Rayhunter.eff.org
https://www.open-archive.org/save
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf
https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it
https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/
https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/
https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
Parasitism with Andrew
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
The Return of Jim Crow
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html
Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo
https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20
https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20
ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged
https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046
https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828
https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/
https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/
https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720
https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20
https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.
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This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
(3 Part Series)
https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/
https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2
- Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
- Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
- Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
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Sources/Links:
The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/02/17/who-was-quentin-deranque-the-far-right-activist-killed-in-lyon_6750585_5.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/27/france-s-political-violence-has-risen-significantly-with-assaults-doubling-over-the-past-10-years_6750916_23.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html
https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2024/extreme-right-violence-in-france-is-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=copilot.com
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-le-collectif-dextreme-droite-qui-provoque-le-cyber-harcelement-de-militantes-feministes-et-delues-de-gauche
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/french-nemesis-activist-says-group-traumatised-after-supporter-killed-in-lyon/
https://archive.is/VvPa4
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/nemesis/nemesis-photographiee-realisant-une-gestuelle-neonazie-alice-cordier-evoque-une-reference-au-rap
https://archive.is/kjEUp
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/video/2026/02/18/mort-de-quentin-deranque-ce-que-montrent-les-videos-des-faits_6667296_3224.html
https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/16/revelations-de-nouvelles-images-et-un-temoignage-revelent-quune-embuscade-a-bien-ete-tendue-le-12-fevrier-par-des-fascistes-lyonnais/
https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-quentin-militant-identitaire-agresse-a-lyon/reportage-il-a-refuse-d-aller-a-l-hopital-des-habitants-de-lyon-racontent-l-agression-mortelle-de-quentin-deranque_7808942.html
https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/
Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil
Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html
Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel
Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448
Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/
Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
https://archive.vn/1qeiu
https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/
https://archive.vn/pM5a6
https://archive.vn/u38pm
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/asia-battles-rising-uneven-toll-energy-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-2026-05-04/
https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/plastic-bag-chaos-shortage-fears-highlight-taiwans-energy-security-concerns
Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans
https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/
https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range
https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557
https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265
https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources
https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-south-africa-cb424510bb0c934c781f6bd42ce2e7c8
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf
https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-navy-destroyers-transit-strait-of-hormuz-after-dodging-iranian-onslaught/
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20
https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2051749762538389668?s=20 in
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2051567572454432996?s=20
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051709553956266365?s=20
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x&utm_medium=owned_social&mrfcid=2026050669f852024e34c652f4ad78a6
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2052070088233136553?s=20
https://x.com/Alihashem
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-01-Fifth-Circuit-Order-Granting-Stay-of-2023-REMS.pdf
https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1973866621245567344?s=20
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-is-investigating-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone-despite-decades-of/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840361
https://reproductiverights.org/news/5th-circuit-limits-telehealth-provision-of-abortion-pill/
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25A1208-Admin-Stay-and-CFR.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-charged-shooting-secret-service-agent-near-washington-monument-national-mall
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/washington-monument-shooting-secret-service.html
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Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.
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Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- The Age of Extremophiles
- Libya with Andrew
- Gaddafi with Andrew
- Zohran Mamdani's First 100 Days
- Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act
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Sources/Links:
Libya with Andrew
Iran retaliation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrqqd8lw2wo
Timeline of Libyan History: https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/History
Timeline of Libyan revolt: https://www.britannica.com/event/Libya-Revolt-of-2011
Behind the NTC: http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1062/2/who-drove-the-libyan-uprising
Consequences and Motivations of Libya intervention: https://jacobin.com/2015/02/libya-intervention-nato-imperialism
https://web.archive.org/web/20220517202837/https://merip.org/2011/11/was-the-libya-intervention-necessary/
https://jacobin.com/2021/03/nato-libya-war-uk-us-france-regime-change
https://jacobin.com/2011/09/libya-and-the-left
Rebel abuses: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14891913
Targeting of Black Libyans and Migrants: https://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141549384/blacks-and-migrants-targets-of-attack-in-libya
Displacement numbers in 2012: https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/legacy-pdf/4ec23100b.pdf
Consequences of first civil war: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/libya-capital-under-islamist-control-tripoli-airport-seized-operation-dawn
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/2/16/libya-anniversary-the-situation-is-just-terrible
An attempt at unification: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/libyan-politicians-sign-un-peace-deal-unify-rival-governments
El Sharara oilfield situation: https://middle-east-online.com/node/708060
The status quo as of 2020: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-libyan-conflict-explained/
Another attempt at unification: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/libya-interim-government-sworn-in-replacing-rival-administration
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/21/libya-parliament-withdraws-confidence-from-unity-government
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/3/un-voices-concern-over-vote-on-new-libyan-prime-minister
Morality police: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fears-religious-freedom-libya-proposes-new-morality-police
Slave auction: https://africasacountry.com/2017/11/the-slave-auction-in-libya
Libya’s arms in regional instability: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-arms-un-idUSBRE93814Y20130409/
Natural disaster: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/09/year-rebuilding-libyas-flood-hit-derna-plagued-politics
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-floods-derna-turkish-firm-said-repaired-dam-did-it
Gaddafi with Andrew
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi
https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/
Libya: The History of Gaddafi's Pariah State By John Oakes
Qaddafi and the Libyan revolution By David Blundy, Andrew Lycett
https://africasacountry.com/2017/12/the-return-of-muammar-gaddafi
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2013/10/03/gaddafis-harem-book
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16289543
https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2016/02/17/what-happened-to-the-other-libyans
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329567625_A_Linguistic_Liberation_of_Gaddafi%27s_Libya_From_Near-Extinction_to_an_Imminent_Revitalization_of_Amazigh
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2018/10/13/tebu-cultural-awakening-we-may-not-be-arabs-but-we-are-libyan
https://marxist.com/nature-of-gaddafi-regime.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/business/23views.html
Gaddafi’s relations with the West: https://libcom.org/article/lies-slaughter-capital-2011-nato-intervention-libya-part-two
https://libcom.org/article/libyan-peoples-committees-should-be-foundation-new-life-not-just-interim-measure
https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/05/us-torture-and-rendition-gaddafis-libya
https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/09/secret-intelligence-documents-discovered-libya
Zohran Mamdani's First 100 Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGdfQ-kPTI
https://www.nyc.gov/content/100days/pages/
https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/news/004-26/mamdani-administration-stricter-enforcement-city-s-250-most-distressed-apartment
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mamdani-administration-announces-historic--2-1-million-settlemen
https://www.nyc.gov/content/tenantprotection/pages/pinnacle-tenants
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-signs-eo-to-revitalize-mayor-s-office-to-protect-t
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-historic--2-1m-court-judgment-against-br
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani--nycha-announce--38-4-million-investment-to-bring-
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/sustainability.page
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-launches-new-program-to-deliver-affordabl
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-advances-new-york-city-s-first-free-child-care-pro
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/transcript--mayor-mamdani-announces-major-3-k-expansion--adding-
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/10/homeless-deaths-cold-hearing-wasow-park/
https://citylimits.org/the-mayor-promises-a-new-approach-to-encampment-sweeps-homeless-advocates-dont-buy-it/
https://gothamist.com/news/can-columbus-ohio-teach-the-nypd-about-crowd-control-mamdani-wants-to-find-out
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/nyregion/mamdani-nypd-tisch-police.html
https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-mamdani-signals-openness-to-nypd-gang-database-citing-reforms
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-appoints-renita-francois-as-deputy-mayor-for-commu
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mamdani-administration-secures-nearly--2m-in-restitution-for-800
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-announces--5-million-settlement--reinstatement-of-
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-announces-la-marqueta-as-first-site-identified-for
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani--governor-hochul-announce-state-s-first-pied-a-ter
Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28083136/allen.pdf
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/29/congress/section-702-passes-house-00899071
https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/atf-launches-new-era-reform
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/business/media/david-ellison-trump-cbs-news.html
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp846668401o
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#fae0af84-bd4a-4a4d-86d0-cb7166ef4691
https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116474434041424846
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/governor-sinaloa-and-nine-other-current-and-former-mexican-officials-charged-drug
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-allen-003804b7/
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=cole+allen&contributor_zip=90501
https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/2048180791356821988?s=20
https://www.timemachine.eu/study-on-quality-in-3d-digitisation-of-tangible-cultural-heritage/
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150004067
https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2048222643237601457?s=20
https://x.com/aishahhasnie/status/2048274579043336397
https://x.com/TheRealJChubby/status/2048513664286924938?s=20
https://x.com/BonkDaCarnivore/status/2048220342678597688?s=20
https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OPN/25-3141_complete_opn.pdf
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-02994/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c5d05c7ba737452f85f7b9ee4b2ea99a#data_s=id%3AdataSource_4-59220b9613c647f49771f495924d5772%3A973
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28051570-friends-of-the-ruidosa-church-v-secretary-markwayne-mullin-april-2026/
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Robert concludes the thrilling story of Dr. Robert Spears, who absolutely was not a doctor or actually named Robert Spears.
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Robert tells Brandie Posey the thrilling tale of Dr. Robert Spears, a man who was not a doctor but was a trailblazing Naturopath. And when I say "trailblazing", I mean he committed terrorism on a plane.
https://books.google.com/books?id=70oEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=true
https://time.com/archive/6888850/national-affairs-the-naturopath/
https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/22/archives/explosives-found.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american/82054980/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7219457/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7219462/
https://wearepressingmatters.com/blog%2Farticles/f/a-brief-history-of-naturopathy-in-the-united-states
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/benedict-lust
https://ndnr.com/past-pearls-the-trials-of-benedict-lust/
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/fundamentals-of-naturopathic-medicine/0/steps/372463
https://www.ndhealthfacts.org/wiki/Benedict_Lust
https://quackwatch.org/related/naturopathy/
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Styled-Chasing-Robert-Vernon-Spears/dp/1734204915
https://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Act-Airliner-Backroom-Abortions/dp/B0D9PTQK7L
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down
- Indigeneity with Andrew
- The First Anti-AI Firebombing
- UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech
- Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran
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Sources/Links:
Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down
https://businessjournalism.org/2026/01/tricolor-investigation/
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-signals-30b-risk-020300965.html
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-03-12-2026/card/morgan-stanley-private-credit-fund-hit-with-redemption-requests-IS8PSZh497HC5aF4CkGN
https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/private-credit-defaults-have-just-passed-their-2008-peak/
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/morgan-stanley-tests-private-credit-110634713.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/business/what-is-blue-owl-private-credit
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/barclays-weighs-mfs-fallout-private-080551362.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/apollo-global-marc-rowan-private-credit-funds-redemptions.html
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/apollos-private-credit-fund-limits-investor-withdrawals-after-redemption-2026-03-23/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/wall-street-banks-trade-derivatives-bet-pain-private-credit-ft-reports-2026-04-17/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/apollo-private-credit-fund-gives-investors-only-45percent-of-requested-withdrawals.html
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/shadow-banking-and-private-credit-what-7018536/
https://www.privatedebtinvestor.com/insight-the-challenges-for-pd-arms-of-pe-firms/
https://archive.vn/f9UdP
https://archive.vn/HUxEo#selection-1637.0-1650.0
https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr1111.pdf?sc_lang=en
https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/banks-private-credit-partnerships.html
The First Anti-AI Firebombing
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl
https://sfdistrictattorney.org/texas-man-charged-with-two-counts-of-attempted-murder-and-multiple-other-felonies-in-connection-to-incendiary-destructive-device-thrown-at-russian-hill-residence/
https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20
https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4
https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/
https://www.wdsu.com/article/atf-suspected-molotov-cocktail-starts-fire-tesla-new-orleans-service-center/71025308?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/altman-sf-attack-crisis-parents-22208428.php
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-altmans-attacker-in-his-own-words/id1839942885?i=1000761713169
UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech
https://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception
Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-investigate-nonprofits-domestic-terrorism-links/
https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dlBorkAy4&t=88s
https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/2046765129899934132?s=20
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-virginia-redistricting.html
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2047006423612293170?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2045503858130956788?s=20
https://www.uscis.gov/join
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847039500
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-launches-landmark-uscis-fraud-investigation-in-minnesota
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/how-legal-immigration-became-a-deportation-trap
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/belizean-woman-found-guilty-of-naturalization-fraud
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/justice-department-files-case-to-revoke-us-citizenship-of-mastermind-behind-multimillion-dollar-tax
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2046233734374916125?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045969284690788615
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116444507618729432
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/desantis-trump-administration-attorney-general
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-set-reclassify-marijuana-early-wednesday-axios-reports-2026-04-22/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/accelerating-medical-treatments-for-serious-mental-illness/
https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2046276304765620699?s=20
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1083/404329/20260413154031213_2026.04.13_Mullin%20v.%20Doe%20-%20AC%20Brief%20of%20Fmr%20Gov%20Officials%20ISO%20Respondents_final.pdf
https://x.com/LTC_Shoshani/status/2045913853427634404?s=20
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2046238168543093169?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/afghan-refugees-congo-us.html
https://archive.ph/82QBZ#selection-1695.42-1699.1
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-b2961909.html
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-a-e-asks-u-s-for-a-wartime-financial-lifeline-3f9ea3a0
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-kevin-warsh-jerome-powell-dd88a3f06eddcada4db555fe11e547eb
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/21/congress/gop-senators-committee-probe-as-good-offramp-to-end-warsh-standoff-00884707
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/thom-tillis-federal-reserve-trump-00874999
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Robert concludes the harrowing tale of Jimmy Saville by explaining the horrific reach his relationship with Margaret Thatcher gave him into the NHS, and how he lived out his days as BBC royalty.
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