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Robert sits down with Dana Schwartz to tell the dark tale of Alexandre Villaplane, the French Football star and gangster who became a member of the SS. (2 part series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew - Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen - How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center - Tariffs and the Corruption State - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29 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: Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen https://www.shapell.org/behind-the-scenes/the-robot-pen/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1908354 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lead-investigator-james-comer-biden-autopen-digital-signature-rcna216719 https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/autopen-trump-biden-analysis https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-pardon-autopen-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-clemency-interview.html How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center http://nodesertdatacenter.com https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a https://vermaland.com Tariffs and the Corruption State https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nvidia-amd-chip-sales-china-15-percent-h20-mi308/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/business/tariffs-switzerland-trump.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-come-into-effect-hitting-dozens-of-us-trading-partners.html https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/8/12/trump-extends-china-tariff-deadline-for-the-second-time-what-does-it-mean https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/08/12/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/business/trade-exemptions-tariffs-trump https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7jjkvzmkxo https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administration-tells-foreign-military-junta-wants-hear-raising-e-rcna221569 https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-iphone-factory-china/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29 https://www.cvesd.org/parents/family-and-community-resourceslausd.org https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/577/Parent%20Resources/ComResourceGuideEng.pdf https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2024/11/21/with-trump-back-in-power-advocates-criticize-gloria-for-shuttering-immigrant-affairs-office https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/business/trump-bls-ej-antoni.html https://x.com/AngulusTerrarum/status/1955320816855294169 https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1955041060197114136 https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stephen-miran-federal-reserve-board-e7855877 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-bls-appointment-ej-antoni-alarms-economists-2112440 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/business/bls-nominee-trump https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ej-antoni-trumps-pick-lead-bls/story?id=124579471 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/restoring-law-and-order-in-the-district-of-columbia/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8600x7dnn4o https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-democrats-return-after-governor-ends-special-session/story?id=124592449 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loldo4Vmno https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspected-gunman-cdc-shooting-fired-500-rounds-officials/story?id=124577732 https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-jr-in-interview-with-scripps-news-trusting-the-experts-is-not-science https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In Part 2 Frank Fay finds love and creates the most toxic Hollywood romance of all time. Then he breaks Nazi and holds a fascist rally in New York City less than a year after the end of WW2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew - Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd - Mapping Border Deaths - Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28 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: Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew Anarchist Encyclopedia by Sebastien Faure et al https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-herod-the-weakness-of-a-politics-of-protest https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-p-j-lilley-striking-against-the-work-war-machine Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd Oxfam statement about Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/more-than-100-organizations-are-sounding-the-alarm-to-allow-lifesaving-aid-into-gaza/ Fogbow in Uganda and Sudan - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/06/16/fogbow-operations-south-sudan-raise-red-flags-aid-private-sector Bezalel Smotrich’s “Decisive Plan” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/israel-leaders-palestinian-territories-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-7-october Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on dismantling UNRWA - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/unrwa-may-be-forced-stop-saving-lives-gaza-will-world-let-happen NPR report on famine in Gaza - https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/25/g-s1-78968/what-does-it-take-for-a-famine-to-be-declared-in-gaza US Green Beret on what he saw at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites - https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-26/ty-article/i-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-u-s-veteran-and-former-ghf-worker-tells-bbc/00000198-47e0-d6be-a1bd-4ffd67f90000 Aljazeera op-ed by former UN official - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/21/why-is-the-un-not-declaring-famine-in-gaza UN reporting on deaths at aid sites - https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165396 Dr. Nick Maynard on what he witnessed in Gaza - https://www.channel4.com/news/teenagers-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers-british-surgeon-in-gaza Suppressing Dissent edited volume - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Suppressing-Dissent/Zaha-Hassan/9781836430971 Mapping Border Deaths https://nomoredeaths.org/migrant-death-mapping/ 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 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3lvnr5fixc22l https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopalNY/ https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-27fbae217427be730f589323df7cf656 https://sam.gov/opp/53dc2fa997954c1d8acf8888fd8f0b56/view https://bi2technologies.com/service/iris/ https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250519NE91508/bi2-technologies-and-support-our-sheriffs-foundation-partner-with-singlecare-to-create-sheriff-rx/ https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/el-paso-sheriff-to-use-iris-scanners/?ref=404media.co https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000040_7012_-NONE-_-NONE- https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD025FR0000036_7012_NNG15SC82B_8000 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD25P00000047_7012_-NONE-_-NONE- https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSW25P00000042_7012_-NONE-_-NONE- https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/02/capsule-review-ford-svt-raptor-united-states-border-patrol-edition/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senator-cornyn-says-fbi-will-help-track-down-texas-democrats-who-fled-over-2025-08-07/ https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/ https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-house-warrants-arrest-quorum-break/ https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-research https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Robert and Jamie learn how Pete Hegseth thinks Islam works, and discuss his plan to purge the U.S. of undesirables. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR Historian: Crusader motto "Deus vult" is a myth - english.katholisch.de Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post "Five Ways Christian Families Are Under Attack" Pastor Chris Durkin The Crusades, the first holy war | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam) These brave Afghans helped the U.S. after 9/11. Now the U.S. wants to deport them. Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post An Appointment in Samarra | National Review Republican Hegseth is out of U.S. Senate race. For good. Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade - The New York Times Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric | Trump administration | The Guardian Pete Hegseth: Faith, Family, Freedom, and the American Mind | Nashville Christian Family Magazine What the firestorm over Rep. Omar’s remarks says about anti-Semitism in America | PBS NewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Pete Hegseth's life, times and horrible 2020 book. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out details, timeline of sexual assault allegation : NPR Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault | CNN Politics Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong : NPR Historian: Crusader motto "Deus vult" is a myth - english.katholisch.de Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post "Five Ways Christian Families Are Under Attack" Pastor Chris Durkin The Crusades, the first holy war | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam) These brave Afghans helped the U.S. after 9/11. Now the U.S. wants to deport them. Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case - The Washington Post An Appointment in Samarra | National Review Republican Hegseth is out of U.S. Senate race. For good. Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade - The New York Times Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric | Trump administration | The Guardian Pete Hegseth: Faith, Family, Freedom, and the American Mind | Nashville Christian Family Magazine What the firestorm over Rep. Omar’s remarks says about anti-Semitism in America | PBS NewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Post Woke Cinema - AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd - Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27 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 Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center https://givebutter.com/Uj0NLs https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-upmc-to-reinstate-healthcare-for-trans-youth-and-young-adults?source=direct_link& @providers4transjustice on IG Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying https://www.tangledwilderness.org/live-like-the-world-is-dying http://www.tangledwilderness.org http://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff https://www.tangledwilderness.org/features/ready-for-anything https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/its-time-to-build-resilient-communities https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocalypse https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e1-kitty-stryker-on-anarchist-prepping/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27 https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/one-person-killed-every-12-minutes-july-now-gazas-deadliest-month-early-2024 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/27/live-israel-intercepts-gaza-bound-handala-5-palestinians-starve-to-death https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-133/en/ https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=7-30 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.238.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.97.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.98.0.pdf https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag-blanche-set-meet-2nd-day-ghislaine/story?id=124064062 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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