Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

Mia and Gare discuss RFK Jr.'s hideous cuts to everything from HIV prevention to child vaccination as he entrenches his anti-vaccine agenda in the HHS. Sources:https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853 https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/ https://archive.ph/z2Fyx https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214 https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf https://archive.ph/48Ua1 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 Huhti 29min

Andrew and James continue their discussion of Anarchism in Uruguay and talk about the nature of an anarchist military formation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 Huhti 39min

James talks to Jamie, a librarian, about the threat of federal funding being withdrawn from libraries and how listeners can help.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 Maalis 26min

Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Maalis 1h 1min

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland Should You Flee the United States? Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9 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: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/ https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46 https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9 https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089 https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/ https://t.co/eFo00blJBh https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143 https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Maalis 3h 17min

Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat. Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/ https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46 https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9 https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089 https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/ https://t.co/eFo00blJBh https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143 https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Maalis 47min

Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers. Sources:https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Maalis 41min

Robert, James, and Gare discuss the question of fleeing the country, various demographics under threat, and the politics of escape.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Maalis 34min