It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy

- Talking to Venezuelans About Venezuela

- Strange People on the Hill: An Interview with Michael Edison Hayden

- Slouching Towards Gallipoli: How The U.S. Might Be Losing To Iran

- Executive Disorder: Tariff Refund Disaster, DHS Citizenship List, Idaho Bathroom Bill, Two Bombing Plots

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

Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th!

Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation

It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics

Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary

Sources/Links:

The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy

https://transitics.substack.com/p/trump-administration-opens-the-door

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04737/visas-enhancing-vetting-and-combatting-fraud-in-the-diversity-immigrant-visa-program

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/

https://rachelnorfolk.me/sites/default/files/2025-02/25_State_11402.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250402-RecognizingMaleAndFemaleSexes.pdf

https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.2.24_DOS_Guidance_for_Visa_Adjudicators_EO_14201_22Keeping_Men_Out_of_Wom_VhPai1S.pdf

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/administrative-processing-information.html

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section:1182%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182)&f=treesort&num=0&edition=prelim

https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM030209.html

https://bsky.app/profile/progesteronipizza.bsky.social/post/3m5w6wnkyhc2u

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/transgender-kansans-challenge-state-law-invalidating-their-drivers-licenses-and-allowing-them-to-be-sued-for-using-public-restrooms

https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb244_03_0000.pdf

https://www.tiktok.com/@transitics/video/7616520936925285662

https://bsky.app/profile/firestorm.coop/post/3mgwxdih3x222

https://www.tiktok.com/@e_c_lider/video/7616688370462231830

https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-in-detention

https://www.them.us/story/alice-correia-barbosa-ice-arrest-brazil-trans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/trump-mexico-deportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration#

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/HMKP-119-JU00-20250430-SD003.pdf

https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-administration-plans-to-end-prison-rape-protections-for-trans-and-intersex-people-memo-says/

https://theneedlenews.com/2026/03/anti-trans-hate-groups-petitioning-fda-for-registry-of-trans-women-crackdown-on-transition-newly-revealed-document-shows/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27871234-fda-2025-p-7321-0001-attachment-public-fda/?ref=theneedlenews.com

https://bsky.app/profile/angelic.style/post/3mgv3hjepvs2p

https://bsky.app/profile/tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/post/3mgvbihtidu2m

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4865109/#:~:text=Only%20346%20(18%25)%20of,Risk%20Evaluation%20and%20Mitigation%20Strategy

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/19/tennessee-gop-advances-bill-that-would-create-public-list-of-trans-residents/?utm_content=1773928472&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://trackbill.com/bill/tennessee-house-bill-754-an-act-to-amend-tennessee-code-annotated-title-1-title-4-title-33-title-56-title-63-title-68-and-title-71-relative-to-health-care/2644177/

https://x.com/popbase/status/2034737772792041622?s=46

https://transitics.substack.com/p/tennessee-republicans-advance-bill

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/movaokabwva/USA_HEALTH_TRANSGENDER_WESTVIRGINIA.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/rfk-jr-transgender-care-ruling.html

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-rules-that-states-can

https://bsky.app/profile/davidforbes.bsky.social/post/3mgv5httwss26

https://glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people

https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/18/meaning-through-its-opposite-significance-quest-theory-and-nihilistic-violent-extremism/

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/what-are-nihilist-violent-extremists

https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1968802472111083949?s=20

https://oversight-project.revv.co/urge-the-fbi-to-designate-transgender-terrorism

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOykLZJDS2h/

https://www.tiktok.com/@genericartdad/video/7554381061128473886

Talking to Venezuelans About Venezuela

https://www.instagram.com/e.m.arian

Strange People on the Hill: An Interview with Michael Edison Hayden

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-edison-hayden/strange-people-on-the-hill/9781645030607/

Executive Disorder: Tariff Refund Disaster, DHS Citizenship List, Idaho Bathroom Bill, Two Bombing Plots

https://open.substack.com/pub/shatterzone/p/the-trans-panic-clickbait-economy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-homeland-security-and-the-director-of-the-office-of-management-and-budget/

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/todd-lyons-ice-stress-hospital-00848458

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/trump-texas-senate-endorsement-00847967

https://ktla.com/news/california/u-s-marine-in-california-accused-of-stealing-selling-missile-systems-in-arizona/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/gun-store-owner-indicted-conspiracy-and-attempting-provide-material-support-designated

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032526_gun_store_terrorism/southern-az-gun-dealer-hit-with-terrorism-charges-selling-50-cal-rifle-machine-guns-atf-sting/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/77/african-communities-together-v-lyons/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/78/african-communities-together-v-lyons/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.1_1.pdf

https://www.patreon.com/posts/129696965?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

https://www.mofa.gov.mm/en/receiving-those-deported-from-overseas-with-open-arms-21-3-2025/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116317880658472708

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-889231

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-officials-deny-israeli-reports-strike-inside-iran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/world/middleeast/iran-strikes-infrastructure-industry.htm

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/middleeast/us-air-force-awacs-jet-destroyed-saudi-arabia-intl-hnk-ml

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/marshall-islands-declared-a-state-of-economic-emergency-amid-global-criss

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.81.0_4.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/media/1432851/dl?inline

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/land-olakes-woman-charged-assisting-after-fact-and-evidence-tampering-related-attempt

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/03/31/tampa-macdill-air-force-base-bomb-threat-a
nn-mary-zheng/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1433011/dl?inline

https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2037640720375316583

https://queerkentucky.com/kentucky-trans-teachers-hb-759-fact-check/

https://x.com/whooith/status/2039021995267141814?s=20

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/pinknews-to-move-to-a-reporter-free-newsroom-with-its-journalists-facing-redundancy/

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/31/idaho-governor-signs-bill-to-criminalize-trans-people-using-bathrooms-that-align-with-their-identity/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(1622)

It Could Happen Here Weekly 245

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA GlobeCon: Can Tech...

15 Aug 4h 6min

Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election

The gang discuss sabotage of Flock cameras across the country, immigration judge training documents, DOJ lawsuits over state tuition assistance for immigrants, Trump’s new anti-vax executive order, co...

14 Aug 1h 22min

How Ken Paxton Became The Most Corrupt Man In Texas Politics

Our Robert sits down with Texas journalist Robert Downen to discuss the rise and hopeful fall of Texas AG Ken Paxton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Aug 28min

GlobeCon: Can Technocratic Neoliberalism Save Us? Um no wtf?

Garrison talks with sociology professor Ben Rose Porter about the Center for New Liberalism’s anti-populist vision of "technocracy, cynical maneuvering, and liberal nationalism.” Sources: https://www...

12 Aug 54min

GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA

Garrison travels to Washington D.C. to attend the New Liberal Action Summit, an annual conference put on by a group of young center-left policy wonks who went from posting memes about neoliberalism to...

11 Aug 49min

The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government

Robert and Mia discuss the recent Cockroach Janta Party protests against crises in India's education system and how they threaten India's ruling fascist government. Sources: https://www.hindustantimes...

10 Aug 33min

CZM Book Club: What We Want, What We Believe, by Alex Smith, Part Two

Prince Shakur returns to finish reading Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black AugustSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9 Aug 44min

It Could Happen Here Weekly 244

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. A Second Electrolysis Union Appears Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara The Rise of Organized Retail...

8 Aug 3h 26min