It Could Happen Here

The gang discuss misinformation about Kurds in Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ICE’s detention of a Columbia student, an anti-trans law in Kansas, and James Talarico winning the senate primary in Texas. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/bovino-minnesota-immigration-minneapolis-good-pretti-0ace82ca68846109fbf6d30439e6f0f1   https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1...

Mia is joined by writer and activist Vicky Osterweil to talk about Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the grim, shockingly violent history of media monopolies. @vickyacab.bsky.social See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks with Gordayeen about the US and Israel attacking Iran, what this means for people in the country, and what might come next.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison reports from Albany at a  rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City. Sources: https://taxtherichny.com/action/ https://ourtime.nyc/    https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new   https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/ https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mam...

Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity – a mutual aid organization in Israel/Palestine. They talk about the role of mutual aid in mobilization, the impact of occupation on the Israeli system, and where the Israeli left has gone since the October 7th attacks.  Sources: Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/   Breaking the Sile...

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theorist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike - Concealed Carry and ICE: The Edge of the Second Amendment - Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor - The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union - Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now You can n...

The gang discuss ICE whistleblowers, the Supreme Court striking down Liberation Day tariffs, Trump’s claims about IVF, and Ring canceling its Flock deal after a controversial Super Bowl ad.  Sources: https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/memorandum_summary_of_documents_newly_received_from_dhs_whistleblowers.pdf   https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026-02-23-...

Robert, James, Sophie, and Garrison break down the medal-filled 2026 State of the Union address, Trump’s waving of the bloody shirt, and the retreat into military pageantry. Sources: https://kmph.com/news/local/bakersfield-family-meets-detained-immigrant-behind-crash-that-left-daughter-brain-injured   https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/commercial-driver-l...

Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida. Sources: https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2010445520595210449?s=20   https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1999836956654555541?s=20 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/florida-governor-election-...

Robert and Karl Kasarda sit down to talk about ICE, concealed carry, and how the new era of aggressive immigration enforcement makes everyone less safe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Tara Raghuveer, director of the Tenant Union Federation, about how tenant and labor unions pulled together to begin organizing a rent strike to protect tenants and combat ICE. https://twincitiestenants.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know - War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo - The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis - Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows,...

The gang discuss presidential approval polls and the growing nationwide sentiment against ICE, what the partial government shutdown means for DHS, and a public domestic violence shooting being weaponized for the culture war. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-shares-fall-after-fda-refuses-review-new-flu-vaccine-2026-02-11/ https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021...

Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike of 1925. Sources: Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor:  https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-labor From War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to Sarajevo to kill people during the siege of the city. Sources: https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com https://sarajevotimes.com/prosecution-in-milan-opens-case-against-giuseppe-vegnaduzzo-first-s...

Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics, and how the shooter's online footprint shows a growing obsession with other mass shooters.  Sources:  https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/terror-without-ideology-the-rise-of-nihilistic-violence-an-isd-investigation/ https://archive...

Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot - Normalcy feat. Andrew - Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons - The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson - Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos You can now...

The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill restricting 3D printers, Pam Bondi’s congressional testimony on the mishandling of the Epstein files, and immigration updates.  Sources: https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep https://www...

In the raging pile of slop that is social media, every once in a while you stumble across someone doing something genuinely amazing. That’s how Prop found Amanda Nelson, the creator behind Amanda’s Mild Takes , where she delivers comprehensive breakdowns of politics and history and artfully drags the trolls in her comment section while she’s at it. We had to get to know her. In t...

James is joined by Sam Hamilton to discuss how people in Social Circle, GA are organizing against an 8,000 person detention facility that ICE is planning to build in a warehouse in their community. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflects fascism as a suicidal state. Sources: Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf   https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-st...