It Could Happen Here Weekly 237

It Could Happen Here Weekly 237

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine - Settler Colonialism with Andrew - Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy - The Necessary War on Data Centers - Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack 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 [http://apple.co/coolerzone] Sources/Links: How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth]) More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu Empire of Borders by Todd Miller Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu (https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf [https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf]) Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294]) Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña (https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/ [https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/]) Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924 (https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf [https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf]) US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic]) Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1 (https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header [https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header]) Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby (https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/ [https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/]) Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas [https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas]) ‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart]) Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/ [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/]) “They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses” (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/ [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/]) Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic (https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/ [https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/]) 10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic (https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality [https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality]) LEA Training Schedule 2024 (https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR [https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR]) International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program) [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program)] Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program (https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program]) El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M]) How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau (https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/ [https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/]) Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html]) Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/ [https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/]) US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border (https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border [https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border]) Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/]) A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg]) “A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen (https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234 [https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234]) Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS (https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html [https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html]) Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti]) La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia (https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/ [https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/]) La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413 [https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413]) Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement (https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/ [https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/]) 87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración (https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/ [https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/]) Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic) [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)] Settler Colonialism with Andrew Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History [https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History] Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran.  The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi The Question of Palestine by Edward Said https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel [https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel] Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576 [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576] https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276 [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276]  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og]  Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack Short Stories: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/ [https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification]https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20 [https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk]https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000 [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000] https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf [https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/] https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation [https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation]  https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rul [https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rule]https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/] Police Shooting: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/ [https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/]  https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/ [https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/]  https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp [https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp]  https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/ [https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/]  https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/ [https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/]  https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163 [https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163]  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html [https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html]  https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1 [https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1]  https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/ [https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/]  https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022 [https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022] Iran Deal: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167 [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167]  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl]  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal [https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal]  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU [https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU]  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]  https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20 [https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20]  https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781 [https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781]  https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz [https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz]  https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20 [https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20] https://x.com/osinttechnical [https://x.com/osinttechnical]  World Cup: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/]https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas [https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas] https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/ [https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/]https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension [https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/]UFC Freedom 250: https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ [https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending]https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline [https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline]https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf [https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0]https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/ [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/]Dialog: https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ [https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Two: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

Robert concludes the heroic story of a fake bomb detector that got forced on Iraq leading to hundreds of deaths. Sources: https://corruption-tracker.org/case/the-worldwide-fake-bomb-detector-scam [https://corruption-tracker.org/case/the-worldwide-fake-bomb-detector-scam] https://archive.is/ykgSC [https://archive.is/ykgSC] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29477894 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29477894] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375] https://archive.is/6pQv#selection-659.1-671.44 [https://archive.is/6pQv#selection-659.1-671.44] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22380368 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22380368] https://archive.is/qOXeu#selection-1625.1034-1633.368 [https://archive.is/qOXeu#selection-1625.1034-1633.368] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-43900624 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-43900624] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-bomb-detectors-that-didnt-work-in-baghdad/ [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-bomb-detectors-that-didnt-work-in-baghdad/] https://archive.is/IctuY#selection-3735.0-3747.72 [https://archive.is/IctuY#selection-3735.0-3747.72] https://quackwatch.org/related/ideomotor/ [https://quackwatch.org/related/ideomotor/] https://www.maloriesadventures.com/blog/the-forgotten-story-of-the-radionics-scam-that-fooled-the-gilded-age/ [https://www.maloriesadventures.com/blog/the-forgotten-story-of-the-radionics-scam-that-fooled-the-gilded-age/] https://mind.university/radionics-the-medicine-of-the-future-a-hoax-or-a-scientific-mystery/ [https://mind.university/radionics-the-medicine-of-the-future-a-hoax-or-a-scientific-mystery/] https://educate-yourself.org/tjc/ruthdrownuntoldstory.shtml [https://educate-yourself.org/tjc/ruthdrownuntoldstory.shtml] https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-un-science-of-radionics/ [https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-un-science-of-radionics/] https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2019/10/08135540/drown.pdf [https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2019/10/08135540/drown.pdf] https://www.kookscience.com/arch/Radionics.html [https://www.kookscience.com/arch/Radionics.html] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 236

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Bovino’s Visit to Europe - Idealogical Totalism with Andrew - The Globalization of Resistance with Andrew - The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire - Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Trans Healthcare, Denaturalization Cases  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 [http://apple.co/coolerzone] Sources/Links: Bovino’s Visit to Europe https://remigrationsummit.com/ [https://remigrationsummit.com/]  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/christchurch-shooters-links-to-austrian-far-right-more-extensive-than-thought [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/christchurch-shooters-links-to-austrian-far-right-more-extensive-than-thought]  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/ [https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/]  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ [http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/]  https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/RE_2025.08.21_Unauthorized-Immigrants_REPORT.pdf [https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/RE_2025.08.21_Unauthorized-Immigrants_REPORT.pdf]  https://www.cbp.gov/about [https://www.cbp.gov/about]  https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444 [https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444]  https://youtu.be/OYIK2-pO_7Y [https://youtu.be/OYIK2-pO_7Y] The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber [https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber]  How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567] Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Trans Healthcare, Denaturalization Cases  https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/ [https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/] https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian [https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf] https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20 [https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20]  https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details [https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details]  https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com [https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com]  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Part Two: The Rise of the "Activist" Investor

Robert concludes the story of the rise and fall of an activist investor we can now admit was just Bill Ackman all along. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.