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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd - Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News - Natalism feat. Andrew - The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45 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: Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/ [https://badcousins.show/] GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf [https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf]  A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved  - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/ [https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/] Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243 [https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243] Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership [https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership] https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 [https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12] https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20 [https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20] https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf [https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf] https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market [https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market] https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets [https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets] https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 [https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024] https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html] https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries [https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries] https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/ [https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/] https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/ [https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/] https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns [https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns] https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket [https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket] https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers [https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348 [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348] https://truthpredict.net/ [https://truthpredict.net/] https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ [https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w] https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds [https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html] https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make [https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make] https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket [https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket] https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ [https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/] https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling [https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling] https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20 [https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20] Natalism feat. Andrew https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/ [https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican] https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate [https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/] The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0 [https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0] https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html [https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/] https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/ [https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/] https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/ [https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209 [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209] https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler [https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler] https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438 [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438]https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ [https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/]  https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021 [https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544]https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Five: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert tells Margaret about the giant meeting the military held to tell everyone how they planned to kill the world. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Four: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Three: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://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.  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help  - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44 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: Darién Gap: One Year Later Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose [https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html] https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html [https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html] https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/ [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/] https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/ [https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/]  http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ [http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/]  https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ [https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/]  https://www.ice.gov/features/atd [https://www.ice.gov/features/atd]  https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning [https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning]  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim] Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime] https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data] https://compstat.nypdonline.org/ [https://compstat.nypdonline.org/]  https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf [https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf]  https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3 [https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3]  https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445 [https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445]  https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF [https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF]  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo]  https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis [https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis]  https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces [https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces]  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf [https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf]  https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association [https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association]  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and]  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360]  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/]  https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia [https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia]  https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353 [https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353]  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim]  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest]  https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access [https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access]  https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme]  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/ [https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/] https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/ [https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/] https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom [https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom]https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf [https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html] https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf [https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf] https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/ [https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/]  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view]  https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf [https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf]  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index= [https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=] https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20 [https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20]  https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership [https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership]  https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12 [https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12] https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117 [https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.