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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Nakba Stories - Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun - Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends - Executive Disorder: Green Card Application Changes, the Pope’s AI Encyclical, Federal Court Blocks GOP Map in Alabama 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: Real You Electrolysis Workers United: A Unionization Speedrun Strike Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-real-you-electrolysis-workers-united [https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-real-you-electrolysis-workers-united] Outlaw: ICE Protest Repression Trends Check out the other episodes of Outlaw here: https://linktr.ee/outlawpod [https://linktr.ee/outlawpod] Follow https://www.instagram.com/outlaw.pod/ [https://linktr.ee/outlawpod] on Instagram & @outlawpod.bsky.social Bluesky, & Substack https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://outlawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe]  Final Straw’s past episodes on Grand Juries and Grand Jury Resistance: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/grand-jury/ [https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/grand-jury/] Live like the World is Dying: Mo on Grand 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[https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2026/05/26/how-ice-silenced-the-face-of-the-delaney-hall-hunger-strike/]   https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2026/05/ec112dg10%28e%29.pdf [https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2026/05/ec112dg10%28e%29.pdf]  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0199-AdjustmentOfStatusAndDiscretion-20260521.pdf [https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0199-AdjustmentOfStatusAndDiscretion-20260521.pdf]  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0198-SIJDeferredAction-20260410.pdf [https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/PM-602-0198-SIJDeferredAction-20260410.pdf]   https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2059679711391838507 [https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2059679711391838507?s=20] https://x.com/PAKenglishh/status/2059021151242801270 [https://x.com/PAKenglishh/status/2059021151242801270?s=20] https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/2059045450666131705 [https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/2059045450666131705]  https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2059300434313982084 [https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2059300434313982084?s=20] https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-strikes-were-aimed-at-protecting-all-religions-not-just-christians-1b3676cf [https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-strikes-were-aimed-at-protecting-all-religions-not-just-christians-1b3676cf]  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/ [https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-subpoena-hasan-piker-medea-benjamin-over-cuba-trips [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-subpoena-hasan-piker-medea-benjamin-over-cuba-trips]https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20 https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20 [https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2059420660758171701?s=20]https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america [https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america] https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026 https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026 [https://apnews.com/live/election-primary-texas-runoff-05-26-2026]https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/ https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/ [https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/] https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ 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Part Three: The Orgasm Cult

Robert finally concludes the tale of OneTaste by describing how it all fell apart and ended in prison for Nicole Daedone. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Two: The Orgasm Cult

Robert continues to tell Jamie about Nicole Daedone's OneTaste, orgasm cult.  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.  - How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting - Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo? - Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid - Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con - Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump 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 Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements]  https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline] https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline]https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline]https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline 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https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit [https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit] https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf [https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf]  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule]   https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule [https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule]  https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/ 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Part One: The Orgasm Cult

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to weave the half-century long history of orgasm cults in the U.S., culminating in the rise of Nicole Daedone's OneTaste. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.