The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism

It Could Happen Here Weekly 235

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them - How to Potluck Your Way to a Union - What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy - The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism - Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update 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: Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm [https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm] https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/ [https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/]  https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20 [https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20]  https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf [https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf]  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/ [https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/]  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm]  https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/ [https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/]  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska]  https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf [https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf]  https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska [https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska]  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/ [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/]  https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A [https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A]  https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/ [https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/] How to Potluck Your Way to a Union https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited [https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited] https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/ [https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/] What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf [https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf]  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story]  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028 [https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis] The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/ [https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/] Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history [https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history]   Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/ [https://negarsrazavi.com/]  Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20 [https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20]  https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374 [https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374] https://remigrationsummit.com/ [https://remigrationsummit.com/]  https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/ [https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/]  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/]  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20 [https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20]  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20 [https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20]  https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call [https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call]  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555]  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359]  https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24 [https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24]  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf [https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/]  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/ [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf] https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ [https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change [https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance] https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth [https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update

The gang discuss Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral campaign, a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting in Alabama, and changes to OMB funding. Sources: https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20 [https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20]  https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374 [https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374] https://remigrationsummit.com/ [https://remigrationsummit.com/]  https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/ [https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/]  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/]  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20 [https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20]  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20 [https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20]  https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call [https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call]  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555]  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359]  https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24 [https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24]  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf [https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/]  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/ [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf] https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ [https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change [https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance] https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth [https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism

Dana El Kurd speaks to Negar Razavi, a political anthropologist at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. Dana and Negar discuss conditions in Iran today, the impact the war has had on the regime and on regional dynamics, and how the “experts” in DC are implicated in this disaster. Sources: Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/ [https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/] Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history [https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history]   Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/ [https://negarsrazavi.com/]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy

Garrison and Sophie talk about the long awaited DNC 2024 election autopsy, its many factual errors, contradictory analysis, and the glaring omissions from Palestine to inflation and Biden’s age.  Sources: https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf [https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf]  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story]  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028 [https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How to Potluck Your Way to a Union

Mia talks with Morgan and Rene of Muji Workers United about their struggle for a union and how ordinary people out-organized their bosses.https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited [https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited]https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/ [https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.