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    It Could Happen Here Weekly 242

    25/07/2026 | 4h 26 mins.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership
    CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
    CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse
    CZM Rewind: How To Build A Revolution: Myanmar, Part One
    Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism, Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs
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    Sources/Links:
    CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership
    inrange.tv
    https://theliberalgunclub.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/
    CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
    https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership
    https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12
    https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20
    https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf
    https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market
    https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets
    https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

    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.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.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://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://truthpredict.net/
    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://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.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make
    https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket
    https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

    https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

    https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20
    CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse
    https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/
    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/
    https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm
    https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis
    https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf
    https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/
    https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html
    https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber
    Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism, Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs
    https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-man-accused-of-setting-fire-outside-immigration-court-charged-with-arson
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/

    https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2079578782604689855?s=20

    https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism
    https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/ministerial-on-resurgence-of-political-terrorism-results

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1309861/rubio-cites-fatal-greece-firebombing-as-he-urges-global-action-against-far-left-terrorism/
    https://apnews.com/article/france-student-beating-death-politics-melenchon-d333739b9f6025828ffaba3bceb1d263

    https://apnews.com/article/rubio-polticial-violence-antifa-trump-e1dad3924bd1b018e43d5b89ac07bb0b
    https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/
    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.51.0.pdf
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm
    https://www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terrorist-removal-court-has-its-first-case
    https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/visa-restriction-policy-targeting-far-left-terrorist-and-other-aligned-groups/
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/17/2026-14439/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant
    https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf

    https://x.com/BaselineNow/status/2079560456117551204?s=20
    https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2077776039074230375?s=20

    https://x.com/TeamFishback/status/2078957886403670411?s=20

    https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2079633911181725999?s=20
    https://x.com/Julesnader386/status/2078847789606334715?s=20
    https://x.com/roomcguire/status/2077484311608008925?s=20

    https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/
    https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/2077940482869453085
    https://x.com/AOC/status/2079618843815645552?s=20

    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8183/pdf/COMPS-8183.pdf
    https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-may-revive-1930-trade-discrimination-law-for-reciprocal-us-tariffs-125021200628_1.html
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-10-duties-expiring-trade-181612201.html
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-canada-tariffs-wildfire/90987616007/
    https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/trump-tariffs-canada-alcohol-motor-vehicles-dairy/
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-canada-50-tariffs-203346290.html
    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/trump-generic-drugs-tariffs-medicine-trade-.html
    https://archive.vn/LzzYv
    https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/trump-imposes-new-illegal-tariffs-on-canada/
    https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/03/does-the-smoot-hawley-act-justify-the-trump-tariffs-no-says-philip-zelikow/
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/21/canada-tariffs-prices-rise-impact-limited/90993514007/
    https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/
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    Part Four: How The Navy SEALs Lost Their Mind

    23/07/2026 | 51 mins.
    Robert takes us into the modern day history of SEAL malfeasance, from kinda robbing Captain Phillips to the comedy of errors that was the raid on Bin Laden.
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    Part Three: How The Navy SEALs Lost Their Mind

    21/07/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
    In this episode Robert Chronicles how Richard Marcinko's elite red cell suffered two casualties trying to beat up an unarmed man. Also: the Navy SEALs make a series of questionable decisions overseas.
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  • Behind the Bastards

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 241

    18/07/2026 | 2h 54 mins.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights
    Free Football from FIFA
    How to Fire Your Boss
    The DSA Red Scare
    Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea
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    Sources/Links:
    How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf
    https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far

    https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own
    Free Football from FIFA
    https://www.Rebootfifa.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt
    How to Fire Your Boss
    https://industrialworker.carrd.co
    https://linktr.ee/raisaf161
    https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism
    The DSA Red Scare
    http://program.dsausa.org

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing
    https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/

    https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20

    https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbARdcqmWTY
    https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20
    https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20
    https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20
    https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html
    https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20

    https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20
    https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20
    https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/
    Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
    https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20
    https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20
    https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/
    https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20
    https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20
    https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20

    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/
    https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67
    https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250
    https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521
    https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628
    https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20
    https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
    https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46
    https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969
    https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf
    https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf
    https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c
    https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/
    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html
    https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20
    https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain

    https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20
    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089
    https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/
    https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites
    https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6
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    Part Two: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6

    16/07/2026 | 1h 8 mins.
    We continue the life and times of Richard Marcinko as he enters the Vietnam War and immediately commits numerous war crimes for the CIA. Then he gets to invent SEAL Team 6!
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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