It Could Happen Here

Kevin speaks with Stephen Prochaska and Danielle Lee Tomson of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public about election rumors and how to sort through claims of rigged elections.

Sources:

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-reward-reporting-voter-fraud
• https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/harassment-public-records-requests-bombard-uw-truth-seeker-after-jan-6-hearings-cameo/
• https://uwcip.substack.com/p/election-rumor-rundown-october-24
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/minnesota-charges-conservative-activist-okeefe-influencer-higby-after-voting-2026-10-29/

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James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things James mentioned in the episode, all with non affiliate links!

https://armsofandes.com/
https://darntough.com/
https://www.sitkagear.com/collection/equinox-guard-collection
https://www.royalrobbins.com/us/en-us/men/featured/mosquito-protection-technology/
https://nuyarn.com/
https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha
https://www.primaloft.com/insulation-products/active-series/active-evolve
https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/quantum-air
https://kahtoola.com/gaiters/navagaiter-gtx/
https://auclairgloves.us/products/hybrid-xc-2-finger-mitts-adult-new-fall-2023
https://skida.com/products/limoncello-alpine-hat

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Robert reads an essay by Brazilian activist and podcaster Caio Almendra, about Caio's personal experience helping rally 2 million voters to save Brazilian democracy.

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Margaret reads you a comfy, cozy story about a robot colony on the moon, and one robot's journey to find a new home--and have her tarot cards read

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:

• Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
• 2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
• ¡El Chupacabras!
• Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
• Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania

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Sources/Links:

Israeli Elections and the Palestinians

• Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
• A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
• Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
• Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means

2026 Elections (The Union Ones)

• https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH

¡El Chupacabras!

• Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
Radford
• Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román
• En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1
• Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x
• Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
William A Calvo-Quirós
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf
• El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
• Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc
• La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
• La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
• https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupac
abras/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
ng
• https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
nmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uran
ium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunq
ue-national-forest
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5
• https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-
rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
• “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
• “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni

Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales

• https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
• https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
• https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
• https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
• https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
• https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
• https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------

Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania

• https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20
• https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20
• https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20
• https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20
• https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20
• https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0
• https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20
• https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143
• https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
• https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns
• https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
• https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo
• https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/
• https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/
• https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
• https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/
• https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a
• https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
• https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
• https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
• https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
• https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
• https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
• https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
• https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges
• https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
• https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
• https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/

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The gang discuss how Brazilians organized to beat Bolsonaro, White House allegations of “likely” non-citizen voting, James O'Keefe being charged with unlawful voting, $137 million in AI campaign ads and politician deepfakes, and why there are massive protests in Albania.

Sources:

• https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20
• https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20
• https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20
• https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20
• https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20
• https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20
• https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20
• https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en
• https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=enhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
• https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
• https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns
• https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
• https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
• https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdfhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwohttps://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/
• https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/?related=TheNatWorld,NationalComment,LifeNationalUAE,NatSportUAE&via=TheNationalNews
• https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815?a=mydASAtSuGY7G8V4jaU&s=20
• https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
• https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a
• https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52ahttps://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527?a=lz0ZYjpEWUfTyg19SFY&s=20
• https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
• https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
• https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
• https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
• https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
• https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
• https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327?a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
• https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
• https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges
https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
• https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
• https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
• https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/

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Journalist Kim Kelly gives us a spooky little roundup of labor actions from gravediggers, embalmers, and coffin makers (oh my!).

Sources: https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/

• https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
• https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
• https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
• https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
• https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
• https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
• https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------

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Carlos hunts down the origin of the chupacabra, then explains how U.S. imperialism and
Puerto Rico’s many crises gave rise to the bloodsucker.

Follow Carlos @vaquero2XL

Sources:

• Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
Radford
• Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román
• En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1
• Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x
• Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
William A Calvo-Quirós
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf
• El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
• Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc
• La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
• La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
• https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupac
abras/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
ng
• https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
nmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uran
ium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunq
ue-national-forest
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5
• https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-
rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
• “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
• “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni

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Mia talks with IWW members Pam Suitland-Halas, Andrew D. Ferguson, and Elizabeth Copis-Dukelow about the upcoming elections in the IWW.

Links:

https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH

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In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure
https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4

https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical
https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks through what the Israeli elections mean for Palestinians across the territories and within Israel. She goes over the latest reports on how the election might play out, and recent events that have affected campaigning in Israel.

Sources:

• Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
• A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
• Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
• Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means

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Margaret and Hazel read you a found documents story about a government experiment gone wrong

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:

• Anti-Palestinian Racism
• How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
• The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1
• The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P2
• Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue

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Sources/Links:

Anti-Palestinian Racism

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• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/
• https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality
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How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
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The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2

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• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
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Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue

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• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf
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• https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/10/php2shell-why-websites-are-going-offline-for-emergency-security-updates
• https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/
• https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-20/canada-awaits-alberta-referendum-results-after-carney-urges-voters-to-reject-separation
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• https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/
• https://www.dw.com/en/clashes-erupt-at-argentine-student-protests-against-president-mileis-austerity-policies/a-79676861
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-protests-edi-rama-jared-kushner-9f0ce30c446aa9f273068b98d9f40b14
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The gang discuss the short lived career of Press Sec Katie Zacharia, an anti-trans op in Texas, Trump’s new “Women’s Health Task Force,” the Alberta secession referendum, Elon Musk cutting Starlink speed in Ukraine, and protests in France, Albania, Indonesia, and Italy.

Sources:

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary
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• https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/
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https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
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https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/32/3/president-biden-requests-12b-for-research-on-womens-health
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
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• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/

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In the second of two episodes Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory.

Sources:

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
• https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
• https://archive.is/V3Qye
• https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
• https://archive.ph/LClfA
• https://archive.ph/NL4NF
• https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

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Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory.

Sources:

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
• https://archive.is/V3Qye
• https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
• https://archive.ph/LClfA
• https://archive.ph/NL4NF
• https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

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Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it.

Listen here and subscribe to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Ahead of the midterms, Garrison explains the current status of Trump’s executive orders to
to restrict mail in voting and purge voter rolls, and how the worst effects may not come until 2028.

Sources:

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/
• https://michigandems.com/michigan-leaders-slam-mike-rogers-for-trying-to-intimidate-and-disenfranchise-detroit-voters/
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
• https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
• https://www.uscis.gov/save/current-user-agencies/guidance/voter-registration-and-voter-list-maintenance-fact-sheet
• https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-revives-dhs-use-of-flawed-immigration-database-for-voter-purges/
• https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2026/091526.shtml
• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-use-modified-voter-verification-database/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html
• https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistake
• https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f

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In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region.

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In this episode Dana El Kurd outlines what anti-Palestinian racism is and the common tropes used to attack Palestinians and their allies.

Sources:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/

https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality

https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/resources/dismantling-anti-palestinian-racism

https://afi.mesana.org/

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