It Could Happen Here

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

• 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/

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/
• 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

 The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2

• 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

Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary 
• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
• https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids
• https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon 
• https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20
• https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380
• https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
• https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
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• https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20
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• https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-to-spend-nearly-9m-of-gender-affirming-care-fund-for-minors
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf
• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/
• 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
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo
• https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/
• https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
• 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
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr
• https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/
• https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510
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• https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6
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• https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20
• https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20 
• https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20 
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• https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
• https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
• https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding
• 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
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference
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• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/  

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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 
• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
• https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids
• https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon 
• https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20
• https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380
• https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
• https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
  
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• https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027 
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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
  
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo
  
• https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/
• https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
  
• 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
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr
• https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/
• https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926
• https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6
  
• https://x.com/cspan/status/2111608955847802991?s=20
  
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• https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20
• https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20
  
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20 
• https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20 
• https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20261016-ukmto_vra_overview_u.pdf
  
• https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative
  
• https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
  
• https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
  
• https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167
  
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding
  
• 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
  
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
  
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research
  
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference
• https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-flotus-womens-health-executive-order-new-nih-division.html
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html
  
• 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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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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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.

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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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