It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

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

  1. Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan

  2. The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop

  3. Nihilist Violent Extremism

  4. Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance
  5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13

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Nihilist Violent Extremism

https://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22nihilistic%20violent%20extremists%22&type=r&order_by=dateFiled%20asc

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-definitions-terminology-methodology.pdf

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups

https://globalextremism.org/post/trump-abandoning-efforts-to-combat-white-supremacist/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/fbi-kash-patel-investigations-far-right

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-scales-back-staffing-tracking-domestic-terrorism-probes-sources-say-2025-03-21/

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-strategic-report.pdf/view

https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/2022_10_FBI-DHS_Strategic_Intelligence_Assessment_and_Data_on_Domestic_Terrorism.pdf

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/23_0724_opa_strategic-intelligence-assessment-data-domestic-terrorism.pdf

https://bxwrites.substack.com/p/exclusive-the-satanic-plot-to-assassinate

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/what-are-nihilist-violent-extremists?r=1aiy5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/justices-temporarily-bar-government-from-removing-venezuelan-men-under-alien-enemies-act/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.98.1_1.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.100.0_2.pdf

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/prince-georges-county/hyattsville-police-department-details-2019-encounter-with-kilmar-abrego-garcia/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/venezuela-immigrant-disappear-deport-ice.html

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-relocates-iraqi-refugee-omar-ameen

https://news.azpm.org/s/100806-us-citizen-detained-for-10-days-by-immigration-officials-may-not-have-known-what-he-was-signing/

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1914393644766843386

https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lni7mlxow22c

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/musk-bessent-trump-white-house-irs 

https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2025/4/18/224512-us-citizen-in-arizona-detained-by-immigration-officials-for-10-days/

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/21/feds-blame-u-s-citizen-for-his-arrest-under-suspended-immigration-law/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/21/doge-musk-trump-federal-employees-emails/ 

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-b2736753.html
https://insideevs.com/news/753730/tesla-insurance-vandalism-elon-musk/

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-earnings-show-anti-musk-backlash-damaged-bottom/story?id=121008566&cid=social_twitter_abcn 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/busiest-us-ports-see-big-drop-in-chinese-freight-vessel-traffic.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/peter-navarro-the-economist-who-has-outsmarted-elon-musk-and-has-the-ear-of-donald-trump

https://archive.ph/v8Vp1

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-economy-tariffs-china-powell

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Planet Money - How 23andMe’s bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank

Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more about the genetic makeup of her ancestors. Vovi was one of over 15 million 23andMe customers who sent their saliva off to be analyzed by the company.

But last month, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, and it announced it would be selling off that massive genetic database. Today on the show, what might happen to Vovi's genetic data as 23andMe works its way through the bankruptcy process, how the bankruptcy system has treated consumer data privacy in the past, and what this case reveals about the data that all of us willingly hand over to companies every single day.

This episode was produced by Sylvie Douglis and edited by Jess Jiang. It was engineered by Harry Paul and Neal Rauch and fact-checked by Tyler Jones. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.

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CBS News Roundup - 04/25/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

President Trump has arrived in Rome for tomorrow's funeral for Pope Francis, hours after public viewing ends. Feds arrest Wisconsin judge, accused of aiding the evasion of a man from immigration authorities. Disgraced New York Congressman George Santos sentenced to more than seven years in prison on corruption charges. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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The Gist - Iran-Contra wrote the Playbook for Presidential Lawlessness

Alan McPherson author of The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy joins to discuss the Iran-Contra affair and how it plagued both the end of Regans Presidency and George H. W. Bush’s, but also how it ties into the politics of today. Also, Pete Hegseth is a dirty dirty boy, or at least has a dirty dirty line.  Plus, its an Antwentig. 

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Marketplace All-in-One - Inflation’s self-fulfilling prophecy

Americans expect inflation to rise to 6.5% this year according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey. That’s the highest outlook since 1981. We’ll explain why those high inflation expectations could be keeping Federal Reserve Chair Powell up at night. And, the deal filmmaker Ryan Coogler made with Warner Bros. to make his latest horror movie “Sinners” is anything but ordinary. Could it shake up the Hollywood studio system?


"Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations" from Politico


"Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' isn't just scaring audiences. It's scaring Hollywood." from MSNBC


"Inflation expectations remain at highest level since 1981 even after Trump's 90-day tariff pause" 


"Pickle, a Fashion App, Lets Strangers Borrow Your Clothes" from The Cut


"Subtitling Your Life" from The New Yorker


"Is community fact-checking the future of social media moderation?" from Marketplace


"The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen" from The Verge


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Marketplace All-in-One - In this uncertain economy, gold shines

The stock and bond markets may tumultuous right now, but gold prices have been on a tear. This week, they hit an all time high of $3,500 an ounce. In this episode, why nervous consumers, investment firms and even central banks are trading in cash for gold. Plus: The Trump administration announces incentives to get self-driving cars on the road and the largest passenger ship in the U.S. prepares to be sunk for science.


 

The Daily Signal - Rogue Prosecutors’ Fate: What Goes Around, Comes Around | Victor Davis Hanson

What happened to the rogue prosecutors that tried to throw Donald Trump in jail?

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is Shock Incarceration?

Picture this: you're a bad kid. You've made a serious mistake, and may be facing incarceration. Yet Lo, and Behold! The US court system decrees you may avoid years in lock-up by going to an "intermediate sanction" program modeled after the military. Proponents say this helps first-time offenders get back on the right path. Critics, with extensive evidence, argue "shock incarceration" is a political convenience aiding and abetting crime, corruption, and conspiracy. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel learn the dirty truth at play.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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