It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 193

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

- The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

- Post Woke Cinema

- AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd

- Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27

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The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

https://givebutter.com/Uj0NLs

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-upmc-to-reinstate-healthcare-for-trans-youth-and-young-adults?source=direct_link&

@providers4transjustice on IG

Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying

https://www.tangledwilderness.org/live-like-the-world-is-dying

http://www.tangledwilderness.org

http://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff

https://www.tangledwilderness.org/features/ready-for-anything

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/its-time-to-build-resilient-communities

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocalypse

https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/s1e1-kitty-stryker-on-anarchist-prepping/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/one-person-killed-every-12-minutes-july-now-gazas-deadliest-month-early-2024

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/27/live-israel-intercepts-gaza-bound-handala-5-palestinians-starve-to-death

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties

https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-133/en/ 

https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=7-30 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.238.0.pdf 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.97.0.pdf 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.98.0.pdf 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag-blanche-set-meet-2nd-day-ghislaine/story?id=124064062

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

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Planet Money - Would you trust an economist with your economy?

Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump just fired the economist who ran the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her – with no evidence – of faking a jobs report that showed fewer gains than expected.

In decades past, economists whispered in the ears of presidents. Now, many politicians and voters are disenchanted with the field.

On today's show, we speak with economists about how distrust is messing with their minds and interfering with their work. Can they build up trust again?

Today's episode was hosted by Amanda Aronczyk. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and edited by Marianne McCune with help from Jess Jiang. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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Global News Podcast - Trump moves nuclear submarines after Russian ex-president’s comments

President Trump says he's ordered two nuclear submarines to "be positioned in appropriate regions" in response to what he called "foolish and inflammatory" comments by Russia's former leader, Dmitry Medvedev. In a recent post, Mr Medvedev said US threats of tough sanctions on Russia over Ukraine were “a step towards war”. Mr Trump did not say if he was referring to nuclear powered or nuclear armed submarines. Also: Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs and weaker job growth cause market drop; Rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers in South Africa.

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CBS News Roundup - 08/01/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

President Trump fires official overseeing employment data after dismal jobs report. Four killed at a Montana bar; suspect still at large. President Trump orders nuclear submarines repositioned after statements from Russian official

CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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PBS News Hour - World - News Wrap: Federal Reserve governor to resign early, giving Trump an opening to fill

In our news wrap Friday, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler resigned early, giving President Trump a position to fill, Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to one in Texas, Russia launched its deadliest air assault on Kyiv in over a year and El Salvador will lengthen presidential terms to six years and remove term limits. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, August 1, 2025

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is leaving Congress. Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg dies. Canadian wildfires cause Chicago to once again have the worst air quality in the world. Plus, the Illinois Governor is urged to declare a state of emergency for flooded neighborhoods and much more. Reset goes behind those headlines and more with NBC-5 Chicago reporter Christian Farr, Block Club Chicago reporter Francia Garcia Hernandez and Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mitchell Armentrout. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

PBS News Hour - World - Security contractor says he witnessed ‘barbaric’ and un-American tactics at Gaza aid sites

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with former security contractor Anthony Aguilar about what he saw there and why he believes the execution of the GHF mission has failed. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

1A - The News Roundup For August 1, 2025

The White House took a victory lap this week as President Donald Trump secured a trade deal with the European Union. The agreement sees goods imported to the U.S. subjected to a 15 percent tariff.

As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to unfold, this week President Trump claimed that the New York financier "stole" young women working at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

American workers are beginning to notice how Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration is affecting the country's industry, with factories hit particularly hard.

World leaders are reacting to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims there is no starvation happening in Gaza, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his country will recognize Palestine as a state if Israel does not end the starvation in Gaza.

Despite initially setting a 50-day deadline for an end to the war in Ukraine, President Trump issued an ultimatum Russian President Vladimir Putin. He now expects the war to be over off in 10 to 12 days.

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