Show notes
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
- Should AOC talk to MAHA?
- Debating the American Role in the Middle East
- A History Built of Uprising
- Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
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Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
- https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
- https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
- https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
- https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/
Should AOC talk to MAHA?
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- https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/
- https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/
- https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409
- https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI
Debating the American Role in the Middle East
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- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch
- http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause
- https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement
A History Built of Uprising
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Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
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- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html
- https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n
- https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/
- https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs
- https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html
- https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/
- https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/
- https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62
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