It Could Happen Here

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

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/

https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112343101708611879?s=20
https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20
https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027
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
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

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2112268669312983214?s=20
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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