It Could Happen Here Weekly 229
4/25/20263 hr 35 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down
- Indigeneity with Andrew
- The First Anti-AI Firebombing
- UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech
- Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran
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Sources/Links:
Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down
https://businessjournalism.org/2026/01/tricolor-investigation/
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-signals-30b-risk-020300965.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/morgan-stanley-tests-private-credit-110634713.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/business/what-is-blue-owl-private-credit
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/barclays-weighs-mfs-fallout-private-080551362.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/apollo-global-marc-rowan-private-credit-funds-redemptions.html
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/shadow-banking-and-private-credit-what-7018536/
https://www.privatedebtinvestor.com/insight-the-challenges-for-pd-arms-of-pe-firms/
https://archive.vn/HUxEo#selection-1637.0-1650.0
https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr1111.pdf?sc_lang=en
The First Anti-AI Firebombing
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1435876/dl
https://sfdistrictattorney.org/texas-man-charged-with-two-counts-of-attempted-murder-and-multiple-other-felonies-in-connection-to-incendiary-destructive-device-thrown-at-russian-hill-residence/
https://x.com/mehran__jalali/status/2042755218819961048?s=20
https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-molotov-attack-suspect-daniel-moreno-gama-houston-2026-4
https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/altman-sf-attack-crisis-parents-22208428.php
UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech
https://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception
Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-investigate-nonprofits-domestic-terrorism-links/
https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dlBorkAy4&t=88s
https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/2046765129899934132?s=20
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-virginia-redistricting.html
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2047006423612293170?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2045503858130956788?s=20
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847039500
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/how-legal-immigration-became-a-deportation-trap
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/belizean-woman-found-guilty-of-naturalization-fraud
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2046233734374916125?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045969284690788615
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116444507618729432
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/desantis-trump-administration-attorney-general
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-set-reclassify-marijuana-early-wednesday-axios-reports-2026-04-22/
https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2046276304765620699?s=20
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1083/404329/20260413154031213_2026.04.13_Mullin%20v.%20Doe%20-%20AC%20Brief%20of%20Fmr%20Gov%20Officials%20ISO%20Respondents_final.pdf
https://x.com/LTC_Shoshani/status/2045913853427634404?s=20
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2046238168543093169?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/afghan-refugees-congo-us.html
https://archive.ph/82QBZ#selection-1695.42-1699.1
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-b2961909.html
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-a-e-asks-u-s-for-a-wartime-financial-lifeline-3f9ea3a0
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/thom-tillis-federal-reserve-trump-00874999
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