It Could Happen Here Weekly 232
5/16/20263 hr 26 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
- Parasitism with Andrew
- The Return of Jim Crow
- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
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Sources/Links:
Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
https://www.open-archive.org/save
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it
https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/
https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/
https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
Parasitism with Andrew
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
The Return of Jim Crow
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus
Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo
https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20
https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20
ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged
https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046
https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/
https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/
https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720
https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20
https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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