It Could Happen Here Weekly 250

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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Sources/Links:

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?

• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253
• 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

• https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it
• 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

• https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm
• https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
• https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame

Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??

• https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247 
• https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243
• https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20 
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
• https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20
• https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20
• https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20
• https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768
• https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going
• https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26 
• https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145
• https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045 
• https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232 
• https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF
• https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf
• https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
• https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
• https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race
• https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631
• https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20
• https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20
• https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20
• https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20
• https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20
• https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html
• 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
• https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line
• https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html
• https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==

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