It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

February 14, 2026

Show Notes

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

- Normalcy feat. Andrew

- Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

- The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson

- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

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Sources/Links:

Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader

https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf

https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/

https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin

https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358

https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20

https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214

https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790

Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7

Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep

https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058

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https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency

https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/

https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results

https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all

https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I

https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46

https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46

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