It Could Happen Here Weekly 242

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

• CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership
• CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
• CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse
• CZM Rewind: How To Build A Revolution: Myanmar, Part One
• Executive Disorder: State Dept. Summit on Left-Wing Extremism,  Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Canada Tariffs

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Sources/Links:

CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership

inrange.tv

https://theliberalgunclub.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/

CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20

https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market

https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html

https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries

https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/

https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns

https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket

https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348

https://truthpredict.net/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w

https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html

https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20

CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf

https://teller