It Could Happen Here Weekly 251

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
West Bank Takeover
The AI Regulation Debate
Diversity With Andrew
Gas Prices and Oil Wars
Executive Disorder: Trump Bans the “Free Press,” Palestinian National Council Elections, ICE Shooting, Canadian Neoliberalism
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Sources/Links:
West Bank Takeover
https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence
https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra
https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/
The AI Regulation Debate
https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843
https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
https://www.anthropic.com/constitution
https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n
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/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20
https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?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://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/
https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race
https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20
https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2
https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/
Diversity With Andrew
In Light of Our Differences by David Harmon
The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies by Scott E. Page
Gas Prices and Oil Wars
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-5973810/houthi-attacks-saudi-oil-world-markets
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-executives-say-the-great-fuel-crisis-is-here-b6b32030
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/19/attacks-choke-off-saudi-oil-kingdom-confronts-limits-trumps-friendship/
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/oil-hovers-near-100-as-analysts-warn-trump-diesel-export-ban-would-tighten-global-supply-130359301.html
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/what-is-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-and-why-is-it-rocking-oil-markets-3e9823a3?mod=article_inline
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-prices-mixed-as-traders-weigh-u-s-iran-talks-saudi-pipeline-progress-3b33f75c
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trumps-oil-allies-see-nightmare-scenario-of-diesel-export-ban-becoming-reality-16973ae2
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-weighs-diesel-export-ban-as-fuel-prices-soar-6d1a3d2e
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-energy-secretary-wright-says-diesel-export-ban-would-not-work-20...