Episodes
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Behind the Scenes of That Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter
Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future
How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer
Esperanto with AndrewExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #11
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Sources/Links:
Behind the Scenes of that Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.PL6V.gJR0OQEOJP8G&smid=url-share
https://ucsdguardian.org/2025/04/07/5-ucsd-students-face-sudden-f-1-visa-terminations-a-6th-deported-at-the-border-no-apparent-pattern-among-students-targeted/
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-statement-international-students-visa-status-terminations
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lmcxoqk2ts24
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147.30.1_1.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25881144-24a949/
https://bsky.app/profile/khuddleston.bsky.social/post/3lmaiaxi7f226
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/03/18/516185/hpd-says-their-stance-on-immigration-enforcement-hasnt-changed-despite-recent-turnover-to-ice/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/04/cea-chairman-steve-miran-hudson-institute-event-remarks/
https://apnews.com/article/china-response-us-tariffs-104-d40d497f6e07ee4163d88443cb75ab3f
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The gang discuss tariff chaos, the IRS handing over data to ICE, student visa cancellations, “lethality” in the military, and the Supreme Court.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.PL6V.gJR0OQEOJP8G&smid=url-share
https://ucsdguardian.org/2025/04/07/5-ucsd-students-face-sudden-f-1-visa-terminations-a-6th-deported-at-the-border-no-apparent-pattern-among-students-targeted/
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-statement-international-students-visa-status-terminations
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lmcxoqk2ts24
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147/gov.uscourts.dcd.278147.30.1_1.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25881144-24a949/
https://bsky.app/profile/khuddleston.bsky.social/post/3lmaiaxi7f226
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/03/18/516185/hpd-says-their-stance-on-immigration-enforcement-hasnt-changed-despite-recent-turnover-to-ice/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/04/cea-chairman-steve-miran-hudson-institute-event-remarks/
https://apnews.com/article/china-response-us-tariffs-104-d40d497f6e07ee4163d88443cb75ab3f
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Andrew is joined by James to discuss the history and practice of Esperanto, the global language.
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Mia talks with Coalition of Independent Unions organizer Mark Medina about ICE's kidnapping of Familias Unidas por la Justicia organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, Lelo's work, and the April 12th rally at Portland City Hall to free him.
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Robert explains why he repeatedly returns to Roar, a movie where the cast and crew are repeatedly for-real maimed by giant cats, when he needs to feel optimistic about the future of the human race.
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Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The Library Funding Cliff
Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 2
RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System
How ICE Is Targeting Students for DeportationExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #10
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Sources/Links:
RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/
https://archive.ph/z2Fyx
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html
https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf
https://archive.ph/48Ua1
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/
How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html
https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f
https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353
https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/
https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok
https://www.reuters.com/markets/frances-macron-calls-suspension-investment-us-after-tariffs-2025-04-03/
https://x.com/USBPChief/status/1907398210064437404
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907488012239302953
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907411257927311619
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.11.0.pdf
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1906934067607556440
https://t.co/dFXNSbOyiy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin-supreme-court.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/tesla-sales/index.html
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Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html
https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f
https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353
https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view
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LIBERATION DAY! The gang talks tariffs, the collapse of global trade, and Elon Musk’s big loss in Wisconsin. Plus an update on migrant rendition.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/
https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok
https://www.reuters.com/markets/frances-macron-calls-suspension-investment-us-after-tariffs-2025-04-03/
https://x.com/USBPChief/status/1907398210064437404
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907488012239302953
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907411257927311619
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.11.0.pdf
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1906934067607556440
https://t.co/dFXNSbOyiy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin-supreme-court.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/tesla-sales/index.html
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Mia and Gare discuss RFK Jr.'s hideous cuts to everything from HIV prevention to child vaccination as he entrenches his anti-vaccine agenda in the HHS.
Sources:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/
https://archive.ph/z2Fyx
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html
https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf
https://archive.ph/48Ua1
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/
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Andrew and James continue their discussion of Anarchism in Uruguay and talk about the nature of an anarchist military formation.
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James talks to Jamie, a librarian, about the threat of federal funding being withdrawn from libraries and how listeners can help.
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Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps
Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland
Should You Flee the United States?
Elon Musk Has Lost the GamersExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #9
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Sources/Links:
Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw
https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/
https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers
https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians
https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/
https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46
https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9
https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089
https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/
https://t.co/eFo00blJBh
https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143
https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/
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Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat.
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/
https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46
https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9
https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089
https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/
https://t.co/eFo00blJBh
https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143
https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/
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Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers.
Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw
https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/
https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers
https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians
https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/
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Robert, James, and Gare discuss the question of fleeing the country, various demographics under threat, and the politics of escape.
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Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps.
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