Episodes

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

    - Palestine’s Stolen Future

    - The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It)

    - Protest, Immigration Enforcement, and the Unhoused Community

    - The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism

    - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24

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    Sources/Links:

    Palestine's Stolen Future

    Raz Segal on genocide - https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide

    Omer Bartov on genocide – https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30/omer_bartov_israel_gaza_genocide

    Amos Goldberg on genocide - https://thefirethesetimes.com/2025/05/25/intent-holocaust-studies-and-the-gaza-genocide-w-amos-goldberg/

    Khaled Elgindy on Biden’s “bear hug” - https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/biden-israel-hamas-war-gaza-us-policy/

    Bezalel Smotrich on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-gaza-to-be-totally-destroyed-population-concentrated-in-small-area/

    Nissim Vaturi on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/occupy-expel-settle-minister-mks-at-far-right-rally-call-to-empty-gaza-of-gazans/

    Arab Peace Initiative - https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=a5dab26d-a2fe-dc66-8910-a13730828279&groupId=268421

    Arab Center Washington – “The Biden Administration and the Middle East in 2023” - https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-biden-administration-and-the-middle-east-in-2023/

    Mike Huckabee on Palestinians - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/mike-huckabee-palestinian-comments-trump-israel-ambassador

    Steve Witkoff making deals with Hamas - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-witkoffs-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-must-lead-end-war-2025-05-31/

    Adam Boehler “we are not an agent of Israel” - https://www.axios.com/2025/03/09/adam-boehler-hamas-israel-talks

    Philippe Lazzarini on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-aid-distribution-has-become-death-trap

    Doctors without Borders on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation -  https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/siege-gaza-msf-denounces-new-aid-mechanism-proposed-us-and-israel

    Jake Woods, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, resigns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-group-jake-wood-resigns

    Saudi Minister on Two-State Solution - https://www.mofa.gov.sa/en/ministry/news/Pages/His-Highness-the-Foreign-Minister-A-Two-State-Solution-is-the-Only-Path-to-Achieving-a-Just-and-Lasting-Peace-in-the-Regio.aspx

    France & Saudi sponsor peace conference - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-855969

    Qatari foreign minister on Saudi sponsored peace conference - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250613-qatar-france-fms-underscore-importance-of-upcoming-un-two-state-solution-conference-as-real-opportunity-for-peace/

    The Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority background - https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/31121/x-oslo-process-and-establishment-palestinian-authority

    Yitzhak Rabin’s final address to the Knesset - https://www.palquest.org/en/historictext/24965/yitzhaq-rabin%E2%80%99s-address-knesset-after-israeli-palestinian-agreement

    Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations - https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/plo/

    “Abbas is America’s Man” - https://jewishcurrents.org/abbas-is-americas-man

    Tariq Dana – “Lost in Transition: The Palestinian National Movement After Oslo” - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/from-the-river-to-the-sea-9781978752658/

    Wendy Pearlman – “Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement” - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/violence-nonviolence-and-the-palestinian-national-movement/0F8D188C7D514D49F68D827066E0FABD

    BDS call - https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi/pacbi-call

    Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – September 2023 poll - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2089%20English%20Full%20Text%20September%202023.pdf

    Interview with Ukrainian outlet “Commons” - https://commons.com.ua/en/intervyu-z-danoyu-el-kurd/

    Protests against Hamas – July 2023 - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/07/30/thousands-of-marchers-in-gaza-in-rare-public-display-of-discontent-with-hamas_6073136_4.html

    Protests against Hamas - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/middleeast/anti-hamas-protests-gaza-intl-latam

    Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – May 2025 poll - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf

    Changes in PLO structure and new Vice President role - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/palestinians-leader-mahmoud-abbas-president

    Polling on Hussein Al-Sheikh - https://pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2092%20English%20full%20text%20July2024.pdf

    Palestinian National Conference - https://ncpalestine.org/

    A Land for All - https://www.2s1h.org/en

    Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://zeteo.com/p/who-is-abu-shabab-meet-the-gaza-gangster

    The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It)

    Trans Income Project: https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit

    https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20states%20that%20have,individual)%20and%20138%25%20of%20that%20amount%20($21%2C597).&text=The%20Senate%20bill%20would%20allow%20states%20to,who%20seek%20emergency%20room%20care%20for%20nonemergencies.

    https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/16/school-choice-expansion-in-budget-bill-puts-federal-stamp-on-gop-priority/

    https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trumps-budget-bill-attack-public-schools-working-families-and-immigrants

    https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-egregious-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/

    https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools

    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-senate-passed-a-federal-voucher-program-whats-in-it/2025/07

    https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/not-beautiful-trumps-budget-forces-a-national-voucher-plan-on-america/

    https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school

    https://itep.org/trump-megabill-expensive-private-school-vouchers/

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-trump-s-big-spending-bill-will-overhaul-repayment-for-millions-of-student-loan-borrowers/ar-AA1HXbVa?cvid=7271B17CDE424D63B5C23D6A3D1E71B7&ocid=msnHomepage

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/trump-budget-bill-states-border-security/84463777007/

    https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll

    https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/

    https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/

    https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

    https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security/

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate

    The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism

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    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

    https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp

    https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039

    https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342

    https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/

    https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#

    Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24

     

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  • The gang discuss two shootings outside ICE/Border Patrol facilities in Texas, how Elon Musk’s AI chatbot went full nazi, plus updates on immigration and tariffs.

    Sources:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case

    https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5460936/trump-tariffs-economy-china-policy

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/trump-tariff-letters-trade.html

    https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/detainee-being-held-at-alligator-alcatraz-describes-conditions-at-everglades-facility/3653144/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-immigration-detention-center/

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/families-immigrant-detainees-allege-horrible-conditions-alligator-alca-rcna217743
    https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1942757371052233180 

    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-antisemitic-posts-1235381165/ 

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/tech/grok-4-elon-musk-ai

    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.160.0.pdf

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/americas/trump-venezuelan-migrants-us-prisoner-swap.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur

    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483.319.0.pdf

    https://bsky.app/profile/nicolemicheroni.bsky.social/post/3lthwaxneuk2x

    https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-operation-excalibur-in?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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  • James and Gare discuss the targeted assassination of a Minnesota Democrat by an anti-abortion evangelical missionary.

    Sources:

    https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=0792690a-c0b6-e811-9165-00155d0deff0

    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

    https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp

    https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039

    https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342

    https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/

    https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#

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  • James talks to Theo Henderson, host of We The Unhoused, about the impact of protests in LA on the unhoused community, and how people at the intersection of the undocumented and the unhoused community are coping with federal, state, and local crackdowns.

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  • Mia and Gare discuss the contents of the recently passed budget bill and how its worst provisions can be defeated.

    Sources:

    Trans Income Project: https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit

    https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20states%20that%20have,individual)%20and%20138%25%20of%20that%20amount%20($21%2C597).&text=The%20Senate%20bill%20would%20allow%20states%20to,who%20seek%20emergency%20room%20care%20for%20nonemergencies.

    https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/16/school-choice-expansion-in-budget-bill-puts-federal-stamp-on-gop-priority/

    https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trumps-budget-bill-attack-public-schools-working-families-and-immigrants

    https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-egregious-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/

    https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools

    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-senate-passed-a-federal-voucher-program-whats-in-it/2025/07

    https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/not-beautiful-trumps-budget-forces-a-national-voucher-plan-on-america/

    https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school

    https://itep.org/trump-megabill-expensive-private-school-vouchers/

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-trump-s-big-spending-bill-will-overhaul-repayment-for-millions-of-student-loan-borrowers/ar-AA1HXbVa?cvid=7271B17CDE424D63B5C23D6A3D1E71B7&ocid=msnHomepage

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/trump-budget-bill-states-border-security/84463777007/

    https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll

    https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/

    https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/

    https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

    https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security/

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate

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  • Guest host Dana El Kurd, Palestinian researcher and writer, provides an overview of Palestinian politics, explains the legitimacy crisis within Palestinian politics, and outlines the impact international actors have had on Palestinian leadership and strategy. She highlights how these issues affect ending the war on Gaza, and the future of Palestine more broadly.  

    Sources:

    Raz Segal on genocide - https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide

    Omer Bartov on genocide – https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30/omer_bartov_israel_gaza_genocide

    Amos Goldberg on genocide - https://thefirethesetimes.com/2025/05/25/intent-holocaust-studies-and-the-gaza-genocide-w-amos-goldberg/

    Khaled Elgindy on Biden’s “bear hug” - https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/biden-israel-hamas-war-gaza-us-policy/

    Bezalel Smotrich on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-gaza-to-be-totally-destroyed-population-concentrated-in-small-area/

    Nissim Vaturi on population transfer - https://www.timesofisrael.com/occupy-expel-settle-minister-mks-at-far-right-rally-call-to-empty-gaza-of-gazans/

    Arab Peace Initiative - https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=a5dab26d-a2fe-dc66-8910-a13730828279&groupId=268421

    Arab Center Washington – “The Biden Administration and the Middle East in 2023” - https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-biden-administration-and-the-middle-east-in-2023/

    Mike Huckabee on Palestinians - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/mike-huckabee-palestinian-comments-trump-israel-ambassador

    Steve Witkoff making deals with Hamas - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-witkoffs-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-must-lead-end-war-2025-05-31/

    Adam Boehler “we are not an agent of Israel” - https://www.axios.com/2025/03/09/adam-boehler-hamas-israel-talks

    Philippe Lazzarini on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-aid-distribution-has-become-death-trap

    Doctors without Borders on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation -  https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/siege-gaza-msf-denounces-new-aid-mechanism-proposed-us-and-israel

    Jake Woods, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, resigns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-group-jake-wood-resigns

    Saudi Minister on Two-State Solution - https://www.mofa.gov.sa/en/ministry/news/Pages/His-Highness-the-Foreign-Minister-A-Two-State-Solution-is-the-Only-Path-to-Achieving-a-Just-and-Lasting-Peace-in-the-Regio.aspx

    France & Saudi sponsor peace conference - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-855969

    Qatari foreign minister on Saudi sponsored peace conference - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250613-qatar-france-fms-underscore-importance-of-upcoming-un-two-state-solution-conference-as-real-opportunity-for-peace/

    The Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority background - https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/31121/x-oslo-process-and-establishment-palestinian-authority

    Yitzhak Rabin’s final address to the Knesset - https://www.palquest.org/en/historictext/24965/yitzhaq-rabin%E2%80%99s-address-knesset-after-israeli-palestinian-agreement

    Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations - https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/plo/

    “Abbas is America’s Man” - https://jewishcurrents.org/abbas-is-americas-man

    Tariq Dana – “Lost in Transition: The Palestinian National Movement After Oslo” - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/from-the-river-to-the-sea-9781978752658/

    Wendy Pearlman – “Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement” - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/violence-nonviolence-and-the-palestinian-national-movement/0F8D188C7D514D49F68D827066E0FABD

    BDS call - https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi/pacbi-call

    Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – September 2023 poll - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2089%20English%20Full%20Text%20September%202023.pdf

    Interview with Ukrainian outlet “Commons” - https://commons.com.ua/en/intervyu-z-danoyu-el-kurd/

    Protests against Hamas – July 2023 - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/07/30/thousands-of-marchers-in-gaza-in-rare-public-display-of-discontent-with-hamas_6073136_4.html

    Protests against Hamas - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/middleeast/anti-hamas-protests-gaza-intl-latam

    Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – May 2025 poll - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf

    Changes in PLO structure and new Vice President role - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/palestinians-leader-mahmoud-abbas-president

    Polling on Hussein Al-Sheikh - https://pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2092%20English%20full%20text%20July2024.pdf

    Palestinian National Conference - https://ncpalestine.org/

    A Land for All - https://www.2s1h.org/en

    Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://zeteo.com/p/who-is-abu-shabab-meet-the-gaza-gangster

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

    - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 1

    - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 2

    - The Fall of the House of Liver King

    - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23

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    Sources/Links:

    How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane)

    https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order

    Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes 

    https://ktla.com/news/local-news/mother-and-young-kids-inside-during-explosive-huntington-park-raid-suspect-not-home/  

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-vylan-visa-revoked-state-department-1235375566/

    https://bsky.app/profile/mclem.org/post/3lstr4lfyns2w

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-denaturalization-convicted-distributor-child-sexual-abuse 

    https://bsky.app/profile/immdef.bsky.social

    https://laopinion.com/2025/06/30/hija-de-inmigrante-secuestrada-por-encapuchados-no-encuentra-a-su-madre-enferma/

    https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0306-71

    https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1938301392416084150

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/kirsten-gillibrand-zohran-mamdani-00436031

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8dU-K1qZ4 

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309792865.html

    https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/tesla-sedan-hit-by-train-after-self-driving-error-in-berks-county-stops-train-traffic/article_aa1cbbf4-7918-4379-b557-da80f9596103.html 

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate

    https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/trump-trade-vietnam-deal.html

    https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll

    https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

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  • The gang discuss the DOJ‘s attempts to denaturalize American citizens, how the Big Beautiful Bill funds genocide, and Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani from Republicans and Democrats. Plus, updates on tariffs, the Diddy trial, and Elon Musk’s subsidies.

    Sources:

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes 

    https://ktla.com/news/local-news/mother-and-young-kids-inside-during-explosive-huntington-park-raid-suspect-not-home/  

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-vylan-visa-revoked-state-department-1235375566/

    https://bsky.app/profile/mclem.org/post/3lstr4lfyns2w

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-denaturalization-convicted-distributor-child-sexual-abuse 

    https://bsky.app/profile/immdef.bsky.social

    https://laopinion.com/2025/06/30/hija-de-inmigrante-secuestrada-por-encapuchados-no-encuentra-a-su-madre-enferma/

    https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0306-71

    https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1938301392416084150

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/kirsten-gillibrand-zohran-mamdani-00436031

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8dU-K1qZ4 

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309792865.html

    https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/tesla-sedan-hit-by-train-after-self-driving-error-in-berks-county-stops-train-traffic/article_aa1cbbf4-7918-4379-b557-da80f9596103.html 

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate

    https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/trump-trade-vietnam-deal.html

    https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll

    https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

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  • Robert walks the gang through the Liver King's recent arrest for terroristic threats and his rapid decline towards what will probably be an early grave.

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  • Mia continues her conversation with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society.

    https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order

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  • Mia talks with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society.

    https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order

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

    - A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

    - Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

    - Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew

    - Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary

    - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

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    Sources/Links:

    A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

    https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2021/12/Directive_17.1_40mm_Less_Lethal_Launcher_Oct-.pdf

    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1310-live-like-the-world-is-dy-85677729/

    Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

    Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html

    China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford

    European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?seq=1

    Edward Said - Orientalism

    Benedict Anderson - Imagined Communities

    John Lewis Gaddis - The Cold War: A New History Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilisations

    Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elia-j-ayoub-the-periphery-has-no-time-for-binaries

    Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew

    David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years

    Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation

    Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

    Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyXXVoi514


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democratic-primary-election-mayor

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKvdChiOFLv/

    https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-a-quarter-of-nycs-early-voters-hadnt-voted-in-a-democratic-primary-since-2012

    Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

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  • The gang discusses the war with Iran, the Supreme Court’s decisions on rendition and trans people, and the New York mayoral primary election.

    Sources:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/standingwithourfamily

    https://www.kpbs.org/news/faith-spirituality/2025/06/20/san-diego-faith-leaders-observe-deportation-hearings-on-world-refugee-day

    https://www.courthousenews.com/san-diego-bishop-tells-trump-to-treat-migrants-more-christ-like-after-observing-court-hearings/

    https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/supreme-court-pauses-district-court-order-preventing-immigrants-from-being-deported-to-third-party-countries/

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1153_l5gm.pdf

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/justice-department-emil-bove-trump-deportations-reuveni.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

    https://www.rawstory.com/nato-trump-its-fine-iran/?u=542aff7612c60e8389a41ed55365e166830b5d079afb43b9c9df6be67f6a7d2d&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jun.25.2025_3.16pm

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  • Gare and Mia discuss the New York City mayoral primary and what it means for the Big Apple and the future of the Democratic Party.

    Sources/Links:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyXXVoi514


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democratic-primary-election-mayor

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKvdChiOFLv/

    https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-a-quarter-of-nycs-early-voters-hadnt-voted-in-a-democratic-primary-since-2012

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  • James and Andrew continue their discussion on different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world.

    Sources:

    David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years

    Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation

    Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

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  • James and Andrew discuss different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world.

    Sources/Links:

    Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html

    China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford

    European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?seq=1

    Edward Said - Orientalism

    Benedict Anderson - Imagined Communities

    John Lewis Gaddis - The Cold War: A New History Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilisations

    Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elia-j-ayoub-the-periphery-has-no-time-for-binaries

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  • In a rare ICHH and House of Pod Joint Episode, James is joined by Miriam, Kaveh, and Dr. Richard Ferro to discuss street medicine, police use of irritants and less-than-lethal weapons and how to keep each other safe.

    Links:

    https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2021/12/Directive_17.1_40mm_Less_Lethal_Launcher_Oct-.pdf

    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1310-live-like-the-world-is-dy-85677729/

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