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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/1942757371052233180https://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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Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality.
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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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Margaret reads you a story about arts and crafts.
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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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