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Mia and James discuss how Chuck Schumer and the Democratic collaborators handed Trump extraordinary power by passing a devastating continuing government funding resolution and political core of Democratic collaboration with Trump.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/dc-budget-trump-congress-gop-29738c7281955d77075c8b98009f860e
https://archive.ph/35bXs
https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-budget-trump-tax-cuts-agenda-7d29a6840fa474b841228d20e5e96b55
https://time.com/7268499/senate-democrats-budget-vote/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-spending-bill
https://nlihc.org/resource/congress-passes-and-president-trump-signs-law-year-long-stopgap-funding-bill-underfunding
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/schumer-trump-budget-senate-dems-aoc/
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/250308_johnsons_yearlong_crpdf.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/democrats-gop-government-funding-bill/index.html
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Andrew is joined by James to talk about the history of anarchism in Uruguay.
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In an episode recorded before the agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, James talks with Jenni Keasden (@jkeasden) about the situation in Rojava and the resistance at Tishrin Dam.
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Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
How the State Created Elon Musk
Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd
Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next
Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The InternetExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #7
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Sources/Links:
How the State Created Elon Musk
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/tesla-clean-credits-trump
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/tesla-racked-up-greenhouse-emissions-credits-2023-other-automakers-lagged-2024-11-25/
https://www.aol.com/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-170042735.html?
https://archive.is/QyXuK
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/wealthy-americans-fuel-half-of-us-economy-consumer-spending
Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unprecedented-steps-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/689866/biden-team-resolves-its-final-title-vi-antisemitism-and-anti-arab-cases/
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/
https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1898908955675357314?s=46&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg
https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1897776709778211044
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/can-trump-deport-a-green-card-holding-pro-hamas-columbia-grad/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/10/11/cornell-international-grad-student-says-he-wont-be-deported
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271
https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa
https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html
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Unhinged Tariff news! Deportation and detention updates! The gang discusses this and much more and also has a musical guest.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271
https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa
https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html
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Robert, James, and Gare discuss Nate Silver’s theory that tweets are proof that Elon Musk is a ‘spiky’ genius.
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Gare, James, and Robert discuss the ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and what it means for Permanent Residents and freedom of speech.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unprecedented-steps-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/689866/biden-team-resolves-its-final-title-vi-antisemitism-and-anti-arab-cases/
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/
https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1898908955675357314?s=46&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg
https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1897776709778211044
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/can-trump-deport-a-green-card-holding-pro-hamas-columbia-grad/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/10/11/cornell-international-grad-student-says-he-wont-be-deportedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bridget Todd talks with Gare about how disgraced Daily Wire podcaster Candace Owens is using a celebrity scandal to rebrand her conservative politics for a normie audience.
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Mia and James discuss how the neoliberal state created the markets that made Elon Musk the richest man alive and how the structure of global capitalism ensured his rise.
Sources:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/tesla-clean-credits-trump
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/tesla-racked-up-greenhouse-emissions-credits-2023-other-automakers-lagged-2024-11-25/
https://www.aol.com/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-170042735.html?
https://archive.is/QyXuK
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/wealthy-americans-fuel-half-of-us-economy-consumer-spending
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Margaret reads Robert the second novella of the Danielle Cain series,
Preorder the third book in the series, including all three audiobooks, on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tangled-wilderness/the-immortal-choir-holds-every-voice
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa
The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline
The USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff
King Trump Yells at CongressExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #6
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Sources/Links:
King Trump Yells at Congress
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-social-security-fraud-claims/81508815007/Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #6
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4086539/dod-statement-on-deployment-of-stryker-brigade-combat-team-to-help-secure-our-s/
https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/4086531/additional-troops-to-enhance-border-security-operations/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-trump-zelenskyy/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0
https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84
https://www.mining.com/web/copper-prices-surge-as-trump-signals-25-tariff-on-imports/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-says-its-ready-to-fight-any-type-of-war-us-wants-till-the-end.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-lutnick-2b269614084027a4894aa14f3dc16227
https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/wipp-in-carlsbad-under-doge-cuts/
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War on three fronts! The gang talks about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public humiliation ritual, military deployment at the southern border, and Trump's flip-flopping global trade war.
Sources:
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4086539/dod-statement-on-deployment-of-stryker-brigade-combat-team-to-help-secure-our-s/
https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/4086531/additional-troops-to-enhance-border-security-operations/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-trump-zelenskyy/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0
https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84
https://www.mining.com/web/copper-prices-surge-as-trump-signals-25-tariff-on-imports/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-says-its-ready-to-fight-any-type-of-war-us-wants-till-the-end.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-lutnick-2b269614084027a4894aa14f3dc16227
https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/wipp-in-carlsbad-under-doge-cuts/
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Garrison, James, and producer Sophie discuss Trump’s first joint congressional speech declaring WOKE dead, and the lackluster response from Democrats.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-social-security-fraud-claims/81508815007/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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James is joined by Venktesh Ramnath and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the potential for an end to Medicare funding for Telemedicine and challenges for healthcare under Trump.
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Margaret reports from her time at the trial of 12 environmentalists in Virginia who fought against a fracked gas pipeline through Appalachia.
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James talks to Kevin McDonald about the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history and future of peacekeeping there.
Buy Kevin's book: https://www.mayobooks.ie/A-Life-Less-Ordinary-Kevin-McDonald
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Margaret from the future reports on the dinosaur creche in Finland.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal
How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare
Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & NeoreactionariesExecutive Disorder: White House Weekly #5
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Sources/Links:
The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-77/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-main-stock-index-falls-after-milei-crypto-scandal-2025-02-17/
https://crimethinc.com/2024/06/17/six-months-in-a-neoliberal-dystopia-social-cannibalism-versus-mutual-aid-and-resistance-in-argentina
Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
Dana Goldstein, “Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories,” New York Times, January 12, 2020.
Kevin M. Kruse, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (New York: Basic Books, 2015.)
James W. Loewen, Lies My History Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.)
Alan Nadel, Containment Culture: American Narratives, Postmodernism, and the Atomic Age (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1995.)
Michael Phillips, White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2011 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.)
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries
https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic-insiders-are-sharing-a
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #5
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-independent-agencies-to-restore-a-government-that-answers-to-the-american-people/
https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/trump-signs-order-declaring-only-president-and-ag-can-interpret-us-law-for-executive-branch/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/
https://pages.devex.com/rs/685-KBL-765/images/109160-memo.pdf?version=0
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336.21.0_7.pdf
https://www.one.org/us/what-we-do/the-issues/foreign-assistance-pause-faq/
https://mutualaidsudan.org/
https://www.state.gov/emergency-humanitarian-waiver-to-foreign-assistance-pause/
https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/USAID%20OIG%20-%20Oversight%20of%20USAID-Funded%20Humanitarian%20Assistance%20Programming%20021025.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7x87ev5jyo
https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-the-eb-5-visa-classification
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5306990/dan-bongino-fbi-deputy-director
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/new-fbi-director-kash-patel-plans-relocate-1500-119064886
https://www.dailyuw.com/news/washington-state-congressional-candidate-set-to-lead-counterterrorism-center/article_251db152-f32f-11ef-b56b-d7ae1ea3885f.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/neo-nazi-trump-fbi-chief
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The gang talks about Germany's election, USAID, the new podcast driven FBI, and how gay the Navy may or may not be.
Sources:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-independent-agencies-to-restore-a-government-that-answers-to-the-american-people/
https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/trump-signs-order-declaring-only-president-and-ag-can-interpret-us-law-for-executive-branch/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/
https://pages.devex.com/rs/685-KBL-765/images/109160-memo.pdf?version=0
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336.21.0_7.pdf
https://www.one.org/us/what-we-do/the-issues/foreign-assistance-pause-faq/
https://mutualaidsudan.org/
https://www.state.gov/emergency-humanitarian-waiver-to-foreign-assistance-pause/
https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/USAID%20OIG%20-%20Oversight%20of%20USAID-Funded%20Humanitarian%20Assistance%20Programming%20021025.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7x87ev5jyo
https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-the-eb-5-visa-classification
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5306990/dan-bongino-fbi-deputy-director
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/new-fbi-director-kash-patel-plans-relocate-1500-119064886
https://www.dailyuw.com/news/washington-state-congressional-candidate-set-to-lead-counterterrorism-center/article_251db152-f32f-11ef-b56b-d7ae1ea3885f.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/neo-nazi-trump-fbi-chief
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