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It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here

The gang discuss escalation with Venezuela, an AI executive order, the trial of Judge Dugan, the mass shooting at Brown University, and a new travel ban.
 
Sources:
 
https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ 
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ 
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ 
 
https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z 
 
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/ 
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro

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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

In the second of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the downfall of the revolution in Grenada and what we can learn from the failure of the revolution and the New JEWEL Movement.
 
Sources:
 
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al
 
None Shall Escape by Fundi

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Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2

In the first of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the events of the revolution in Grenada and those leading up to it.
 
Sources:
 
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al
 
None Shall Escape by Fundi

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Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1

Mia talks with two members of Blue Bottle Independent Union about their campaign of strikes and walkouts against management's contract negotiation delay tactics.
 
Website: bluebottleunion.org
Strike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike
 
Want to organize your store? Email us at bluebottleunion@gmail.com with the Subject Line: [Your city] Barista Interest

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Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle

Mia discusses Larry Ellison’s takeover of CBS, Jeff Bezos’ transformation of the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and the broader wave of tech fascists buying out the media.
 
Sources:
 
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/
 
https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275
 
https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html
 
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php
 
https://archive.ph/xBjST
 
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/
 
https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html
 
https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale
 
https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix
 
https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730
 
https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy
 
https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/

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The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

Margaret tells you the tale of some nightmare queers off to bring about hell on earth.

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CZM Book Club: Macramé Flames, by Eric Raglin

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
 
- Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
 
- Natalism feat. Andrew
 
- The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
 
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
 
Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/
 
GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf 
 
A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/
 
Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243
 
Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
 
https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12
 
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20
 
https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf
 
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market
 
https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets
 
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024

 
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html
 
https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries
 
https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/
 
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/
 
https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns
 
https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket
 
https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers
 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348
 
https://truthpredict.net/
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w
 
https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds

 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html

 
https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make
 
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket
 
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/

 
https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

 
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20
 
Natalism feat. Andrew
 
https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/
 
The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/
 
https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/
 
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ 
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544

 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

The gang discuss Netflix and Paramount’s bids for Warner Brothers, CBP social media screening for tourists, and Trump’s national security strategy. Plus updates on the J6 pipe bomber, Texas gerrymandering, and tariffs.
 
Sources:
 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and#page-57209
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler
 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438

 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/ 
 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021 
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544

 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town

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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45

Molly talks about the Gen Z candidate in the Republican primary to replace Nancy Mace as the representative in South Carolina's first congressional district. He's running on mass deportation and cutting taxes, but he can't stop complaining that people are calling him a nazi. 
 
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/
 
https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/

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The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace

Andrew and Mia discuss the pro- and anti-natalist movements and how they generate reactionary politics.
 
Sources: 
 
https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican
 
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382208/whats-behind-the-pronatalist-movement-to-boost-the-birth-rate
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/

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Natalism feat. Andrew

James is joined by Meghan Bodette to discuss how the AANES has been left to deal with the thousands of ISIS fighters in its territory after the defeat of the territorial ‘caliphate’ and the impact of drone strikes on the region.
 
@kurdishpeaceorg onTwitter 

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The ISIS Detainees in AANES and Why the International Community Won’t Help

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