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It Could Happen Here

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.

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Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con May 21, 2026

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Garrison attends New York Comic Con to investigate the (pop) culture war and why anime is beating western superhero comics. Oh also Lego Batman is here for some reason.

Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926

https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa

https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/

https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/

https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/

https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/

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Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid May 20, 2026

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Mia tells Molly about monopsony and how economists conspired to bury the theories that explain your wages.

Sources:

https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333

https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low

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Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo? May 19, 2026

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James is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana.

Sources:
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf

https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf

https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve

https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.

https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/

https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule

https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule

https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/

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How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting May 18, 2026

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Garrison talks with James about FBI arrests for illegal voting and Trump’s efforts to seize state voter rolls to investigate election officials and restrict voting.

Sources:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline

https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf

https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html

https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information

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CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 2 May 17, 2026

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Margaret continues with the final part of a gutting story about rejection and re-accimlation

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 232 May 16, 2026

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

- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State

- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence

- Parasitism with Andrew

- The Return of Jim Crow

- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA

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Sources/Links:

Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/

https://colonelpanic.tech/

Rayhunter.eff.org

https://www.open-archive.org/save

Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf

https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf

https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/

https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/

https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/

https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/

https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism

Parasitism with Andrew

Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald

Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos

The Return of Jim Crow

https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/

https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html

Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo

https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf

https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20

https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20

ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged

https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046

https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828

https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf

https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/

https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/

https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720

https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court

https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war

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Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA May 15, 2026

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The gang discuss how many Americans think Trump’s assassination was staged, alleged threats over an anti-trans event at the University of Washington, how the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the new district map, Trump’s criticism of the Kurds, and if we are still at war with Iran?

Sources:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo

https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf

https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20

https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20

ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged

https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046

https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828

https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf

https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/

https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/

https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720

https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court

https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war

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The Return of Jim Crow May 14, 2026

Show notes

Mia discusses the impact of the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act and how it marks a return to overt Jim Crow white supremacy.

Sources:

https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/

https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html

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Parasitism with Andrew May 13, 2026

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Andrew and Mia talk about the political of viewing humans as parasites.

Sources:

Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald

Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos

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Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence May 12, 2026

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Garrison and Robert discuss how the new White House counterterrorism strategy targets anarchists, antifa, and “extreme transgender ideology,” while using terrorism to justify military strikes and regime change.

Sources:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf

https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf

https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/

https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/

https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/

https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/

https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism

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