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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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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9 Mar 28, 2025

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Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat.

Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/

https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46

https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9

https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089

https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/

https://t.co/eFo00blJBh

https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143

https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/

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Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers Mar 27, 2025

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Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers.

Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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Should You Flee the United States? Mar 26, 2025

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Robert, James, and Gare discuss the question of fleeing the country, various demographics under threat, and the politics of escape.

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Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland Mar 25, 2025

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Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps.

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Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps Mar 24, 2025

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James and Gare discuss the rendition of 238 Venezuelan migrants to a prison labor camp in El Salvador.

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CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three Mar 23, 2025

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Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series.

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 174 Mar 22, 2025

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

Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance
Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1
Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators
Behind the Tesla Attacks
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8

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Sources/Links:

Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators

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

Behind the Tesla Attacks

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-support-musk-2025-03-11/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/trump-musk-tesla-white-house-showroom-buys-car-rcna195905

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114141854575248527
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/tesla-takedown-musk-doge/index.html
https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tesla-vehicles-destroyed-vandalized-musk-began-role-white/story?id=119677836
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/14/tesla-boycotts-turn-violent-reports-of-vandalism-and-worse-timeline/
https://www.jalopnik.com/1804358/thieves-steel-44-wheels-tesla-storage-lot/
https://southtahoenow.com/03/13/2025/tesla-superchargers-vandalized-again-in-meyers#:~:text=Damaged%20Tesla%20supercharger%20in%20Meyers,6600

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/man-accused-of-burning-tesla-chargers-in-north-charleston-granted-bond/

https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/03/05/salem-man-accused-of-shooting-window-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-tesla-dealership/
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/03/05/tesla-dealership-shooting-molotov-cocktails-salem-oregon/81666562007/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/lyons-resident-charged-connection-series-incidents-loveland-tesla-dealership
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2025/03/14/vandalism-at-loveland-colorado-tesla-dealership-leads-to-another-arrest/82415599007/
https://komonews.com/news/local/four-tesla-cybertrucks-destroyed-in-fire-in-seattles-sodo-neighborhood-elon-musk-doge-federal-jobs-cut-protests-seattle-fire-department-investigation
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/several-vehicle-set-on-fire-at-tesla-in-las-vegas-police-say-3322726/

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250303-dozen-teslas-torched-outside-french-dealership-authorities
https://apnews.com/article/germany-tesla-factory-berlin-arson-9d66c3efa104d03244bd2c4d920c35a0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/08/elon-musk-tesla-protest-violence-vandalism/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/03/18/tesla-stock-slides-another-6-as-more-firms-warn-of-musk-led-companys-sales-woes/
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-decline-jp-morgan-analyst-guidance-2025-3
https://insideevs.com/news/746064/byd-beats-tesla-ev-production/

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5311609/tesla-sales-europe
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325321/elon-musk-tesla-politics-republican-buyers-sales
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328626/elon-musk-protests-tesla-takedown
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1899106551270375660

https://x.com/MrPitbull07/status/1899107163232190950

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1899129877972013112

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1898369343399899218

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8

https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/Venezuela-dice-que-no-descansara-hasta-rescatar-a-migrantes-secuestrados-en-El-Salvador-20250317-0046.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/doj-alien-enemies-act-deportation-flights-rcna196907

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1901584664906682833

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114183576937425149

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-calls-out-federal-judge-defying-logic-ruling-stall-trump-deportations

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1902394620748657019

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.38.0_1.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-signals-will-comply-trump-administrations-demands-rcna197110

https://archive.ph/SjG4h

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208721711.0.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-is-nearing-agreement-to-give-trump-what-he-wants-14315bb3

https://insideevs.com/news/753730/tesla-insurance-vandalism-elon-musk/

https://archive.ph/TwgRG

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/donald-trump-tariffs-recession-trade-war-updates/82495189007/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/trump-tariffs.html

https://archive.ph/3erM8

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diplomatic-row-french-trumpr-researcher-expelled-from-terrorism-us/

https://thehoya.com/news/developing-gu-researcher-detained-by-immigration-agents/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-graduate-student-00239754

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-no-steel-aluminum-tariff-exemptions-coming-trump-says-191201285.html

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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8 Mar 21, 2025

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The gang discuss the rendition of Venezuelan migrants, attacks on trans people in the military, more arrests of graduate students, and the bird flu.

Sources:

https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/Venezuela-dice-que-no-descansara-hasta-rescatar-a-migrantes-secuestrados-en-El-Salvador-20250317-0046.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/doj-alien-enemies-act-deportation-flights-rcna196907

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1901584664906682833

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114183576937425149

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-calls-out-federal-judge-defying-logic-ruling-stall-trump-deportations

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1902394620748657019

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.38.0_1.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-signals-will-comply-trump-administrations-demands-rcna197110

https://archive.ph/SjG4h

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208721711.0.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-is-nearing-agreement-to-give-trump-what-he-wants-14315bb3

https://insideevs.com/news/753730/tesla-insurance-vandalism-elon-musk/

https://archive.ph/TwgRG

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/donald-trump-tariffs-recession-trade-war-updates/82495189007/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/trump-tariffs.html

https://archive.ph/3erM8

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diplomatic-row-french-trumpr-researcher-expelled-from-terrorism-us/

https://thehoya.com/news/developing-gu-researcher-detained-by-immigration-agents/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-graduate-student-00239754

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-no-steel-aluminum-tariff-exemptions-coming-trump-says-191201285.html

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Behind the Tesla Attacks Mar 20, 2025

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Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. Garrison breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-support-musk-2025-03-11/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/trump-musk-tesla-white-house-showroom-buys-car-rcna195905

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114141854575248527
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/tesla-takedown-musk-doge/index.html
https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tesla-vehicles-destroyed-vandalized-musk-began-role-white/story?id=119677836
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/14/tesla-boycotts-turn-violent-reports-of-vandalism-and-worse-timeline/
https://www.jalopnik.com/1804358/thieves-steel-44-wheels-tesla-storage-lot/
https://southtahoenow.com/03/13/2025/tesla-superchargers-vandalized-again-in-meyers#:~:text=Damaged%20Tesla%20supercharger%20in%20Meyers,6600

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/man-accused-of-burning-tesla-chargers-in-north-charleston-granted-bond/

https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/03/05/salem-man-accused-of-shooting-window-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-tesla-dealership/
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/03/05/tesla-dealership-shooting-molotov-cocktails-salem-oregon/81666562007/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/lyons-resident-charged-connection-series-incidents-loveland-tesla-dealership
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2025/03/14/vandalism-at-loveland-colorado-tesla-dealership-leads-to-another-arrest/82415599007/
https://komonews.com/news/local/four-tesla-cybertrucks-destroyed-in-fire-in-seattles-sodo-neighborhood-elon-musk-doge-federal-jobs-cut-protests-seattle-fire-department-investigation
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/several-vehicle-set-on-fire-at-tesla-in-las-vegas-police-say-3322726/

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250303-dozen-teslas-torched-outside-french-dealership-authorities
https://apnews.com/article/germany-tesla-factory-berlin-arson-9d66c3efa104d03244bd2c4d920c35a0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/08/elon-musk-tesla-protest-violence-vandalism/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/03/18/tesla-stock-slides-another-6-as-more-firms-warn-of-musk-led-companys-sales-woes/
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-decline-jp-morgan-analyst-guidance-2025-3
https://insideevs.com/news/746064/byd-beats-tesla-ev-production/

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5311609/tesla-sales-europe
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325321/elon-musk-tesla-politics-republican-buyers-sales
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328626/elon-musk-protests-tesla-takedown
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1899106551270375660

https://x.com/MrPitbull07/status/1899107163232190950

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1899129877972013112

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1898369343399899218

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Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators Mar 19, 2025

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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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