It Could Happen Here

The gang discuss Rubio’s international summit on Antifa terrorism, new visa restrictions targeting the “far-left”, the first use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, the Trump admin’s anti-Cuba crusade, tariffs against Canada, and Trump’s election security address.

Sources:

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-man-accused-of-setting-fire-outside-immigration-court-charged-with-arson

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2079578782604689855?s=20

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism

https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/ministerial-on-resurgence-of-political-terrorism-results

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1309861/rubio-cites-fatal-greece-firebombing-as-he-urges-global-action-against-far-left-terrorism/

https://apnews.com/article/france-student-beating-death-politics-melenchon-d333739b9f6025828ffaba3bceb1d263

https://apnews.com/article/rubio-polticial-violence-antifa-trump-e1dad3924bd1b018e43d5b89ac07bb0b 

https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/ 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.51.0.pdf 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm 

https://www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terrorist-removal-court-has-its-first-case 

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/visa-restriction-policy-targeting-far-left-terrorist-and-other-aligned-groups/ 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/17/2026-14439/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant 

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf

https://x.com/BaselineNow/status/2079560456117551204?s=20

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2077776039074230375?s=20

https://x.com/TeamFishback/status/2078957886403670411?s=20

https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2079633911181725999?s=20

https://x.com/Julesnader386/status/2078847789606334715?s=20

https://x.com/roomcguire/status/2077484311608008925?s=20

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/outside-spending-floods-michigans-us-senate-race-most-for-haley-stevens/

https://x.com/VaughnHillyard/status/2077940482869453085

https://x.com/AOC/status/2079618843815645552?s=20

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8183/pdf/COMPS-8183.pdf 

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-may-revive-1930-trade-discrimination-law-for-reciprocal-us-tariffs-125021200628_1.html 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-10-duties-expiring-trade-181612201.html 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-canada-tariffs-wildfire/90987616007/ 

https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/trump-tariffs-canada-alcohol-motor-vehicles-dairy/ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-canada-50-tariffs-203346290.html 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/trump-generic-drugs-tariffs-medicine-trade-.html 

https://archive.vn/LzzYv 

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/trump-imposes-new-illegal-tariffs-on-canada/ 

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/03/does-the-smoot-hawley-act-justify-the-trump-tariffs-no-says-philip-zelikow/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/21/canada-tariffs-prices-rise-impact-limited/90993514007/ 

https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/

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Part one of a five part series on Myanmar’s spring revolution. James and Robert document the first year of Myanmar’s revolution through the stories of its participants.

Music for this series was provided by Rebel Riot, check out their Bandcamp here: https://therebelriot.bandcamp.com/album/one-day

Original Air Date: 11.7.22

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Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again.

Original Air Date: 3.26.26

Sources:

https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf

https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html

https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber

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Garrison explains how news networks have partnered with gambling sites to forecast the future and turn everyone’s phone into a casino of human suffering.

Original Air Date: 12.9.25

Sources:

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

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James and Robert are joined by Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV to discuss a sensible approach to gun ownership after the election.

Original Air Date: 11.22.2024

Resources:

inrange.tv

https://theliberalgunclub.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/

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Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust House

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

• How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights
• Free Football from FIFA
•  How to Fire Your Boss
• The DSA Red Scare
• Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea

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Sources/Links:

How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far

https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own

Free Football from FIFA

https://www.Rebootfifa.com

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt

 How to Fire Your Boss

https://industrialworker.carrd.co

https://linktr.ee/raisaf161

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism

The DSA Red Scare

http://program.dsausa.org

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing

https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/

https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists

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

https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20

https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20

https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/

Executive Disorder: Three ICE Killings, UAW Investigation, Explosive Diarrhea

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20

https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/ 

https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521 

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628

https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 

https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46 

https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf 

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c 

https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/ 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html 

https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20

https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/

https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites

https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6

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The gang discuss the death of Lindsay Graham, a DOJ investigation into UAW president Shawn Fain, the outbreak of cyclospora across multiple states, and three ICE killings from the last week.

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

https://x.com/WelcomeTheGulag/status/2076874632506834992?s=20

https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2076307271873691671?s=20

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2076340630091911417?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2076310780165669185?s=20

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-launches-effort-isolate-international-criminal-court-2026-07-13/ 

https://archive.ph/kCuKC#selection-567.13-567.67

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077169026430628009?s=20

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076732825349628250 

https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2074561104022233521 

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077118318088008072?s=20 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077496765553811628

https://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2076687428962640325?s=20 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/video-federal-agents-pull-man-from-car-fatal-shooting/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/ice-vehicle-shooting-maine-dhs/687912/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrTDbV3lXsGSUmzHP3VVeY4Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 

https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2076798878595342620?s=46 

https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2076993772802506969 

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-office-of-inspector-general.pdf 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/video/breaking-ice-suspend-vehicle-stops-fatal-shootings-ip 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dhs_fy2027.pdf 

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c 

https://maineimmigrantrights.org/maines-immigrant-community-responds-to-ice-shooting-in-biddeford/ 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html 

https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077151442968641769?s=20

https://prospect.org/2026/07/14/monitor-amok-uaw-shawn-fain-investigation/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/justice-department-uaw-president-investigation

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/doj-investigating-allegations-against-uaw-president-shawn-fain

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2076418443377623528?s=20

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/you-shouldnt-avoid-fruits-and-vegetables-due-to-cyclospora-a9570579349/

https://defector.com/why-the-explosive-diarrhea-parasite-is-way-worse-than-regular-diarrhea-parasites

https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6

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Garrison talks about President Trump’s new campaign against COMMUNISM following a series of electoral victories by DSA candidates across the country, and how establishment democrats are teaming up with the GOP to take down the Democratic Socialists of America. 

Sources:

http://program.dsausa.org

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rKpagMuXmG9L9Djy7ZKLqTOLiQxCilS5cr8-UxIcUhI/edit?usp=sharing

https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/06/23/building-the-party-one-office-at-a-time/

https://x.com/canarymission/status/2072658131163693304?s=20

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/mamdani-left-democrats-nyc-jeffries-centrists

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

https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996?s=20

https://x.com/MariamaJames13/status/2072340515257782299?s=20

https://x.com/DataProgress/status/2072738855950630981?s=20

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/more-new-yorkers-voted-last-year-any-mayoral-election-1969/413224/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073097064540455315?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2073096909728682088?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2072027580467655100?s=20

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2077167616880255056?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democrats-should-fight-dsa/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/democrats-fight-left-dsa/687839/ 

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Mia talks with Raisa, Tabby, and Daniel from the IWW about industrial and solidarity unionism, the history of the IWW, and the IWW's upcoming Fire Your Boss Tour.

https://industrialworker.carrd.co

https://linktr.ee/raisaf161

Sources:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism

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