It Could Happen Here

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

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle 

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare

- Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help 

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

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Sources/Links:

Darién Gap: One Year Later

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data

https://compstat.nypdonline.org/ 

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf 

https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3 

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445 

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo 

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis 

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf 

https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/ 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia 

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest 

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme 

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf

https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view 

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=

https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20 

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/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117

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The gang covers the arrest of a J6 bomber suspect, the shooting of National Guard troops in DC and the following immigration crackdown, repeated airstrikes targeting survivors of alleged smuggling boats, a Turning Point campaign against a trans college instructor, and online gambling sites partnering with news agencies.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/economy/trump-north-american-trade-deal.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-may-exit-usmca-next-year-trump-meets-nvidias-huang-to-talk-ai-chip-curbs-231853198.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/business/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-refunds.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-deepens-tariff-cut-brazilian-224041283.html

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/NYPD-Complaint-Data-Current-Year-To-Date-/5uac-w243/about_data

https://compstat.nypdonline.org/ 

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/Particularly%20Serious%20Crimes%20Advisory_Dec%202023.pdf 

https://www.nycbar.org/press-releases/mayor-eric-adamss-threats-to-new-york-as-a-sanctuary-city/#_ftn3 

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-5445 

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglx77mplgo 

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/11/28/us-suspends-visas-in-depth-look-global-afghanistan-refugee-crisis 

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf 

https://www.cato.org/blog/fbis-crosshairs-socialist-rifle-association 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10669/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/ 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-somalia 

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1992048335876772353 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1254a&num=0&edition=prelim 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bsearch_type_id%5D=3&conditions%5Bterm%5D=TPS+somali&order=newest 

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-announces-modernized-more-affordable-national-park-access 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme 

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-texas-haiti-coup-plot/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/fbi-makes-arrest-in-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation-after-nearly-5-years/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/afghan-national-charged-murder-national-guard-soldier-sarah-beckstrom

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-mpd-detectice-affidavit.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc.html

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/immigrants/downloads/pdf/nyc-detainer-laws.pdf

https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dvs1d2mlFUostowEZzfr0CoCrbUQw99a/view 

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2025/38DOC.Release.Rpt.09.25.2025.pdf 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRj_NZHjeRK/?hl=en&img_index=

https://x.com/UofOklahoma/status/1995186884704690262?s=20 

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/ForecasterEnten/status/1978469463415755117

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In the final episode of a four part series, James talks about the need for mutual aid, and speaks to the family hosting Primrose now. 

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

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In the third episode of a four part series, James talks about ICE raids, Primrose’s time in detention, and the start of mass protest against Trump’s mass deportations. 

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

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In the second episode of a four part series, James talks about why Primrose left Zimbabwe and the way migrants are covered in legacy media.

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

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In the first of a four part series, James catches up with Primrose and her daughter Kim, who he met in the Darien Gap. We hear about the journey from Panama to the USA’s southern border, and the challenges migrants face along the way.

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

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There's nothing left to do but track these cultists to the source.

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

- Requiem for Stop Cop City

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure

- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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Sources:

Requiem for Stop Cop City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 

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

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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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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.

Original Air Date: 3.27.25

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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