Robert sits down with Lucas Herndon, a New Mexico-based activist, to talk about his governor's new unconstitutional gun carry ban and why murder in Albuquerque is up 50%

Robert sits down with Lucas Herndon, a New Mexico-based activist, to talk about his governor's new unconstitutional gun carry ban and why murder in Albuquerque is up 50%

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 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

New Mexico's New Gun Ban and America's Irritated Jerk Murder Epidemic

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/38d4a554-598c-454b-a688-b07c0005a7d0/transcript

The gang discuss new prediction market advertising campaigns, a 9/11 themed attack ad against Abdul El-Sayed, the US striking Iranian oil tankers, Trump’s illegal tariffs against Canada, and the White House’s new online arcade with a “Build the Wall” and deportation video game. 

Sources:
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/
https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610
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https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859
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https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468
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https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl
https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663
http://arcade.gov
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20
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https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20
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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1
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https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11
https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20
https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20
https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary
https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20
https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records 

The gang discuss new prediction market advertising campaigns, a 9/11 themed attack ad against Abdul El-Sayed, the US striking Iranian oil tankers, Trump&rsquo;s illegal tariffs against Canada, and the White House&rsquo;s new online arcade with a &ldquo;Build the Wall&rdquo; and deportation video game. Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nyc.gov/workerpower">nyc.gov/workerpower</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe">https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/">https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl">https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25">https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/">https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610">https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610</a></li>
<li><a href="https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/">https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859?s=20">https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036?s=20">https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468?s=20">https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/">https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/">https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl">https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld">https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/">https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4">https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war">https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663">https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arcade.gov">http://arcade.gov</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li">https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20">https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/">https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html">https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/">https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20">https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11">https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20">https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20">https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067">https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary">https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20">https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/">https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records">https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/46ff9119-2895-4c0c-89ae-b4c200141ee8/transcript

Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html

Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump&rsquo;s war with Iran has blown it up. Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt">https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/">https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html</a></li>
</ul>

The Death of American Hegemony

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c0e95016-6760-4f8a-8cdb-b4c0018b3d6a/transcript

Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.

 

Sources:
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps 
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html

https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20  
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk

Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.
&nbsp;
Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/">https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/">https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20">https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20</a>&nbsp; </li>
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