Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced.

Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced.

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

An Update from Belfast

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Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.

Sources:

https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline

https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY


https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien 

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.
Sources:
<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/">https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ </a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto</a> 
<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/">https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/ </a><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline</a> 
<a href="https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf">https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf </a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0 </a><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/ </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY </a><a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien"></a>
<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien">https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien</a>&nbsp;

The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight

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Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution

Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution
Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

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

- How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

- Settler Colonialism with Andrew

- Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

- The Necessary War on Data Centers

- Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

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Sources/Links:

How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth

(https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth)

More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican

Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu

Empire of Borders by Todd Miller

Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller

From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu

(https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf)

Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294)

Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña

(https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/)

Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924

(https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf)

US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic)

Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1

(https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header)

Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby

(https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/)

Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas)

‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart)

Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/)

“They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses”

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/)

Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic

(https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/)

10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic

(https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality)

LEA Training Schedule 2024

(https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR)

International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program)

Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program)

El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M)

How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau

(https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/)

Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html)

Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/)

US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border

(https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border)

Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti

(https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/)

A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi

(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg)

“A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234)

Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS

(https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html)

Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti)

La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia

(https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/)

La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413)

Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement

(https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/)

87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración

(https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/)

Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic

(https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)

Settler Colonialism with Andrew

Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe

https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History

Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran. 

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel

Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og 

Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

Short Stories:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/

https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation 

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rul
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/



Police Shooting:

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/ 

https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/ 

https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp 

https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/ 

https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/ 

https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163 

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html 

https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1 

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022

Iran Deal:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20 

https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781 

https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz 

https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20

https://x.com/osinttechnical 


World Cup:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visashttps://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/

UFC Freedom 250:
https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline
https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

Dialog:
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

It Could Happen Here Weekly 237

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