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.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/
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https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20
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https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20
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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:
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20</a></li>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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</ul>

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

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

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