All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Isn’t Really Over
Do Not Become Addicted to Water: Asheville After Helene
Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger
A Tale of Two Assassinations with Andrew
Executive Disorder: Hegseth Impeachment Vote, Jensen Huang’s Spy Scandal, Salvadoran Operations in Haiti 

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Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Isn’t Really Over
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-declares-drought-disaster-parts-puerto-rico-dry-conditions-persist-rcna594653 
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-embalse-la-plata-se-acerca-al-nivel-de-control-como-estan-sus-condiciones/ 
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https://docs.pr.gov/files/Estado/OrdenesEjecutivas/2026/OE-2026-035.pdf
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https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/aaa-contratos-millonarios-perdida-agua/
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/aaa-fondos-reparar-tuberias-perdida-agua/
https://wapa.tv/noticias/locales/una-semana-sin-agua-y-190-mil-abonados-afectados-por-rotura-en-el-superacueducto/articleb4a05276-f542-4d3b-a21e-6b154eee5d16.htmlref_=heavyweather.media
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https://www.wired.com/story/puerto-rico-is-rationing-water-it-could-avoid-it-by-harvesting-rainwater/
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https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/mas-de-la-mitad-de-puerto-rico-sigue-bajo-sequia-o-sequedad-pese-a-lluvias/
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94ff222426db331
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https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/dd80d863-6a63-11ef-a8ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-was-puerto-ricos-water-system-really-built-for/id1553089886?i=1000799569550 

 

Do Not Become Addicted to Water: Asheville After Helene
https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5399

 

Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/
https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/
https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison
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https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover

 

A Tale of Two Assassinations with Andrew
https://abcnews.com/US/luigi-mangione-charged-murder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-life-school-family-back/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-brian-thompson-killing
America's Forgotten Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists by Jeffrey D. Simon
Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe by Nunzio Pernicone, Fraser Ottanelli
The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s by Carl Levy
The Monza Tragedy by Errico Malatesta - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-the-monza-tragedy

 

Executive Disorder: Hegseth Impeachment Vote, Jensen Huang’s Spy Scandal, Salvadoran Operations in Haiti 
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https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/portsmouth-grants-rnli-highest-civic-honour-following-threats-to-crew-9342509
https://www.axios.com/2026/11/08/scoop-mamdanis-bid-for-2028-kingmaker
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/09/congress/union-sours-on-schumer-01157983
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/10/congress/sanders-dings-schumer-01159546
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/no-idea-hegseth-strategy-iran-james-comer/
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mzvwv2cxl32x
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026317 
https://x.com/Rep_Stansbury/status/2120312483697091008 
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6206617-jeffries-supports-hegseth-impeachment/ 
https://x.com/riley_rogerson/status/2120299241348202952
https://x.com/LEBassett/status/2120307288754065812?a=q397I_gDFM3huIgD_to&s=20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2aC8lAOQbg
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