Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps.

Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps.

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.

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Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland

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Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

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Rendition to El Salvador

Encampment Sweeps in Oakland

Should You Flee the United States?

Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9

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


Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps


Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland


Should You Flee the United States?
Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers


Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9

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Sources/Links:

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/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/

https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46

https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9

https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089

https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/

https://t.co/eFo00blJBh

https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143

https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
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Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps
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Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland
</li>
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Should You Flee the United States?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers</li>
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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9
</li>
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Sources/Links:
Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c5a994d1-f030-4ddb-9e1e-1079b1225d9b">https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e9969f15-53f7-4ed3-bd2a-c9cb51d08910">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw</a>
<a href="https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="6555b7a0-95ac-43f3-8c89-6177c858c6c3">https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/</a>
<a href="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" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="363b894c-8ba0-47e4-95f8-6894a683e91d">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</a>
<a href="https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="76ae4679-5a66-4d2e-84f8-206b517bcd06">https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html</a>
<a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="6294ee28-b7a2-4426-ab79-89efd31957ed">https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians</a>
<a href="https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="a9578aa6-f1d0-4264-ac82-f4d88753e247">https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/</a>
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581</a>
<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/</a>
<a href="https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46">https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46</a>
<a href="https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9">https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9</a>
<a href="https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089">https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089</a>
<a href="https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ">https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/</a>
<a href="https://t.co/eFo00blJBh">https://t.co/eFo00blJBh</a>
<a href="https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143">https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143</a>
<a href="https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/">https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/</a>

It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

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Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat.

Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/

https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46

https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9

https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089

https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/

https://t.co/eFo00blJBh

https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143

https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/

Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12581</a>
<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9930/</a>
<a href="https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46">https://x.com/presssec/status/1904875629612331123?s=46</a>
<a href="https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9">https://t.co/JYbx0FtHc9</a>
<a href="https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089">https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089</a>
<a href="https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ">https://t.co/kOhUqcypOJ</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-flights-el-salvador-doubles-down/</a>
<a href="https://t.co/eFo00blJBh">https://t.co/eFo00blJBh</a>
<a href="https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143">https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/1904526812434084143</a>
<a href="https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/">https://truthout.org/articles/tufts-student-activist-rumeysa-ozturk-abducted-by-ice-on-her-way-to-iftar/</a>

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