Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the final arc of Andor Season 2, covering how empires cannibalize their own, revolution as an infectious disease, and the politics of Yavin.

Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the final arc of Andor Season 2, covering how empires cannibalize their own, revolution as an infectious disease, and the politics of Yavin.

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

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12

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The gang get together to discuss state violence in Los Angeles, tariffs, the Trump-Musk breakup and more ICE raids across the country.

Sources:

https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000

https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-he-will-set-unilateral-tariff-rates-within-weeks-200619527.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/06/02/immigration-restrictions-pile-up-on-international-students/

https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697

https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697

https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/


https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02009/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5427998/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-enforcement

The gang get together to discuss state violence in Los Angeles, tariffs, the Trump-Musk breakup and more ICE raids across the country.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000">https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000</a><a href="https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/"></a>
<a href="https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/">https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/</a>
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees</a>
<a href="https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal">https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices">https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices</a>
<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-he-will-set-unilateral-tariff-rates-within-weeks-200619527.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-he-will-set-unilateral-tariff-rates-within-weeks-200619527.html</a>
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/06/02/immigration-restrictions-pile-up-on-international-students/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/06/02/immigration-restrictions-pile-up-on-international-students/</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697">https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697">https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697</a>
<a href="https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/">https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/ </a><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship"></a>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship">https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship</a>
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920 </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html"></a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html"></a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html</a>
<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02009/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02009/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5427998/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-enforcement">https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5427998/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-enforcement</a>

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20

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James talks to Robert about the LA protests after spending Monday night on the ground in DTLA covering the protests and police response.

James talks to Robert about the LA protests after spending Monday night on the ground in DTLA covering the protests and police response.

On The Ground In LA

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James is joined by Mick to talk about the horrific conditions migrants face in Libya and the EU’s funding of detention camps.

Sources:

https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean  https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024

https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193ef7774e6591d4f0a256fc 

European Commission Financial Transparency System Andrea Beck, 2024

Italian and EU Funding of the Libyan Coast Guard: How Italian External Border Immigration Policies Have Created Crimes Against Humanity, Public Ignorance, and Legal Accountability Issues

Ronald Bruce. Libya: From Colony to Revolution

Ship of Humanity: Witness to Rescue in the Mediterranean by Judith Sunderland

Capitivity, Migration and Power in Libya. Nadia Al-Dayel, Aaron Anfinson & Graeme Anfinson 2021.

Tilley: War Making and State Making as organized crime

James is joined by Mick to talk about the horrific conditions migrants face in Libya and the EU&rsquo;s funding of detention camps.
Sources:
<a href="https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean">https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean  </a><a href="https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024">https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193ef7774e6591d4f0a256fc">https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193ef7774e6591d4f0a256fc </a>  
European Commission Financial Transparency System Andrea Beck, 2024
Italian and EU Funding of the Libyan Coast Guard: How Italian&nbsp;External Border Immigration Policies Have Created Crimes&nbsp;Against Humanity, Public Ignorance, and Legal Accountability Issues
Ronald Bruce. Libya: From Colony to Revolution
Ship of Humanity: Witness to Rescue in the Mediterranean by Judith Sunderland
Capitivity, Migration and Power in Libya. Nadia Al-Dayel, Aaron Anfinson &amp; Graeme Anfinson 2021.
Tilley: War Making and State Making as organized crime

Migrant Detention in Libya

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/08e52991-9724-459b-bbfc-b2f80189d556/transcript

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12

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