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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James and Gare discuss the targeted assassination of a Minnesota Democrat by an anti-abortion evangelical missionary.

Sources:

https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=0792690a-c0b6-e811-9165-00155d0deff0

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/

https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp

https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039

https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/

https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs

https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#

James and Gare discuss the targeted assassination of a Minnesota Democrat by an anti-abortion evangelical missionary.
Sources:
<a href="https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=0792690a-c0b6-e811-9165-00155d0deff0">https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=0792690a-c0b6-e811-9165-00155d0deff0</a>
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team">https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp">https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp</a>
<a href="https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039">https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039</a>
<a href="https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342">https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342</a>
<a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/">https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/</a>
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/">https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs">https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#">https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#</a>

The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism

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James talks to Theo Henderson, host of We The Unhoused, about the impact of protests in LA on the unhoused community, and how people at the intersection of the undocumented and the unhoused community are coping with federal, state, and local crackdowns.

James talks to Theo Henderson, host of <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889/">We The Unhoused</a>, about the impact of protests in LA on the unhoused community, and how people at the intersection of the undocumented and the unhoused community are coping with federal, state, and local crackdowns.

Protest, Immigration Enforcement, and the Unhoused Community

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/56d9d6cb-8bae-4fd3-8818-b3140172155d/transcript

Mia and Gare discuss the contents of the recently passed budget bill and how its worst provisions can be defeated.

Sources:

Trans Income Project: https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20states%20that%20have,individual)%20and%20138%25%20of%20that%20amount%20($21%2C597).&text=The%20Senate%20bill%20would%20allow%20states%20to,who%20seek%20emergency%20room%20care%20for%20nonemergencies.

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/16/school-choice-expansion-in-budget-bill-puts-federal-stamp-on-gop-priority/

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trumps-budget-bill-attack-public-schools-working-families-and-immigrants

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-egregious-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/

https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-senate-passed-a-federal-voucher-program-whats-in-it/2025/07

https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/not-beautiful-trumps-budget-forces-a-national-voucher-plan-on-america/

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school

https://itep.org/trump-megabill-expensive-private-school-vouchers/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-trump-s-big-spending-bill-will-overhaul-repayment-for-millions-of-student-loan-borrowers/ar-AA1HXbVa?cvid=7271B17CDE424D63B5C23D6A3D1E71B7&ocid=msnHomepage

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/trump-budget-bill-states-border-security/84463777007/

https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/

https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate

Mia and Gare discuss the contents of the recently passed budget bill and how its worst provisions can be defeated.
Sources:
Trans Income Project:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3fe89a51-822d-40e1-8a3e-fc49e5cc6060">https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7a949d26-8458-4027-977a-e94e777953e4">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit</a>
<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20states%20that%20have,individual)%20and%20138%25%20of%20that%20amount%20($21%2C597).&amp;text=The%20Senate%20bill%20would%20allow%20states%20to,who%20seek%20emergency%20room%20care%20for%20nonemergencies" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="45c68244-418f-4c1a-93e4-ba543e753e23">https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20states%20that%20have,individual)%20and%20138%25%20of%20that%20amount%20($21%2C597).&amp;text=The%20Senate%20bill%20would%20allow%20states%20to,who%20seek%20emergency%20room%20care%20for%20nonemergencies</a>.
<a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/16/school-choice-expansion-in-budget-bill-puts-federal-stamp-on-gop-priority/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="daf9508d-bc56-4995-89ce-bb475d972e38">https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/16/school-choice-expansion-in-budget-bill-puts-federal-stamp-on-gop-priority/</a>
<a href="https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trumps-budget-bill-attack-public-schools-working-families-and-immigrants" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7ac2a57a-da5c-4e24-8d26-be81820a5efc">https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trumps-budget-bill-attack-public-schools-working-families-and-immigrants</a>
<a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-egregious-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="35c4b15e-7d76-4f16-89d9-b12c983b5d09">https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-egregious-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/</a>
<a href="https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="25ae6aa0-c397-4f8a-bab7-16b250b0c460">https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools</a>
<a href="https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-senate-passed-a-federal-voucher-program-whats-in-it/2025/07" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="5d478c94-a17f-4f15-bd78-67012a28db20">https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-senate-passed-a-federal-voucher-program-whats-in-it/2025/07</a>
<a href="https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/not-beautiful-trumps-budget-forces-a-national-voucher-plan-on-america/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d03f186d-e884-4b18-bc05-967961f11044">https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/not-beautiful-trumps-budget-forces-a-national-voucher-plan-on-america/</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="92eff34e-efcd-4981-81ff-b1458e8baa6b">https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school</a>
<a href="https://itep.org/trump-megabill-expensive-private-school-vouchers/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="0881f61c-bf65-45c0-a903-59fcc8ef56a9">https://itep.org/trump-megabill-expensive-private-school-vouchers/</a>
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-trump-s-big-spending-bill-will-overhaul-repayment-for-millions-of-student-loan-borrowers/ar-AA1HXbVa?cvid=7271B17CDE424D63B5C23D6A3D1E71B7&amp;ocid=msnHomepage" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="cfe0da98-06ee-4589-8998-0a41abc08221">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/how-trump-s-big-spending-bill-will-overhaul-repayment-for-millions-of-student-loan-borrowers/ar-AA1HXbVa?cvid=7271B17CDE424D63B5C23D6A3D1E71B7&amp;ocid=msnHomepage</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="1a551f3d-3c9f-4236-bdfc-b1044b779865">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753</a>
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/trump-budget-bill-states-border-security/84463777007/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="6f8a95bb-5ff4-4e62-b1b6-10d489b50593">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/trump-budget-bill-states-border-security/84463777007/</a>
<a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e7544f78-024c-41fa-95c5-298391cbce80">https://newrepublic.com/post/197412/donald-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-devastating-poll</a>
<a href="https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="b4e61a29-7e2c-44d5-92f3-7b07de79b8d7">https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/</a>
<a href="https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d85603f8-660b-449c-b14a-d3dd24c6d61b">https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-senate-passed-reconciliation-bill-affect-rural-areas/</a>
<a href="https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e897dd26-14a3-44a9-b6fa-38b04bc14142">https://www.cbpp.org/research/medicaid-and-chip/senate-reconciliation-amendment-would-cut-hundreds-of-billions-more-from</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="f7d732f8-85d5-40ab-a27a-d7fb2b468997">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/</a>
<a href="https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="265d4db4-f7ef-436c-a4b6-57bf87690753">https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security/</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="21b6b9e5-e2ae-4d48-8ddd-d95c77911a9c">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate</a>

The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It)

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

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