Robert walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.

Robert walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.

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

Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance

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The gang discuss a DHS investigation into Minnesota labor unions part of an alleged anti-ICE conspiracy, military detention near National Defense Areas at the border, the USS Lincoln, why a General Dynamics factory can't make artillery shells, what’s up with the bond market, and Angie Nixon winning the senate nomination in Florida. 

Sources: 

https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdf
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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal 

https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20 

https://x.com/UK_MTO 

https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20
https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed
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https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.html
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.html
https://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8
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https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20
https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868
https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/ 

The gang discuss a DHS investigation into Minnesota labor unions part of an alleged anti-ICE conspiracy, military detention near National Defense Areas at the border, the USS Lincoln, why a General Dynamics factory can't make artillery shells, what&rsquo;s up with the bond market, and Angie Nixon winning the senate nomination in Florida.&nbsp;
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20">https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20 </a><a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/">https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/</a>
<a href="https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997">https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997 </a><a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf</a>
<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdf </a><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdf </a><a href="https://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372">https://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372</a> <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/</a> <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender">https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/">https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20">https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/UK_MTO">https://x.com/UK_MTO</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20">https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20</a> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed">https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed </a><a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/ </a><a href="https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/">https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.html </a><a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/">https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/us-iran-economic-strain-strait-of-hormuz-conflict/ </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack.html </a><a href="https://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264">https://archive.is/f4Ei8#selection-4447.0-4447.264 </a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/">https://www.reuters.com/world/china/selling-grips-bond-markets-us-japan-inflation-fiscal-worries-take-hold-2026-08-18/</a> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-announces-upscaled-buyback-operation-for-longer-term-debt-sending-yields-lower.html</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8">https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-market-warning-yields-hit-2007-record-2026-8</a> <a href="https://angienixon.com/">https://angienixon.com/</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results#democratic-primary">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/florida-senate-results#democratic-primary</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/florida-democratic-senate-primary-results.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/florida-democratic-senate-primary-results.html</a> <a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2087282981593387046?s=20</a> <a href="https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868">https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088252309243297868 </a><a href="https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20">https://x.com/genzforchange/status/2088037851086614842?s=20</a> <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/">https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/15/democratic-socialists-progressives-tout-momentum-in-south-florida-skeptics-say-its-a-myth/</a>&nbsp;

Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 

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 Mia talks with Colin, Giselle, and Audra of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing behind bars and the conditions of incarcerated workers in the US.

Links:

https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/

https://incarceratedworkers.org

https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/

https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page

&nbsp;Mia talks with Colin, Giselle, and Audra of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing behind bars and the conditions of incarcerated workers in the US.
Links:
<a href="https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/">https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/</a>
<a href="https://incarceratedworkers.org">https://incarceratedworkers.org</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/">https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/</a>
<a href="https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page">https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page</a>

 Fighting for Incarcerated Workers

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Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies.

Sources: 

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 

Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on &ldquo;AI girlfriends&rdquo; overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies.
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826">https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826</a>&nbsp;

How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/941b8b1e-248f-41c2-882d-b4aa0180039d/transcript

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