It Could Happen Here

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific
After Ceuta
Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated?
What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month?
Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade
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US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/29/us/us-caribbean-pacific-boat-strikes.html
https://airwars.org/boat-strikes-latin-america
https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/21/2003935694/-1/-1/1/OSS_Q2_MAR2026_FINAL_508.PDF
https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4563958/us-southern-command-establishes-joint-task-force-western-hemisphere/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/06/southcom-replaces-southern-spear-with-western-hemisphere-task-force-targeting-criminal-networks/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2-trinis-killed-in-latest-us-strike-6.2.2425256.22ffca949f
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https://www.elclip.org/bombardeados-sin-derecho-defensa-comando-sur-victimas-caribe-pacifico/
https://www.elclip.org/victimas-comando-sur-bombardeos-caribe-guajira/
https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeos-un-rompecabezas-al-que-le-faltan-muchas-piezas/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/22/drug-boats-strikes-cia-legal-concerns/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/us/el-salvador-torture-of-venezuelan-deportees
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/trump-venezuela-drug-cartel-de-los-soles.html
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-legal/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-memo
https://insightcrime.org/news/why-is-us-attacking-cartels-that-dont-exist/
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring
https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/07/trump-dto-list-venezuela-boat-strikes/
https://www.justsecurity.org/52343/reasonable-certainty-vs-near-certainty-military-targeting-what-law-requires/
https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral/us-drone-attack-marriage-procession-yemen
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session63/a-hrc-63-61-aev.pdf
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-the-fy27-state-department-budget-request
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02/kaine-paul-rubio-trump-drug-boat-strike-justification-latin-america/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/boat-strike-shows-survivors.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ob469Cr7U&t=8s
https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/colombia/caribe/confirman-muerte-de-pescador-colombiano-en-bombardeos-estadounidenses
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/briefing/the-effects-of-the-boat-strikes.html
https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/12/03/cidh-recibe-primera-denuncia-contra-operativos-militares-de-ee-uu-en-el-caribe-por-parte-de-la-familia-de-un-pescador-colombiano/
https://x.com/CNC3TV/status/1978838103222628834
https://www.elclip.org/victimas-guiria-bombardeos-comando-sur-trump-caribe/?lang=en
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-justice-yet-for-chad-joseph-after-us-strike-6.2.2476227.31df119986
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72191479/45/burnley-v-united-states/
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/fishermen-s-us-strike-death-lawsuit-awaits-local-court-hearing/article_20ec9021-6388-4d33-acc4-7e73f044f3a1.html
https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-12-14-25-sen-mark-warner/story?id=128378685
https://www.elclip.org/interdiccion-maritima-cocaina-jiatfs-dea-vs-bombardeos-comando-sur/
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https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2103187969096003585
https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2086902740387865015
https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2102490082024235340/photo/1
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2097475163658883493
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2095666992779059404
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2096376737458487609
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115136798909755892
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115210075167747572
https://x.com/SecWar/status/1974150886084485503
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115373751811822463
https://elpais.com/america/2025-10-20/ecuador-libera-a-uno-de-los-sobrevivientes-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-al-narcosubmarino-en-el-caribe.html
https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-strike-caribbean-trump-fentanyl-colombia-venezuela-0f8f1c004064857046398b388ddb8df5
https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2025-11-04/el-colombiano-que-sobrevivio-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-a-un-narcosubmarino-sale-del-hospital-libre-y-sin-cargos.html
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-07/one-of-the-two-survivors-of-trumps-caribbean-bombings-dad-i-would-have-been-better-off-dead.html
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/17/boat-strike-trump-southcom-survivors-rescue-plane-hours/
https://www.univision.com/shows/noticiero-univision/pescadores-ecuatorianos-denuncian-haber-sido-atacados-por-fuerzas-de-eeuu-video?utm_campaign=PrimerImpacto&utm_content=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survivors-of-pacific-boat-strikes
https://es.mongabay.com/2026/05/pescadores-ecuatorianos-victimas-desaparicion-detencion-arbitraria-tortura-ee-uu-denuncian-expertos/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ecuadorian-fishing-boat-disappears-amid-trumps-strikes-in-the-pacific
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-13/hegseth-says-colombia-has-authorized-us-military-operations-on-its-territory-to-combat-narco-terrorism.html
https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4420523/ecuadorian-and-us-military-forces-launch-operations-against-narco-terrorists/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-operations-latin-american-western-hemisphere-a1fccf4414e44341d3dbd54e19ae1ba4
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/joint-statement-on-defending-hemispheric-sovereignty
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-hegseth-miller-urge-latin-american-allies-to-be-more-aggressive-against-drug-cartels
https://www.elheraldo.co/colombia/2025/10/19/vinculan-a-colombiano-que-murio-en-ataque-de-ee-uu-con-escandalo-de-robo-masivo-de-armas-en-2016/
https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250902a-september-2-2025
https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250915a-september-15-2025
https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251003a-october-3-2025
https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251014a-october-14-2025
After Ceuta
Spain: Liberals Cede Ground to Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings
Why is Spain in Africa? – Canadian Dimension
Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara It Could Happen Here | iHeart
Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated?
https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc_bH4_N1FN/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-robert-kraft-statement-1235626352/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ed-sheerans-shows-stadium-owned-pro-israel-robert-kraft-cancelled
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/?img_index=4
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-pro-palestine-statements-1235625967/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-statement-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-1235626135/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngmblAp7y_I
https://www.lucasoilstadium.com/tours-stadium-info/background-history/
https://blankfamilyofbusinesses.com/company/amb-sports-entertainment/
https://raymondjamesstadium.com/tampasportsauthority
https://www.tampasportsauthority.com/tsa-about
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ye/2026/raymond-james-stadium-tampa-fl-33745801.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/ut-texas-austin-palestine-protest-ruling/
What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month?
https://labornotes.org/2026/09/video-game-workers-win-first-contract-microsoft-owned-blizzard
https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/cdpap/
https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-across-us-demand-hospitals-cut-ties-with-palantir-citing-ice-and-gaza/?source=email-sept-2026-newsletter&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&link_id=34&can_id=5cd4cd77783c61743857a7efb7930b4a&email_referrer=email_3426373___subject_3887973&email_subject=september-2026-newsletter&
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/statement-on-israeli-bombings-of-medical-supply-warehouses
https://jacobin.com/2026/09/walmart-logistics-canada-union-contract
https://labornotes.org/2024/10/walmart-warehouse-workers-win-first-union-canada
https://documentedny.com/2026/09/23/union-avoidance-cesar-alarcon-golden-krust/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-truck-drivers-allegedly-going-205300430.html
https://www.dairyherd.com/news/oct-1-trucker-strike-what-happens-when-diesel-prices-force-milk-haulers-road
https://thechiefleader.com/stories/worker-firing-the-latest-chapter-in-autozone-s-unsuccessful-union-busting-campaign,57714?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/autozone-new-york-union
https://aflcio.org/2026/9/29/service-solidarity-spotlight-autozone-workers-vote-join-uaw-first-nationwide-chain
https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2081402455938761143?s=20
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nate-and-the-autozone-union?attribution_id=sl:47223fd6-2040-4a68-bfc1-88bcb64cc61e&lang=en_US&ts=1790511644&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/422/586049/
Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade
https://www.camp-oshad.org/
http://America.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2105292669303791687
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680584-effective-altruism-opposition-research-file/
https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2099536442594582922?s=20
https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2100311000993997135?s=20
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman-fundraising-republican-gop/
https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/john-fetterman-democrat-turns-to-republicans-for-campaign-cash/
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https://www.ksl.com/article/51628353/california-sheriff-unlawfully-seized-over-650000-ballots-and-must-return-them-state-supreme-court-rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion
https://www.threads.com/@thegreatgatsbry/post/Dd6YGpzkane?xmt=AQGzqaZ-H3abT0EW2lfRTONANK8dwciIx844aGm48QTIrQ
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/lsu-football-player-rape-title-ix-suspension
https://www.dw.com/en/magyar-hungary-fight-orban-corruption-system-return-democracy/a-77726207
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/with-two-orb%C3%A1n-era-ministers-detained-magyars-operation-purge-takes-shape/ar-AA2ddhtr
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/brazils-presidential-election-more-just-another-polarized-contest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-section-301-forced-labor-165346448.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/trump-tariffs-court-challenge.html
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/us-delays-tariffs-plan-china
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/g20-trade-ministers-open-talks-under-strain-of-trump-tariffs/ar-AA2dhyJI
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-economics-of-the-tariff-regime-301846881/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/trump-tariffs-lawsuit-301-ieepa.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-reserve-renovation-watchdog-report-rcna600656
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We discuss taxpayer funded pro-Trump ads, the Supreme Court approving a widely inaccurate verification system to purge voter registration, the Chi Phi Snapchat gang assault at Cornell, Trump reinstating the 2020 version of Title IX, how Prime Minister Peter Magyar is cracking down on Orban’s corruption, and the upcoming election in Brazil.

Sources:
https://www.camp-oshad.org/
http://America.gov

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2105292669303791687
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680584-effective-altruism-opposition-research-file/
https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2099536442594582922?s=20
https://x.com/DoWCTO/status/2100311000993997135?s=20
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman-fundraising-republican-gop/
https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/john-fetterman-democrat-turns-to-republicans-for-campaign-cash/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/palantir-top-supporter-cbc-foundation-annual-conference_n_6ab44468e4b05097ab6cd6c7
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-administration-taxpayer-funds-2024-campaign-ad-01094567?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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https://www.ksl.com/article/51628353/california-sheriff-unlawfully-seized-over-650000-ballots-and-must-return-them-state-supreme-court-rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html

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https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-section-301-forced-labor-165346448.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/trump-tariffs-court-challenge.html
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/us-delays-tariffs-plan-china
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/g20-trade-ministers-open-talks-under-strain-of-trump-tariffs/ar-AA2dhyJI
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-economics-of-the-tariff-regime-301846881/
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-reserve-renovation-watchdog-report-rcna600656
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In this episode, labor reporter Kim Kelly breaks down September's biggest and baddest labor stories, from an historic union election for caregivers to union-busting at AutoZone.
Sources:
https://labornotes.org/2026/09/video-game-workers-win-first-contract-microsoft-owned-blizzard
https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/cdpap/
https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-across-us-demand-hospitals-cut-ties-with-palantir-citing-ice-and-gaza/?source=email-sept-2026-newsletter&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&link_id=34&can_id=5cd4cd77783c61743857a7efb7930b4a&email_referrer=email_3426373___subject_3887973&email_subject=september-2026-newsletter&
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/statement-on-israeli-bombings-of-medical-supply-warehouses
https://jacobin.com/2026/09/walmart-logistics-canada-union-contract
https://labornotes.org/2024/10/walmart-warehouse-workers-win-first-union-canada
https://documentedny.com/2026/09/23/union-avoidance-cesar-alarcon-golden-krust/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-truck-drivers-allegedly-going-205300430.html
https://www.dairyherd.com/news/oct-1-trucker-strike-what-happens-when-diesel-prices-force-milk-haulers-road
https://thechiefleader.com/stories/worker-firing-the-latest-chapter-in-autozone-s-unsuccessful-union-busting-campaign,57714?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/autozone-new-york-union
https://aflcio.org/2026/9/29/service-solidarity-spotlight-autozone-workers-vote-join-uaw-first-nationwide-chain
https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2081402455938761143?s=20
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nate-and-the-autozone-union?attribution_id=sl:47223fd6-2040-4a68-bfc1-88bcb64cc61e&lang=en_US&ts=1790511644&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/422/586049/
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Kevin Foster speaks with Mo Meltzer-Cohen, a law professor at CUNY School of Law, about Macklemore being booted from the Ed Sheeran tour and the First Amendment implications.

Sources:
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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Harsha Walia about the anti immigrant backlash that has emerged in the aftermath of the migrant crossing incident in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Harsha breaks down what happened, how parts of the right and left have responded, and why we need to center migrant rights in our struggle against fascism.

Sources:
Spain: Liberals Cede Ground to Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings
Why is Spain in Africa? – Canadian Dimension
Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara It Could Happen Here | iHeart
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