It Could Happen Here

The gang discuss new prediction market advertising campaigns, a 9/11 themed attack ad against Abdul El-Sayed, the US striking Iranian oil tankers, Trump’s illegal tariffs against Canada, and the White House’s new online arcade with a “Build the Wall” and deportation video game.

Sources:
nyc.gov/workerpower
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe
https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/
https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/
https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859
https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl
https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663
http://arcade.gov
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20
https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20
https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20
https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11
https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20
https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20
https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary
https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20
https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records
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Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html
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Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.

Sources:
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html

https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk
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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".

Sources:
Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/
Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L
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James is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana.
(originally run on It Could Happen Here in May 2026)
Sources:
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf
https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve
https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.
https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/
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