It Could Happen Here

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Disarming Hamas
Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew
The Hunt for Jason Arday
Civilization with Andrew
Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted
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Sources/Links:
Disarming Hamas
https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/04/what-path-forward-the-board-of-peace-gaza-and-the-future-of-multilateralism
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives-and-commentaries/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-setting-the-record-straight-about-aid/
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-deal-hamas-israel-lebanon-explosions-morocco-spain-migrants
Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew
Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War
George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteen
The Hunt for Jason Arday
https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H
Civilization with Andrew
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
Wild Thought by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url
https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20
https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court
https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20
https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/
https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20
https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308
https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20
https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092
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The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump’s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url
https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20
https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court
https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20
https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/
https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20
https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308
https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20
https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092
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Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future.

Sources:
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
Wild Thought by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
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Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.

Source:
https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H
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Andrew talks with Mia about how anarchists approach fighting in wars through the lens of the anarchist debate on joining WWI.

Sources:
Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War
George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteen
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