It Could Happen Here

James talks about the ecological disaster that is the border wall and interviews Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains.
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https://www-jstor-org.sdmesa.idm.oclc.org/stable/3636811?seq=5
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https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a11265b0-17c3-5bed-b50a-72e5d17e1369.html
https://www.blm.gov/visit/jacumba-wilderness
https://www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=29de9d51905bd175a701b04c24176b46
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/08/2025-05992/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility
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https://www.atkore.com/about-us
https://desertreport.org/a-border-wall-in-the-jacumba-wilderness-area/
https://gizmodo.com/trumps-border-wall-torn-apart-by-arizona-monsoon-rains-1847535174
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/atkr-20260429.htm
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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.

Sources:
https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence
https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra
https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/
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Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
Should AOC talk to MAHA?
Debating the American Role in the Middle East
A History Built of Uprising
Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
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Sources/Links:
Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/
Should AOC talk to MAHA?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409
https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI
Debating the American Role in the Middle East
https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch
http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement
A History Built of Uprising
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame
Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243
https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768
https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going
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https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145
https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045
https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232
https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf
https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race
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https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20
https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20
https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20
https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20
https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html
https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/
https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/
https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==
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The gang discuss Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore from his tour over pro Palestine comments, courts blocking new mail-in-ballot requirements, Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, a report detailing tiny metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, a general strike in Eastern Kurdistan, debate on AI regulation, and the Republican midterm convention.

Sources:
https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243
https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
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https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20
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https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
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https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20
https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20
https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/
https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==
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