It Could Happen Here

The gang discuss election fraud claims in California, a pogrom targeting immigrants in Northern Ireland, DOJ investigations into healthcare for trans youth, new denaturalization cases against 17 people, and Greg Bovino’s potential 2028 presidential run.

NOTE: Regrettably this episode contained factual errors and omissions: Rwanda was colonized by Germany and Belgium, not Great Britain. The pogroms we mentioned occurred in Northern Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland.
Sources:
https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/
https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf

https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details
https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug
https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html
https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and

https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/

https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration

https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho

https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html
https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20
https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy
https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl
https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2y
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Dana El Kurd speaks to Andrew Leber, assistant professor of political science and Middle East and North Africa politics, with an expertise in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. Andrew outlines the different positions of the Gulf states in response to the ongoing war on Iran, the competing visions for the region posed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the role of Israel in their calculations.
Sources:
Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber
How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567
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Andrew talks with Garrison about how the jailing of political prisoners in Spain inadvertently sparked the Filipino labor movement and helped globalize the anti-imperialist struggle of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Andrew talks with Garrison about how apocalyptic cult-like groups override critical thought and promote mass violence.
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Former Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino travelled to a racist conference in Europe, James and Mia break down his interviews there and what it tells us about the culture of the agency he spent decades in.
Sources:
https://remigrationsummit.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/christchurch-shooters-links-to-austrian-far-right-more-extensive-than-thought
https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/
http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/
https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/RE_2025.08.21_Unauthorized-Immigrants_REPORT.pdf
https://www.cbp.gov/about
https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-federal-officials-claims-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting/601570444
https://youtu.be/OYIK2-pO_7Y
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