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In the third episode of a four part series, James talks about ICE raids, Primrose’s time in detention, and the start of mass protest against Trump’s mass deportations. 

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

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In the second episode of a four part series, James talks about why Primrose left Zimbabwe and the way migrants are covered in legacy media.

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

https://www.ice.gov/features/atd 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning 

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim

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In the first of a four part series, James catches up with Primrose and her daughter Kim, who he met in the Darien Gap. We hear about the journey from Panama to the USA’s southern border, and the challenges migrants face along the way.

Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woody-guthrie-deportee-song-immigrants-rare-recording-1235383582/

https://southkernsol.org/2024/09/30/marker-unveiled-at-1948-plane-crash-site-that-killed-28-mexican-passengers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/ 

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/ 

https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/ 

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There's nothing left to do but track these cultists to the source.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Requiem for Stop Cop City

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure

- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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Sources:

Requiem for Stop Cop City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers.

Original Air Date: 3.27.25

Sources:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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Gare investigates the alleged increase in Grindr activity at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Original Air Date: 8.2.24

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The gang discuss X’s new account location feature, a Russian peace hoax published by Axios, Border Patrol’s use of license plate readers, the shuttering of the Education Department and DOGE, and Zohran’s White House meeting.

Sources:

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

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Garrison expounds on six phases of the Stop Cop City movement, its decline in momentum, and how Atlanta bridges the gap between the 2020 protests and new tactics of state repression being used nationwide in the current expansion of police power.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

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More mighty beasts assail our brave antiheroes!

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