It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 209

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

- The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

- Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

- The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

- Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

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Sources/Links:

The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting

@goodbyealma

@picnic_mag

Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about

Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production

Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/ 

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20

https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda

https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/ 

https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html

https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-explosion-rail-track-warsaw-97dae3045d4e1ff329780526c6279c0f

https://apnews.com/article/latvia-belarus-border-migrants-hybrid-warfare-c75de2cd135dd24d4865ec40a3dea698

https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d 

https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3m5plwjfzgs2t 

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-launches-billboards-charlotte-featuring-large-public-safety-threats 

https://www.wunc.org/race-class-communities/2024-11-25/immigration-enforcement-house-bill-10-north-carolina 

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/ 

https://www.riversidesheriff.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6777 

https://lataco.com/ice-gun-aimed-santa-ana 

https://apnews.com/article/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-arrests-trump-989b5f9428a65b9cd669244f79723edf 

https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2025-03-27/sheriff-mcfadden-ice-at-odds-over-immigration-enforcement 

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-court-admits-charges-against-201638141.html 

https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AnnualMarchesGlorifyingNazism_Z105c.pdf 

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_declaring_Muslim_Brotherhood_and_CAIR_Transnational_Criminal_Organizations_IMAGE_11-18-2025.pdf 

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-sends-formal-response-letter-to-texas-governor-abbott-condemning-defamatory-and-lawless-proclamation/  

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00017F.pdf#navpanes=0 

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It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #42

The gang weighs whether Bubba is a horse or a president and discusses the vote on the Epstein files, a furry revelation about the Trump assassin, four “Antifa” groups designated as foreign terrorists, and the quiet recession. Plus, updates on gerrymandering and ICE activities. 

Sources:

https://x.com/micah_erfan/status/1991117893912977891?s=20

https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1991186996421640702?s=20 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/

https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/thomas-crooks-used-they-them-pronouns-had-obsession-with-violence-and-muscle-mommies-sources/ 

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1990444544584819185?s=20

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1990439113997078866?s=20

https://independentnewsroom.com/p/intel-report-thomas-crooks-alleged-social-media-dump-2bda

https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/ 

https://x.com/StateDept/status/1989034285819740531?s=20

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html

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It Could Happen Here - Producing Knowledge on Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

Dana El Kurd speaks with professor, author, historian, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Palestine Studies Sherene Seikaly. They discuss the importance of producing knowledge and learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid.

Sources:

Journal of Palestine Studies – https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jps/about

Donate to the Journal of Palestine Studies – https://palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/18346-donate-to-support-palestinian-knowledge-production

Mahmoud Darwish interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvzKOYeQZY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feliaayoub.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

AAUP & MESA report on Title 6 investigations - https://www.aaup.org/news/new-aaup-report-analyzes-weaponization-title-vi-doe-investigations

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It Could Happen Here - The Conde Nast Union Busting Purge

Mia talks with Alma Avalle, a former staffer at Bon Appetite and VP of the News Guild of New York, about her firing in the wake of Conde Nast’s Teen Vogue purge

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-conde-bosses-to-reinstate-the-fired-four-reverse-the-suspensions-and-end-the-union-busting

@goodbyealma

@picnic_mag

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It Could Happen Here - Nick Fuentes Explains Pornography to Tucker Carlson

Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.

Sources:

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

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It Could Happen Here - The Challenges Facing the Mamdani Administration

Mia talks about the bond market, the police, and other challenges Zohran Mamdani will face in office and how to overcome them.

Sources:

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/11/08/hochul-a--no--on-mamdani-s-free-bus-plan---yes--on-statewide-universal-childcare

https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-plan-governor-hochul/87258107007/

https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-attacks-nypd-for-threatening-bill-de-blasios-daughter-after-arrest-2020-6

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-free-buses-kathy-hochul/

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 208

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

- Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts

- A New Threat to Public Lands

- The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide feat. Dana El Kurd

- The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41

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Sources:

Mamdani’s Victory: Winners, Losers, and Crashouts

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600718/wall-street-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor

https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-react-nyc-mayor-election-race-results-zohran-mamdani-2025-11#jamie-dimon-1

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/elon-musk-is-having-a-post-election-meltdown-western-civilization-is-doomed.html

https://defector.com/lets-check-in-with-people-who-threatened-to-leave-zohran-mamdanis-nyc

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrats-republicans-reaction-mamdani-win

https://lindseyboylan4ny.medium.com/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/lindsey_boylan

https://indypendent.org/2025/07/we-will-beat-these-monsters-lindsey-boylan-reacts-to-cuomos-defeat/

https://archive.vn/3N3wu

A New Threat to Public Lands

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/10/lee-bill-fights-back-against-biden-s-border-chaos-destroying-america-s-parks-and-public-lands 

https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/11/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-nomination-steve-pearce-lead-blm

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kathleen-sgamma-withdraws-jan-6-criticism-came-public--rcna200699 

https://recreationroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ORR-Burgum-Nomination-Letter-of-Support-Final.pdf 

https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-lee/summary?cid=N00031696 

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/0DED04C4-18C7-4C1F-BCE4-DD5B79FB0264 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/14646 

The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide

Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/after-zionism/

The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson

https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827 

https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265  

https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46 

https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488

https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party  

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/ 

https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/ 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/

https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html 

https://freebeacon.com/politics/i-made-a-mistake-heritage-foundation-president-apologizes-to-staff-for-video-refusal-to-cancel-tucker-carlson-and-throws-shade-at-former-chief-of-staff/

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/heritage-president-apologizes-for-tucker-carlson-defense-video-in-heated-all-hands-meeting/ 

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/david-french-schools-matt-walsh-over-his-call-for-no-enemies-on-the-right/ 

https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20 

https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20 

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/ 

https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-and-heard-in-washington?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289

https://archive.vn/sHLdh

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\

https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore 

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/ 

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midterms

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It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #41

The gang discuss the end of the government shutdown, the release of Epstein emails, a J6 bomber theory, and the wonders of the Trump economy.

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/italian-pasta-tariffs-trump-rcna243264

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-50-year-mortgage-loan-bill-pulte-cost/

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2025/11/13/when-will-the-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-new-trump-stimulus-check-2025-payment-eligibility-update/87209405007/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/fifty-year-mortgage

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ddrp17zko\

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/white-house-withdraws-ej-antoni-nomination-lead-bls-00589289

https://archive.vn/sHLdh

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/13/white-house-will-release-octobers-jobs-report-after-saying-data-would-likely-never-publish/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-issue-2000-tariff-dividend-except-high/story?id=127356839\

https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore 

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-kept-chicago-police-records-for-months-in-violation-of-domestic-espionage-rules/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/66/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/harris-county-immigration-lawsuit/2501762887924/ 

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midterms

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It Could Happen Here - The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson

Garrison explains how Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes sparked infighting between the Heritage Foundation and Ben Shapiro, and the growing influence of America First branded antisemitism in the Republican Party.

Sources:

https://x.com/jasonahart/status/1985338713791172827 

https://x.com/KevinRobertsTX/status/1984335805192532265  

https://x.com/markgoldfeder/status/1985000264743416256?s=46 

https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1984646330849837488

https://www.jta.org/2025/10/31/united-states/ted-cruz-to-jewish-republicans-antisemitism-is-an-existential-crisis-in-our-party  

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/gop-senators-tucker-carlson-left-wing-antisemitism-josh-hawley-james-lankford/

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586731-heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-controversy/ 

https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/us-news/heritage-foundation-in-revolt-over-tucker-carlson-defense-after-controversial-nick-fuentes-interview-footsie-with-literal-nazis/ 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-demuth-resigns-from-the-heritage-foundation/

https://x.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1985781905976115550?s=20 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html 

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https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1985032452432437704?s=20 

https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1985417108407124110?s=20 

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1986099131845136594 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html

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