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Mia talks with Tara Raghuveer, director of the Tenant Union Federation, about how tenant and labor unions pulled together to begin organizing a rent strike to protect tenants and combat ICE.
https://twincitiestenants.org/
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poet
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array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/56a03243-5c60-4920-8bcf-b3f8013f370f/image.jpg?t=1771701910&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know
- War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo
- The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis
- Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island
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Sources/Links:
Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know
https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&limit=10&sort=desc
https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tumbler-ridge-shooter-had-interest-gore-and-guns
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html
War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo
https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com
The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis
Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-labor
From War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925
Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021953022213902763?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU1zLiWjDVx/
https://x.com/WCVB/status/2023544634216005773?s=20
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95
https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/dhs-repatriations
https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/ice-detentions
https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/immigration-enforcement/monthly-tables
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }The gang discuss presidential approval polls and the growing nationwide sentiment against ICE, what the partial government shutdown means for DHS, and a public domestic violence shooting being weaponized for the culture war.
Sources:
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021953022213902763?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU1zLiWjDVx/
https://x.com/WCVB/status/2023544634216005773?s=20
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95
https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/dhs-repatriations
https://ohss.dhs.gov/khsm/ice-detentions
https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/immigration-enforcement/monthly-tables
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike of 1925.
Sources:
Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-labor
From War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to Sarajevo to kill people during the siege of the city.
Sources:
https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics, and how the shooter's online footprint shows a growing obsession with other mass shooters.
https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&limit=10&sort=desc
https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tumbler-ridge-shooter-had-interest-gore-and-guns
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.
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array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/5251d4de-dd59-4fdc-8aac-b3f10168264a/image.jpg?t=1771105956&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
- Normalcy feat. Andrew
- Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
- The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson
- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
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Sources/Links:
Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader
https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf
https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358
https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20
https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214
https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790
Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep
https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency
https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/
https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results
https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I
https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46
https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46
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Sources:
https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep
https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency
https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/
https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results
https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I
https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46
https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46
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