It Could Happen Here

Kevin Foster speaks with Mo Meltzer-Cohen, a law professor at CUNY School of Law, about Macklemore being booted from the Ed Sheeran tour and the First Amendment implications.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-statement-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-1235626135/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngmblAp7y_I
https://www.lucasoilstadium.com/tours-stadium-info/background-history/
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https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/ut-texas-austin-palestine-protest-ruling/
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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Harsha Walia about the anti immigrant backlash that has emerged in the aftermath of the migrant crossing incident in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Harsha breaks down what happened, how parts of the right and left have responded, and why we need to center migrant rights in our struggle against fascism.

Sources:
Spain: Liberals Cede Ground to Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings
Why is Spain in Africa? – Canadian Dimension
Morocco’s US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara It Could Happen Here | iHeart
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In Part Two of our series on The Wall and the Wilderness, James talks about the cultural and ecological damage done by the border wall and continues his interview with Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains.
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Carlos Berríos Polanco discusses the United States’ yearlong campaign of extrajudicial killing through boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific, how the Trump Administration set the foundation for the campaign since its first day in office, and the victims of these strikes.

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/29/us/us-caribbean-pacific-boat-strikes.html

https://airwars.org/boat-strikes-latin-america

https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/21/2003935694/-1/-1/1/OSS_Q2_MAR2026_FINAL_508.PDF

https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4563958/us-southern-command-establishes-joint-task-force-western-hemisphere/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/06/southcom-replaces-southern-spear-with-western-hemisphere-task-force-targeting-criminal-networks/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2-trinis-killed-in-latest-us-strike-6.2.2425256.22ffca949f

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-20/us-drone-attacks-mexico-drug-boats

https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea

https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/costa-rica-recibe-dos-cuerpos-y-sobreviviente-de/NICWT53FXRAP3JACIU3HJAJVTU/story/

https://www.wola.org/analysis/killing-spree-extrajudicial-executions-in-the-u-s-boat-strikes-campaign/

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr-ct-briefing-note-targeting-narco-terrori.pdf

https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeados-sin-derecho-a-la-defensa/

https://www.elclip.org/bombardeados-sin-derecho-defensa-comando-sur-victimas-caribe-pacifico/

https://www.elclip.org/victimas-comando-sur-bombardeos-caribe-guajira/

https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeos-un-rompecabezas-al-que-le-faltan-muchas-piezas/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/22/drug-boats-strikes-cia-legal-concerns/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/us/el-salvador-torture-of-venezuelan-deportees

https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-de-los-soles-profile/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/trump-venezuela-drug-cartel-de-los-soles.html

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-legal/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-memo

https://insightcrime.org/news/why-is-us-attacking-cartels-that-dont-exist/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2502924

https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/argumentos-y-dudas-en-la-guerra-abierta-por-eeuu-contra-el-narcoterrorismo

https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=29899

https://www.justsecurity.org/121115/united-states-dirty-war-narcoterrorism/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring

https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/

https://theintercept.com/2025/11/07/trump-dto-list-venezuela-boat-strikes/

https://www.justsecurity.org/52343/reasonable-certainty-vs-near-certainty-military-targeting-what-law-requires/

https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral/us-drone-attack-marriage-procession-yemen

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session63/a-hrc-63-61-aev.pdf

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-the-fy27-state-department-budget-request

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02/kaine-paul-rubio-trump-drug-boat-strike-justification-latin-america/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/boat-strike-shows-survivors.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ob469Cr7U&t=8s

https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/colombia/caribe/confirman-muerte-de-pescador-colombiano-en-bombardeos-estadounidenses

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/briefing/the-effects-of-the-boat-strikes.html

https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/12/03/cidh-recibe-primera-denuncia-contra-operativos-militares-de-ee-uu-en-el-caribe-por-parte-de-la-familia-de-un-pescador-colombiano/

https://x.com/CNC3TV/status/1978838103222628834

https://www.elclip.org/victimas-guiria-bombardeos-comando-sur-trump-caribe/?lang=en

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-justice-yet-for-chad-joseph-after-us-strike-6.2.2476227.31df119986

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72191479/45/burnley-v-united-states/

https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/fishermen-s-us-strike-death-lawsuit-awaits-local-court-hearing/article_20ec9021-6388-4d33-acc4-7e73f044f3a1.html

https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-12-14-25-sen-mark-warner/story?id=128378685

https://www.elclip.org/interdiccion-maritima-cocaina-jiatfs-dea-vs-bombardeos-comando-sur/

https://colombiaone.com/2025/09/03/colombia-seizes-cocaine-dr/

https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2103187969096003585

https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2086902740387865015

https://x.com/jiatfs/status/2102490082024235340/photo/1

https://x.com/Southcom/status/2097475163658883493

https://x.com/Southcom/status/2095666992779059404

https://x.com/Southcom/status/2096376737458487609

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115136798909755892

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115210075167747572

https://x.com/SecWar/status/1974150886084485503

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115373751811822463

https://elpais.com/america/2025-10-20/ecuador-libera-a-uno-de-los-sobrevivientes-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-al-narcosubmarino-en-el-caribe.html

https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-strike-caribbean-trump-fentanyl-colombia-venezuela-0f8f1c004064857046398b388ddb8df5

https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2025-11-04/el-colombiano-que-sobrevivio-al-ataque-de-estados-unidos-a-un-narcosubmarino-sale-del-hospital-libre-y-sin-cargos.html

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-07/one-of-the-two-survivors-of-trumps-caribbean-bombings-dad-i-would-have-been-better-off-dead.html

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/17/boat-strike-trump-southcom-survivors-rescue-plane-hours/

https://www.univision.com/shows/noticiero-univision/pescadores-ecuatorianos-denuncian-haber-sido-atacados-por-fuerzas-de-eeuu-video?utm_campaign=PrimerImpacto&utm_content=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survivors-of-pacific-boat-strikes

https://es.mongabay.com/2026/05/pescadores-ecuatorianos-victimas-desaparicion-detencion-arbitraria-tortura-ee-uu-denuncian-expertos/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ecuadorian-fishing-boat-disappears-amid-trumps-strikes-in-the-pacific

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-13/hegseth-says-colombia-has-authorized-us-military-operations-on-its-territory-to-combat-narco-terrorism.html

https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4420523/ecuadorian-and-us-military-forces-launch-operations-against-narco-terrorists/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-operations-latin-american-western-hemisphere-a1fccf4414e44341d3dbd54e19ae1ba4

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/joint-statement-on-defending-hemispheric-sovereignty

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-hegseth-miller-urge-latin-american-allies-to-be-more-aggressive-against-drug-cartels

https://www.elheraldo.co/colombia/2025/10/19/vinculan-a-colombiano-que-murio-en-ataque-de-ee-uu-con-escandalo-de-robo-masivo-de-armas-en-2016/

https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250902a-september-2-2025

https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar250915a-september-15-2025

https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251003a-october-3-2025

https://airwars.org/incidents/usmar251014a-october-14-2025

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Margaret reads you 4 very short, dream like stories from a collection by a Greek author
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