It Could Happen Here

To close out Black August, Margaret sits down with Bridget Todd and Hazel Acacia to finish talking about one of the most iconic Trek episodes ever made (S6E13: Far Beyond the Stars of Deep Space Nine)- and you're invited
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Counterrevolution in Egypt
What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?

The Death of American Hegemony
Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov
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Sources/Links:
Counterrevolution in Egypt
Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/
Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L
What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html
https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk
The Death of American Hegemony
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html
Executive Disorder: Escalation in Iran, Trade War with Canada, Arcade.gov
nyc.gov/workerpower
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe
https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform
https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/
https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/
https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859
https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl
https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663
http://arcade.gov
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20
https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20
https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20
https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11
https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20
https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20
https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary
https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20
https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records
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The gang discuss new prediction market advertising campaigns, a 9/11 themed attack ad against Abdul El-Sayed, the US striking Iranian oil tankers, Trump’s illegal tariffs against Canada, and the White House’s new online arcade with a “Build the Wall” and deportation video game.

Sources:
nyc.gov/workerpower
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches-first-in-the-nation-office-of-worker-powe
https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/07/labor-day-mamdani-tony-perlstein-worker-power-unions/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-clarifies-duty-states-report-known-illegal-aliens-under-welfare-reform

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/dl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/nate-hochman-state-dept.html

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28606128-irs/

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2097018164492095565?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/germany-power-grid-sabotage-arrest-0a8cbb381c6b6463d56ffb2456fa7d25
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096657477928448250?s=20
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/09/08/lebron-james-linking-up-with-polymarket-in-deal/
https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/2019885144358678610
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/sydney-sweeney-nude-novig-ad-1236855720/
https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2097239299938832859
https://x.com/yementvyem/status/2097025261669675036
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096397091769565468
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4591744/centcom-destroys-3-irgc-oil-tankers-after-iran-targets-2-us-navy-warships/
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4593050/us-destroys-5-irgc-tankers-after-iran-targets-another-american-warship/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intl
https://www.anduril.com/dive-ld
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/08/us-canada-trade-war-tariffs-products-price/91655579007/
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/09/as-canadas-tariffs-take-effect-trumps-trade-war-complicates-gop-election-pitch/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-canada-supreme-court-depression-e5501950e025dbe8df2b7ec662dbe2e4
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/economy/trump-carney-canada-us-trade-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xwMIUPHss
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-afd-courts-conservative-support-after-historic-german-state-election-2026-09-07/
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/huawei-faces-u-s-criminal-trial-weeks-before-trump-xi-meeting-d5e21663
http://arcade.gov
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2096764958713274657?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2081553785302716662?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2073434194257023116?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2032115039985881556?s=20
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pokemon-rebukes-white-houses-use-ip-social-media-post-rcna262057?li
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2080079437882622371?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074251976578060495?s=20
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2074270959423348773?s=20
https://x.com/ParkerMolloy/status/2095981913559191822?s=20
https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/food-recalls-fda-americans-avoid-food-categories/
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/politics/white-house-racist-video-games-266259.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc2wSSYFLFv/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DNnYdDJL-dY
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2096659622459240954/photo/1
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2094399335748215195?s=20
https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-el-sayed-bari-weiss-9-11
https://x.com/GreatLakes_HQ/status/2097708796231463166?s=20
https://x.com/Bobby_LaVallley/status/2097341640625025511?s=20
https://abcnews.com/US/george-pataki-rudy-giuliani-911-families-oppose-mamdanis/story?id=136258067
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/mamdani-september-11-anniversary
https://x.com/petersterne/status/2097722275277553968?s=20
https://sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/25-years-later--mamdani-administration-opens-city-s-9-11-records
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Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html
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Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.

Sources:
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html

https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk
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