It Could Happen Here

James and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869
https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule
https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map/
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Margaret joins James to discuss a new round of sanctions against, among others, Autistici/Inventati and the internet infrastructure services they provided.

Sources:
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/

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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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