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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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