Gaming culture and why elites adopt gamer identity

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Requiem for Stop Cop City

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

- CZM Rewind: My RNC Grindr Adventure

- CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

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Sources:

Requiem for Stop Cop City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dqH_lfh6g

https://www.policemag.com/articles/understanding-the-ooda-loop

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZDfvAZrrU 

https://newrepublic.com/article/190850/coming-war-dissent

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/26/text

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/atlanta-police-flock-immigration-searches/

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

https://newuniversity.org/2025/05/10/ice-raids-home-in-irvine-rep-dave-min-issues-statement/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/02/cop-city-activists-arrest-flyers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1fhPICAY 

https://www.mainlineatl.com/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/

https://www.mainlineatl.com/cop-city-rico-judge-to-toss-charges/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #43

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

CZM Rewind: Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

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