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    It Could Happen Here Weekly 233

    05/23/2026 | 3h 49 mins.
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
    - How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
    - Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
    - Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
    - Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
    - Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
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    Sources/Links:
    How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline

    https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf

    https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1

    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html
    https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/05/06/justice-department-can-keep-2020-election-ballots-seized-from-georgias-fulton-county-judge-rules/
    https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information
    Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf
    https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf
    https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf
    https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve
    https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.
    https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi
    https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/
    https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
    https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
    https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
    https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/
    Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
    https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333
    https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1
    https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth
    https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
    Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
    https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926

    https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/

    https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa

    https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review

    https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
    https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/

    https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/

    https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/
    https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/

    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/

    https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/
    Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
    Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324
    https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024
    https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20
    https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf
    https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20
    https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20
    https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf
    https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046
    https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/
    https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185
    https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20
    https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria
    https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20

    https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20
    https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47
    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375
    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html
    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/
    https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests
    https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital
    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/
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    Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump

    05/22/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    The gang discuss the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, memetic nazi accelerationism, tariff rebates, and Trump’s new $1.776 billion slush fund from a lawsuit against his own IRS.
    Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund
    Sources:
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324
    https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024
    https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-celebrates-bureau-of-land-managements-decision-to-cease-use-of-cyanide-bombs-on-public-lands
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html
    https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20
    https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf
    https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20
    https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20
    https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf
    https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046
    https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letlow-fleming-advance-to-runoff-louisiana-gop-senate-primary-cbs-news-projects/
    https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185
    https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20
    https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria
    https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20

    https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20
    https://apnews.com/article/massie-gallrein-trump-kentucky-republican-primary-03a658b1a45593ad04ebf6283a3fdb47
    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record-spending-israel-maga-trump-primary-00925375
    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html
    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/
    https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/20/bolivian-president-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-anti-government-protests
    https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/18/clashes-as-morales-allied-protesters-march-on-bolivian-capital
    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con

    05/21/2026 | 35 mins.
    Garrison attends New York Comic Con to investigate the (pop) culture war and why anime is beating western superhero comics. Oh also Lego Batman is here for some reason.
    Sources:
    https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926

    https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/

    https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa

    https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review

    https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
    https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-japanese-comics-and-animations-in-u-s

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/

    https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/

    https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/
    https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/

    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/

    https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid

    05/20/2026 | 45 mins.
    Mia tells Molly about monopsony and how economists conspired to bury the theories that explain your wages.
    Sources:

    https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333
    https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1
    https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth
    https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?

    05/19/2026 | 59 mins.
    James is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana.
    Sources:
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf
    https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf
    https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf
    https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-01-21/blm-cancels-bison-grazing-permits-for-montana-nature-reserve
    https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Appeals_Judges_APR_Bison_Grazing_Decision#:~:text=Following%20the%20judge's%20order%2C%20DNRC,appeal%20may%20be%20found%20here.
    https://t.co/HUAyMUnOVi
    https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/business-leaders-provide-green-behind-conservation-effort/28960843/
    https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
    https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
    https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
    https://largetribes.org/2026/02/affirmative-action-for-cattle-tribes-challenge-feds-plan-to-revoke-bison-grazing-leases-on-public-land-media-share/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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