It Could Happen Here Weekly 247
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition
- How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2
Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic
DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota
Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions
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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition
- https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-dundon/
- https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nbas-newest-cheapest-owner-shows-how-billionaires-ruin-sports
- https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/tom-dundon-blazers-subprime-loan/
- https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/investment-riches-built-on-auto-loans-to-poor/#:~:text=Ms.,the%20loan%20with%20her%20daughter
- https://www.youtube.com/live/UD8erzI72Fg
- https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/shadow-bank-blue-owl-caps-021700097.html
- https://wealth.blueowl.com/solutions/investment-strategy-real-assets-digital-infrastructure
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/blue-owl-fund-sells-warehouse-to-dhs-for-ice-mega-jail
- https://youtu.be/3BqOjrFFNK0
- https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.14.3.95
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.12572
- https://belkcollegeofbusiness.charlotte.edu/economic-working-papers/wp-content/uploads/sites/850/2012/10/wp2016-014.pdf
- https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24131508_Mega-Events_The_effect_of_the_world's_biggest_sporting_events_on_local_regional_and_national_economies
- https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf
- https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf
- https://media.clemson.edu/economics/data/sports/Stadiums%20and%20Econ%20Impact/Matheson-2019-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf
- https://www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazers-analysis/114957/portland-moda-center-portland-trail-blazers-arena-revenue-debate-sports-teams-city-revenue-taxes-deal
- https://www.kjzz.org/business/2026-05-10/diversification-matters-glendale-says-desert-diamond-arena-is-thriving-post-hockey
- https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-arena-coliseum-record-best-fiscal-year-of-all-time-after-sold-out-bad-bunny-k-pop-concerts/
- https://oaklandside.org/2026/06/16/how-hot-is-the-oakland-arena-a-second-bidder-has-emerged-to-buy-it/
- https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/keyarena-turns-a-bigger-profit-than-it-ever-did-with-the-sonics/
- https://journalistsresource.org/economics/sports-stadium-public-financing/
- https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/07/03/smith-entertainment-group-estimates-spending-525-million-remodeling-delta-center/
- https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/20/trail-blazers-moda-center-portland-basketball-sports/
- https://www.ripcitynotripoff.com
- https://weareripcity.org/#supporters
- https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/16/portland-councilors-release-draft-term-sheet-as-business-coalition-presses-for-public-moda-center-funding/
- https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php
- https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7145153/2026/03/25/nba-expansion-seattle-las-vegas/
How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano
The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html
https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1685.html
https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547
https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099257005212415735
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement
- https://juntasupervision.pr.gov/abril-y-mayo-2025/
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/trump-strait-of-hormuz-american-territory
- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_Begins_(Puck_Magazine_1-25-1899).jpg
Las carpetas: persecución política y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico by Ramón Bosque Pérez y Javier Colón Morera
Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 by Harry Franqui-Rivera
Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic
- https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/
- @thefrankiedlc
- @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social
- https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-everything-is-wrestling-336405745/
DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/united-states-v-sant/
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.5_5.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.7_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.10_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.9_5.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.11_5.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.21_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.22_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.23_4.pdf
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.24_4.pdf
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3DhFnngDY
Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions
- https://pridesource.com/article/dolly-parton-tribute
- https://people.com/dolly-parton-says-she-loves-and-does-not-judge-the-lgbtq-community-8386722
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ - https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/08/18/usda-acts-remove-roadless-rule-restrictions-exacerbate-rising-wildfire-risk - https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-deal-01046788 - https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5942971/u-s-treasury-launches-economic-d-day-against-iran-as-war-drags-on
- https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6048370-scott-bessent-trump-administration-slow-roll-iran-war-sanctions/
- https://newrepublic.com/post/214646/trump-worker-visa-fees-immigration
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxvj1zd4qjo
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/iran-vows-retaliation-u-widens-115405636.html
- https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-drought-disaster-usda-farmers-water-b4fe620ecbb2272576e79d140f0180dd
- https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/washington-dc/notas/agricultura-federal-declara-una-emergencia-en-26-municipios-de-puerto-rico-a-causa-de-la-sequia/
https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-prosecutors-helping-ice/ - <a href="https://