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It Could Happen Here Weekly 247
· 4 h 12 min
Episode It Could Happen Here Weekly 247
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition
• How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2 •
Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic
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DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota
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Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions
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Sources/Links:
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
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
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Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano
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The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan
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https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/
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https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/
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Links in the notes 20
- 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?si=o3NMpXcG38_qWUQq&t=13494
- 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://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/
Transcript
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