It Could Happen Here Weekly 252

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

• US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific
• After Ceuta
• Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated?
• What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month?
• Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade

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US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific

• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/29/us/us-caribbean-pacific-boat-strikes.html 
• https://airwars.org/boat-strikes-latin-america 
• https://media.defense.gov/2026/May/21/2003935694/-1/-1/1/OSS_Q2_MAR2026_FINAL_508.PDF 
• https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4563958/us-southern-command-establishes-joint-task-force-western-hemisphere/ 
• https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/06/southcom-replaces-southern-spear-with-western-hemisphere-task-force-targeting-criminal-networks/ 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/ 
• https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2-trinis-killed-in-latest-us-strike-6.2.2425256.22ffca949f 
• https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-20/us-drone-attacks-mexico-drug-boats 
• https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea 
• https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/costa-rica-recibe-dos-cuerpos-y-sobreviviente-de/NICWT53FXRAP3JACIU3HJAJVTU/story/ 
• https://www.wola.org/analysis/killing-spree-extrajudicial-executions-in-the-u-s-boat-strikes-campaign/
• https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr-ct-briefing-note-targeting-narco-terrori.pdf 
• https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeados-sin-derecho-a-la-defensa/ 
• https://www.elclip.org/bombardeados-sin-derecho-defensa-comando-sur-victimas-caribe-pacifico/ 
• https://www.elclip.org/victimas-comando-sur-bombardeos-caribe-guajira/ 
• https://www.elclip.org/los-bombardeos-un-rompecabezas-al-que-le-faltan-muchas-piezas/ 
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/22/drug-boats-strikes-cia-legal-concerns/ 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/ 
• https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/us/el-salvador-torture-of-venezuelan-deportees 
• https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-de-los-soles-profile/ 
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/trump-venezuela-drug-cartel-de-los-soles.html 
• http://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/ 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role 
• https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-legal/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-caribbean-boat-strikes-memo 
• https://insightcrime.org/news/why-is-us-attacking-cartels-that-dont-exist/ 
• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2502924 
• https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/argumentos-y-dudas-en-la-guerra-abierta-por-eeuu-contra-el-narcoterrorismo 
• https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=29899 
• https://www.justsecurity.org/121115/united-states-dirty-war-narcoterrorism/