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-si