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29:01Now PlayingIn this fast, no-guest Monday episode of Independent Americans, host and Army vet Paul Rieckhoff reports from Tampa while a historic bomb-cyclone hits the Northeast. He breaks down Trump’s dangerous claim that he can “destroy countries” as massive U.S. airpower surrounds Iran, growing unrest in Mexico after cartel boss El Mencho is killed, and continued strikes off Venezuela with almost no oversight.
Paul also exposes ICE killings and abuse, a veterans’ revolt that forces the VA to halt a radical benefits rule, the fight to stop Trump’s absurd 250-foot arch that would block the view from Arlington, and three years of Ukraine’s fight against Russia in a new era of drone warfare.
And he brings the light with Alysa Liu’s joyful Olympic gold, the dominance of U.S. women’s hockey, and a legendary U.S. men’s overtime win that shows a better face of America to the world.
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