Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
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Pentagon: $200B for Iran. 4,500 More Marines to Mid-East.
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41:50Now PlayingJoe Kent Speaks Out. Polls Get Worse. Is Colombia Next? Where’s VA’s Budget Request? Cesar Chavez Exposed. Drones Over Hegseth & Rubio’s Homes. HBD Iraq War. RIP Chuck Norris. Madness is AMAZING.
It's episode 470 and Paul Rieckhoff is solo in New York on the first day of spring, bringing his trademark mix of independence, insight, and righteous outrage as March Madness tips off across America. From Kurtis Blow’s “Basketball” to bracket-busting Cinderella stories like 12-seed High Point, Paul lays out his “fab five” vibes—integrity, independence, information, inspiration, and impact—and explains why this tournament is one of the few things still uniting the country. But he also exposes a much darker kind of March madness: Trump’s escalating war with Iran, the Pentagon’s stunning 200 billion dollar funding request, and the hidden lifetime costs of traumatic brain injuries and VA care that the White House refuses to own.
Paul rips into Acting “Secretary of Culture War” Pete Hegseth’s propaganda briefings, selective right-wing media access, and dangerous religious extremism from the Pentagon podium, while highlighting the veterans, journalists, and unlikely allies—from Joe Kent to Shawn Ryan to Marjorie Taylor Greene—who are beginning to break with Trump’s forever war machine. He connects it all to attacks on the free press, the plan to keep National Guard troops in DC through 2029, new targets like Colombia, the fight for open primaries in Alabama, the breaking scandal around Cesar Chavez, and the explosive growth of America’s 45 percent of independents. Along the way, Paul previews an emotional upcoming conversation with WWE legend Mick Foley, celebrates the life and complicated legacy of Chuck Norris, salutes everyday toughness, and invites you to join Independent Veterans of America, Defiance.org, and a rising independent movement that is done with forever wars—and determined to stay vigilant.
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