Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
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WTF WEDNESDAY: Spokane Is Burning. Ballots in the Fire Zone. Four Independent Vets on the Line.
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August 5, 2026
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22:05Now PlayingSpokane is literally on fire — 8,000 acres burned, 65,000 evacuated, a VA hospital shuttered — and four IVA-endorsed independent veterans are on the ballot in the middle of it. Paul Rieckhoff breaks down what a real open primary looks like, why CENTCOM is now crowdsourcing ideas to "pressure and punish Iran" while our missile stockpiles run dry, how the Pentagon is splitting the wounded-in-action count to hide the true cost of the Iran war, and why spoiler Democrats in Montana and South Dakota need to get out of the way of independent veterans who can actually win. Plus a live endorsement alert for Marine Corps veteran Shane Eaton, on the ballot this Thursday in Tennessee. No-BS, ground-truth, and a reminder that hope is the oxygen of democracy.
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