Paul Rieckhoff, host of the “Independent Americans” podcast and founder of Independent Veterans of America, gives his battlefield assessment about the future of Defense Secretary-for-now Pete Hegseth and President Trump’s crackdown on the supposed Anti-Christian bias at the Veterans Administration.
KBLA: Paul Rieckhoff Join Tavis Smiley – April 25, 2025
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
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What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy w. What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy with journalism under attack
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Martha's advice to her younger self. and to the local reporter she shouted out from the stage
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Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back. Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back on the map
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The propaganda Pentagon press corps. no embeds, no access, 50,000 troops in the dark
