The circle is closing fast. With Susie Wiles out and Stephen Miller installed as chief of staff, Pete Hegseth is doubling down — posting memes with Miller, blocking promotions of women and officers of color, and dragging the Pentagon deeper into a culture war that has our enemies celebrating. Paul Rieckhoff calls it plainly: Hegseth is the most destructive force on the American military since the Iraq War, maybe since Vietnam. And this Veterans Week, Thomas Massie is moving to impeach him on eight articles. Paul argues the vote should happen on Veterans Day itself.
But the MAGA machine never sticks to one story. Trump pulled UFC boss Dana White to the White House press room. Trump reportedly paid Laura Loomer to smear a Medal of Honor recipient. A tanker was hit near the Strait of Hormuz. Russia struck rescue workers waiting to deliver humanitarian aid in southern Ukraine. And in Israel, Netanyahu’s rival Gadi Eisenkot is now tasked with forming the next government — one step closer to ending the longest-serving leader in Israeli history. Paul closes with a Veterans Week tribute to the Vietnam generation and the advocates still carrying the weight. No guest today — just the no-BS briefing independent Americans need to stay vigilant through the madness.
In this episode
- Why Susie Wiles’ exit matters — and whether she’ll ever speak out about what she saw inside Trump’s White House
- Hegseth posts a meme with Stephen Miller: “Stand, fight, defend the republic.” The circle is closing.
- Paul’s blunt verdict: Pete Hegseth is the most destructive force on the American military since the Iraq War, maybe since Vietnam
- Thomas Massie files eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth — and why the vote should happen on Veterans Day
- How Hegseth blocked promotions of women and officers of color from the military’s most senior ranks
- Trump drags Dana White to the White House podium — and the UFC’s full absorption into the MAGA propaganda machine
- Trump paid Laura Loomer to push propaganda and attack Medal of Honor recipient Flo Groberg
- A tanker hit near the Strait of Hormuz, drug-boat strikes off Venezuela, and the national security story the media keeps missing
- Russia bombs rescue workers delivering humanitarian aid in southern Ukraine — and why we keep saying it
- Netanyahu on the brink: Gadi Eisenkot tasked with forming Israel’s next government
