Trump says he's close to an Iran deal. He's been saying he's a week away from a Putin deal for a year and a half. Paul Rieckhoff calls the head fake for what it is, warns the media not to fall for it again, and lays out the chaos Congress is trying to jam through before its six-week recess — including Todd Blanche's nomination and the weaponization fund built to compensate January 6th insurrectionists. The forever wars don't take August off, and neither do we.
Then the real story: on August 4th, four independent veterans appear on a single top-two primary ballot in Eastern Washington. Nate Powell for U.S. House, Danny Tarkenton for Spokane County prosecutor, Aaron Croft for the State House, and Ronald McCoy for State Senate. Across those races, roughly 131,000 independents and 53,000 independent veterans can vote — a decisive bloc the corporate media isn't covering. Paul breaks down why open primaries are the battlefield, why John Kasich is wrong that independents aren't real, and what's coming next with Senator Joe Manchin, Heather Manchin, and Senator Angus King joining the show.
In this episode
- Why Trump's latest Iran "deal" is the same pump-fake he's run on Putin for eighteen months
- The Todd Blanche nomination, the weaponization fund, and paying insurrectionists with taxpayer money
- Cornyn and Tillis wobbling on Blanche — and what that says about the Senate GOP
- Four independent veterans on one Washington State ballot on August 4th
- Nate Powell, Marine Corps vet and Spokane firefighter, running for U.S. House in Washington's 5th
- Danny Tarkenton, Army veteran, running for Spokane County prosecutor
- Aaron Croft (Air Force) for State House and Ronald McCoy for State Senate
- 131,000 independents and 53,000 independent veterans eligible in these four races
- Why John Kasich saying "independents aren't real" is factually wrong — and dangerous
- What's next: Senator Angus King, Joe and Heather Manchin, and the 25th anniversary of 9/11
