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Episode 487

A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight

Trump issues an 8PM deadline to Iran as Congress — from Ro Khanna to MTG — breaks ranks to invoke the 25th Amendment, and ICE arrests a soldier’s wife on a military base.

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Ty’s thesis. the national Democratic Party uses Black voters in Mississippi as sacrificial lambs to juice presidential-year turnout — and has since 1982

02

The receipts. Musgrove 2000, Childers, Barria, Espy 2018, 2020, Presley 2023 — the same “it’s this close” playbook every cycle

03

“The only group that’s offered me money to drop out is Democrats”. the summer-long pressure campaign nobody’s reporting on

04

Why the DNC asked Democrats to clear the field in South Dako. Why the DNC asked Democrats to clear the field in South Dakota, Idaho, and Nebraska for independent veterans — but refused to do it in Mississippi



Donald Trump has issued a chilling 8 a.m. declaration: “A whole civilization will die tonight.” In this special emergency episode of Independent Americans, Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the global shockwaves following this unprecedented 8 p.m. deadline targeting Iran. As the world stands on edge, we drill down into the growing list of members of Congress—ranging from progressives like Ro Khanna to conservatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene—who are now calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment or immediate impeachment to prevent a “forever war.”

We also go beyond the headlines to expose the “culture of cruelty” hitting home, including the breaking story of ICE detaining the wife of an active-duty Army soldier at a military base just days after their wedding. Amidst the tension, we look for the helpers—from the Michigan Wolverines’ national championship victory to NASA’s Artemis 2 mission breaking deep-space records. This is a moment for independence over partisanship and country over party. Stay frosty. Stay vigilant.