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Episode 330

BONUS: EPISODE 331: Charlie Sykes’ To The Contrary

  We’ve got a great bonus pod for you to check out as Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff joined Charlie Sykes for a spirited, no-holds-barred deep dive into everything happening with Secretary of Defense Pete

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Why putting masked ICE agents in airport terminals is asking the wrong question. and what it says about the culture inside ICE

02

The Admiral’s strategic read on Trump’s Iran roller coaster. The Admiral’s strategic read on Trump’s Iran roller coaster and the two “inconvenient truths” nobody wants to talk about

03

A thousand pounds of enriched uranium and the Strait of Hormuz. the leverage Iran still holds

04

Three specific things to watch in the Gulf right now. the Marines, the physical location of Kushner and Witkoff, and the Strait itself



 

We’ve got a great bonus pod for you to check out as Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff joined Charlie Sykes for a spirited, no-holds-barred deep dive into everything happening with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, SignalGate and the danger we all face now with this inept leadership at the helm. They explore how a Fox News persona ended up with the nukes, what it means for U.S. national security, and why even Trumpworld is starting to panic. Plus, signs of resistance from Harvard, independent veterans, and the surprising impact of punching the bully in the nose.

It’s a hard-hitting no bullshit look at everything happening in and around the turmoil at the Pentagon. AND, the backstory and history you’ve probably never heard before. 

From Charlie Syke’s To The Contrary Podcast:

Paul Rieckhoff: Why Hegseth Has to Go

Pity the poor parodists. How can they possibly compete in a world where this is an actual headline: “Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon?” Or this: “Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer”?