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Vol. V · No. 620Sunday Edition
Righteous MediaSince 1776. Est. 2019

Episode 578

Breaking: two US troops killed by Iran in Jordan

Two more American service members are dead in Jordan. One is missing. Sixteen US troops have now been killed by Iran since the start of Trump’s unauthorized, unpopular, and expanding war — and the Pentagon is already promising to hit back. Paul Rieckhoff cuts into a summer weekend to break down what happened, what comes next, and why military families are getting no days off while much of America checks out.

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Rob Serra on why the newly released 9/11 documents matter. and why civilians, not just first responders, got the “royal deal”

02

Stuyvesant High School students eating lunch in what had bee. Stuyvesant High School students eating lunch in what had been a morgue three days earlier, covered in dust

03

Why there is still no formal 9/11 curriculum in New York schools 25 years later. and what kids are learning from TikTok instead

04

The 13-year-old in a hockey locker room shouting “nobody died on 9/11”. and the burden of being the keeper of the flame

Two US service members were killed and one is missing after another Iranian strike on American forces in Jordan. That brings the confirmed US KIA count to sixteen since the start of a war that Paul Rieckhoff calls unauthorized, unnecessary, and increasingly unpopular — a war Trump owns, and one the White House and the Pentagon show no sign of winding down. Two more families are getting the most devastating call of their lives while the rest of the country tries to enjoy a lake weekend and the World Cup final. Paul refuses to look away.

In this quick response pod, Paul lays out what we know so far, why the