The partisan machine is scared, and it’s showing. In episode 658, Paul Rieckhoff goes solo to answer the growing chorus of independent-haters — from Hillary Clinton’s smear of Matthew McConaughey on Kara Swisher’s show to the online pundits recycling the tired “hidden partisan” talking point against the 45% of Americans who refuse to put on a jersey. Paul lays out why that smear falls apart the second you look at Nebraska, South Dakota, Idaho, and Montana, where a vote for the Democrat is the actual spoiler. He also celebrates Sara Haines doing on The View what McConaughey did on Kara Swisher — breaking the seal, giving millions of Americans permission to declare their independence out loud.
From there it’s a full media blitz: Pete Hegseth’s staff physically broke General Eisenhower’s World War II globe trying to haul it into the SecDef’s office, Mike Bloomberg cut Democrats an $80 million check while independent candidates fight on fumes, JD Vance went on tape telling Ukraine to stop bombing Russian energy facilities, Steve Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” to his face, and new reporting shows the GRU hacked Jared Kushner’s phone and watched the money flow in from MBS and MBZ. Corruption is the story. Independents are the answer. And the duopoly’s chokehold is dying faster than they want you to know.
In this episode
- Why “independents are secretly partisans” is the most tired, ignorant smear in American politics — and the data that destroys it
- Hillary Clinton sits down with Kara Swisher to attack Matthew McConaughey and 45% of the country two weeks before an election
- The vote-splitter myth: what exactly is being split in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Idaho, where there’s no Democrat on the ballot?
- Alani Bankhead is the actual spoiler in Montana — and Democrats won’t say it
- Sara Haines on The View follows McConaughey’s lead and declares her independence out loud
- Pete Hegseth’s team physically broke Eisenhower’s World War II globe trying to redecorate the SecDef’s office
- Mike Bloomberg drops $80 million on Democrats while independent candidates fight on fumes
- JD Vance on tape: Ukraine should stop bombing Russian energy facilities. Paul’s response is unprintable
- Steve Witkoff calls Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” to his face on behalf of the United States
- Vanity Fair’s Michael Weiss on the GRU hack of Jared Kushner’s phone — and the Saudi and Emirati money flowing into his accounts
- Why Halloween and Veterans Day are the unity bookends around a brutal election
