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KBLA: Tavis Smiley – Paul Rieckhoff sounds off on Hegseth’s rhetoric

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Why Susie Wiles’ exit matters. and whether she’ll ever speak out about what she saw inside Trump’s White House

02

Hegseth posts a meme with Stephen Miller. “Stand, fight, defend the republic.” The circle is closing.

03

Paul’s blunt verdict. Pete Hegseth is the most destructive force on the American military since the Iraq War, maybe since Vietnam

04

Thomas Massie files eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth. and why the vote should happen on Veterans Day

Paul Rieckhoff, host of the “Independent Americans” podcast and founder of Independent Veterans of America and Righteous Media, Inc., gives his assessment about the implications of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s dangerous rhetoric for the historic military leadership only meeting.