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Episode 458

Paul Rieckhoff vs Senator Blumenthal and a Broken

When Donald Trump launches a war on Iran, hits a whole new country in Ecuador, talks openly about striking Cuba next—and Congress can’t even be bothered to interrupt its weekend to hold an emergency session—you

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why Trump's numbers with independents are in the 20s. and why Memorial Day is about to make it worse

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The $1.8B taxpayer giveaway to January 6 insurrectionists, M. The $1.8B taxpayer giveaway to January 6 insurrectionists, Mike Lindell's $400M ask, and Tarrio's $2-5M demand

03

Plan C explained. how Trump is green-lighting political violence to disrupt free and fair elections

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$5 gas, the Iran war Americans never wanted, and why he can'. $5 gas, the Iran war Americans never wanted, and why he can't spin his way out of it



When Donald Trump launches a war on Iran, hits a whole new country in Ecuador, talks openly about striking Cuba next—and Congress can’t even be bothered to interrupt its weekend to hold an emergency session—you know America has a serious problem. In this all–new episode of Independent Americans, host Paul Rieckhoff takes you inside his fiery appearance on MSNBC’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace, where he confronts Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal and calls out a weak, failed Congress that is “not even a speed bump” to Trump’s most dangerous impulses.

Rieckhoff asks the question every American should be asking our so–called leaders right now: What are you going to do about it? He lays out how Trump can effectively do anything he wants with the most powerful military in the world, why the Iran War Powers vote is coming days after the war already started, how six American service members were killed while Congress dithered, and why both parties deserve blame for letting this runaway train barrel toward boots on the ground. From the risks of a wider regional war to the hard truth that “being sad and angry is not a course of action,” this episode is a clear, independent, unapologetically patriotic call for accountability and a real plan B.

If you’re tired of tweets, cable hits, and empty outrage—and you want straight talk, deeper context, and concrete ways to push your representatives to finally do their jobs—this is your briefing.