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2,000 82nd Airborne Troops Are Headed to Middle East. Unchecked Power: How Far Could Trump Take the World’s Most Powerful Military? Retired General @MarkHertling of @BulwarkOnline joins me in today’s new Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. GoIndy.us or YouTube: youtu.be/7W6odTkj3S0?si…🚨🎙️🇺🇸

They’re Supposed to Be Guardians of Our Democracy. They’re Not Even The Mall Cops of Our Democracy. I joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. As boots on the ground in Iran seem imminent any day now, Congress is again failing to stop him. If you missed it, you can watch my full segment from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on YouTube: youtu.be/XsTs4rHAJOM?si… And learn more every day on my show: IndependentAmericans.us. Especially as forever war expands, I’ll help you understand it—and anticipate what’s next.🇺🇸🚨🎙️

Fitness, Lies, and National Security: General @MarkHertling on America’s Military Recruiting Truth Retired General Mark Hertling of @BulwarkOnline explains why America’s declining fitness is now a national security threat. New Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. GoIndy.us or YouTube: youtu.be/7W6odTkj3S0?si…🚨🎙️🇺🇸

⚡️General @MarkHertling. Boots on the Ground Loom. Trump’s Unlimited Military Power. What I Told My Son When He Wanted to Join the Army. Election Threats Are Rising. Broken DHS Makes Us All Less Safe. If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal. 🎙️Hear/watch this huge new Tuesday wartime Independent Americans with me. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/7W6odTkj3S0  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gen…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6uFDhX…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… Author, National Security Analyst, Contributor at @BulwarkOnline, and retired Army General Mark Hertling is back on Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff at a moment when America is at war abroad and under strain at home. They attack the latest national security headlines from the war in Iran and the political wars at home. And Hertling is bringing hard truth, deep experience, and real hope. From Iran’s widening conflict and Trump’s reckless use of the most powerful military on Earth, to the rising threat of attacks here at home and the very real possibility he’ll try to mess with our elections, Rieckhoff and Hertling break down what’s really happening, what keeps this retired General up at night, and where the true “circuit breakers” are inside the Pentagon, Congress, and our democracy. They dig into war crimes, strategy (or the lack of it), the courage our leaders are missing, and the new consensus forming in the streets against the Iran war, ICE in our airports, and the slide toward authoritarianism. They also go below the headlines and into the heart: Hertling’s powerful new book, If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal, started as a Green Army notebook he wrote for his young sons before Desert Storm—part war journal, part guide to character, leadership, friendship, marriage, and what it really means to serve. He shares emotional stories about sending his own kids into the military, why fitness and vaccines are now national security issues, and how toxic “manosphere” masculinity from Trump’s inner circle is warping our culture—and our kids. They flex for cameras, do bad pullups, and cut vaccines. And push a fake and dangerous picture of what healthy looks like. And from Mr. Rogers and Looney Tunes to TAPS, the National Ability Center, and the next generation of leaders he’s now teaching in the classroom, this is an unfiltered, urgent, and inspiring conversation you won’t hear anywhere else—and the kind of independent content that helps you stay vigilant, stay informed, and stay hopeful. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with me on YouTube, ApplePods, BLEAV, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸💪🏼

US Marines in the Crosshairs: What to Watch for Next in Gulf After Trump Paused Iran Grid Strikes Former NATO and CENTCOM Commander Admiral James @stavridisj joins me to break down what’s happening— and what’s likely for happen next around Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz. New Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. GoIndy.us or YouTube: youtu.be/PhDEXOuH91s And the Admiral shares the top security threat that you and most Americans probably aren’t tracking on.🚨🎙️🇺🇸

Mick “Mankind” Foley vs Trump, ICE, Iran, Hatred, and Fake Tough Guys Mick spoke to me EXCLUSIVELY. And tells some amazing stories from his incredible life. Watch our full conversation now: youtu.be/DjbQnLDkOlk

⚡️Scott MacFarlane Joins Meidas Touch: Inside the Big Free-Agent Move Impacting Independent Media. Huge move for both @MacFarlaneNews and @MeidasTouch. Cable and broadcast is dying. Independent media and Meidas especially is surging. 🎙️Hear/watch this huge new Monday wartime Independent Americans with me. And Admiral James Stavridis is my guest on ICE, Iran and all the related March madness. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/PhDEXOuH91s  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adm…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0mQsWs…

“If ICE Is the Answer in The Airports, You’re Asking the Wrong Question” Airport Security Just Got Even More Tense Paul Rieckhoff and Admiral @stavridisj break down the chaos of sending ICE to “backstop” TSA at America’s airports New Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. GoIndy.us or YouTube: youtu.be/PhDEXOuH91s And, learn what Admiral Stavridis thinks is the top security threat that most Americans aren’t tracking on.🚨🎙️🇺🇸

📻I’ll be on the radio next for one of my regular visits with @tavissmiley on @kbla1580 radio in LA and online: kbla1580.com We’re talking more troops to the Middle East, ICE hitting airports nationwide, my appearance on @colbertlateshow, and maybe even March Madness and St John’s Fever.🎙️🇺🇸🏀

⚡️Wrestling Legend Mick Foley: Why Fake Tough Guys At The White House Are Weak (And What True Toughness Really Is) 🎙️Hear/watch this huge new wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/DjbQnLDkOlk  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mic…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0GrtNa…  WWE Hall of Famer and hardcore legend Mick Foley returns to join me for an EXCLUSIVE, extended, a no-holds-barred conversation about his powerful and viral Instagram post about ICE and Trump, leaving the WWE, Trump’s reckless push toward war with Iran and to share AMAZING stories about Elvira and Reggie Jackson.😊🎙️🇺🇸🚨

And in response to popular request, so is our newish show theme song: Independent is an Attitude: youtube.com/shorts/do8wjRt… Created by Creative @cdotrosenthal.🎙️🇺🇸

Up late? So is my newest show. And you can watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/C-bFDtpnnIA 🎙️🚨🇺🇸

⚡️NEW FRIDAY SHOW. Pentagon: $200B for Iran. 4,500 More Marines to Mid-East. Joe Kent Speaks Out. Polls Get Worse. Is Colombia Next? Where’s VA’s Budget Request? Cesar Chavez Exposed. Drones Over Hegseth & Rubio’s Homes. HBD Iraq War. RIP Chuck Norris. Madness is AMAZING. 🎙️Hear/watch the latest daily wartime Independent Americans with me. 🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pen…  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/C-bFDtpnnIA  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0ESGzw…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… 🕸️Web: independentamericans.us/pentagon-200b-…  It's Friday and Paul Rieckhoff is solo in New York on the first day of spring, bringing his trademark mix of independence, insight, and righteous outrage as March Madness tips off across America. From Curtis Blow’s “Basketball” to bracket-busting Cinderella stories like 12-seed High Point, Paul lays out his “fab five” vibes—integrity, independence, information, inspiration, and impact—and explains why this tournament is one of the few things still uniting the country. But he also exposes a much darker kind of March madness: Trump’s escalating war with Iran, the Pentagon’s stunning 200 billion dollar funding request, and the hidden lifetime costs of traumatic brain injuries and VA care that the White House refuses to own. Paul rips into “Acting Secretary of Culture War” Pete Hegseth’s propaganda briefings, selective right-wing media access, and dangerous religious extremism from the Pentagon podium, while highlighting the veterans, journalists, and unlikely allies—from Joe Kent to Shawn Ryan to Marjorie Taylor Greene—who are breaking with Trump’s forever war machine. He connects it all to attacks on the free press, the plan to keep National Guard troops in DC through 2029, new targets like Colombia, the fight for open primaries in Alabama, the breaking scandal around Cesar Chavez, and the explosive growth of America’s 45 percent of independents. Along the way, Paul previews an emotional upcoming conversation with WWE legend Mick Foley, celebrates the life and complicated legacy of Chuck Norris, salutes everyday toughness, and invites you to join Independent Veterans of America, Defiance.org, and a rising independent movement that is done with forever wars—and determined to stay vigilant. Start your weekend off right. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with me on YouTube, ApplePods, @BleavNetwork, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸🌏🏀

Trump's Iran war is spiraling. Veterans know where this road leads. New @Indy_Americans, @PaulRieckhoff joins @DefianceDotOrg co-founder Miles Taylor to launch a push to elect 100 independent veterans this fall. 🎧Watch, share and join the movement: youtu.be/ce9SfvrjpFg

Nice to see that Mayor @NYCMayor Mamdani marched in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. But it’s still wrong that he didn’t march in the Veterans Day Parade. Symbolism matters. And he had a chance to march with veterans. And he skipped it. 🎙️Hear/watch the latest daily wartime Independent Americans with me. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/KSbZzMNLq1c  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1QK7TT…

📺Trump’s “Secret Agent” DHS Pick Markwayne Mullin, ICE on Steroids, Veterans vs. Forever Wars, IVA + Defiance.org = Impact. MSNow’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace—with Paul Rieckhoff and Miles Taylor youtu.be/K2MEUPnvQs4 Here’s me and @MilesTaylorUSA yesterday with Nicolle to break down an important day of news. And announce the launch of our powerful new partnership between @defiancedotorg and @IndyVetsAmerica to end forever wars. Join and/or support the fight: independentveteransofamerica.org/no-more-foreve… 🇺🇸

⚡️Markwayne Mullin in the Hotseat. Tulsi Gabbard Dances. Where is the Uranium?!? Joe Kent Speaks Out…To Tucker Carlson. Shooting at Georgia VA and Holman Air Force Base. Mamdani Didn’t Skip This Parade. Banksy Exposed. Venezuela Spanks the USA.  🎙️Hear/watch the latest daily wartime Independent Americans with me. On all platforms: 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/KSbZzMNLq1c  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1QK7TT…  🕸️Web: independentamericans.us/markwayne-mull…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff is back with an urgent, fast-moving solo episode breaking down Trump’s escalating war with Iran, the threat around unsecured Iranian uranium, and what rising force protection levels at U.S. bases like MacDill really mean for your family and community. He spotlights the human cost of conflict with a powerful poem by Lucas Jones, digs into growing dissent inside Trump world from voices like Joe Kent and Tulsi Gabbard, and explains why confirming Markwayne Mullin to lead ICE would fuel more lawlessness instead of the culture change America needs. Along the way, Paul connects it all to your daily life—from global instability to soft targets at home—and reminds you why staying informed, engaged, and vigilant matters now more than ever.​ This episode also hits the intersection of sports, art, and politics—from Bon Iver’s protest music and Banksy’s bravery to the emotional World Baseball Classic finale where Team Venezuela stunned the U.S. and Bryce Harper modeled the kind of leadership our kids deserve to see. It’s a raw, unfiltered rundown of a “wild and weird” week: Trump’s decisions, Tulsi’s word salad, Senators who still fantasize about dueling, and the mounting pressure on American troops worldwide. Because every episode of Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the most important news stories and offers light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows, this one helps you stay ahead of the curve—and stay vigilant. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with me on YouTube, ApplePods, BLEAV, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸

RT @PaulRieckhoff: 🚨If you were watching MSNow’s Deadline White House earlier, you heard our announcement. @IndyVetsAmerica and I are pro…

“It Smells Like Desperation.” Hegseth’s unraveling. And we can all see it. And so can our enemies. Paul Rieckhoff Rips Into the Acting Secretary of Culture War’s Latest Performance. 🎙️Hear/watch the latest daily wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/IOJsJsVyDDM  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tru…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1yWyVC…  And I’ll have more later today on that and the Markwayne Mullen confirmation hearings in my weekly Wednesday TV segments: 3PMET on NewsNation with Connell McShane. 5ET on MSNow with Nicolle Wallace. 6ET on CNN with Erin Burnett. Wild times.🚨🇺🇸

USA vs Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. On a Geopolitical Level. Is…Wild. Baseball, War, The World Cup & Trump’s Next Targets. Rieckhoff Reacts. 🎙️Hear/watch the latest daily wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/IOJsJsVyDDM  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tru…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1yWyVC…  #WorldBaseballClassic ⚾️🇺🇸🇻🇪