🎙Independent Americans

⚡️After 100 Episodes, we’ve evolved into Season 2 with a bold, new name. But we’re still bringing the same independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact you love. Follow us at @indy_americans and continue the journey with us to a better America. #StayVigilant🎙🇺🇸⚡️

NEW⚡️Iran War Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Pentagon Wants $1.5T More.  Independent Vet @Achilles4Idaho For Senate From Idaho. Hegseth Struggles In The Hot Seat. Their King Is Better Than Our Wanna Be King. Dept Of War Name Change = $125M. Stabbing In Jewish Area In London. 🎙️Watch/hear a new WTF Wednesday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff.  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/IQ57eQuXbds  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ira…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4dXbdp…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… Idaho’s Senate race is in play. That's not spin from a party operative — that's the read on a state where 60% of voters identify as independent or independent-leaning, where a sitting Senator is the fourth oldest and seventh richest in the chamber, and where a farm kid turned tank commander turned tech executive is running neck and neck with him. Todd Achilles is the first 2026 endorsement from Independent Veterans of America, and on this episode of Independent Americans he lays out the no-BS case for why the rigged two-party system is finally cracking in places nobody expected. Paul Rieckhoff and Achilles get into the receipts: Jim Risch voting against the PACT Act for vets and the CHIPS Act, a Senate Foreign Relations Chair holding zero hearings on Iran or Cuba while the Pentagon books $25 billion in war costs and asks for a $1.5 trillion budget, and a $50 to $125 million bill just to rename the Department of Defense. They also dig into the human side — house parties with thirty-somethings who can't afford healthcare, 100+ town halls across all 44 Idaho counties, and a volunteer army built in an old restaurant turned campaign HQ. If you're in the angry middle and you've been waiting for proof that an independent veteran can actually win, this is your briefing. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff on YouTube, ApplePods, BLEAV, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸👑🤠🐺🗳️📈

Hegseth Get Hammered On Capitol Hill. Pentagon Requests $1.5 TRILLION. Iran Has Cost $25 Billion. Another Trump/Putin Love Fest. King Charles vs Trump. Trump Again Attacking Comey & Kimmel. And Gas Keeps Going Up   My regular weekly Wednesday NewsNation TV segment with @ConnellMcShane. And watch/hear/subscribe to the newest wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff for more. Independent Veteran for Senate from Idaho @Achilles4Idaho is back. And polling almost even to replace very old, very rich, and very bad incumbent Republican Senator Jim Risch. It’s a strong dose of leadership and hope. 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us 🎙️🚨🇺🇸🐺🗳️

Hegseth’s REALLY Bad Day. Does JD Vance Want Him Fired? The Iran War Has Cost Us $25 BILLION! Will Trump Finally Dump His Crush? My weekly segment with Nicolle Wallace on MSNow’s Deadline White House. More in the newest WTF Wednesday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff for more. With Independent Veteran for Senate in Idaho—@Achilles4Idaho 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us 🎙️🚨🇺🇸🐺🗳️

⚡️White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting Fallout. Nobody Believes Anything Anymore. Trump Calls Off Iran Peace Talks. DJT Disapproval Hits Record High. GOP Senators Losing Confidence In Hegseth. Independent Brian Bengs Officially On The Ballot In South Dakota. 🎙️Watch/hear a new Monosphere Monday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff.  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/736d9rHCq9w  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whi…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3U6j22…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… A 31-year-old with a shotgun, a pistol, and a stack of knives tried to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A Secret Service agent took a round to the vest. Wolf Blitzer lost a shoe. And UFC's Dana White called it "awesome." Paul Rieckhoff — combat veteran, IAVA founder, 9/11 first responder and past attendee of the event — flies solo on this Manosphere Monday to put the attack in context: this is our normal now, and the president most responsible for the atmosphere is the same one weaponizing it against the press. And, he takes you inside what the event (and the security) are really like.  From there it's a full and fast briefing — the collapse of Iran negotiations and Trump's billion-a-day bombing math, oil over $100 a barrel, Macron calling out the new axis lining up against Europe, GOP senators admitting Hegseth couldn't get reconfirmed today, and the White House's pearl-clutching campaign to cancel Jimmy Kimmel. Plus a real reason for hope: independent veteran and Senate candidate @BrianBengs officially on the ballot in South Dakota with the highest signature validation rate of any statewide candidate this cycle, and a Ukrainian grandma rescued from a shelled-out village by a ground robot with a blanket that read "grandma, get in." Independence is an attitude. Stay vigilant. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff on YouTube, ApplePods, BLEAV, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸🔫🇺🇦🏀

Trump's command culture of crazy. He has made normal non-crazy people into conspiracy theorists. 🎙️Watch/hear more a new wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff.  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/736d9rHCq9w  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whi…

Boycott Trump’s Nerd Prom Paul Rieckhoff on why he's boycotting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — and refusing to normalize Trump's assault on a free press. 🎙️Watch/hear more in this new Friday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. Featuring my extended conversation with Sebastian Junger on war, loss and the fight for the soul of our nation. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/0wWSefC9vVU  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol…

A Green Beret just got indicted for betting classified Venezuela intel on Polymarket. Three carriers parked off Iran. Troops still in DC. Sebastian Junger and @PaulRieckhoff go no-BS on what nobody wants to answer: will the military follow illegal orders?

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Boycott Trump’s Nerd Prom Why I’m boycotting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — and refusing to normalize Trump's assault on the free press. 🎙️Watch/hear more in this new Friday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. Featuring my extended conversation with @SebastianJunger on war, loss and the fight for the soul of our nation. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/0wWSefC9vVU  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol… #WHCD @indy_americans

“Democracy isn't partisan. It's the whole ballgame.” New @IndependentAmericans with @PaulRieckhoff and @JohnAvlon on Iran, Trump's second term, the Dems' brand problem & the rise of independents. Listen + watch: youtu.be/uuZdMyoh5bo

Drunk FBI Director Kash Patel? No Way! What a Surprise! Rieckhoff Reacts. 🎙️Watch/hear more in this new Monday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff.  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/XuSb_xXUnKE  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5tgJDh… 🎙️🚨🇺🇸

⚡️U.S. Attacks Iranian Cargo Ship While Preparing for New Round of Talks. Trump Wants to Give Himself the Medal of Honor. Hegseth Out and Driscoll In?  Kash Patel is Getting Wasted. Mass Shooting in Louisiana. NBA is Lit. Manosphere Monday 4/20 Edition. 🎙️Watch/hear more in this new Monday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff.  📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/XuSb_xXUnKE  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s…  🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5tgJDh…  📖Substack: open.substack.com/pub/independen… It’s 4/20, it’s Manosphere Monday, and Independent Americans is back with a rapid-fire Monday Blitz to help you navigate another wild week in America and around the world. Host Paul Rieckhoff breaks down Trump’s latest Iran deadline, the Strait of Hormuz shutdown, rising oil prices, and why ten thousand American troops are again on the front lines of a dangerous global standoff. He digs into Trump’s threats toward Cuba and Venezuela, the chaos surrounding FBI Director Kash Patel, and the terrifying reality of mass shootings and domestic instability here at home. From Iran to Ukraine’s killer robots, from narco-terrorist boat strikes to the growing danger of an unchecked commander-in-chief, this episode is a blunt, unflinching look at “President mayhem” and the stakes for our democracy and our troops. Rieckhoff also takes you inside the culture and sports world—from Channing Tatum’s $45M Magic Mike Live expansion and the blazing-hot NBA playoffs to Little League coach-pitch glory and why Victor Wembanyama might be the future of the game. He highlights the explosive growth of legal and medical marijuana across America, how it’s saving lives (especially for veterans), and why independents—now 45% of the country—are the real majority fighting back against rigged closed primaries and toxic manfluencers dominating the manosphere. If you’re politically homeless, exhausted by the extremes, or just looking for sharp, independent analysis with a side of Sade, weed politics, and Knicks fandom, this fast, no-guest episode will help you stay informed, fired up, and, as always, stay vigilant. Subscribe, rate and share Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff on YouTube, ApplePods, BLEAV, Spotify, all platforms and IndependentAmericans.us.🎙️🚨🇺🇸🏀

📲🎙️Watch/hear/subscribe to the wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff for more. 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us Skip the traditional, corporate and partisan media. Catch up on a huge week of episodes with @MichaelSteele, @SenAngusKing, @JohnAvlon and more. 🎙️🚨🇺🇸🗳️

⚡️Hegseth’s Bible Pulp Fiction and Holy Warrior Quest. Kennedy’s Sick Raccoon Penis. Orban as the First Autocratic Domino. Supervillain Trump & The New Avengers of Democracy. Rieckhoff on Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace.

Jackie Robinson Day: Courage is Still the Most Contagious Virtue. Rieckhoff Reflects. 📲🎙️Watch/hear/subscribe to the newest wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. And, my candid conversation with Independent @SenAngusKing. 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us Go beneath the headlines and get the most urgent and important topics. And the ones they want you to miss or forget about. Fight back against the propaganda and spin.🎙️🚨🇺🇸⚾️

Trump is destroying the world’s trust in America. And in America’s military. From @RealTimers with @BillMaher. With Douglas Murray. And watch/hear more on my @indy_americans podcast: 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us The intersections of politics and national security have never been more important—and dangerous. Subscribe, share and stay vigilant.🎙️🇺🇸🚨

"You're getting punked by a punk" @MichaelSteele’s BRUTAL reality check for his fellow Republicans on Trump. 📲🎙️Watch/hear/subscribe to the newest wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us Break from the broken system. Declare your independence from the Republicans, the Democrats, and the broken corporate and partisan media.⛓️‍💥🎙️🚨🇺🇸

A.I. apocalypse, falling fertility rates, military drafts and more – watch this week's episode of #RTOvertime with @BillMaher, @ZekeEmanuel, @DouglasKMurray and @PaulRieckhoff: youtu.be/AFWBb6jlBbU

Trump’s Blockading Iran: Why Congress Must Formally (Finally) Vote on a Declaration of War [Urgent] 📲🎙️Watch/hear more in the new Monday wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: youtu.be/Pvo1Ie4g0ZA  🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ira… 🚨🇺🇸

Trump was at #UFC327 Saturday. Instead of at The Masters or negotiating with the Iranians. And it was the smart move. And another key cultural and political fight the Democrats are still losing. But independents won’t. Who’s up for meeting me at #UFC328 in Newark next month? 📲🎙️Watch/hear/subscribe to the newest wartime Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff. 📱💻YouTube: @independentamericans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@independentam… 🍎Apple: GoIndy.us Declare your independence from the Republicans, the Democrats and the broken corporate and partisan media. And get in the fight.🎙️🚨🇺🇸