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▶ WebplayerIndependent Americans is a daily news show hosted by Paul Rieckhoff. He’s a fighter, a patriot, and an independent political and media force to be reckoned with. After serving as a soldier in Iraq in 2004, Rieckhoff emerged as one of the most dynamic political and social leaders in America. In every episode, he breaks down the most important issues facing our country. And he interviews the most influential and compelling people. He’s taking on Republicans, Democrats—and everyone in between. If you’re in the angry middle, Independent Americans reminds you that you’re not alone. We’re all in this...
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Nov 13, 2026 · 52:28
The Republican Party just took a beating it didn't see coming — and one of its sharpest young strategists is on the show to say the quiet part out loud. Shermichael Singleton…
Nov 12, 2026 · 17:42
Veterans Day 2026 should have been a unifying moment. Instead, the Secretary of Defense was caught giggling and snapping selfies on the steps of the tomb of the unknown soldier…
Nov 11, 2026 · 27:09
The looming post-9/11 veteran showdown for president. Making every day Veterans Day. Maryland Governor Wes Moore returns to Independent Americans for a Veterans Day conversation…
Nov 10, 2026 · 28:57
Netanyahu on the brink. Russia hits rescue workers. The circle is closing fast. With Susie Wiles out and Stephen Miller installed as chief of staff, Pete Hegseth is doubling down…
Nov 9, 2026 · 21:53
Miller in, Wiles out. The last guardrail inside Trump's West Wing just came down, and the architect of ICE and the Iran war is now running the building. Paul Rieckhoff opens…
Nov 8, 2026 · 23:29
Trump picks Stephen Miller as chief of staff. 60% of independents broke against the GOP. This was not a Democratic triumph. It was an independent revolt. Across Ohio, Colorado,…
Nov 7, 2026 · 8:10
There were two electorates in this election, and almost nobody talks about the first one. The second is the one that voted on Tuesday. The first is the one that picked the names…
Nov 6, 2026 · 58:13
Chuck Todd is back on Independent Americans, and he's not sugarcoating what just happened. Voters didn't fall in love with Democrats — they repudiated Trumpism, and independents…
Nov 5, 2026 · 39:53
4 IVA wins. Vets win big nationally. Especially women vets. GOP sports figures win again. They’re coming for Hegseth. No more political ads in sports! Independents were the water…
Nov 4, 2026 · 30:05
Vets Win. Closed Primaries Cooked Results. Is Iran Imminent Now? Vets Day is Next. Election Results Breakdown. Paul Rieckhoff records before sunrise on the morning after — and…
Nov 3, 2026 · 30:49
It is election day 2026, and Paul Rieckhoff is wide awake before sunrise in New York with one message: expect the unexpected. The Wall Street Journal is reporting the US has been…
Nov 2, 2026 · 38:06
On the eve of election day, Paul Rieckhoff sits down with Ty Pinkins — Army veteran of 21 years, three combat tours, Bronze Star recipient, Georgetown-trained attorney, and the…
Nov 1, 2026 · 14:41
Darlene Graham, Ken Paxton & the Herschel Walker problem. PLUS: Alaska’s dirty trick and the indy surge. Media Blitz Pod Obama snatched the mic. That's the story heading into the…
Oct 31, 2026 · 24:35
One week out from Election Day 2026, the country is staring at a split screen that tells you everything about the rigged two-party system. Barack Obama is finally deployed to…
Oct 30, 2026 · 38:42
AI’s threat to both parties? Osborn’s race in Nebraska. Trump loves talking about asses. Friday Football. Two days out from the election, Paul Rieckhoff sits down with one of his…
Oct 29, 2026 · 36:54
Deadlock in Israeli Elections. Bolsonaro Lands in Miami After Fleeing Brazil. Remember Alex Pretti? Idaho is one of the most independent-minded states in America, and for the…
Oct 28, 2026 · 25:18
MS Senate Race Tightens—the Indy is Ignored. Jay-Z for Super Bowl Halftime. Brewers Fever! We are less than one week from the most consequential election of our lifetime, and…
Oct 27, 2026 · 23:30
Seven days out. The marathon is almost over, and the 90 million independents who have been written off, condescended to, and told they don't really exist are about to decide…
Oct 26, 2026 · 28:59
Hegseth Broke Eisenhower’s World. Bloomberg - $80M to Dems. Vance Sells Out Ukraine and Continues to Suck. The partisan machine is scared, and it's showing. In episode 658, Paul…
Oct 25, 2026 · 25:21
Something is cracking in the Midwest. Iowa farmers are staring at $1,000 fill-ups for their tractors, fertilizer costs through the roof, and a White House that only remembers…
Oct 23, 2026 · 35:59
93 counties, 200 events, and riding a wave McConaughey just supercharged. Iran, the USS Lincoln, and Christmas on a credit card. Plus: Friday Football picks. Dan Osborn is back…
Oct 22, 2026 · 18:01
Musk’s Starlink shutdown blindsides Kyiv. Bodnar, Osborn, Achilles, Bengs & the indy vets shaking up the Senate. Media Blitz Pod Paul Rieckhoff joins Connell McShane on News…
Oct 21, 2026 · 42:44
The Iran forever war, the McConaughey moment, no debates and a rigged fight by design. Paul Rieckhoff sits down with retired Marine Colonel Matt Baker, the independent veteran…
Oct 20, 2026 · 28:49
The independent movement had a breakout weekend, and Paul Rieckhoff walks you through every piece of it. Matthew McConaughey went public with a message that lit up phones across…
Oct 19, 2026 · 14:35
National Guard spotted at DC drop boxes. Four more years? The third-term flirt returns. Media Blitz Pod Senator Mark Warner — the top Democrat on Senate Intelligence — just said…
Oct 18, 2026 · 22:19
Paul Rieckhoff hits the news circuit for a rapid-fire breakdown of a week where the wheels came off the Trump foreign policy machine. Elon Musk throttled Starlink in the middle…
Oct 16, 2026 · 51:44
The drone revolution is here. F1, Cadillac, and the sports-defense overlap. Plus: Friday Football Picks Kevin Baron — founder of Elevation Global Strategies, former Defense One…
Oct 15, 2026 · 38:08
Indiana isn't supposed to be where the independent movement breaks through. It's a deep-red state, 41st in voter turnout, where 95% of the legislature is effectively decided in…
Oct 14, 2026 · 14:23
Donald Trump is in full spray-and-pray mode. One day he's threatening Iran and Cuba, the next he's cutting a diesel deal with the Kremlin and backstabbing Ukraine again. Vladimir…
Oct 13, 2026 · 15:43
PLUS: Newsom, the 25th, and a failure of imagination by the democrats heading into the midterms. Trump floated the idea that Ukraine needs a new president because Zelensky keeps…
Oct 12, 2026 · 20:46
Texas is still red. But Ken Paxton is a scandal-plagued candidate standing on that stage only because Donald Trump put him there — and Trump knows it. With a forever war in Iran…
Oct 11, 2026 · 28:32
Paul Rieckhoff walks his kids to their public school on primary day in New York City — and has to explain to his seven-year-old why Dad, an Iraq veteran and 9/11 first responder,…
Oct 9, 2026 · 25:39
Adam Kinzinger is back. The former GOP congressman, Air National Guard lieutenant colonel, January 6th committee member, and founder of Country First sits down with Paul to…
Oct 8, 2026 · 12:29
Pete Hegseth wasn't on the USS Abraham Lincoln when sailors were stuck at sea for more than a year, running short on rations, reporting suicide attempts, and watching supply…
Oct 7, 2026 · 17:09
President Mayhem is off the rails, and he's getting more desperate by the day. On this WTF Wednesday edition of Independent Americans, Paul Rieckhoff breaks down Trump's unhinged…
Oct 6, 2026 · 20:53
Trump is retreating to friendly turf while the ground shifts under the whole rigged two-party system. Paul Rieckhoff takes you inside a Media Blitz week — a CNN hit with Erin…
Oct 5, 2026 · 24:29
The last American troops have left Iraq. Donald Trump actually did what Obama and Biden wouldn't. But the present under the tree is a new, unauthorized, never-ending Iran war…
Oct 4, 2026 · 14:24
The rigged two-party system just picked a fight with the wrong people. Paul Rieckhoff and Independent Voter Project attorney Chad Peace are taking New York State to court over…
Oct 2, 2026 · 35:48
Hegseth calls the press treasonous. From Fordham to Imus to NewsNation. Preparation beats panic. And a love letter to NYC. Pete Hegseth just labeled the press treasonous. The…
Oct 1, 2026 · 17:54
Paul Rieckhoff is on the courthouse steps in Foley Square, filing suit against the state of New York. The question in front of the court is as old as the republic and as urgent…
Sep 30, 2026 · 19:47
Paul Rieckhoff joins the MSNBC table with Nikki McCann Ramirez of Rolling Stone and former Harris senior advisor Mike Nellis to break down the political sucking chest wound of…
Sep 29, 2026 · 23:07
The number one threat to America isn't Donald Trump — it's AI. That's Paul Rieckhoff's argument on episode 635, and the New York Times just handed him fresh evidence: OpenAI's…
Sep 28, 2026 · 10:04
The Iran war isn't just a foreign policy story anymore — it's the political story that's about to reshape 2026. Trump's own base is fracturing, GOP pollsters in Iowa are quietly…
Sep 27, 2026 · 9:41
How one independent could change everything in the senate. And the 45% of Americans nobody's talking about. Media Blitz Pod Iran's president is on U.S. soil, giving a UN speech…
Sep 25, 2026 · 39:02
Trump and the World Cup, Iran War Blowing up F1, Congress vs Football. Plus: Why AI can’t solve chess. Ranch dressing diplomacy. Sports may be the last thing left in American…
Sep 24, 2026 · 32:02
Colorado has become one of the clearest case studies in America of what happens when voters lose faith in the rigged two-party system. A mere 25% of the state is registered…
Sep 23, 2026 · 22:36
Zelensky brings light to NYC. TrumpTV is Here! Independents vs GOP Dark Money. Giants Crash out in LA vs the Rams. We All Bond in the Suck. Hurricane season is here, and the…
Sep 22, 2026 · 26:10
Hegseth Has Been Hiding Iran Dead #s. War on the Moon? Trump Bans CNN, MSNow, Politico. Ovechkin is an Agent of Putin. UNGA Week. Ed Sheeran Speaks Out. Paul Rieckhoff is solo…
Sep 21, 2026 · 22:28
The Iran war has cascaded from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb to your grocery bill, and the president has two bad choices left: capitulate or escalate materially. Paul…
Sep 20, 2026 · 22:01
Is Trump losing control of everything? That's the through-line this week as the system starts pushing back on multiple fronts at once. Paul Rieckhoff breaks down Thomas Massie's…
Sep 18, 2026 · 21:56
Congress has left the building — for two months. No AI legislation, no check on an Iran war the American people never signed up for, no oversight while Trump threatens Cuba,…
Sep 17, 2026 · 15:03
Russia is quietly feeding Iran the intelligence it needs to kill American service members, the munitions stockpile the administration swears is full is demonstrably empty, and…
Sep 16, 2026 · 57:06
The 60 Minutes Propaganda Machine. No Pressers Since May. with Dan Lamothe The Pentagon has gone dark. No press conferences since May. No real embeds in an active shooting…
Sep 15, 2026 · 14:12
An institution at war is being hollowed out from the inside. As many as 80 generals and admirals have been fired or had their promotions blocked. Trusted mentors with decades of…
Sep 14, 2026 · 29:57
Twenty-five years. That's how long it took for the truth about the air at Ground Zero to finally reach daylight. This week New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani released more than 170,000…
Sep 13, 2026 · 14:37
Twenty-five years later, Paul Rieckhoff finally tells his own 9/11 story in full. Sitting at Ground Zero with Fox Business correspondent Connell McShane, Paul walks through the…
Sep 11, 2026 · 45:11
Twenty-five years on, the story of 9/11 is being hijacked again — by politicians running for cover, by a president inventing himself into the rubble, and by an algorithm that…
Sep 10, 2026 · 17:52
On the week of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Paul Rieckhoff broadcasts from Lower Manhattan with the memorial lights going up over his shoulder — and a fresh wound reopened. A…
Sep 9, 2026 · 51:35
Standing blocks from Ground Zero on the week of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Paul Rieckhoff opens with the news dropped by New York City Mayor Mamdani: thousands of documents…
Sep 7, 2026 · 15:26
Labor Day weekend, the end of one summer and the start of the most consequential fall in American politics in a generation. Paul brings you a rapid media blitz from New York —…
Sep 4, 2026 · 11:35
One week out from the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Pentagon is being gutted in plain sight. Pete Hegseth is on plan — arguably ahead of it — and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, one…
Sep 3, 2026 · 13:51
The Pentagon is in open chaos and the man in charge is the reason. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll — a Ukraine hawk, a drone-defense innovator, and a close ally of JD Vance — just…
Sep 2, 2026 · 48:29
Iran was supposed to be over. It isn't. The ceasefire is going nowhere, 40% of the Navy is parked in the region, the tab is past $29 billion and climbing, and new reporting…
Sep 1, 2026 · 25:19
The waters are rough and Americans deserve a pathfinder who can actually read the map. Admiral James Stavridis — former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, former SOUTHCOM commander,…
Aug 31, 2026 · 33:00
Plus: The Last Us Troops Leave Iraq. “Who Talks Like That?” The Four-Star General on Trump’s Greenland Threats, Davos Humiliation, and ICE Moving Like It’s Mosul. General Barry…
Aug 28, 2026 · 13:07
Paul Rieckhoff sounded the alarm on Pete Hegseth before he was confirmed, and everything he warned about is now playing out in real time. The acting secretary of culture war is…
Aug 27, 2026 · 13:07
Five years after the bombing at Abbey Gate, 13 Gold Star families are still waiting for a real, bipartisan accounting of what happened during the withdrawal from Afghanistan —…
Aug 26, 2026 · 44:32
The Cold War is over. The weapons are not. The United States and Russia still hold roughly 6,000 nuclear warheads each — most on hair-trigger alert — and one person, the…
Aug 25, 2026 · 1:14:48
Rosie Perez has spent her whole life getting back up. From a brutal childhood to an Oscar nomination, from Do the Right Thing to Birds of Prey, from AIDS activism in the Giuliani…
Aug 24, 2026 · 8:28
Trump is not hiding the ball. He is telegraphing, in plain sight, that his number one strategic priority is dismantling the next election — because free and fair voting is the…
Aug 23, 2026 · 20:09
A Secretary of Defense stumping at a congressional campaign event in Iowa. A carrier crew stretched past the breaking point with no embedded reporters to tell the story. A crypto…
Aug 21, 2026 · 1:07:25
The “Illegal” Iran War, His Favorite Wrestler. DJT in the WWE Hall of Fame. Hegseth, Klobachar, The Debt, USS Lincoln, Socialism’s Surge, La Casa De MSNBC. And The Indy Senate…
Aug 20, 2026 · 26:30
And Dems Nominated Another Socialist for Senator. And a Former Republican-turned-Dem who Can’t Win. Darline Graham Knows Nothing. Calling Stephen Colbert! Three million…
Aug 19, 2026 · 34:47
Independent Veteran For Spokane Prosecutor on: Open Primaries Real World Impact, 60,000 Displaced Neighbors, And What Right Looks Like. Why The Uss Lincoln Story Should Scare…
Aug 18, 2026 · 1:07:50
Twenty-five years on, the loudest lesson from 9/11 is still the quietest one: appreciate every damn day. In this replay from the Independent Americans archive, Paul Rieckhoff —…
Aug 17, 2026 · 53:42
Twenty-five years on, the stories from 9/11 are the ones we cannot let calcify into a slogan. In this replay conversation, Paul sits down with retired FDNY firefighter Rich…
Aug 14, 2026 · 36:06
The Independent Movement's Tipping Point. How One Senate Seat And Two Or Three House Seats Are All It Takes To Break Both Parties. For the first time on Independent Americans,…
Aug 14, 2026 · 52:56
Sent Back to School While the Fires Still Burned. Why Isn't Women's Health Covered by the 9/11 Health Program? 25 Years of Political Theater. Twenty-five years on, Washington…
Aug 13, 2026 · 31:28
Another Firefighter Lost 30 Minutes Ago. Why ‘Never Forget’ Became A Punchline. His 9/11 Anniversary Message: “Don't Be A Dick”. Inside The Deutsche Bank Fire. The Halloween…
Aug 11, 2026 · 15:40
Most Americans checked out for August. Paul Rieckhoff didn't. From a beach house on Long Island, he cuts a fast, urgent episode to hit what the corporate media won't touch: today…
Aug 10, 2026 · 12:18
Pete Hegseth is on thin ice, and the reason should worry every American with a family member in uniform. U.S. commanders are reportedly picking and choosing which Iranian…
Aug 9, 2026 · 9:42
Democrats Drop Out in Idaho and South Dakota. Media Blitz Pod The rigged two-party system delivered another round of primary results this week, and the pattern is impossible to…
Aug 7, 2026 · 41:34
Brian Bengs—Indy Vet For Senate in South Dakota: the Dem Dropping Out & His Head-to-Head vs GOP Incumbent Rounds The independent movement is surging — and the machine is fighting…
Aug 6, 2026 · 20:02
"Let's F***ing Go." Dem Drops Out in South Dakota: Brian Bengs vs Mike Rounds Is On. Two Independent Vets Win in Washington While Their County Burns. Michigan is not Manhattan.…
Aug 5, 2026 · 22:04
PLUS: The Pentagon's Body Count Bookkeeping Trick. Blanche Ready to Weaponize DOJ. Democrat Spoilers in the Way in Montana, South Dakota. A Marine Vet in Tennessee Steps Up.…
Aug 4, 2026 · 19:49
Plus: "Independents Aren't Real"? Kasich's Partisan Slander, Manchin's New PAC, and 45% of America Says Otherwise. Trump says he's close to an Iran deal. He's been saying he's a…
Aug 3, 2026 · 32:03
Governor John Kasich went on national TV and told Paul Rieckhoff, to his face, that independents aren't really independent — that come November they'll just go back to the bench…
Aug 2, 2026 · 28:43
Trump's approval with independents just hit 24%. Republicans are going home to their districts and getting an earful about an unauthorized, unconstitutional, and wildly unpopular…
Jul 31, 2026 · 23:34
9/11 Families Telling Mamdani to Stay Away For 25th Anniversary Next Month. Media Blitz Pod The Iran war is overflowing. Saudi Arabia is now actively engaged. Egypt is getting…
Jul 30, 2026 · 24:16
The Iran War, Skyrocketing Prices and Jim Risch—A Really, Really Old Opponent. Like Really Old. Defending Public Lands. Independents Are Not The Spoilers. The Shuttle…
Jul 29, 2026 · 13:31
Lindsey Graham Funeral—Zelensky in DC. The Dem Spoiler in Montana. Space City Week Continues. Media Blitz Pod From the 100 degree shadow of the Saturn V in Huntsville, Alabama at…
Jul 28, 2026 · 34:32
The Insurrection Act and The Role of Governors. How to Win Over the Other Side. WNBA All-Star Game. Rocket City, USA, NASA and Trash Pandas. Trump is federalizing National Guard…
Jul 27, 2026 · 11:58
The Secretary of State went on television and refused to rule out striking civilian targets. "A head for an eye," Marco Rubio said — boasting about sending a country back to the…
Jul 24, 2026 · 23:55
Iran Now Less Popular Than Iraq, Vietnam, Or Afghanistan. Media Blitz Pod A president who never served is once again diminishing the cost of war — calling traumatic brain…
Jul 23, 2026 · 23:03
Mamdani vs Netanyahu and Why The Answer to the Extreme Right Isn't the Extreme Left. Media Blitz Pod Four young Americans are dead. The Secretary of Defense is asking Congress…
Jul 23, 2026 · 9:12
Another War, Another Congress That Can’t Stop It. Media Blitz Pod Six months in and Americans already revile this war more than they came to revile Vietnam. Trump went all gas,…
Jul 22, 2026 · 12:09
Hegseth’s $37 Billion Ask. Three Weekend KIA Troops Identified. Media Blitz Pod. Arizona is where the MAGA machine keeps breaking its teeth, and this episode explains why. Paul…
Jul 21, 2026 · 42:55
Dr Vin Gupta on How To Stay Healthy in Trump’s Summer of WTF. Every six months, Paul brings in a doctor the country can actually trust. This time it's Dr. Vin Gupta —…
Jul 18, 2026 · 9:46
Two US service members were killed and one is missing after another Iranian strike on American forces in Jordan. That brings the confirmed US KIA count to sixteen since the start…
Jul 17, 2026 · 13:54
Plus: The Iran Forever War Grinds On. Hegseth’s Blue Angels “Morale ”Stunt. Quick Response Pod Donald Trump has been telegraphing this punch for months, and now it’s landed. In a…
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