{"id":5512,"date":"2024-10-31T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/305-election-day-is-almost-here-happy-halloween-trump-the-fascist-musks-secret-meetings-with-putin-national-media-finally-focuses-on-dan-osborn-north-korean-troops-move-closer-to-ukrain\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:43:32","slug":"305-election-day-is-almost-here-happy-halloween-trump-the-fascist-musks-secret-meetings-with-putin-national-media-finally-focuses-on-dan-osborn-north-korean-troops-move-closer-to-ukrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/305-election-day-is-almost-here-happy-halloween-trump-the-fascist-musks-secret-meetings-with-putin-national-media-finally-focuses-on-dan-osborn-north-korean-troops-move-closer-to-ukrain\/","title":{"rendered":"305. Election Day is Almost Here. Happy Halloween. Trump The Fascist. Musk\u2019s Secret Meetings With Putin. National Media Finally Focuses on Dan Osborn. North Korean Troops Move Closer to Ukraine. CNN is Ass. The World Series Is About More Than Baseball."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IA-305-mail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5514\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA6826482625\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" scrolling=\"no\"  frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 210px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Halloween is here and only one thing is scarier than the ghouls and goblins of this year\u2019s elections. Because nothing is scarier than fascists. Or less American. And as we barrel towards the most consequential election of our lifetimes, there is no neutral. No safe space. And there is definitely no sitting this one out.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post tried and failed to sit it out. Elon Musk on the other hand is all in. And apparently all in with Putin as reports emerged of the two conducting back channel communications since 2022. And all in for Trump\u2019s rally at Madison Square Garden that felt a whole lot too close for comfort to the historic pre-WWII Nazi rally at the same venue. Although, we\u2019re pretty sure that one had fewer racist jokes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the last episode before the election and your host Paul Rieckhoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRieckhoff\">@PaulRieckhoff<\/a>) is here to break all of it down. Because on <em>Independent Americans<\/em>, we\u2019re focused on not just what\u2019s happening now, but also on what\u2019s happening next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every episode is the truth beyond the headlines\u2013and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. 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Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is here and only one thing is scarier than the ghouls and goblins of this year\u2019s elections. Because nothing is scarier than fascists. Or less American. And as we barrel towards the most consequential election of our lifetimes, there is no neutral. No safe space. And there is definitely no sitting this one out.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/305-election-day-is-almost-here-happy-halloween-trump-the-fascist-musks-secret-meetings-with-putin-national-media-finally-focuses-on-dan-osborn-north-korean-troops-move-closer-to-ukrain\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">305. Election Day is Almost Here. Happy Halloween. Trump The Fascist. Musk\u2019s Secret Meetings With Putin. National Media Finally Focuses on Dan Osborn. North Korean Troops Move Closer to Ukraine. CNN is Ass. The World Series Is About More Than Baseball.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",750,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/debd9f5c83c94c0fc530ae13170b2c45.jpg",1000,1000,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/episodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Episodes<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Halloween is here and only one thing is scarier than the ghouls and goblins of this year\u2019s elections. 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