{"id":5768,"date":"2025-10-23T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/357-dan-lamothe-hegseths-war-on-the-pentagon-press-corp-the-media-walkout-you-missed-trumps-propaganda-plan-rolls-on-artillery-shells-send-shrapnel-over-ca-highway-more-strikes\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:57:00","slug":"357-dan-lamothe-hegseths-war-on-the-pentagon-press-corp-the-media-walkout-you-missed-trumps-propaganda-plan-rolls-on-artillery-shells-send-shrapnel-over-ca-highway-more-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/357-dan-lamothe-hegseths-war-on-the-pentagon-press-corp-the-media-walkout-you-missed-trumps-propaganda-plan-rolls-on-artillery-shells-send-shrapnel-over-ca-highway-more-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"357. Dan Lamothe. Hegseth\u2019s War On The Pentagon Press Corp. The Media Walkout You Missed. Trump\u2019s Propaganda Plan Rolls On. Artillery Shells Send Shrapnel Over CA Highway. More Strikes on Venezuelan Boats. Hegseth &amp; Platner\u2019s Nazi Tattoos. Govs vs Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA8922928312\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>357. Dan Lamothe. Hegseth\u2019s War On The Pentagon Press Corp. The Media Walkout You Missed. Trump\u2019s Propaganda Plan Rolls On. Artillery Shells Send Shrapnel Over CA Highway. More Strikes on Venezuelan Boats. Hegseth &amp; Platner\u2019s Nazi Tattoos. Govs vs Trump.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon press corps has walked out. The briefings have stopped. And the most powerful military in the world is being wielded in ways few Americans understand. In Episode 357, Washington Post national security reporter <strong>Dan Lamothe<\/strong> returns to <strong>Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff<\/strong> to break down an unprecedented crisis of transparency inside the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>Lamothe explains why major news outlets\u2014including the Washington Post, New York Times, and Politico\u2014vacated their Pentagon offices after losing access, how coverage has been replaced by YouTubers, far right-wing propagandists and the MyPillow guy\u2019s TV network, \u2014and what it means for democracy, accountability, and military families. He and your host Paul Rieckhoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRieckhoff\"><u>@PaulRieckhoff<\/u><\/a>) unpack the live-fire debacle over a California highway, potential unlawful orders surrounding Venezuela strikes, and how governors and journalists are pushing back against a White House testing the boundaries of power.<\/p>\n<p>Rieckhoff and Lamothe also explore the moral and national security implications of collapsing standards inside the military, from extremist symbols to politicized operations. They talk about what\u2019s next for Pentagon leadership, the risk of normalization amid chaos, and the urgent need for vigilance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the most important and explosive episodes yet\u2014a conversation that underscores the cost of silence when truth itself is under siege.<\/p>\n<p>Stay vigilant, America.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Do7lnEscHqU\"><u>WATCH video of this episode.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past appearances by Dan Lamothe: <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/96-special-dispatch-dan-lamothe-the-washington-post-pentagon-reporter-breaking-12-national-guard-soldiers-removed-from-inauguration-duty-how-safe-is-dc-inside-the-military-presence-in-washingto\/\"><u>Episode 96<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/154-dan-lamothe-damning-new-reporting-on-the-afghanistan-debacle-military-leaders-clashed-with-the-state-dept-as-kabul-fell-biden-blocks-media-embeds-for-ukraine-where-are-the-whistleblowers-the\/\"><u>Episode 154<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/185-dan-lamothe-washington-post-exclusive-inside-the-carnage-at-kabul-airport-afghanistan-1-year-later-new-airstrikes-in-syria-month-6-of-russias-ukraine-invasion-taiwan-the-arctic-whe\/\"><u>Episode 185<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/206-dan-lamothe-inside-gen-milleys-big-meeting-with-ukrainian-gen-zaluzhnyi-the-looming-spring-offensive-is-the-us-really-running-low-on-artillery-dems-obsess-over-santos-gov-wes-moore\/\"><u>Episode 206<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/245-dan-lamothe-inside-the-us-military-support-for-israel-will-america-go-get-our-hostages-traveling-with-new-joint-chiefs-chairman-gen-cq-brown-tubervilles-holds-cut-deeper-passing-pea\/\"><u>Episode 245<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/318-dan-lamothe-hegseth-is-confirmed-j6-insurrections-go-free-commit-crimes-trumps-hiring-freeze-slams-vets-at-va-82nd-and-10th-mtn-troops-to-the-border-hamas-releases-more-hostag\/\"><u>Episode 318<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/332-dan-lamothe-hegseths-wife-has-entered-the-chat-secdefs-stonewall-mcravens-wisdom-theyre-deporting-kids-9-11-quackery-loomer-vs-rieckhoff-political-war-a\/\"><u>Episode 332<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><u>Independent Veterans of America<\/u><\/a> and all of <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/candidates\/\"><u>the IVA candidates<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"><u>Join the movement. 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