{"id":5770,"date":"2025-10-23T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/358-trump-is-tearing-down-the-white-house-pentagon-vs-press-war-update-rand-paul-is-actually-right-nyc-mayors-race-the-nba-is-back\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:55:00","slug":"358-trump-is-tearing-down-the-white-house-pentagon-vs-press-war-update-rand-paul-is-actually-right-nyc-mayors-race-the-nba-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/358-trump-is-tearing-down-the-white-house-pentagon-vs-press-war-update-rand-paul-is-actually-right-nyc-mayors-race-the-nba-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"358. Trump is Tearing Down the White House. Pentagon vs Press War Update. Rand Paul is Actually Right?!?! NYC Mayors Race. The NBA is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA7225501305\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRieckhoff\"><u>@PaulRieckhoff<\/u><\/a>) brings you the most real, raw, and independent perspective you can get, all from deep inside America\u2019s chaos. In Episode 358, host Paul Rieckhoff broadcasts straight from his kitchen in a no-holds-barred solo episode tackling the latest madness from Washington and beyond. From President Trump literally destroying parts of the White House to chaos in Maine\u2019s Senate race and shocking developments in national security operations off Venezuela, Rieckhoff is connecting the dots others won\u2019t. And just to make sure you know it\u2019s still 2025, the bizarro world news continues with Rand Paul stepping up as the voice of reason when it comes to our use of the military. Yes, that Rand Paul.<\/p>\n<p>This episode breaks down America\u2019s crisis of democracy, national security overreach, and the broken primary system that fuels the political circus\u2014all while mixing in a little Knicks talk and cultural perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the first in a new format of fast, unfiltered, real-time reactions from one of America\u2019s most independent voices. If you care about truth, accountability, and our future, this one\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n<p>Stay vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uYXz0K62rgY\"><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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