{"id":5838,"date":"2025-12-10T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/392-stephanie-ruhle-fed-rate-cut-early-xmas-gift-or-lump-of-coal-trump-cant-lie-about-your-grocery-bills-china-won-2025-kind-is-the-new-cool-the-broken-business-of-youth-sports-strange\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:04:00","slug":"392-stephanie-ruhle-fed-rate-cut-early-xmas-gift-or-lump-of-coal-trump-cant-lie-about-your-grocery-bills-china-won-2025-kind-is-the-new-cool-the-broken-business-of-youth-sports-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/392-stephanie-ruhle-fed-rate-cut-early-xmas-gift-or-lump-of-coal-trump-cant-lie-about-your-grocery-bills-china-won-2025-kind-is-the-new-cool-the-broken-business-of-youth-sports-strange\/","title":{"rendered":"392. Stephanie Ruhle. Fed Rate Cut: Early Xmas Gift or Lump of Coal? Trump Can\u2019t Lie About Your Grocery Bills. China Won 2025. Kind is the New Cool.The Broken Business of Youth Sports. Strangers, Diners and Joy. TImes Square &amp; Diana Ross."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA6047512435\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MS Now\u2019s Stephanie Ruhle is back on Independent Americans for the first time since March 2020, joining host Paul Rieckhoff to let it fly. She\u2019s candid, uninterrupted and going deep on Trump\u2019s unchecked power over the U.S. military, the runaway big business of youth sports, the affordability crisis, and why \u201ckind is the new cool.\u201d Paul opens with a rapid-fire rundown of Trump\u2019s Pennsylvania \u201caffordability\u201d speech, looming Fed rate cuts, Venezuela boat strikes and alleged war crimes, the Gang of Eight briefing, Admiral Holsey\u2019s sudden retirement, China and Russia\u2019s bomber patrols, Afghan allies left behind, and below-the-radar moves in Ukraine, Georgia, and Miami politics.<\/p>\n<p>Joining from Times Square, Stephanie is unplugged and talks candidly about news exhaustion, why tuning out is a dangerous privilege, and how independent and social media are reshaping how people\u2014especially kids\u2014stay informed. She shouts out the Pentagon press corps for refusing to sign away their independence and explains why Trump\u2019s attacks on journalists and his control of the military might be the most important story in the world. They dig into parenting in the Trump era, raising boys and a middle-school daughter amid misogyny and online cruelty, why empathy is a superpower, and how small acts\u2014and her family tradition\u2014can change someone\u2019s day\u2014and your own.<\/p>\n<p>On youth sports, Stephanie unloads on the \u201cinsane\u201d monetization of travel teams, showcases, and year-round club schedules that shut out working families while Paul describes what he\u2019s seeing as a youth coach watching rec sports get cannibalized. On the economy, she breaks down what Fed cuts really mean, why inflation and a K-shaped recovery are fueling anger, and how both parties are failing people at the grocery store, gas pump, and rent check\u2014while calling out tariffs, farm aid politics, and the illusion of Trump as a populist fighter. They also go global on China\u2019s trillion-dollar trade surplus, Russia and Putin\u2019s \u201camazing year,\u201d Trump\u2019s Ukraine \u201cpeace\u201d timeline, and the risks of shifting U.S. focus away from the Pacific, before hitting Taylor and Travis, Diana Ross headlining New Year\u2019s Eve in Times Square at 81, and why Stephanie will never stand for hours in a corral without a bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Because every episode of Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the most important news stories&#8211;and offers light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It\u2019s independent content for independent Americans. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans is your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope. The podcast that helps you stay ahead of the curve&#8211;and stay vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A_jXUiqo-Bo\"><u>WATCH video of this episode on YouTube now.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLDIVi-vBsOExg2I1vYTRh1y_foEl0CCE5&amp;si=ifMUwkyTBC4OZO-j\"><u>WATCH Stephanie and Ali Velshi\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Happening\u201d on YouTube<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Learn more about Paul\u2019s work to elect a new generation of independent leaders with <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><u>Independent Veterans of America<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"><u>Join the movement. Hook into our exclusive Patreon community<\/u><\/a> of Independent Americans. Get extra content, connect with guests, meet other Independent Americans, attend events, get merch discounts, and support this show that speaks truth to power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>-Check the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LookForTheHelpers&amp;src=typed_query\"><u>#LookForTheHelpers<\/u><\/a>. 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Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Now\u2019s Stephanie Ruhle is back on Independent Americans for the first time since March 2020, joining host Paul Rieckhoff to let it fly. She\u2019s candid, uninterrupted and going deep on Trump\u2019s unchecked power over the U.S. military, the runaway big business of youth sports, the affordability crisis, and why \u201ckind is the new cool.\u201d&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/392-stephanie-ruhle-fed-rate-cut-early-xmas-gift-or-lump-of-coal-trump-cant-lie-about-your-grocery-bills-china-won-2025-kind-is-the-new-cool-the-broken-business-of-youth-sports-strange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">392. Stephanie Ruhle. Fed Rate Cut: Early Xmas Gift or Lump of Coal? Trump Can\u2019t Lie About Your Grocery Bills. China Won 2025. 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