{"id":6323,"date":"2026-09-10T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/they-chose-wall-street-over-the-firefighters-the-ground-zero-toxin-lie-exposed-trumps-prime-time-flop-up-against-the-nfl-every-day-is-like-a-9-11-for-ukraine-media-blitz\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:14:59","slug":"they-chose-wall-street-over-the-firefighters-the-ground-zero-toxin-lie-exposed-trumps-prime-time-flop-up-against-the-nfl-every-day-is-like-a-9-11-for-ukraine-media-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/they-chose-wall-street-over-the-firefighters-the-ground-zero-toxin-lie-exposed-trumps-prime-time-flop-up-against-the-nfl-every-day-is-like-a-9-11-for-ukraine-media-blitz\/","title":{"rendered":"They Chose Wall Street Over The Firefighters: The Ground Zero Toxin Lie Exposed. Trump\u2019s Prime-Time Flop Up Against The NFL. \u201cEvery Day Is Like A 9\/11 For Ukraine.\u201d Media Blitz Pod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 and a fresh wound reopened. A new report confirms what first responders, Stuyvesant students, and downtown families have said for a quarter century: city leaders knew the air was toxic and told the public it was safe anyway. They prioritized reopening the New York Stock Exchange over the health of the kids, the cops, and the firefighters. Paul&#8217;s message is blunt: outrage and sadness get old. We need an action plan. If people lied about a public health catastrophe, they should go to jail \u2014 no matter who they are.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Media Blitz episode, he takes on Trump&#8217;s prime-time convention flop \u2014 scheduled up against NFL kickoff, the US Open, and September baseball \u2014 and breaks down why Trump&#8217;s sub-20% approval with independents is the real battleground of 2026. He connects the anniversary to Ukraine, where civilians live through a 9\/11 every single day under Putin&#8217;s bombs, and calls out the fantasy that a war criminal can be negotiated with as a peace partner. Rigorous, personal, and unflinching \u2014 this is what independent analysis sounds like when the person delivering it actually lived it.<\/p>\n<p>-WATCH <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yDZs8fYHwhs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>full video of this episode here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Millions of American veterans are being locked out of primary elections in the country they served. <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/veterans-locked-out\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>See what we\u2019re doing to change that<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/kalshi.com\/r\/INDEPENDENT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Kalshi and trade on anything<\/u><\/a>. 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