{"id":6329,"date":"2026-09-14T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/25-years-later-the-truth-finally-drops-170000-pages-a-seventh-bell-and-cancer-cases-tripling-if-they-lied-they-should-go-to-jail-media-blitz-pod\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:42:21","slug":"25-years-later-the-truth-finally-drops-170000-pages-a-seventh-bell-and-cancer-cases-tripling-if-they-lied-they-should-go-to-jail-media-blitz-pod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/25-years-later-the-truth-finally-drops-170000-pages-a-seventh-bell-and-cancer-cases-tripling-if-they-lied-they-should-go-to-jail-media-blitz-pod\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Later, The Truth Finally Drops. 170,000 Pages, A Seventh Bell, And Cancer Cases Tripling. If They Lied, They Should Go To Jail. 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><span>Twenty-five years. That&#8217;s how long it took for the truth about the air at Ground Zero to finally reach daylight. This week New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of city records confirming what first responders, downtown residents, and Stuyvesant High School kids have known in their bodies for a generation \u2014 the air was not safe, leaders knew it, and they lied. Paul was there in September 2001 as a National Guard officer working the pit. He&#8217;s spent the years since watching friends die of cancers and illnesses that never should have been a mystery. This episode brings you inside two of the most important conversations he had over the 9\/11 weekend \u2014 with Katy Tur from Ground Zero and with Ali Velshi on The Eleventh Hour \u2014 as the country marked a somber anniversary and rang a seventh bell for the more than 9,400 who&#8217;ve died since the attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is not a nostalgia episode. It&#8217;s an accountability episode. Cancer cases among 9\/11 survivors have roughly tripled in the last five years alone. The forever wars that started on that day are still going, now with Iran added to the ledger and Congress still on the sidelines. Paul lays out what real accountability looks like \u2014 naming names, launching a bipartisan investigation, and prosecuting the people who lied if their lies broke the law \u2014 and why the fight has to continue on 9\/12, 9\/13, and every day after. Because next time a toxin cloud rolls into an American city, leaders need to know the American people will not let the lie stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-WATCH <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2Oexdcb6IVg\"><span>full video of this episode here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-See what the 170,000 documents the government tried to hide reveal: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/the-air-was-safe\/\"><span>Pt 1- The Air Was Safe<\/span><\/a><span> \u2022\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/the-air-was-safe\/one-hundred-days\/\"><span>Pt 2 &#8211; One Hundred Days<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>-Millions of American veterans are being locked out of primary elections in the country they served. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/veterans-locked-out\/\"><span>See what we\u2019re doing to change that<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kalshi.com\/r\/INDEPENDENT\"><span>Kalshi and trade on anything<\/span><\/a><span>. Use code INDEPENDENT to get $25 when you trade $25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Head to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cozyearth.com\"><span>cozyearth.com<\/span><\/a><span> and use the code AMERICANS for an exclusive 20% off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Join <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/noblemobile.com\/paul\"><span>Noble Mobile today and get a $100 bonus<\/span><\/a><span> when you use code PAUL and stay a member for 2 months!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Join <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><span>IVA and help us get independent veterans elected to office<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Learn more about Paul\u2019s work to elect a new generation of independent leaders with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><span>Independent Veterans of America<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Learn more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/americanveteransforukraine.org\/\"><span>American Veterans for Ukraine here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Remember <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/do8wjRtDZJ4?feature=share\"><span>Independent is an Attitude<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Learn more about<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theheadstrongproject.org\/\"><span> The Headstrong Project <\/span><\/a><span>for Veterans, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taps.org\/\"><span>Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)<\/span><\/a><span>, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/health-care\/health-needs-conditions\/mental-health\/\"><span>Department of Veterans Affairs resources in your area<\/span><\/a><span>. 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See <a href=\"https:\/\/pcm.adswizz.com\">pcm.adswizz.com<\/a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years. That&#8217;s how long it took for the truth about the air at Ground Zero to finally reach daylight. This week New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of city records confirming what first responders, downtown residents, and Stuyvesant High School kids have known in their bodies for a generation \u2014 the air was not safe, leaders knew it, and they lied. Paul was there in September 2001 as a National Guard officer working the pit. He&#8217;s spent the years since watching friends die of cancers and illnesses that never should have been a mystery. This episode brings you inside two of the most important conversations he had over the 9\/11 weekend \u2014 with Katy Tur from Ground Zero and with Ali Velshi on The Eleventh Hour \u2014 as the country marked a somber anniversary and rang a seventh bell for the more than 9,400 who&#8217;ve died since the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6329","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\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",1000,1000,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",1000,1000,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",1000,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",750,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",1000,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.jpg",1000,1000,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7c8f1865e534e12f350797a4d666a763.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":"Twenty-five years. That's how long it took for the truth about the air at Ground Zero to finally reach daylight. This week New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of city records confirming what first responders, downtown residents, and Stuyvesant High School kids have known in their bodies for a generation \u2014&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}