{"id":6367,"date":"2026-10-07T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wtf-wednesday-trumps-unhinged-iran-speech-let-them-take-out-los-angeles-shapiro-backs-open-primaries-in-pa-indy-vets-bengs-achilles-lead-in-sd-and-id\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:45:00","slug":"wtf-wednesday-trumps-unhinged-iran-speech-let-them-take-out-los-angeles-shapiro-backs-open-primaries-in-pa-indy-vets-bengs-achilles-lead-in-sd-and-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wtf-wednesday-trumps-unhinged-iran-speech-let-them-take-out-los-angeles-shapiro-backs-open-primaries-in-pa-indy-vets-bengs-achilles-lead-in-sd-and-id\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF Wednesday: Trump\u2019s unhinged Iran speech: \u201cLet Them Take Out Los Angeles.\u201d Shapiro backs open primaries in PA. Indy vets Bengs, Achilles Lead in SD and ID."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>President Mayhem is off the rails, and he&#8217;s getting more desperate by the day. On this WTF Wednesday edition of Independent Americans, Paul Rieckhoff breaks down Trump&#8217;s unhinged Iran remarks \u2014 publicly suggesting it would be &#8220;a very small price to pay&#8221; to let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego \u2014 and why that kind of talk about American cities can never be normalized, no matter how numb we&#8217;ve become. This is what reckless, unchecked executive power sounds like out loud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>From there, Paul pivots to the good news hiding below the radar. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro just publicly backed HB 280 to open Pennsylvania&#8217;s primaries to the state&#8217;s unaffiliated voters \u2014 a huge win for the Let Vets Vote fight and open-primary allies who&#8217;ve been grinding on this for years. And the independent veteran wave is real: new Lake Research polling has Brian Bengs leading Mike Rounds in South Dakota, Todd Achilles up seven in Idaho, Dan Osborn within four in Nebraska, and Seth Bodnar still swinging in Montana. The two-party status quo said these races wouldn&#8217;t be close. They are. The movement is on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-WATCH <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hkgOoe0DvxA\"><span>full video of this episode here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Track the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/polls\/\"><span>IVA candidates on our poll tracker<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Let Vets Vote: Millions of American veterans are being locked out of primary elections in the country they served. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/letvetsvote.org\/\"><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>. 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Hook into our exclusive Patreon community<\/span><\/a><span> 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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8211;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/merch\/\"><span>And get cool IA and Righteous hats, t-shirts and other merch<\/span><\/a><span> now in time for the new year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent Americans is powered by veteran-owned and led <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/righteous.us\/\"><span>Righteous Media<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And now part of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bleav.com\/shows\/independent-americans-with-paul-rieckhoff\/\"><span>the BLEAV network<\/span><\/a><span>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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