14. July 4th Special: Trump’s Stupid Military Parade Thing, The Best of the Car Question with Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel Maddow, Ron Perlman, Willie Geist, Zainab Salbi and Wes Moore, Why The US Women’s World Cup Team Rocks

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It’s America’s birthday. And there nobody better to spend it with than Army veteran and activist @PaulRieckhoff for a fun and insightful break-down of the latest news from a wild week in politics that culminates with Trump’s unprecedented and controversial July 4th military parade in Washington, DC. But we’re taking it easy this week and keeping it light. And so to celebrate America properly, we’ve got the perfect holiday highlight reel with the best of the Angry Americans now legendary“car question”. Rieckhoff asks guests ranging from Sex and the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker to MSNBC powerhouse Rachel Maddow a single and revealing question: “What was your first car?” The answers will leave you amused, shocked and inspired. It’s a great way to dive into your summer and reflect on what is great about America—far beyond its politics that have us all exhausted right now. This episode of Angry Americans is supported by our friends at Mizzen+Main (@MizzenAndMain). Mizzen+Main makes dress shirts for men that are actually comfortable. Yes, you heard that right. Dress shirts that are comfortable. But how? But why? Well, it’s their fabrics! Mizzen+Main shirts are made with performance fabrics. That means they stretch and move with you all day long. These shirts are wrinkle resistant, making them perfect for travel. They’re comfortable on the plane, and you can just pull them out of your bag and not have to worry about ironing them. These shirts are easy, folks. They work. They’re comfortable. You can wash them at home without paying the dry cleaner. Head on over to Mizzen+Main’s website at www.Comfortable.AF Yes, that’s really their website! Use code ANGRYAMERICANS at check-out to get $10 off a dress shirt now. Mizzen and Main. It’s never felt better to look your best. And for awesome behind-the-scenes videos from this episode and exclusive video content featuring Malcolm Nance, Rachel Maddow, Tom Collicio, Sarah Jessica Parker and all our other recent guests, and for new American-made Angry Americans merchandise visit AngryAmericans.us. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering people of all backgrounds nationwide and is powered by Righteous Media. Join the movement now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Angry Americans.
0:16.9	Welcome to Episode 14.
0:19.3	I'm your host, Paul Reikoff.
0:42.6	How Happy birthday, America.
0:44.0	It's your birthday.
0:46.3	And you deserve a present.
0:47.7	A nice one.
0:49.0	A thoughtful one.
0:50.3	A fun one.
0:52.1	And I'm going to give it to you today.
0:56.4	It's a refreshing break from the intensity of the political madness of the summer so far. Summer in America means driving, driving to and from work,
1:03.1	driving to and from visiting family, driving to and from vacation. And for some unlucky
1:09.0	U.S. soldiers, it means right now driving an M1 tank to Trump's ridiculous,
1:15.1	masturbatory manipulation of the public trust and politicization of our troops in Washington.
1:20.4	I'm not going to call it a parade. It's a thing. His thing. It's not our thing, not America's thing. It's a thing. It's a Trump thing.
1:32.8	And that thing will forever be a dark spot on our country's proud and critical separation of politics and our military.
1:41.8	And it's definitely not a salute to our troops.
1:45.5	If he wanted to salute our troops,
1:47.7	he'd end our open-ended wars
1:49.2	and tone down tensions with Iran
1:51.2	and stop high-fiving Kim Jong-un in the DMZ.
1:54.4	If he really wanted to salute our troops,
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