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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

BONUS POD | 2028 Presidential Preview, The Veterans from Both Parties (and No Party) That Could be President.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

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

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

From Paul: “Chuck gave me the time and space to really lay it all out. From Trump’s plans for ICE and the Pentagon, to the legacy of Vietnam in politics, to what I’m building for independent vet candidates with IVA and in independent media with my show. And, we talk football, morning routines, FallOut, and if I’ll ever run for office. It’s smart, fast and fun. And if you dig my show, I think you’ll enjoy and appreciate it. Happy weekend people!”

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Hey, guys, here is some bonus content for all of our independent Americans, all of our

0:22.6

vigilant, very vigilant and most vigilant. This is a TV interview that I recently did that I hope

0:28.0

continues to expand all the conversations we're having on this show. Be sure to subscribe on

0:32.7

Apple Podcasts and follow us on YouTube where you can find this conversation and every regular TV and media interview I do.

0:40.5

It's another way I hope I can help you.

0:42.5

Stay vigilant.

0:46.7

And joining me now is somebody I've known a long time,

0:49.1

somebody that I would feature as much as possible in my NBC days.

0:55.8

He was founder of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

1:01.8

He had been a fierce advocate and still is a fierce advocate for veterans.

1:07.8

And when it appears the VA is not giving our returning soldiers the care and

1:13.9

attention that they need.

1:16.1

And he hosts a terrific podcast, independence that's focused really on, as he calls himself,

1:22.0

the angry middle, or he wants to be representative of the angry middle.

1:25.1

As you know, that's sort of, I think of politics from

1:28.6

the middle out. I call myself an incrementalist. Paul calls himself an independent representing the

1:36.5

angry middle. So that's going to be a lion's share of our conversation. We did a home and a way.

1:40.9

I was in his podcast earlier this month.

2:03.1

So I appreciate him returning the favor to me. Mr. Reikoff, good to see you, man. Good to see you, Chuck. I really appreciated you coming on my way. We had a great Super Bowl conversation, too. Yeah, we did. But folks hear you talk about politics, but when you talk about football, it's even better. I mean, it was fine. well, you know, I maybe even pocketed a couple of bucks.

2:36.8

It's a very conventional wisdom Super Bowl. It sort of went exactly like every expert said it would go, you know? Yeah, it was also, you know, it was a really good team Super Bowl, and maybe that's more of what we need in America right now. I mean, it was old school blocking and tackling. I told my sons, like, you know, I've got two young boys who play football. That was the best blocking game I've seen in a long time. Seattle is a really good blocking team, working together, 11 people, and that's kind of more of what we need in America right now. Well, that, that, well, this is why I'm a, I've always been a, such a huge advocate of football,

2:44.0

almost more so than every other team sport, because, you know, you really have to row in the same direction. You have to have 11 guys doing their job. You cannot, you can, you can, you can,

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