House Finally Votes No on Iran. And Yes on Ukraine. Democrats Have a Graham Platner Problem.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The House finally did its job. By a 215-208 vote on the War Powers Act and a 218-204 vote authorizing $8 billion in military financing for Ukraine, Congress this week told Trump no on Iran and yes on Kyiv. It's shamefully overdue, it's mostly symbolic on Iran, and it took a handful of Republicans with actual integrity — Fitzpatrick, Massie, Barrett, Davidson, and Don Bacon among them — to make it happen. But on day 1559 of Russia's full-scale invasion, with more than 700 Ukrainian children dead and an American sergeant just killed in a training accident in Iraq that almost nobody noticed, this is the closest thing to good news Washington has produced in months.

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0:00.0	It's kind of a symbolic expression of disapproval of the war in Iran. But it is important.
0:05.5	It is historic. I think that the shifting is happening. The politicians are behind the public on this,
0:11.5	but the public has overwhelmingly said no to the war in Iran. It's unauthorized. It's unconstitutional.
0:19.8	It's, of course, unwise.
0:21.3	And just deeply, deeply, deeply unpopular.
0:24.5	And now the politicians are finally catching up.
0:45.4	Thank you. Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:49.3	Welcome to Episode 540-1-1.
0:51.5	I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.
0:59.4	It is Thursday, June 4th, the day after game one of the NBA finals where the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs.
1:05.5	And I'm coming to you from New York City, USA, the mecca of basketball, a very happy New York City.
1:10.8	The weather is hot, but happy. Happy, happy, happy, because the Knicks are winning.
1:15.3	Summer is here, and we try to ignore politics when we can, but not on this show.
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1:45.9	Grammys, but both were attributed to his iconic Disney duets. He was born as Robert Pippo
1:52.0	Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina in 1951. He loved music from the time when he was young,
1:59.5	from his mother who used to take him to concerts of well-known black artists at the time.
2:03.7	Peebo Bryson has passed.
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