ICE Can Disappear You at Any Moment. EXCLUSIVE Lindsay Church. Independent Veteran for Congress - IL 4th.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff has an exclusive first media interview with Lindsay Church—Minority Veterans of America founder, disabled post‑9/11 veteran, queer non-binary parent, and now independent candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 4th District. This all-new episode dives into what it means to take on ICE in Chicago, confront a rigged Democratic party primary, and run as an independent veteran in the middle of Trump’s escalating war on democracy and the free press. Lindsay’s campaign is already historic—as they’d be the first non-binary candidate on a federal ballot in American history.

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0:00.0	What's happening in Minneapolis is what gives me hope that people are linking arms and
0:03.5	finally seeing that this is a bigger problem, that ICE is much more dangerous than anybody really
0:07.9	is giving them credit for. Many people have been carrying walking papers and passports for a long
0:12.5	time, myself included, because I know that if you challenge ICE, they can disappear you
0:16.8	at any moment, no matter who you are, no matter what protections that you think that you have.
0:20.8	If you think that you had protections from the law matter who you are, no matter what protections that you think that you have.
0:23.6	If you think that you had protections from the law here, you don't. Welcome to Independent Americans. Welcome to episode 413. I'm your host, Paul Reikoff. It is Wednesday, January 14th. Happy hump day. Every day, it feels like hump day. And I'm coming to you from New York City, USA, where it is again gloomy. Feels like the whole year has been gloomy here in New York and all across our country. And like most of the country, like most of the city and like America, I'm still fighting this damn flu, cold thing. So thank you for bearing with me as my voice continues to struggle. But I will try to continue to push it like we all have to do right now.
1:13.4	I'm going to continue to bring you the five eyes in every show, Independence, Integrity, Information, Inspiration, and Impact.
1:20.7	And our guest coming up is going to bring that.
1:22.9	It is an exclusive interview with Lindsay Church, who has just announced that they are running
1:28.6	in the Congressional 4th District in Illinois as an independent.
1:33.2	An independent veteran is running in Chicago and making their first appearance anywhere in the
1:39.3	media here on Independent Americans.
1:41.3	That's coming up.
1:42.1	This district is fascinating.
1:43.4	It includes Cook County,
1:45.1	parts of southwest Chicago, Cicero, which is going to be ground zero for ice. And you've heard
1:50.1	Lindsay on this show before. They are a powerful voice, the leader of minority veterans of America,
1:56.0	and just a righteous and important patriot who I'm excited to have back on the show. But first, there is a ton happening now all across the country.
2:04.3	America continues to be very tense.
2:06.5	Ice continues to run rampant across America and especially in Minneapolis.
2:11.2	More disturbing videos continue to come out every single day.
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