Iran Threatens Retaliation Over Blockade. 41% of Our Navy is in Theater. w/ Senator Angus King.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On this "WTF Wednesday," Paul Rieckhoff is joined by the "Great and Powerful" Senator Angus King of Maine to pull back the curtain on a Senate in "total dereliction of duty." As the U.S. Navy deploys 41% of its entire fleet to enforce a blockade against Iran, King—the only true independent in the Senate—sounds the alarm on a war he calls "patently illegal." From the basement hideaway of the U.S. Capitol, King explains why the Biden-Trump era of "all gas, no brakes" foreign policy is crushing the global economy and why Congress has completely abdicated its constitutional responsibility to the American people.

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0:00.0	There was no imminent threat. There's been no case made by the administration as to why this war had to happen when it did and why they couldn't come to Congress.
0:10.7	And when I say Congress, I'm really talking about the American people. I mean, we're the representatives of the American people.
0:16.4	They deserve to know why they're being dragged into a war. The estimate today is it could cost us
0:22.7	a trillion dollars. Welcome to Independent America. Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:42.5	Welcome to Episode 4,993.
0:46.5	I'm your host, Paul Reikoff.
0:48.0	It is Wednesday, April 15th, Independent Wednesday.
0:52.2	I think I'm going to start calling it that because I'm going to bring you independent voices.
0:55.2	And I'm coming to you from New York City, USA, of course.
0:59.2	And the weather is hot, like crazy hot for April.
1:04.1	It's going up to 86 today in April.
1:07.5	What the fuck?
1:08.7	Because I guess that's 2026, the year of what the fuck. We've maybe broken
1:14.6	the planet and maybe it's fighting back. And we've pissed off the planet and many are fighting
1:19.7	back. We're not going down without a fight for the soul of our democracy. And to end the days and
1:26.0	years of waking up to what the fuck every day, that's what we need to do.
1:29.3	One day we will wake up and we won't have to say what the fuck every day, but we're not there yet.
1:34.9	Today's artist of the day is Iron Maiden.
1:38.5	Yes.
1:39.4	I am picking artists all week that have been selected for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
1:44.0	Yesterday was Wu-Tang.
1:45.5	Today is Maiden.
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