Iran War Latest and Trump’s Unchecked Power: Paul Rieckhoff on Congress’ Total, Bi-Partisan Failure.
Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
Righteous Media | Bleav
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The real question is, is Congress going to do anything, right? |
| 0:02.7 | At least the UN Security Council had an emergency session this weekend. Our Congress can't even be bothered to come back on the weekend when three Americans are dead. They haven't even called an emergency session of Congress. In Iraq, at least they voted. They haven't even voted on this. So I think the bigger question is, is there anything in the American government that can slow him down on this? and if he wants to hit Cuba, if he wants to hit Mexico, |
| 0:23.5 | because this is not just about Iran. the bigger question is, is there anything in the American government that can slow him down on this? |
| 0:21.0 | And if he wants to hit Cuba, if he wants to hit Mexico, because this is not just about Iran. |
| 0:25.0 | This is about a new episode of independent Americans. |
| 0:50.5 | As I cautioned on Friday, Trump could launch a war any minute now, and yep, he did it this weekend. |
| 0:56.7 | An unauthorized, unpopular war that most of the American people don't support has been launched. |
| 1:03.1 | And it's unfolding before our eyes. |
| 1:05.6 | A lot of what we talked about in my episode with Joe Serentione on Friday has come to pass. |
| 1:10.4 | Go back and check that out |
| 1:11.5 | if you haven't already. We talk about the real threat of nukes. We talk about how to defend against |
| 1:16.3 | Iranian missiles. We talk about what can happen next. A lot of information that was ahead of the curve. |
| 1:21.7 | If you want to know about not what's just happening now, what's happening next, check out our |
| 1:25.7 | episode from Friday. And until I get you a full episode later today, here's a quick hit from a media interview |
| 1:32.2 | I just did on NBC to break down the latest of what's happening in Iran to include three |
| 1:37.4 | American casualties. |
| 1:38.6 | Tragically, there are now three American casualties with likely more to come. |
| 1:42.8 | I will continue to try to get you information that keeps you ahead of the curve |
| 1:46.2 | that helps you anticipate what's next and helps you stay vigilant. |
| 1:50.3 | Until then, stay informed. |
| 1:52.4 | Look out for each other. |
| 1:53.8 | Question everything, especially coming out of this government. |
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