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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Open Primaries Presents: Independent Veterans Are Spoiling For A Fight. w/ John Opdycke, Paul Rieckhoff, Ty Pinkins and Todd Achilles.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

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

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Four independent veterans are running for US Senate in 2026 with a plan to break the two-party stranglehold on Congress. Todd Achilles in Idaho and Ty Pinkins in Mississippi join Paul Rieckhoff and Open Primaries founder John Updike to discuss how they're turning the "spoiler" myth on its head and building an independent fulcrum that could reshape American politics.

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0:00.0

I feel like both political parties have failed us.

0:03.2

Republicans have failed us and Democrats have failed us.

0:06.5

And the reason they have failed us is because both parties have their hands in the cookie jar and they can't get it out. Hey, everybody. This is Independent Americans, and I am Paul Reichoff. I want to share with you some extra bonus content. I hope it helps you bring the five eyes, and I hope it continues to move our movement forward.

0:38.2

Here it is my conversation that you might have missed.

0:40.8

And if you did, be sure to check it out on our YouTube page, and be sure to subscribe on Spotify and Applepods, and everywhere you can hear my voice or see my face.

0:50.2

Here it is.

0:51.1

Stay vigilant.

1:02.2

I'm John Updike. I'm the founder and president of open primaries.

1:15.6

Thank you all for joining us today. I'm really excited to be joined by three really inspirational leaders who are pioneering new political conversations, both at the national level and in their home states of Idaho and Mississippi.

1:21.6

Paul Reikoff, many of you already know, Paul is an Army veteran, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of

1:32.0

America, the host of Independent Americans podcast, and most recently the founder of

1:38.4

Independent Veterans of America, which is an organization dedicated to recruiting and training and supporting

1:47.0

independent veterans to run for office.

1:51.0

And joining Paul is Todd Achilles.

1:53.0

Todd is a former U.S. tank commander, a state representative in Idaho and a tech executive,

1:59.0

and he's running right now for the U.S. Senate as an independent,

2:04.6

and joining Todd is Ty Pinkins, who is the son of a tractor driver, who moved his family

2:10.9

from plantation to plantation in the Mississippi Delta.

2:15.9

Ty served on active duty in the Army for more than 20 years,

2:19.7

including three combat tours in Iraq,

2:22.2

where he was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions.

2:26.3

And like Todd,

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