What’s the Strategy to Stop More Forever Wars? Ro 2028? Will He and Massie Go Independent? House Prolongs DHS Shutdown. Go Artemis! Marines Scramble on ICE Story.

Congressman Ro Khanna is back at a critical moment—and he’s bringing receipts, strategy and a plan. From Trump’s expanding and unpopular war in Iran, to the threat of new wars in Cuba and beyond, Ro joins host Paul Rieckhoff to lay out how Congress can actually stop a runaway commander in chief—using the War Powers Act, the power of the purse, and even impeachment. They dig into the stakes for troops on the ground, the real cost of war for a new generation of veterans, and why both parties are failing to meet the moment as gas prices spike, markets wobble, and the forever‑war machine spins up again.

Then, Rieckhoff and Khanna go deep on the Epstein files and the rare left‑right coalition that is finally forcing accountability for the “Epstein class”—from billionaires and power brokers to public officials who have escaped justice for decades. They talk ICE overreach, starving kids in Cuba under a fuel blockade, the Creator’s Bill of Rights for independent media, and whether Ro Khanna and Tom Massie should leave their parties and run as independents. It’s a fired‑up, hopeful conversation about Artemis, public service, and why courage—not party loyalty—is the new charisma

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Trump Attends SCOTUS. 2026: The Year of the Drone. Artemis Mission Takes NASA Astronauts Back to the Moon.

Independent Veteran vs MAGA Machine: Seth Bodnar’s Battle for Montana’s Senate. A Green Beret, Rhodes Scholar, university president and business leader, independent Senate candidate Seth Bodnar joins Paul Rieckhoff from Montana for a hard‑hitting, no‑BS conversation about taking on Trump’s MAGA machine, a rigged two‑party system, and the corrupt insider games that tried to handpick his opponent. From filing his campaign minutes before the party bosses pulled a fast one, to why he refuses to “put on a jersey” for either party, Bodnar lays out why Montana—and America—need an independent voice that answers to voters, not party leaders.

Rieckhoff and Bodnar dig into Iran, Trump’s threats to pull out of NATO, the new era of drones and “death from above,” and what it means for our troops, our democracy, and every American who’s sick of forever wars and political cowardice. They get into the stakes for 2026, the rise of Independent Veterans of America, and why independent, patriotic Americans everywhere must step up, get informed, and stay vigilant.

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