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Hegseth Campaigns in Iowa as the USS Lincoln Rots at Sea. Trump's Crypto Show While America Burns. Data Centers: The New Third Rail. Media Blitz Pod

Podcast: Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
Published: Aug 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 1209
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Summary

A Secretary of Defense stumping at a congressional campaign event in Iowa. A carrier crew stretched past the breaking point with no embedded reporters to tell the story. A crypto press conference from the White House on the same day primary voters were talking about gas prices, housing, and the Iran war. Paul Rieckhoff pulls together a week of his MSNBC, CNN, and NewsNation hits to connect the dots the cable segments only got to touch — and to name what the two-party conversation keeps missing.