# WHCD Assassination Attempt & Our Broken New Normal: Political Violence and Betrayed Allies. QUICK HIT MEDIA BLITZ POD

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Podcast: [Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/independent-americans-with-paul-rieckhoff-981737)
Published: 2026-04-27T11:18:35+00:00
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## Resource

There was an attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend. Paul opens with a clear-eyed take on what that means: this is not a new normal, this is the normal, and the silence from the president and Congress is its own kind of failure. Political violence is now a permanent feature of the American landscape, and we still don't have a national security strategy that treats it as one. Stay vigilant doesn't mean stay anxious — it means demand that the people we pay to protect this republic actually do the work.

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