Latest / Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
The Low-T SECDEF? Hegseth’s Weird, New Thing. World Cup Down to Argentina and Spain. Quick Response Pod.
Pete Hegseth is running the Pentagon like a locker room. He's blocking women from the top ranks of the U.S. military while opening the door for men to get tested and juiced up on testosterone boosters. Read that sentence again. This is the state of civilian leadership at the Department of Defense in 2026, and Paul is not letting it slide past as just another weird headline. It's a window into how the MAGA machine thinks about strength, service, and who gets to wear the uniform.
From the middle of a packed World Cup semifinal crowd in New York, Paul flips the frame. England versus Argentina…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.