Ken Harbaugh argues that Graham Platner never should have made it this far — the sexual assault accusations against him are credible, and it's long past time for him to leave the Maine Senate race. He's joined by veteran and anti-extremism researcher Kris Goldsmith to unpack the red flags they saw well before this week's news.

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A US Air Force major, Jason Watson, was arrested at the US Capitol after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. He had spoken at a Removal Coalition press conference while in uniform and identifying himself as an active-duty service member, an event also attended by Democratic Rep. Al Green. Capitol Police confirmed the arrest, citing rules that prohibit public demonstrations on the House steps unless accompanied by a member of Congress. Anthony Davis reports.

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Ken Harbaugh marks a July 4th shadowed by a hollowed-out MAGA spectacle on the National Mall, arguing that real patriotism is happening far from the president—in backyards and public squares across the country. He sits down with Governor Wes Moore to unpack what it truly means to love America: not blind celebration of what it is, but a commitment to what it can still become.

Most Americans don't picture women like Maura Sullivan and Rebecca Bennett when they picture a military veteran. Hell Cats exists to change that. In this premiere, two women veterans whose lives have run on strikingly parallel tracks — a Marine and a Navy helicopter pilot, both ROTC, both deployed, both moms — start telling the stories of women who served, led, and kept serving long after they left the uniform.

Ken Harbaugh talks with Andrea Chalupa about the Trump regime's Orwellian inversion of language, with Trump warning that "communists" will seize power, even as his administration works to undermine elections. Chalupa, host of Gaslit Nation and author of the new graphic novel Mrs. Orwell, traces the throughline from Stalin to Putin to Trump.

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General Chris Donahue. Delta Force commander. 18 combat deployments. The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan. The Army's #1 expert on drone warfare — the exact threat we're facing right now in the Iran war.

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith, founder of Veterans Fighting Fascism, to unpack how Republican-funded dark money groups like "Real Change" and "Lead Left" infiltrated Democratic primaries this week in an attempt to take out veteran candidates. The two break down the staggering scale of the spending, the deceptive PAC names, and why attacking vets' patriotism crossed a line.

Ken Harbaugh explores how World Cup fans are turning soccer chants into open mockery of Donald Trump, then talks with author and broadcaster Musa Okwonga about football's long history as a vehicle for defying autocrats.

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In this week’s episode of Meidas Defense, host Joe Plenzler sits down with former CIA Station Chief and Russia expert Ralph to examine the rapidly changing face of modern warfare. From Ukraine’s drone battlefield to Russia’s staggering casualty machine and the strategic fallout in the Persian Gulf, Ralph breaks down how technology, autocracy, and great power competition are reshaping the future of conflict. As well as the disturbing phenomenon known as Russia’s “Black Widows.”

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Ken Harbaugh sits down with Joe Plenzler to go behind the scenes of his latest Atlantic piece, "The Warrior-Witches of Ukraine's Resistance" — the story of Ukrainian women leading the underground fight against Russian occupation. Ken breaks down how the reporting came together, including the surreal moment a MeidasTouch Substack Live was used by the resistance itself to verify his identity.