Bring Our Troops Home Podcast
by Dan McKnight, BringOurTroopsHome.us
The Bring Our Troops Home podcast is a veteran-led effort that challenges the Washington war machine and fights to restore real constitutional limits on when, where, and why Americans are sent into combat. Hosted by Dan McKnight, who served 13 years in the U.S. military, the show digs into the history, politics, and human costs of our endless wars. Each episode looks at the people who pushed us into conflict, the heroes who served, and the growing state-level fight to pass Defend the Guard. If you’re tired of excuses, mission creep, and unchecked executive power, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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Trump Threatens to Bomb the Shit Out of Arizona's Ally
On August 17, 2026, the President threatened to bomb Oman. Arizona has a signed military partnership with Oman — and a community college professor signed it.Dan McKnight walks through how a career judge advocate on military leave from Mesa Community College came to bind the Arizona National Guard...
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The Prince of Peace Owns Lockheed Martin
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches its members to "renounce war and proclaim peace." Through its investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors, it has held more than $250 million in the world's largest defense contractors — Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin —...
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"My Plan" - Benjamin Netanyahu
"My plan." Those are Benjamin Netanyahu's own words — in a June 1, 2026 letter on official Israeli government letterhead, sent to U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) — describing Section 224 of the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act. A foreign prime minister called a piece of American...
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Mark Levin Compares Trump to FDR — And He's Right
Mark Levin went on Fox and compared Donald Trump to Franklin Roosevelt — Trump going after Republicans like Thomas Massie in primaries is FDR purging the Democrats in 1938, and Levin says it's a good thing. Here's the twist: he's right. It IS the FDR playbook. He's just wrong about what that…
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ED GALLREIN WANTS YOUR CHILDREN | The Draft Is Slavery
The most consequential 72 hours of the 2026 cycle. Ed Gallrein wants the draft back. Pete Hegseth is flying to Kentucky to rescue him. The primary is Tuesday. In this episode of Bring Our Troops Home, Dan McKnight breaks down Ed Gallrein's own words from his Speak Video podcast appearance — where...
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Thomas Massie: America's Last Congressman
On Tuesday, May 19th, the Republican voters of Kentucky's 4th Congressional District will decide whether the most consistent antiwar vote in the United States Congress keeps his seat. His name is Thomas Massie. He is the natural successor to Ron Paul. He opposed the war in Syria, the war in...
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Scott Horton Walked Out of Joe Rogan's Studio and We Got Him Next
A few hours after Scott Horton walked out of his first appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Dan McKnight sat him down to debrief. What he covered, the one sentence he most wants Joe's audience to remember, the truth about Iran's nuclear program, the eleven-bombs-in-two-weeks story, Israel's...
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Did Mossad Convert America's Top General?
On September 11th, 2001, Major Dan Caine was an Air National Guard F-16 pilot scrambled out of Andrews Air Force Base — with the authority to shoot down Flight 93 if it came for the Capital. He told his wingman: "Don't shoot anybody. I'll make the decision." Twenty-five years later, that same man…
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The Tweets of Some Idiot
At 8:10 AM Eastern, Sunday morning, President Trump postedthis on Truth Social: "The United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!" Forty-eight hours earlier, the same president had postedthat Israel was PROHIBITED from…
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Greatest Victory Possible?
Tuesday night, President Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran. The nation exhaled. We exhaled. But before you call it a win, you need to understand what we agreed to. Iran's ten-point proposal — which the White House accepted as the basis for negotiation — includes: a toll on the Strait of…
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Joe Kent vs The Blob
Joe Kent served 11 combat deployments. He earned six Bronze Stars. He was the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — appointed by Trump, confirmed by the Senate. His job was to know whether Iran posed an imminent threat. He resigned rather than lie about it. In his resignation letter,...
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Unconditional Surrender: Tucker vs Trump?
We're not at war with Iran. At least that's what Speaker Mike Johnson says — it's just a "limited engagement." But President Trump is demanding unconditional surrender. You can't have it both ways. When Tucker Carlson explained the historical meaning of "unconditional surrender," the entire...
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Scott Brown, the New Hampshire Senate Race, and the Golden Ticket for Defend the Guard
At the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, former United States Senator Scott Brown cited the War Powers Resolution and called it the Constitution. So Dan McKnight challenged him. “Show me where that’s in the Constitution.” What followed was a moment that stopped the room — and a private 30-minute...
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Take Down of the Great One
Last night one of Congress’ most reliable neocon voices, Dan Crenshaw, lost his Republican primary by double digits. Sometimes politics delivers a little accountability. But today’s episode isn’t really about Crenshaw. Today we take a closer look at radio host Mark Levin — the self-proclaimed...
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Massie and Khanna Are Right
Massie and Khanna are right. As two U.S. carrier strike groups sit within range of Iran, Congress has not taken a single vote authorizing war. Not one. In this episode of the Bring Our Troops Home Podcast, we break down the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution introduced by Congressman Thomas...
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Live Free or Die… in 96 Seconds
On February 17th, the New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on HB 104 — the Defend the Guard Act. The bill had already passed the New Hampshire House by a 23-vote margin. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in support: 51 in favor, 2 opposed. And then, after the hearing concluded,...
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Jeb smiles. Lindsey begs. Arizona says: Not On Our Watch.
As state legislatures enter peak session, something rare happens in American politics. Votes are cast in public. Records are created. And elected officials preparing for primary elections can no longer hide from their own actions. In this episode of the Bring Our Troops Home podcast, we examine…
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Nigeria, Christmas Night, and the War No One Voted For
On Christmas night, while families across the country were gathered together, the President announced U.S. military strikes in Nigeria. Another war. Another country Americans never debated. Another decision made without a vote of Congress. In this episode of the Bring Our Troops Home podcast, we...
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: The Cost And Choice
The Truth About Dick Cheney — The Cost and the Choice This episode closes the circle. For six episodes, we’ve traced how Dick Cheney built a doctrine, assembled a machine, and helped normalize undeclared war. In this final chapter, we stop talking about power in the abstract and confront what it...
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: World On Fire
The Global and Domestic Blowback of Cheney’s Doctrine The Truth About Dick Cheney The Iraq War didn’t just destroy a country overseas. It destroyed the rules that restrained American power. Episode 6 of The Truth About Dick Cheney examines what happened after the invasion — once the guardrails…
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: How The War Was Sold
The Iraq War didn’t just happen. It was sold. By late 2002, the decision to invade Iraq had already been made inside the Bush administration. What followed wasn’t a debate. It was a coordinated campaign to manufacture certainty, suppress doubt, and move the country toward war before Congress or…
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: How The War Was Engineered
In the smoke and chaos of 9/11, America was grieving. People were still calling missing loved ones. Firefighters were still pulling bodies from the rubble. The country was united in shock. But inside the rooms where real power lived, something else was already happening. This episode reveals how...
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: Betrayal In The Mountains
Episode 3: Betrayal in the Mountains In the days after 9/11, America was unified. The mission in Afghanistan was the clearest U.S. war objective since World War II. We had been attacked. We knew who did it. We were going after them. For a moment, everything was simple. But that simplicity didn't...
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: The War Profit Pipeline
Episode 2 of The Truth About Dick Cheney is called The War Profit Pipeline, and it digs into the part of Cheney’s story most people never learned. Before the Iraq War, before 9/11, Cheney spent years helping shape an ideology that believed American power should be used to reorder the world. This...
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The Truth About Dick Cheney: Who He Really Was
The Truth About Dick Cheney: Who He Really Was kicks off a six-part series that cuts through the mythology and examines one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics. This episode looks at Cheney’s rise from a little-known congressional staffer to a dominant force...
About this show
The Bring Our Troops Home podcast is a veteran-led effort that challenges the Washington war machine and fights to restore real constitutional limits on when, where, and why Americans are sent into combat. Hosted by Dan McKnight, who served 13 years in the U.S. military, the show digs into the history, politics, and human costs of our endless wars. Each episode looks at the people who pushed us into conflict, the heroes who served, and the growing state-level fight to pass Defend the Guard. If you’re tired of excuses, mission creep, and unchecked executive power, this podcast is for you.
Hosted by
Dan McKnight, BringOurTroopsHome.us