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The Ken Harbaugh Show
by MeidasTouch Network
The Ken Harbaugh Show features daily commentaries and intimate conversations with leaders in the fight to protect democracy. Host Ken Harbaugh is a former Navy pilot who helped build several of the country’s most influential veteran organizations. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Hill, and the Yale Journal of International Law. He produced the #1 Apple TV documentary Against All Enemies, and has hosted multiple award-winning podcasts, including Reclaiming Patriotism, Burn The Boats, Against All Enemies, The Medal of Honor Podcast, and Warriors in Their Own Words.
Episodes
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Trump Pulls the Plug on Hegseth
Trump just pulled the plug on Pete Hegseth's livestreamed execution. That decision tells you a lot about the man running the Pentagon. Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will still face a firing squad. But Trump has now scrapped Hegseth's plan to stream it, the plan that would have made it America's...
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Trump’s Midterm Meltdown Hitting Him Where He Least Expected
Ken Harbaugh talks with Brian Bengs, the Navy and Air Force veteran running as an independent against Sen. Mike Rounds in South Dakota, about how he’s reaching former Trump voters in a state where Trump’s policies are proving toxic. They also dig into the true cost of the Iran war and the...
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Trump's New Pick has a Dark Past
Ken Harbaugh reacts to new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s rocky first briefing, and to her history of amplifying Pizzagate, calling to “Suspend Habeas Corpus,” and facing questions about her legal credentials. Ken also talks with Tara Palmeri of the Red Letter Substack and The Tara...
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Trump Critic in Air Force just got Thrown in Solitary
In this episode of the Meidas Defense Podcast, host Joe Plenzler sits down with military defense attorney Cody Harnish to discuss the controversial prosecution of Air Force Major Jason Watson, who faces charges after publicly criticizing U.S. military operations and calling for constitutional...
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Trump's Most Dangerous Influence Just Got Exposed
Ken Harbaugh sits down with Joanne Carducci, better known as JoJoFromJerz, for the second half of their conversation, a deeply personal one about the assault she survived at 17 and the scars she still carries. At a moment when young people are watching leaders reject empathy and treat power as…
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Retired Army Major Just Made His Move
Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda is a combat veteran who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he lives in Aberdeen, and he's the Democratic nominee in North Carolina's 9th District. His opponent is Rep. Richard Hudson, who has held the seat since 2013 and chairs the National Republican Congressional...
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Trump Just Abandoned Them...
Meidas Defense host Joe Plenzler sits down with retired U.S. Army Colonel Steve Miska to discuss why abandoning the local partners who served alongside American forces isn’t just a humanitarian issue; it can directly undermine U.S. national security. Miska explains the critical role interpreters...
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Trump and GOP Get Nightmare News in Ohio
Ken Harbaugh argues that November 3rd is a referendum on Trump and on a Republican Party that followed him over the cliff, and that Ohio is already showing signs of a shift. He then talks with Brian Poindexter, the union ironworker running to flip Ohio's 7th District against a former Trump aide....
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Army Veteran Just Walked Away
Army tank officer. Tech executive. State legislator. Now an independent running for U.S. Senate in Idaho. Todd Achilles has been a Republican, a Democrat, and now neither. He left the Idaho House to take on three-term Sen. Jim Risch as an independent, because he says the two-party system is…
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Trump Just Became Republican's Worst Nightmare...
Ken Harbaugh argues that Trump is losing and dragging the entire Republican Party down with him, and asks what Democrats can do to make November as bad as possible for the GOP. In conversation with Hunger Games screenwriter Billy Ray, who has advised Democratic candidates for 11 years, Ken…
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Ex-GOP Strategist Just Gave Midterm Warning
Ken Harbaugh sits down with former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens for part two of their conversation, on why Democrats can't choose between rebuilding and accountability – they have to do both, starting the moment the gavel passes on January 3. They also discuss the latest from Ukraine…
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Ex-GOP Strategist says Trump just Broke the Party...
Ken Harbaugh breaks down a taxpayer-funded ad pushing Trump's authoritarian rhetoric, arguing it's backfiring as his approval craters ahead of a potentially historic November. He's joined by former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens — who ran Romney's 2012 campaign before breaking with the GOP…
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Russia's Army just hit a Breaking Point...
On this episode of the Meidas Defense, Joe Plenzler speaks with Dr. Roman Sheremeta and Ken Harbaugh about the war in Ukraine, why it matters to U.S. national security, how Russian propaganda has shaped the debate, and how drones, AI, and electronic warfare are transforming modern combat.…
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Navy’s Own Letter Just Blew Up Trump’s Story...
First, Navy officials said they had "not identified an increase" in suicide attempts. Now the Acting Secretary of the Navy has confirmed eight. In a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Acting SECNAV Hung Cao disclosed eight suicide attempts across the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group since...
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Top Election Official Just Went Public on Midterms…
Ken Harbaugh argues that Donald Trump has so thoroughly discredited the Republican Party that November will bring not just a blue tsunami but a true political realignment. He then talks with Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who chairs the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State,...
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Retired General Just Delivered Warning...
Ken argues that Trump's ridiculous bluster, including his UN threat to "annihilate" Iran, has destroyed America's credibility, and that Pete Hegseth's gutting of the Pentagon is compounding the damage. He then talks with retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray, a 30-year veteran now running for...
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Former Squadron Commander Just Gave Hegseth a Brutal Warning...
On this episode of Meidas Defense, Joe Plenzler is joined by retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Tony Carr to discuss the growing culture of fear inside the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth, the escalating war with Iran, and the consequences of silencing dissent within the military. Carr also breaks...
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Trump’s Epstein Question Just Got an Answer…
Episode Description: Ken Harbaugh answers Trump's dismissive Epstein question, "Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?", with a firm yes, arguing that the administration, from Kash Patel's FBI to Todd Blanche's DOJ, has met the survivors with contempt. Ken then speaks with survivor Dani...
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Military Spouse Just Went Public...
Her husband deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marines and came home with PTSD and a TBI. She became his caregiver, then became a lawyer who helps veterans get free legal help. Now Callie Barr is running for Congress in Michigan's 1st, because Northern Michigan families are done waiting.…
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Trump Ignored This Dire Warning…
Ken Harbaugh traces the line from Trump family drone deals, defense stock trades, and oil market manipulation back to General Smedley Butler's 1935 book War Is a Racket, which warned that war too often profits the few at the cost of the many. He sits down with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith…
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Trump Scrambles After Making Total Mess
Ken Harbaugh breaks down how Trump's bungled Iran war has left both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb under threat, shut down a critical Saudi pipeline, and somehow left Ukraine taking the blame for rising diesel prices — all while new revelations tie a Putin-linked oligarch to Don Jr.'s...
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Trump Family Scandal Just Exploded…
On this episode of Meidas Defense, host Joe Plenzler sits down with The Atlantic’s Graeme Wood to examine what we’ve learned about Al-Qaeda 25 years after 9/11. They discuss Osama bin Laden’s real strategy behind the attacks, how the U.S. response reshaped Al-Qaeda, the current state of the...
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Trump’s Cult Movement Just Crossed a Line…
Ken Harbaugh sits down with Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and president of PRRI and author of the new book Backslide, to examine how white evangelical Christianity has fused itself to Trump-era politics. They trace how a once-fringe strain of Christian nationalism became the movement's defining...
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Hegseth just made a Fatal Mistake
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the generation that fought the Global War on Terror produced two decades of hard-won lessons about how America goes to war; on authorities, on targeting, on what happens when you tell commanders that the lawyers are the problem. Those lessons were never codified into...
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Putin Gives Answer after Trump Envoys Le
Ken Harbaugh talks with war correspondent and bestselling author Sebastian Junger, fresh off a trip to Kyiv where he was the sole American honored at Ukraine's Independence Day celebration. They dig into Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's tone-deaf "win-win" framing of Russia's war just as Moscow...
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Pentagon Reporter Warns it's Worse than we know...
Meidas Defense host Joe Plenzler sits down with New York Times national security reporter Greg Jaffe for a sobering look at the limits of American military power and the growing culture of fear inside the Pentagon. They examine the loss of senior military leadership, restrictions on press access,...
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Trump's Envoys get Rude Awakening After Putin Meeting
Ken Harbaugh breaks down the arrival of Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Kyiv — and the disgust their Moscow remarks have stirred among Ukrainians enduring Putin's daily missile and drone attacks. Then he continues his conversation with war correspondent Caolan Robertson, fresh off...
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Navy Combat Pilot Shakes Up Georgia House Race
A Navy F/A-18 pilot turned lawyer is running for Congress in Georgia's 7th.Why? An Army veteran got deported over a missed hearing. Tony Kozycki called the congressman's office for help. Nobody called back. So he filed to run against that Congressman. Tony has been serving others all his life and...
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Army Veteran Warns What Trump Is Really Doing…
Ken Harbaugh breaks down the Trump administration's latest attempt to restrict mail-in voting through the Postal Service despite court rulings against it, then talks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what's really driving the effort. Support Ukraine’s 34th Marine Brigade, the unit at...
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Journalist Goes Inside City Under Siege...
Ken Harbaugh sits down with journalist Caolan Robertson to discuss his new short documentary on Kramatorsk, a front-line Ukrainian city under relentless Russian bombardment. The conversation explores what Robertson's camera captured about civilian life inside Putin's escalating terror campaign....
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Military Legal Expert: Trump Just Crossed a Major Line...
Meidas Defense host Joe Plenzler sits down with retired Army JAG officer, law professor, and combat veteran Daniel Maurer to break down the legal limits of military power — from Operation Southern Spear and deadly maritime strikes to the removal of senior military lawyers and the growing use of...
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Trump's Nightmare Brews in Montana...
Ken Harbaugh argues Democrats can't win in the reddest places until the party counters the disinformation shaping its brand. That's why independents like Seth Bodnar may be the answer where a Democrat can't break through — and beating Trump this November is too important to leave those...
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Commander Reveals Shock Admission from U.S. Navy
The USS Theodore Roosevelt hasn't left San Diego yet and her crew has already been told to plan on eight months; an extension baked in before the ship gets underway. The USS Gerald R. Ford came home after 326 days. The Abraham Lincoln went eight and a half months without a port call. And the…
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Navy Commander Goes Nuclear on Trump’s Election Scheme
On March 31, President Trump signed Executive Order 14399. It does not ban voting by mail but it builds a gate. States hand the Postal Service a list of approved mail voters 60 days before the election, and USPS delivers ballots only to the names on that list. Federal law already requires ballots...
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Lawyer Blows Whistle on Trump Military Strikes
On today’s Meidas Defense Podcast, Joe Plenzler is joined by trial attorney Mitch Jackson to discuss military orders, due process, government overreach, and the role Americans play in protecting democracy. Jackson raises serious legal questions about recent military strikes on suspected drug…
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Commander Sounds Alarm on Dire Military Conditions
Six months ago, 1,300 Navy dependents left Bahrain with what they could carry. Last week the Navy told them they can't come back for the foreseeable future; pick a new home base stateside. The Navy planned for twelve days. It's been six months. Vice Adm. Renshaw told families the service has been...
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Navy Commander Speaks Out on Trump Attack on War Hero
Pearl Harbor. A 22-year-old mess attendant runs to a battle station that's already been destroyed. So he carries his dying captain off the bridge, mans a .50 cal the Navy never let him train on because he was Black, and fires until the ammo is gone. His name was Doris Miller. First Black American...
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Trump Faces Nightmare Scenario in Nebraska
Dan Osborn served four years as a storekeeper on USS Constellation, then eighteen at Kellogg’s in Omaha, where he led a 77-day strike and got fired for it. He is the only person on Nebraska’s Senate ballot who has worn the uniform. This seat votes on war powers, force structure, and whether the…
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Trump Freaks out as War Failures Called Out in Public
Ken Harbaugh breaks down Trump's dismissive comments about the USS Abraham Lincoln's record-breaking deployment — "not nearly long enough" — and what it reveals about a collapse in sailors' faith in their leadership. He's joined by retired Navy Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, now running for...
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Trump Election Plan Falls Apart before Midterms
Ken Harbaugh breaks down why Trump's obsession with ballrooms, statues, and Oval Office gold leaf is a political gift Democrats need to use more of — and brings in strategist Cliff Schecter to unpack where MAGA's messaging operation is falling apart, and what Democrats need to do to make sure...
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Rear Admiral has had Enough of Trump and MAGA
Joe Plenzler, host of Meidas Defense, sits down with retired Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher to discuss why she’s running for Congress against Lauren Boebert — and why she believes America needs serious leadership focused on service instead of political theater. They break down the mounting costs…
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Trump White House Descends into Madness
Ken Harbaugh breaks down Karoline Leavitt's disastrous tenure as White House press secretary, and the Trump administration's escalating disinformation machine. He then talks with former Congressman Denver Riggleman about Judicial Watch's new legal campaign targeting him and Adam Kinzinger over...
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Trump Panics over Navy Failures
208 days straight at sea and counting. Moldy showers, broken toilets, no soap, and sailors trying to go overboard. Retired U.S. Navy Commander Bobby Jones deployed to that same water, his deployments were extended as well. In this video he explains why the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group’s…
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Trump's ICE Secrets get Uncovered in Shock Lawsuit
Ken Harbaugh examines how Trump's mass deportation promise has become reality through ICE, an agency an ACLU lawsuit shows is riddled with racist and violent conduct. He's joined by Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith, founder of Veterans Fighting Fascism, to discuss extremism inside federal law...
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Trump PSYCHOTIC BREAK Puts RED States in Play
Ken Harbaugh argues Trump is dangerously insulated from reality — and Democrats should be capitalizing on it. Even his own approval numbers have fallen below the Republican Party's, and districts once written off, like Missouri's 2nd, are suddenly in play. He's joined by Fred Wellman, retired…
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Vindman Just Exposed Trump's War Disaster
Meidas Defense host Joe Plenzler sits down with Rep. Eugene Vindman for a wide-ranging discussion on corruption in Washington, Ukraine, Iran, and congressional oversight Vindman lays out his anti-corruption agenda, including bans on individual stock trading and prediction-market betting by...
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General Speaks Out Against Trump Failures
Ken Harbaugh sits down with General Russel Honoré to talk about cratering morale among troops downrange, caught in a badly executed, ill-conceived war with Iran and a Pentagon under Pete Hegseth wasting missiles stupidly. Their extended conversation digs into the Trump administration's...
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Trump in Panic as Safe Seat Slips Away
Ken Harbaugh examines Donald Trump's defense of Rep. Max Miller amid mounting controversy. He makes the case that this once-unlikely seat is now in play. Plus, an unreleased portion of his interview with Miller's Democratic opponent, Brian Poindexter. Watch the documentary “Safe Ground” for free…
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Trump Caught in Backdoor Vote Scheme
Ken Harbaugh talks with Army combat veteran and extremism researcher Kris Goldsmith about the J6 "anti-weaponization fund" — officially dead as a formal entity, but potentially still alive as a mechanism to reward January 6th rioters through DOJ settlement channels like the Judgment Fund and…
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Combat Vets Reject Trump War
Eighteen American service members have been killed in a war with Iran the president still won't define and Congress won't vote on. At home, families can't afford housing, businesses can't plan around erratic trade policy, and young people wonder if the life their parents were promised is even...
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The Ken Harbaugh Show features daily commentaries and intimate conversations with leaders in the fight to protect democracy. Host Ken Harbaugh is a former Navy pilot who helped build several of the country’s most influential veteran organizations. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Hill, and the Yale Journal of International Law. He produced the #1 Apple TV documentary Against All Enemies, and has hosted multiple award-winning podcasts, including Reclaiming Patriotism, Burn The Boats, Against All Enemies, The Medal of Honor Podcast, and Warriors in Their Own Words.
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