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Danger Close

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Danger Close is Matt Gordon — U.S. Marine combat veteran, better known as usmcangryveteran — sitting down with people who actually know what they're talking about, to talk politics, the military, and whatever's coming out of Washington. Real conversations about the things that matter, the way he'd actually talk about them. Welcome to the circus.

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Fired by DOGE, Running for Congress: Army Vet Alissa Ellman 15.06.2026 1:00:20

Sat down with Alissa Ellman, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, came home disabled, and got hired by the VA helping other veterans get their education benefits — until Trump's DOGE fired her this spring with no email, no warning. They just logged her out of her computer. Now she's running for Congress in New York's 24th. We get into: What it means when the "DEI hires" they're firing are di...

A 2-Star General on Trump's Made-Up Iran War 02.06.2026 44:36

Welcome to Danger Close — my new show where I sit down with people who actually know what they're talking about and get into the issues of the day. This is the first one, kind of a proof of concept, so if you want more of this from me, you know what to do. To kick it off I sat down with retired Major General Randy Manner — 36 years in the Army, former Operations Chief at the Pentagon — and asked h...