The Ken Harbaugh Show

Three months since the bombs fell on Tehran and the American people still don't know whats going. Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones gives you an overview of where the U.S. Military stands since starting Operation Epic Fury. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-...

She served in a war zone. She resigned rather than appease Putin. Now she's coming for Tom Barrett's seat — and she's got receipts. Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones sits down with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, the Democrat fighting to flip Michigan's 7th Congressional District. Brink spent three years on the front lines of America's most critical foreign policy challenge, then...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with award-winning journalist James Verini to discuss his new book, “The Theater”, about the bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater — the single deadliest act of mass civilian killing of the Ukraine war — and the impossible ethical weight of reporting on such an unspeakable atrocity. Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/Buy James Verini's...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Navy veteran and congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett to assess the unresolved endgame of America's war with Iran — who controls the Strait of Hormuz, and whether Trump has any chance of closing a deal on a war he never should have started. Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/ Support Rebecca Bennett’s campaign here: https://rebe...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Senator Tammy Duckworth to cover the real costs of Trump's war of choice against Iran — 13 dead, hundreds wounded, gas above five dollars a gallon — and the Republican “invertebrates" who enabled it. They also dig into the case of Deisy Ortega, the Army wife detained by ICE while her husband served on active duty, and the $1.8 billion slush fund Trump is using to pay of...

Retired Commander Bobby Jones sits down with Josh Turek — two-time Paralympic gold medalist, Iowa state legislator, and the Democrat making Republicans nervous about a Senate seat they've held since 2008. Turek isn't a typical candidate. Born with spina bifida after his father's exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, he survived 21 surgeries by age 12 — and went on to win gold for Team USA. Then he...

Ken Harbaugh examines Ohio's political landscape ahead of November, arguing that Trump's MAGA coalition — built on broken promises and outright lies — is fracturing. From a stupid war with Iran to a crushing cost of living, the cracks are showing, and Democratic momentum is filling the void — starting with gubernatorial nominee Dr. Amy Acton. Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thekenharbaug...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down the Trump administration's nearly two-billion-dollar settlement fund for January 6th rioters — including the case of pardoned insurrectionist Andrew Paul Johnson, sentenced to life for molesting two children after telling one victim he expected millions from Trump. Ken is joined by Army combat vet and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith to unpack what the slus...

After Trump accuses NYT reporter David Sanger of treason for asking why the administration has failed to achieve its political objectives, Ken Harbaugh brings in former Navy Commander and F-18 pilot Jason Knapp — who flew missions over the Strait of Hormuz and served on NATO's International Military Staff — to answer the question Trump won't: is America winning, or just bombing? Subscribe to Ken’s...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Daniel Ayers and Quinn Ray of The Hometown Holler to break down the Republican redistricting blitz sweeping the South — from the Supreme Court's Callais ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, to Tennessee's deliberate erasure of Memphis's political voice, to why the GOP's own gerrymanders may be built on sand. Ken argues that a broad pro-democracy coalition can turn supp...

Bobby Jones breaks down the 80-year throughline that connected federal housing policy, racial geographic engineering, congressional redistricting, and the Supreme Court's systematic gutting of the Voting Rights Act and shows you how it was never an accident but all part of a plan to once again deny African Americans their right to representation. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Support the...

Ken Harbaugh calls out the government's UFO disclosure push as a transparent distraction from the war in the Middle East and a collapsing economy, then brings in former Republican Congressman and conspiracy-theory expert Denver Riggleman to explain why that kind of misdirection is so effective — and so dangerous. Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/ Visit http...

As some US sailors return home from the Gulf, Ken Harbaugh breaks down the mounting evidence of military mismanagement under Pete Hegseth — from strategic failures in the Strait of Hormuz to reports that deployed forces lacked food and hygiene supplies — and talks with combat vet and researcher Kris Goldsmith about what comes next when the truth can no longer be suppressed. DeleteMe: Get 20% off y...

Ken Harbaugh is joined by Harry Dunn — Capitol Police hero of January 6th, congressional witness, and now candidate for Congress — to break down the racist gerrymandering push spreading across Southern Republican legislatures, starting in Alabama and Tennessee. They examine what the Supreme Court's decision and Virginia's pile-on mean for Black representation, and how Democrats can fight back thro...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down the Virginia Supreme Court's 4-3 partisan ruling that overturned a voter-approved redistricting referendum, then sits down with Army veteran and Virginia Delegate Dan Helmer — one of the architects of the redistricting effort — to examine what the decision means for democracy and the ongoing fight against Republican gerrymandering across America. Subscribe to Ken’s Substac...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Fred Wellman — former public affairs officer for the 101st Airborne and spokesman for Generals Petraeus and Dempsey — to dissect how Pete Hegseth is losing both the war and the information battle. With the Pentagon's press ban drawing court rebukes and a majority of Americans opposing the conflict, Wellman breaks down what effective military communications looks like, a...

Spain closed its airspace. Italy shut Sigonella base mid-flight. France blocked military supply overflights. Poland, Austria, Switzerland — all said no. And now Saudi Arabia temporarily pulled U.S. access to Prince Sultan Airbase and shut down Trump's Project Freedom in under 36 hours. Retired Navy Commander Bobby R. Jones, USN (Ret.) breaks down why this is an operational crisis, and how Trump's...

Ken Harbaugh examines the deepening crisis inside ICE detention facilities, where Amnesty International has likened conditions to torture and DHS is on track for its deadliest year on record. Army combat veteran and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith joins Ken to lay out the case that no new laws are needed to prosecute ICE abuses — only the will to enforce the ones already on the bo...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Europe — no Pentagon review, no preparation, just a tantrum over Iran and a 90-minute off-the-books call with Vladimir Putin. Then Ken sits down with former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who joins a growing bipartisan chorus sounding the alarm about what may be America's most dangerous concession to Russia yet. Subscri...

Ken Harbaugh speaks with Congressman Seth Moulton about the Iran war, the administration's cynical end-run around the War Powers Resolution, and what it means for troops in the field when their commander in chief can't give them a straight answer about what they're fighting for. Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/ Here’s last week’s Substack Live with SEN Eli...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Miles Taylor, former Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security, to break down the federal indictment of James Comey — and why Trump's goal was never a conviction, but humiliation. They also dig into Taylor's urgent new initiative helping communities across the country fight back against the secret network of ICE detention facilities being built in their back...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down the seismic political realignment underway as Republican voters reject the GOP's agenda of cruelty, corruption, and a pointless war in Iran — then sits down with progressive strategist and Blue Amp Media founder Cliff Schechter to map out what a winning Democratic coalition looks like in Ohio and beyond. Aura Frames: Exclusive $25 OFF Carver Mat Frame at https://auraframes...

Ken Harbaugh sits down with veteran activist and extremism researcher Kris Goldsmith to break down the Trump DOJ's federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center — what the charges actually mean, how the SPLC went from FBI partner to federal target the moment Kash Patel took over, and why this prosecution could become a blueprint for silencing every organization that monitors the far right....

Ken Harbaugh examines the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the administration's immediate move to weaponize it against the press — drawing a direct line from the crackdowns that followed Charlie Kirk's assassination to what may be coming next. Then, political commentator Harry Sisson joins to discuss what it looks like when the Trump machine personally targets you — and why h...

Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones breaks down the numbers behind Trump's second-term staffing chaos — and they're damning. We're already at 32% "A Team" turnover in just over a year, with Cabinet departures, intelligence officials quitting in protest over the Iran war, and a revolving door at the IRS that has cycled through SIX commissioners. This is a loyalty purge. The watchdogs are gone. The d...