The Ken Harbaugh Show

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 their January 6th Committee work. Harbaugh argues the harassment is a sign of panic — Trump's allies know...

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 arduous deployment isn’t just more hard duty, it's a failure of leadership. Subscribe:  @ValorMediaNetw...

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 enforcement. Watch the documentary “Safe Ground” for free on the VALOR Media Network: https://youtu.be/B...

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 Army officer, combat pilot, and newly minted Democratic nominee for Missouri's 2nd Congressional District....

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 government insiders, and argues that supporting Ukraine is critical to U.S. national security. He also sharpl...

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 incompetence, and the toll it's taking on the troops who bear the consequences. Watch the documentary “Safe Groun...

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 on the VALOR Media Network: https://youtu.be/BDmUPUTQ7ms Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: https://thek...

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 Torts Branch. They dig into why Republican senators folded on confirming Todd Blanche, and what Goldsmith's...

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 possible anymore. In the finale of Hell Cats, Marine Corps veteran Maura Sullivan and Navy veteran Rebecca...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's stunning reversal in the David Hearn Reflecting Pool case — from confident indictment to courtroom capitulation — then talks Democratic messaging strategy with Cliff Schecter as Trump's DOJ stumbles from one embarrassment to the next. Support Ukraine’s 34th Marine Brigade, the unit at the heart of “Drone Hunters of Kherson," here: https://www....

Ken Harbaugh unpacks Zelensky's delicate balancing act as MAGA warms to Ukraine's cause, and argues that forcing Putin to the table matters more than the politics of who's helping. Then, a first look at an upcoming documentary featuring Ryan Hendrickson, the former Green Beret whose organization Tip of the Spear clears landmines and unexploded ordinance from Ukrainian farmland. Support Tip Of The...

Washington will take the vote. Pete Hegseth is blocking some of the Navy's most qualified women from the top ranks, so for the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty woman is on track to make admiral. In the middle of a war, his priority is testosterone testing. And Congress just tried to cut the disability benefits earned by veterans with conditions like tinnitus and sleep apnea. Marine...

Ken Harbaugh continues his conversation with Army veteran Kris Goldsmith, digging into revelations that the Pentagon quietly removed four service members from official KIA counts because their deaths occurred during a ceasefire. Together they examine why so few retired generals and admirals have spoken out against what looks like a deliberate effort to obscure the true cost of the war with Iran. S...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went before the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 21 to defend an $87.6 billion supplemental funding request for the Iran war — and left senators from both parties frustrated with the answers he gave. In this episode, Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones breaks down some of the most contentious moments from the hearing; from the cost of the war to the demand for...

Ken Harbaugh calls out Pete Hegseth's silence on American casualties in the Iran war, arguing the Pentagon is dodging accountability rather than protecting security. He talks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what that silence costs military morale and the troops living with the consequences. Support Ukraine’s 34th Marine Brigade, the unit at the heart of “Drone Hunters of Kherson," he...

Ken Harbaugh calls out Pete Hegseth's silence on American casualties in the Iran war, arguing the Pentagon is dodging accountability rather than protecting security. He talks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what that silence costs military morale and the troops living with the consequences. Support Ukraine’s 34th Marine Brigade, the unit at the heart of “Drone Hunters of Kherson," he...

Marine Corps veteran Maura Sullivan and Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett take on what leadership really means when it's responsibility for human lives — and where this administration is failing that test. The U.S. is back at war with Iran, and Congress won't take the Article I vote. The Defense Secretary is signaling that women and people of color don't belong in the military. ICE agents are killing p...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down the Trump administration's shifting, contradictory rationale for the Iran war, and Pete Hegseth's tone-deaf response to two more American deaths in Jordan. Then he talks with viral veteran commentator "Angry Male Vet" about reaching MAGA-world defectors through trusted messengers. Support Ukraine’s 34th Marine Brigade, the unit at the heart of “Drone Hunters of Kherson," h...

Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones sits down with retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray; 3 decades in uniform, commander at every echelon, and now the Democrat running to unseat Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in Florida's 13th District. They cover it all: the collapsing Iran ceasefire and the Strait of Hormuz standoff, Congress ducking its Article I war powers, Secretary Hegseth's purge of women and m...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down Secretary Hegseth's bizarre new testosterone-focused initiative for the military, questioning why the Pentagon chief is fixated on appearance-driven masculinity in the middle of a shooting war with Iran. Ken talks with Army combat veteran and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith to unpack what's really behind Hegseth's latest obsession. Subscribe to Ken’s Subst...

Ken Harbaugh continues his conversation with Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, examining how Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy — from Hormuz tolls to Venezuelan oil — has eroded America's global standing and rules-based international order. Vindman, now running for U.S. Senate in Florida, discusses the dangers of politicized national security under a Republican Party defined by fealty to a sin...

In this week's episode of Meidas Defense, Hell Cats co-hosts Maura Sullivan and Rebecca Bennett — a Marine Corps officer and a Navy helicopter pilot — sit down after the Fourth of July to ask what patriotism actually means in America right now. From Trump's handling of NATO and the war in Ukraine, to the Supreme Court's latest ruling on guns, to what it takes to love a country while pushing it to...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down a bombshell Reuters report showing Trump and his sons funneled nearly $2 billion in crypto gains — almost exactly what retail investors lost — straight into stocks, including companies with direct business before his administration. Then Ken sits down with retired Army Colonel Alex Vindman, the whistleblower behind Trump's first impeachment, now running for U.S. Senate in...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's handling of the Iran war is falling apart under scrutiny and we're breaking down exactly how. Since the war began on February 28, 2026, Hegseth has gutted civilian-harm oversight, presided over a school strike that killed more than 150 people with zero accountability months later, contradicted his own claims about Iran's nuclear program in front of Congress, and be...

Ken Harbaugh breaks down Trump's chaotic performance at the NATO Summit in Ankara — from confusing Zelensky for Putin to threatening Greenland while attacking allies who refused to back a disastrous war with Iran. He then talks with retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray, who is challenging Anna Paulina Luna in Florida, about the damage Trump and Hegseth are doing to the military. Subscribe to...