On this episode of The Rick Smith Show, Rick is joined by Sarah Burris, Senior Editor at AlterNet, to dig into the latest turmoil in Venezuela, the political battles in Minnesota, and the broader chaos defining the Trump administration’s agenda. Sarah connects the dots between foreign adventurism and domestic dysfunction. Later, NC-9 congressional candidate and 24-year Army veteran Rich Ojeda talks about the growing militarization of law enforcement and Trump’s interventionist foreign policy, warning how these choices threaten civil liberties at home and drag working-class Americans into endless conflicts abroad.

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On this episode of The Rick Smith Show, Rick is joined by Craig Harrington, Research Director at Media Matters, to unpack the frantic “justification gymnastics” inside MAGA world as right-wing media scrambles to sell its latest talking points on Trump’s Venezuela adventure. Craig breaks down how the narrative keeps shifting to protect the former president. Later, Virginia Burger, former active-duty Marine Corps officer and now Senior Defense Policy Analyst at POGO, explains Pete Hegseth’s push to target Sen. Mark Kelly’s pension and how weaponizing censure could silence retired veterans who dare criticize Trump’s reckless foreign policy.

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On this episode of The Rick Smith Show, Rick talks with Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory, about how China’s leaders must be ecstatic watching the United States chase every distraction as Trump abducts Venezuela’s president and shifts focus away from Beijing’s long-term strategy. Emily unpacks the geopolitical stakes and what U.S. inattention means for global power. Later, Ed Wytkind, Interim Director of the AFL-CIO Technology Institute, joins Rick to break down Executive Order 14179 and why an AI “wild wild west” could be devastating for workers, unions, and democratic control over technology’s future.

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