The Ken Harbaugh Show

1/3 - Some of you have reached out about my colleague and friend @caolanrob.bsky.social. He's doing OK, but his building took a direct hit from a Russian missile (or drone...still TBD). He just sent me this message, to be shared here:

Polls are white noise this late in a midterm. Scott MacFarlane says watch the money and the surrogates. If they are flowing to South Carolina and Mississippi, Republicans are on defense. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Watch full video here: substack.com/@thekenharba...

Republicans from Arizona to Mississippi are keeping their distance from Trump on the trail. Ken Harbaugh and Scott MacFarlane break down a DC week of lawsuits, phantom voters, and a disputed arch. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Watch full video here: substack.com/@thekenharba...

Kris Goldsmith says veterans will march on Washington on November 11 in a deliberate, peaceful show of force to demand the government respect the will of the voters. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/trump-choo...

Voting is not enough. Kris Goldsmith calls on every American who cares about democracy to join the Veterans Day Democracy March in Washington, DC on November 11. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/trump-choo...

2,500 drones. 1,500 bombs. 50+ missiles. One week. Trump says Russia is “doing fine.” Kris Goldsmith on flipping Congress. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/trump-choo... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...

Pete Hegseth met with grieving Gold Star families, then told reporters they urged him to finish the job. The father of a fallen airman says he never said anything like that. With Dean Blundell. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/deanslive-...

No bunkers. No warning. As Iranian missiles came in, soldiers at one US base dug their own foxholes. With Dean Blundell, a preview of VALOR Media Network reporting on what the Pentagon hid. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/deanslive-...

Ukrainians have one message for Americans. Not money, not hugs. Air defense. Caolan Robertson says the skies feel exposed far beyond Kyiv, as if a blanket has been pulled away. @caolanrob.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Caolan Robertson calls Russia a death cult. From the front lines, he says this is not a war between two armies. It is one army against everything alive on the other side. @caolanrob.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Susan, notes like this keep me going. Your support keeps our Ukraine reporting on the air and helps us push the Ukraine Freedom Project forward. Thank you for showing up the way you can. Grateful to have you with us. Subscribe here to get everything in your inbox: substack.com/@thekenharba...

Most voters are unhappy about something. Jeanette Senecal of the League of Women Voters says the way in is not talking about democracy, but about what democracy delivers in their own community. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Will the administration honor the midterm results? Jeanette Senecal of the League of Women Voters says advocates are preparing for every outcome and will be there to make sure the results stand. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Don't let the Trump admin bury this. Our service members and their families were put through hell.

Some Americans say just end the war. Ken Harbaugh, who stood at the edge of the mass grave in Bucha, explains to Dean Blundell what ending it would mean for Ukrainians under Russian occupation. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: substack.com/@thekenharba...

Chants of USA used to bring Americans together. Now MAGA crowds chant it while a woman in a Release the Epstein Files shirt is assaulted. Ken Harbaugh and Dean Blundell on reclaiming the flag. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: substack.com/@thekenharba...

@ioponomarenko.bsky.social

Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko recalls witnessing the aftermath of Russian attacks on civilians trying to flee. “Half-burnt bodies lying on the asphalt” beside the wreckage of their cars. “Something that you would expect to see in horror movies, but it's absolutely reality.”

Senator Elissa Slotkin says the backlash was no accident. Talking points went out, senators echoed them, and then came a threat of violence. Her team’s personal information ended up online. @slotkin.senate.gov Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Senator Elissa Slotkin laid out three priorities if Democrats win Congress: pocketbook legislation, accountability, and Trump-proofing the government. Point two drew a Second Amendment threat. @slotkin.senate.gov Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Senator Elissa Slotkin called for holding lawbreakers in the Trump administration accountable. Then came the MAGA pile-on. @slotkin.senate.gov Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Bucha is where life won. But on the road from Kyiv, hundreds of burnt-out civilian cars still line the way. Illia Ponomarenko tells Ken Harbaugh why the worst of the story must be preserved. @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/ukraine-wo...

During the Battle of Kyiv, Russian forces sat at the edge of the capital and Bucha lay behind their lines. Illia Ponomarenko tells Ken Harbaugh why he had to see what was hidden there. @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/ukraine-wo...

Trump and Vance would have Ukraine surrender. Bucha shows what that means. Ken Harbaugh talks with Illia Ponomarenko in Kyiv. @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/ukraine-wo... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...

Nationalize Starlink

Two weeks out, Scott MacFarlane expects opposition research and ad saturation. He does not expect a president championing an elite golf course while families struggle to afford groceries. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Watch full video here: open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Scott MacFarlane calls the October surprise a 1980s notion. Millions of Americans are already voting, and their views on where the country is headed are baked in. The window has closed. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Watch full video here: open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Brian Bengs lives in Hot Springs, South Dakota, a town built around veterans. He says privatization left its VA hospital short a doctor, and the promise made to veterans is going unkept. @thebigbengs.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/south-dako...

Brian Bengs spent his life in uniform. Now the Senate candidate is calling out a Pentagon accused of scrubbing combat deaths from the record because they came during a supposed ceasefire. @thebigbengs.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/south-dako...

Brian Bengs, the veteran taking on Sen. Mike Rounds, on reaching Trump voters, the Iran war’s true cost, and a rising death toll. @thebigbengs.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/south-dako...

At a defense conference dinner in Canada, every Ukrainian phone at the table lit up at once. Ken Harbaugh watched them check on the family as Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa came under attack. @astroterry.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Near Kherson, Russian drones hunt civilians in the streets. Ken Harbaugh recalls an orphanage where clear skies mean hiding indoors and storms are the only safe days to play outside. @astroterry.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Tara Palmeri says Washington will always welcome anyone close to power. She once asked Todd Blanche about Jeffrey Epstein at a party, and says he tried to have her removed. @tarapalmeri.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/press-brie...

she'll be remembered for sure

A student asked how she could trust I wouldn't go to DC and become a part of the problem. Here's my answer.

Katie Zacharia came up through Fox and OAN. Former White House correspondent Tara Palmeri says friendly outlets never prepared her for the Brady Briefing Room, where she mostly stared at her binder. @tarapalmeri.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/press-brie...

Katie Zacharia’s rocky debut, her Pizzagate past, and questions about her law credentials. Ken Harbaugh and Tara Palmeri react. @tarapalmeri.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/press-brie...

Voters can throw out a government. They cannot vote out the man who runs Starlink. Ken Harbaugh on Elon Musk and the danger of one erratic mogul deciding whether Ukraine can defend itself. @olgalautman.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Trump declared an energy ceasefire Ukraine was never consulted on. Within hours, Russia was hitting Ukrainian energy targets. Olga Lautman and Ken Harbaugh on a deal pulled out of thin air. @olgalautman.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Trump has a new press secretary, and Dean Blundell is not impressed. He says Katie Zacharia makes Karoline Leavitt look like Churchill on a great day in 1944. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/deans-live...

Yep. Lawyer up.

Just enough to survive, never enough to win. Dean Blundell says that’s what Ukraine keeps getting from the West, and history will record every chance it wasted to help Ukraine actually win. @deanblundell.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/deans-live...

Not every sailor coming off a carrier has family waiting. Many head to an empty barracks or an Applebee’s. Ken Harbaugh on why Kris Goldsmith’s welcome tent matters most to them. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Ken Harbaugh and Kris Goldsmith on the American mom in Bahrain reportedly sent home from the airport because evacuating civilians would look bad, and the kids who now panic at every thunderstorm. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...

Ken Harbaugh asks @jojofromjerz.bsky.social the question every ally should: what can we do? Her answer is simple and hard. Keep having painful conversations. Silence is what abusers count on. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/jo-carducc...

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social was 17 when someone she thought was a friend raped her. What came after was almost worse: her friends mocked her. She tells the full story to Ken Harbaugh. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/jo-carducc...

Part 2 with JoJoFromJerz: Joanne Carducci opens up to Ken Harbaugh about the assault she survived at 17 and the scars that remain. @jojofromjerz.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/jo-carducc...

Sheriff’s deputies at the polls are nothing new for Black voters. Cliff Albright says decades of suppression have built a muscle, and talk of ICE at polling places is not keeping voters home. @cliffalbright.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidasdefe...