A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: October 29, 2019

  Will Consumers Boycott GM, Chrysler and Toyota? We begin with the decision by General Motors, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota and a number of other auto-makers to side with the Trump Administration against California in rolling back auto-emission and fuel efficiency...

Background Briefing: October 28, 2019

  Trump Trashes the Kurds and the CIA Who Made Him Look like a Hero We begin with after action reports of the Delta Force raid on the compound in which the leader of ISIS Al-Baghdadi was killed, an operation which the president described at length and in detail...

Background Briefing: October 27, 2019

  Investigating the Investigators is a Putin Tactic and the Hallmark of a Banana Republic We begin with the unprecedented threat to the rule of law and separation of powers posed by Attorney General Barr’s move to investigate the investigators which has all the...

Background Briefing: October 24, 2019

  A Phony Rebellion for the Pleasure of a Leader Demanding Devotion We begin with the phony rebellion of Tea Party Republicans crashing the House Intelligence Committee SCIF with cellphones is hand deliberately committing felonies in the hope they would be...

Background Briefing: October 23, 2019

  A Member of the House of Lords on Brexit We begin with the latest twist and turns of Brexit with Boris Johnson appearing to score a victory on Tuesday with his E.U. withdrawal agreement only shortly later to suffer a defeat on the timetable which insists on a...