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

Background Briefing: October 1, 2020

  Will Law Enforcement Protect Voters From Trump’s Private MAGA Army Harassing Them at the Polls? We begin and go to Portland. Oregon to speak with Robert Mackey, a Senior Writer at The Intercept who was previously a reporter and columnist at the New York...

Background Briefing: September 30, 2020

  Trump Turned Last Night’s Debate Into a National Shame and an International Embarrassment We begin with the embarrassing display from our nation’s leader last night in the first presidential debate in which Trump’s verbal bullying meant to...

Background Briefing: September 29, 2020

  Trump’s MO of Lying, Cheating and Stealing to Tie up IRS Auditors for Years Until They Give up and Cry Uncle We begin with continuing fallout from the explosive revelations in The New York Times from two decades of Trump’s taxes which he has fought...

Background Briefing: September 28, 2020

  Trump Exposed as a Spectacularly Inept Businessman and a Serial Tax Cheat We begin with the second report by The New York Times revealing Trump’s finances, this time two decades of tax returns revealing Trump paid no taxes in 10 out of 15 years and in...

Background Briefing: September 27, 2020

  A Top Intelligence Official Warns Trump Decisions Are Not Based on Real-World Facts But on What’s Good For Him We begin with the broadside from a senior intelligence official who has briefed Trump many times and is sounding the alarm that our...