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

Background Briefing: July 2, 2020

  Job Guarantees Could Reverse the Epidemic of Job Loss Since the Government Has the Cure We begin with the convergence of three crises, our unqualified and unstable leader who appears to be in the pocket of a hostile foreign adversary, a pandemic that is getting...

Background Briefing: July 1, 2020

  How Far Out on Limb is Trump With His Latest Routine “Hoax” Defense? We begin with Trump’s M.O. in dealing with negative stories about him which follows the advice of his mentor Roy Cohn, deny, deny and deny and turn the tables on your accusers...

Background Briefing: June 30, 2020

  Trump’s Excuses For Ignoring Intelligence Get Increasingly Lame as More Evidence Emerges We begin with the burgeoning scandal closing in on Trump which gets to the heart of the persistent question about what kind of hold does Putin have over our president...

Background Briefing: June 29, 2020

   Is Trump’s Incitement of his Armed Followers to Confront Demonstrators his Reelection Strategy? We begin with Trump’s retweet of a video of one of his supporters at a retirement community in Florida shouting at a protester “White Power,...

Background Briefing: June 28, 2020

   Trump Cares More About Dead Confederate Soldiers Than Live Black Americans We begin with the sick priorities of our nation’s leader who cares more about dead Confederate soldiers than live black Americans as he signs an executive order to protect...