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

Background Briefing: October 28, 2021

  Biden Implores His Fellow Democrats to Accept the Slimmed-down $1.85 Trillion Reconciliation Bill We begin with President Biden’s last-ditch attempt to get House Democrats on board the framework of a deal with Senate Democrats for a $1.85 trillion...

Background Briefing: October 27, 2021

  An Open Letter by Prominent Progressives and Conservatives to Save American Democracy From Trump’s GOP We begin with an open letter published simultaneously today in The New Republic and The Bulwark by Todd Gitlin, Jeffrey Isaac and William Kristol,...

Background Briefing: October 26, 2021

  Does Sedition or Treason Apply to Trump, Bannon and Members of Congress Behind the Planning of January 6? We will begin with evidence emerging about the planning of the January 6 insurrection involving Trump, Bannon, Giuliani, Eastman, Meadows, Scavino and...

Background Briefing: October 25, 2021

  The Red State Secession to Create a Permanent Tyranny of the Minority We begin with the accumulating evidence that the January 6 coup attempt was planned at the highest level of the Trump administration with as Trump said to his acting AG, his Republicans in...

Background Briefing: October 24, 2021

  How Facebook Turns Conservatives Into Extremists We begin with the growing reaction to the trove of internal documents the former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Francis Haugen turned over to the Wall Street Journal, the SEC and the Congress which are...