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

Background Briefing: September 30, 2021

  January 6 Subpoenas and Republicans Equate Egging of Larry Elder With Growing Threat of Domestic Terrorism We begin with Andrew Feinberg, a reporter covering the White House, Congress and the aftermath of the 2020 election for The Independent where he just...

Background Briefing: September 29, 2021

  DEA Warns Fentanyl-laced Counterfeit Drugs Sold on Sites Like SnapChat are Killing Thousands of American Teenagers We begin with the warning from the Drug Enforcement Administration that 2 out of 5 counterfeit pills of Oxycodone, Adderall and Percocet sold by...

Background Briefing: September 28, 2021

  The Showdown Between Progressive and “Corporate” Democrats Over the Infrastructure Bills We begin with House and Senate progressives feeling angry at what some see as a betrayal of Speaker Pelosi’s promise not to decouple the already-passed...

Background Briefing: September 27, 2021

  The Democrats Should Invoke the 14th Amendment to Raise the Debt Ceiling We begin with the brinkmanship underway as the Senate votes on raising the debt ceiling which has to be done by midnight on Thursday otherwise the government will run out of money by mid...

Background Briefing: September 26, 2021

  Are the Quad and Aukus Deals Happening at the Expense of Ties to Our European Allies? We begin with an analysis of whether the moves in the Indo/Pacific with the Aukus deal and Friday’s White House summit with the leaders of the Quad (India, Australia,...