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

Background Briefing: February 18, 2021

  Why Is the Supreme Court Sitting on Trump’s Tax Returns? We begin with questions why the Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump’s tax returns having refused to act on emergency filings related to a Manhattan grand jury subpoena of Trump’s tax...

Background Briefing: February 17, 2021

  Texas’s Political Leaders and Fox News Blame AOC and the Green New Deal for the Frozen Electricity Grid We begin with the continuing paralysis of the state of Texas due to an ice storm which has crippled the electricity grid but if you were following Fox...

Background Briefing: February 16, 2021

  The Democrats Will Get Nowhere Unless They End the Filibuster We begin with the “big lie” that lives on after the insurrection as the GOP moves to pass hundreds of laws at the state level to suppress Democratic votes in the next elections while...

Background Briefing: February 15, 2021

  After Exonerating Trump, the GOP Targets Republican Senators Who Voted to Convict Him We begin with the warning issued by Senate Minority leader McConnell after he voted to acquit Trump, that now that Trump is a private citizen he is liable for prosecution for...

Background Briefing: February 14, 2021

  Republican Senators Who Acquitted Trump For a Second Time Will Live in Infamy We begin with the acquittal of Trump in which 7 Republican senators joined Democrats in voting to convict Trump in a 57 to 43 vote, 10 short of the two thirds majority of 67 votes...