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

Background Briefing: February 11, 2021

  Could Jamie Raskin’s Closing Argument Move Enough Republicans to Avoid Their Eternal Shame in History? We begin with the closing arguments today by the House Managers in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in which Jamie Raskin invoked Tom Paine,...

Background Briefing: February 10, 2021

  History Will Condemn Senators Who Turn a Blind Eye to Trump’s Monstrous Crimes We begin with the impeachment case the House Managers are making to the senate that makes it clear Trump set up his followers before the election claiming that if he lost it...

Background Briefing: February 9, 2021

  Will Witnesses Who Could Seal Trump’s Fate Testify? We begin with the impeachment trial in the Senate that began today with House Managers showing a video compilation of the storming of the Capitol which made clear Trump’s explicit acts of...

Background Briefing: February 8, 2021

  Will Mike Pence Confront the Man He Slavishly Served Who Tried to Have Him Killed? We begin with Senate leaders reaching an agreement today which gives the impeachment managers and Trump’s lawyers up to 16 hours each to present their cases with the option...

Background Briefing: February 7, 2021

  Biden Cuts Off Trump’s Intelligence Briefings as it Becomes Clear Trump Was Behind the Storming of the Capitol We begin with President Biden’s decision not to provide Trump the courtesy of continuing intelligence briefings because of his...