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

Background Briefing: January 28, 2021

  Censuring or Removing the QAnon Congresswoman the Republicans Placed on the Education Committee We begin with efforts underway in the House to censure or remove the QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene who the Republicans have appointed to the Education...

Background Briefing: January 27, 2021

  As Republicans Try to Stop the Impeachment Trial, Will Democrats Wimp Out With a Censure of Trump? We begin with efforts underway by Senator Lindsey Graham to sabotage the impeachment trial and drag it out while Democratic Senator Tim Kaine is now talking about...

Background Briefing: January 26, 2021

  Putin’s Dilemma: A Dead Navalny Means More Demonstrations While a Live Navalny Leads the Opposition We begin on the day that President Biden had his first phone call with Vladimir Putin and go to Moscow to speak with Alexey Kovalev, a Russian journalist...

Background Briefing: January 25, 2021

  The Storming of the Capitol as the Culmination of Generation of Far-Right Extremism We begin with the impeachment article charging Trump with “inciting violence against the government of the United States” which the House sent to the Senate today...

Background Briefing: January 24, 2021

  McConnell is Already Trying to Strangle the Biden Presidency We begin with efforts underway by outgoing Senate Majority Leader McConnell that he is already moving to limit the ability of the new and razor-thin Democratic majority to govern, using the Organizing...