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

Background Briefing: October 20, 2022

  The Paralysis Caused by Brexit Claims Another British Conservative Prime Minister We begin with the short tenure of Liz Truss as the British Prime Minister following her resignation today which will prolong the leadership crisis in the UK as the Tories scramble...

Background Briefing: October 19, 2022

  US Generals and Admirals on MBS’s Payroll Oversee the Transfer of Advanced Weapons Even Our Reliable Allies Can’t Buy We begin with revelations by the Washington Post and POGO, the Project on Government of Oversight, that a revolving door of top US...

Background Briefing: October 18, 2022

The FBI’s Failure to Act on Warnings Before Jan. 6 and Sympathy For the Insurgents Within the FBI’s Ranks We begin with revelations from the recent House January 6 Committee that there was plenty of intelligence warning of an insurrection prior to January...

Background Briefing: October 17, 2022

  Anti-Semitism From Trump and Kanye West is Feeding the Dual Loyalty Trope We begin with an uptick in anti-Semitism coming from different directions in the media space with former President Donald Trump calling on “Jews to get their act together”...

Background Briefing: October 16, 2022

  Having Bought the Supreme Court, American Oligarchs Are Now Trying to Buy the Legislative Branch We begin with the massive influx of dark money into the Republican senate races which, in spite of what Mitch McConnell referred to as a problem with the quality of...