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

Background Briefing: September 22, 2022

  The 11th Circuit’s Blistering Smackdown of Judge Cannon’s Ruling and Judge Dearie’s Call For Trump’s Lawyers to Put up or Shut up about Claims the FBI Planted Documents We begin with Wednesday night’s ruling by a three-judge panel...

Background Briefing: September 21, 2022

  The New York AG Sues Trump, the Trump Organization, Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka for Staggering Fraud We begin with the staggering fraud Letitia James the New York Attorney General accused Trump of in the civil fraud lawsuit she filed today against Trump, the Trump...

Background Briefing: September 20, 2022

  The Special Master Essentially Tells Trump’s Lawyers to Put Up or Shut Up We begin with the hearing today before Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master appointed by Federal District Judge Aileen Cannon at which the DOJ lawyers and Trump’s lawyers...

Background Briefing: September 19, 2022

  Wall-to-Wall Media Coverage of Mourning and Ritual has Given the British PM a Break From the Crises Left to Worsen We begin with today’s funeral of Queen Elizabeth II following 12 days of mourning and intense media coverage both in the UK and the US as...

Background Briefing: September 18, 2022

  How an Unqualified Trump Judge Got on the Bench With the Dark Money That Bought the Supreme Court Which Could Also Buy the Next Election We begin with the DOJ appealing to the 11th Circuit following the ludicrous ruling by the Trump judge who is blocking the...