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

Background Briefing: January 13, 2022

  In a Deadly Ruling the Supreme Court Takes the Public Out of Public Health We begin with the devastating blow the Supreme Court dealt today to public health, essentially taking the public out of public health by denying the government’s ability via OSHA...

Background Briefing: January 12, 2022

  Could Biden and the Democrats Have Stopped the “Big Lie” Just After January 6? We begin with the question of why has it taken President Biden so long to realize the Republicans don’t want to work with him they want to destroy him, particularly...

Background Briefing: January 11, 2022

  Biden Gets Tough on Voting Rights and Republican Obstruction Via the Filibuster We begin with President Biden’s passionate speech today in Atlanta in defense of voting rights, perhaps referring to Senators Manchin and Sinema when he said he has been...

Background Briefing: January 10, 2022

  Has Bannon’s Precinct Strategy Caught the Democrats Napping? We begin with perhaps the most effective strategy within the multi-layered Republican assault on democracy underway and that is what Steve Bannon calls “the precinct strategy” in...

Background Briefing: January 9, 2022

  The Homeland Security Election Year Landscape in Which Violence is Expected We begin with a warning from the former head of homeland security for Washington DC who is concerned “we’re so busy looking in the rearview mirror of what happened last year...