by Graham Fitzgibbon | Oct 29, 2023 | Briefings
Winning the Military Campaign But Losing the Information War We begin with the beginning of a ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces and the human cost in Palestinian lives as television screens around the world show heartbreaking images of wounded and...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Oct 26, 2023 | Briefings
Trump’s Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson We begin with an autocrat and a kleptocrat joining forces with a theocrat and explore the role of white Christian nationalism as a vital component of the coalition to reelect Trump now bolstered by Trump’s...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Oct 25, 2023 | Briefings
Trump Gets His Speaker With a Friendlier Face But a Hard Right Record We begin with the House Republicans coming together today to elect a new speaker, Mike Johnson, after Trump had torpedoed the Republican whip Tom Emmer. Now with Trump’s blessing since...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Oct 24, 2023 | Briefings
Emmer Gets the Nomination, Trump Calls Him a RINO, Then He Drops Out of the Race For Speaker We begin with the attempt to elect another speaker with Tom Emmer getting the nomination, but with 26 House Republicans opposing him along with Trump, who is calling...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Oct 23, 2023 | Briefings
The Continuing Paralysis of the Legislative Branch We begin with the continuing paralysis of the legislative branch as nine Republican men, only two of whom accept the fact that Joe Biden won the presidency, offer themselves up as candidates to be the next...