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

Background Briefing: September 24, 2023

  Tuesday Will See the First American President to Join a Picket Line in the UAW Strike in Detroit  We begin with the first time an American president joined a picket line in support of a strike which will happen on Tuesday in Detroit when Biden joins the UAW...

Background Briefing: September 21, 2023

  The House Freedom Caucus Nihilists Further Weaken McCarthy as They Head For a Shutdown  We begin with chaos on Capitol Hill as the nihilists on the House Freedom Caucus rebuke their weak Speaker McCarthy for a second time, blocking a Pentagon spending bill,...

Background Briefing: September 20, 2023

A Member of a Delegation of Australian Politicians in Washington Urging the US Not to Extradite Julian Assange We begin with a delegation of six Australian politicians from across the political spectrum delivering a message from 63 members of the Australian parliament...

Background Briefing: September 19, 2023

How the US Constitution’s Protection Against a Tyranny of the Majority Has Enabled a Tyranny of the Minority We begin with how the U.S. Constitution which was designed in part to protect against a tyranny of the majority, has generated the opposite problem by...

Background Briefing: September 18, 2023

  In Spite of Damning, Salacious Testimony, Texas Republicans Acquit AG Paxton We begin with the acquittal of the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after damning and salacious testimony before the Texas State Senate which failed to sway Republican senators under...