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Background Briefing: September 17, 2023

  The UAW and the Transition to EV: Avoiding the False Choice Between a Good Job and a Green Job We begin with the UAW strike and the possibility that two of the Democratic party’s main constituencies, unions and environmentalists could be on different...

Background Briefing: September 14, 2023

  The False Equivalence of Hunter Biden on Trial While His Father is Running Against the Head of the Trump Crime Family We begin with the indictment today of Hunter Biden for allegedly making false statements on an ATF form and illegally possessing a handgun with...

Background Briefing: September 13, 2023

  How Delusion and Distraction Now Dominate Our Politics We begin with how Speaker McCarthy is a prisoner of the madness that has captured the Republican party as he embarks on a fruitless impeachment of President Biden and a shutdown of the U.S. government at...

Background Briefing: September 12, 2023

McCarthy Caves Into House Radicals to Impeach Biden After 9 Months of Fruitless Investigation of Hapless Hunter Biden We begin with Speaker McCarthy caving into the House Freedom Caucus radicals to open an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden after 9 months of...

Background Briefing: September 11, 2023

Why Can’t Biden and the Pentagon Control Elon Musk From Helping His Pal Putin? We begin with Secretary of State Blinken’s inability to answer a question on CNN’s “State of the Union” about Elon Musk preventing Ukraine from attacking the...