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

Background Briefing: January 15, 2023

  What to do When You Elect a Fictional Character and Get Stuck With an Abject Fraud We begin with the election of a pathological liar to the House of Representatives whose new leader is defending him on the basis that George Santos was democratically elected by...

Background Briefing: January 12, 2023

  AG Garland Appoints a Special Counsel in Biden’s Classified Docs Self-Inflicted Wound We begin with the self-inflicted wound the Biden White House is grappling with as about 10 classified documents have turned up at the Penn Biden Center, his home office and...

Background Briefing: January 11, 2023

  Out With the Old and in With the New in the California Race to Replace Senator Feinstein looking into the new generation of politicians challenging the old in the form We begin with the new generation of politicians challenging the old in the form of a rush to...

Background Briefing: January 10, 2023

  The First Bill the House Republicans Pass Cuts Funds For the IRS to Help Tax Cheats and Run Up the Deficit We begin with the first bill passed by the new Republican House to cut all but $8 Billion from the $80 billion allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act...

Background Briefing: January 9, 2023

  Brazil’s Pro-Bolsonaro Riot Pales in Comparison to the January 6 Insurrection We begin with the storming of Brazil’s parliament, Supreme Court and presidential palace by Bolsonaro’s supporters 1,200 of whom were arrested in what is being...