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

Background Briefing: January 30, 2024

  The Plutocratic War on the New Deal and American Democracy We begin with a do-nothing legislative branch deliberately crippled by Trump who has his lackeys in the Senate like Ted Cruz and in the House like the new Speaker Mike Johnson killing a deal on the...

Background Briefing: January 29, 2024

Biden’s Options to Retaliate as Pressure Mounts to Strike Iran We begin with the mounting pressure on President Biden to retaliate against Iran for the drone strike on a US base in Jordan that killed 3 American soldiers and wounded 34. Joining us to discuss what...

Background Briefing: January 28, 2024

Texas Leads a Secession Movement as Militias Head to the Border in a New Civil War We begin with former Russian president Medvedev calling on Texas to secede from the United States and bring on another Civil War as an army of armed right wing militias head for the...

Background Briefing: January 25, 2024

  Trump’s Mental Unfitness Will Now be a Campaign Issue Thanks to Nikki Haley We begin with the dangerous state of Donald Trump’s mental health re-emerging as a political issue, this time brought up by Nikki Haley who will be hammering the theme for...

Background Briefing: January 24, 2024

The Need For a New Strategy to Defend Democracy at Home and Abroad as the US No Longer Deters Iran, Russia, China or North Korea We begin with the challenge of defending democracy at home and abroad and examine the possibilities of alternative approaches since...