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

Background Briefing: July 2, 2025

Another Big Media Company Caves to Trump’s Extortion  We begin with another big media company caving in to Trump’s extortion with Paramount having settled Trump’s $20 billion nuisance lawsuit against CBS’s 60 Minutes for $16 million so that...

Background Briefing: July 1, 2025

Trump’s Casual Cruelty as He Tours a New Gulag Celebrating the $75 Billion He Just Got For ICE and DHS We begin with the casual cruelty of Trump’s tour today of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention camp in the Florida...

Background Briefing: June 30, 2025

The Supreme Court Has Sold Out the Constitution and the Rule of Law to Reward a Lawless Trump, and Now The Republican Legislative Branch is Selling Out Their Constituents to Reward the Super-Rich We begin with a one-two punch against American democracy with the...

Background Briefing: June 29, 2025

Welcome to One Party Rule As SCOTUS Removes the Last Check on Trump We begin with more evidence, not that we needed it, that the Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court are political activists in robes. We discuss the latest gift to a lawless president with the...

Background Briefing: June 26, 2025

The Supreme Leader Congratulates Iranians on Their “Victory” over Israel and the US While the Head of the IAEA Says Fordo is “No Longer Operational” We begin with indications that might contradict the DIA report which assessed that little...