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

Background Briefing: September 16, 2026

Now That the Fed Has Raised Interest Rates, Will Trump Trash Kevin Warsh As He Just Did His Three Supreme Court Picks?   We begin with the Fed raising interest rates today by a quarter of a percent with an expectation there will be another increase to 4.1% later this...

Background Briefing: September 15th, 2026

Trump Hangs MbS Out to Dry After Jared "Peacemaker" Kushner Has Made Billions From Gulf Potentates Now at the Mercy of Iran We begin with how Trump is abandoning the Saudi dictator MbS who is being hung out to dry after begging for U.S. help against the Houthis and...

Background Briefing: September 14, 2026

  Trump and Mike Johnson's Plan to Steal the Election, Not On November 3 But On January 3, 2027  We begin with Trump's plan to steal the November election as he sits on $850 million that could help elect Republicans to the House and Senate but presumably the...

Background Briefing: September 9, 2026

Pressure on Netanyahu from MbZ Revealing His Warning About the Hamas Attack Was Ignored and Sanctions by the UK, Canada and France on Trade With Settlements We begin with mounting pressure against Netanyahu's reelection coming from a former ally MbZ, the head of the...

Background Briefing: September 8, 2026

Why Do Trump, Kushner and Witkoff Show Such Slavish Deference to Putin? We begin with the embarrassing press conference Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held in Kyiv in which they parrotted Kremlin talking points in calling for an end to Puin's war on his terms and...

Background Briefing: September 7, 2026

While Americans Fight Back Against Big Tech and Billionaire Bros, Some Resort to Violence in This New Era of Class Warfare We begin with income inequality reaching the point in this country where working Americans are fighting back against the billionaire tech bros'...

Background Briefing: September 6, 2026

Germany's Far Right, Supported by Musk, Vance and Putin, Is On the Rise We begin with today's election in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt, which the Neo Nazi far-right AfD championed by Elon Musk and JD Vance is poised to win, and speak with Thomas...

Background Briefing: September 3, 2026

The Death of Gloria Steinem and Her Legacy in the Battle For Women's Rights We begin with the death of Gloria Steinem, a pioneer of the feminist movement who once said that "In my Heart I think a woman has two choices. Either she's a feminist or a masochist." Joining...

Background Briefing: September 2, 2026

  The Journey From Right To Left By the Famous Political Thinker on the Triumph of Liberal Capitalist Democracy in "The End Of History" We begin with the journey from right to left by a famous political thinker who 37 years ago declared the triumph of liberal...

Background Briefing: September 1, 2026

Every Insecure American Should Have a "Binky" Like Trump's Natalie Harp We begin with the Supreme Court allowing Trump to build his ballroom which will be an enduring blight on the land inflicted on us by a vulgarian who will be remembered as the worst president in...

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