Background Briefing: January 19, 2022
The New York AG Lays out a Pattern of "Fraudulent and Misleading" Practices by the Trump Organization We begin with the pattern of "fraudulent and misleading" practices the Trump Organization has been engaged in laid out in court papers in a civil case brought...
Background Briefing: January 18, 2022
A War Between Russia and Ukraine Will Likely Break Out Within Weeks We begin with a last-minute effort by Secretary of State Blinken to head off a war between Russia and Ukraine with first negotiations in Ukraine then a meeting in Geneva on Friday with Russia's...
Background Briefing: January 17, 2022
On MLK Day Rancor From African American Leaders at Senators Sinema and Manchin We begin on this Martin Luther King Day with the rancor being expressed by African American leaders like MLK's son and Congressman Clyburn directed at Democratic Senator Sinema for...
Background Briefing: January 16, 2022
The Supreme Court's Power Grab Puts the Authority of All Government Departments and Agencies in Jeopardy We begin with the most disturbing aspect of the Supreme Court's ruling against vaccine mandates and that is its implications going forward for all...
Background Briefing: January 13, 2022
In a Deadly Ruling the Supreme Court Takes the Public Out of Public Health We begin with the devastating blow the Supreme Court dealt today to public health, essentially taking the public out of public health by denying the government's ability via OSHA to deal...
Background Briefing: January 12, 2022
Could Biden and the Democrats Have Stopped the "Big Lie" Just After January 6? We begin with the question of why has it taken President Biden so long to realize the Republicans don't want to work with him they want to destroy him, particularly since the GOP's...
Background Briefing: January 11, 2022
Biden Gets Tough on Voting Rights and Republican Obstruction Via the Filibuster We begin with President Biden's passionate speech today in Atlanta in defense of voting rights, perhaps referring to Senators Manchin and Sinema when he said he has been having...
Background Briefing: January 10, 2022
Has Bannon's Precinct Strategy Caught the Democrats Napping? We begin with perhaps the most effective strategy within the multi-layered Republican assault on democracy underway and that is what Steve Bannon calls "the precinct strategy" in which Trump loyalists...
Background Briefing: January 9, 2022
The Homeland Security Election Year Landscape in Which Violence is Expected We begin with a warning from the former head of homeland security for Washington DC who is concerned "we're so busy looking in the rearview mirror of what happened last year that we're...
Background Briefing: January 6, 2022
Biden Accuses Trump of Holding "A Dagger at the Throat of America" We begin with President Biden's remarks today on the anniversary of the January 6 storming of the Capitol in which he accused Trump of holding "a dagger at the throat of America" as the GOP...