Background Briefing: November 24, 2021
The Alleged Rift Between VP Harris and the White House is the Last Thing Biden Needs We begin with speculation about a rift between Vice President Harris and her staff and the White House staff which, given the president's poll numbers and the weighty issues on...
Background Briefing: November 23, 2021
The Attack on the First Amendment From ALEC's Anti-boycott Laws We begin with a growing threat to the First Amendment from anti-boycott laws being passed in state legislatures, prepackaged and delivered by the Koch-funded ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange...
Background Briefing: November 22, 2021
Democrats' Tax Bill Helps Blue State Millionaires While Leaving Billionaires Unscathed We begin with the irony of Senator Mitch McConnell accusing the Democrats of giving tax breaks to the rich which is actually happening with the so-called SALT (State And...
Background Briefing: November 21, 2021
Open Season on Left Wing Demonstrators by Right Wing Vigilantes Sanctioned by Self Defense Laws and Now Considered Heroes We will begin with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts and assess what it signals to a divided and heavily-armed populace in...
Background Briefing: November 18, 2021
Big Pharma's Blitz to Weaken Biden's Build Back Better Bill We begin with the onslaught from Big Pharma with 1,600 lobbyists dispatched to Congress along with deceptive ad campaigns on TV to water down provisions in the Build Back Better social infrastructure...
Background Briefing: November 17, 2021
Will an Acquittal of Rittenhouse Embolden the 30% of Republicans Who Believe Violence is Necessary? We begin with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial now in the hands of the jury where outside the courthouse, protestors are gathering and the Wisconsin National Guard has...
Background Briefing: November 16, 2021
Backsliding Among the World's Democracies We begin with the global struggle between democracy and autocracy characterized by yesterday's virtual summit between President Biden and Xi Jinping and explore the findings in a new study from V-Dem, a Swedish...
Background Briefing: November 15, 2021
A Virtual Summit of America's Messy Democracy Versus Xi Jinping's Efficient Autocracy We begin with the virtual summit later this evening between China's Xi Jinping and President Biden scheduled to last for 3 hours and speak with Perry Link, who holds the...
Background Briefing: November 14, 2021
Our Fragile Planet Hangs By a Thread With a Meek and Weak COP 26 Agreement We begin with the final agreement emerging from the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow in which China joined with India in watering down the language from a "phase out" of coal to a "phase...
Background Briefing: November 11, 2021
The Judge in the Rittenhouse Trial Tips the Scales For an Acquittal We begin with the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin which is heading for closing arguments after the judge excoriated the prosecution revealing a bias in favor of the defendant...