Background Briefing: October 13, 2021
Relieving the Bottlenecks in the Supply Chain While Not Giving in to Panic Over Inflation We begin with the Biden administration's efforts today to relieve the bottlenecks in the supply chain by having the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach operate 24/7 and...
Background Briefing: October 12, 2021
Trump on the Stump in Iowa Running for the Presidency He Claims He Never Lost We begin with Trump's rally in Iowa on Saturday at which the state's top Republican politicians and Senator Grassley, who had previously been critical of Trump holding him responsible...
Background Briefing: October 11, 2021
A Better Way to End the Covid Nightmare We begin with the issue that still dominates our lives and our politics, the Covid pandemic, and look into what can be done to end this ongoing nightmare and ensure that the next pandemic is not even worse. Joining us is...
Background Briefing: October 10, 2021
The Continuing Fallout From the Pandora Papers We begin with the continuing fallout from the release of the Pandora Papers from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and speak with Frank Vogl, a former senior World Bank official and foreign...
Background Briefing: October 7, 2021
Intra-party Democratic wrangling is Hurting Biden and the Chances of Holding the House and Senate We begin with how much the Democrat's intra-party wrangling is damaging the Biden presidency whose poll numbers have recently dropped by 13 points making it...
Background Briefing: October 6, 2021
The Lawyer for Abu Zubaydah Whose Case Was Heard Today by the Supreme Court We begin with today's oral arguments in the Supreme Court in the case of Abu Zubaydah in what is seen as a test case on state secrets since Zubaydah has tried to subpoena two CIA...
Background Briefing: October 5, 2021
How the Press is Helping the Republicans Frame the Infrastructure Debate We begin with the way the press is framing the wrangling over the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill focusing on the price tag instead of what the legislation will achieve while calling it...
Background Briefing: October 4, 2021
The Pandora Papers Trove and South Dakota as an Onshore Haven For Dirty Money We begin with the massive trove of leaked documents on offshore tax dodgers and kleptocrats published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, "The Pandora...
Background Briefing: October 3, 2021
Biden Tries to Bridge the Democratic Divide on Capitol Hill We begin with President Biden's visit to Capitol Hill on Friday in an effort to diffuse tensions between progressive and "corporate" Democrats over the competing infrastructure bills where he appeared...
Background Briefing: September 30, 2021
January 6 Subpoenas and Republicans Equate Egging of Larry Elder With Growing Threat of Domestic Terrorism We begin with Andrew Feinberg, a reporter covering the White House, Congress and the aftermath of the 2020 election for The Independent where he just...