Background Briefing: September 15, 2021
What is the Plan B If Joe Manchin Can't Sell the Republicans His Freedom to Vote Act? We begin with the new Freedom to Vote Act put together by a group of Democratic Senators and Joe Manchin who is now trying to sell it to his Republican colleagues before a...
Background Briefing: September 14, 2021
The Last Day of Voting in the California Recall We begin with the last day of voting in the California recall election following last night's rally at which President Biden was stumping for Gavin Newsom calling the governor's right-wing talk show host...
Background Briefing: September 13, 2021
After Allowing a Partisan Anti-Abortion Law to Stand, Amy Coney Barrett Claims Nonpartisanship We begin with comments made on Sunday by Justice Amy Coney Barrett after being introduced by Senator Mitch McConnell at the University of Louisville's McConnell...
Background Briefing: September 12, 2021
Why Has Nobody Been Held to Account For the Failure to Prevent 9/11? We begin with yesterday's commemorations of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and discuss the other missing piece along with how come none of the killers of 3,000 have been brought to trial, and...
Background Briefing: September 9, 2021
A 9/11 Widow on the 20th Anniversary and Why the Killers of 3000 Have Yet to Be Put on Trial We begin with the 20th anniversary on Saturday of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the attempt to destroy the Capitol and speak with a 9/11...
Background Briefing: September 8, 2021
Mexico's Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion While SCOTUS Does the Opposite We begin with the stark contrast between the Mexican Supreme Court which ruled on Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, removing penalties against women who have had...
Background Briefing: September 7, 2021
The Evangelical Movement's Determination to End Abortion and It's Strategists on the Supreme Court We begin with the role of white Protestant evangelicals as the foot soldiers of the anti-abortion movement who are now celebrating their victory as the Texas law...
Background Briefing: September 6, 2021
The Paradox That Americans Support Labor Unions Yet Only 6.3% of the Private Workforce is Unionized We begin on this Labor Day with the paradox that in the latest Gallup poll, 68% of respondents said they favor Labor Unions which is the highest Level since 1965...
Background Briefing: September 2, 2021
Texas Puts Constitutional Rights Up For Sale With a Soviet-Style Regime of Informants We begin with the furious political reaction to the Supreme Court's efforts to kill the landmark Roe v Wade's protection for women which President Biden warned will "unleash...
Background Briefing: September 1, 2021
The Handmaid's Tale Comes to Texas as SCOTUS Moves to End Abortion Rights We begin with The Handmaid's Tale now a reality in Texas and the beginning of the end for abortion rights in this country following the Supreme Court's deliberate failure to block a restrictive...