Background Briefing: August 3, 2021
The Devastating Report from the Sexual Harassment Investigation Into Governor Cuomo We begin with the New York Attorney General's devastating 165 page report from a sexual harassment investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo that found he harassed at least 11...
Background Briefing: August 2, 2021
Unnecessary Cruelty as the Eviction Moratorium Ends We begin with the end of the eviction moratorium mandated by the CDC back in September to protect people from Covid which ended on Saturday. Now evictions are starting today for as many as 15 million Americans...
Background Briefing: August 1, 2021
Trump Shakes Down the DOJ to Declare the Election "Corrupt" We begin with Friday's release by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee of notes of a December 27 call from Trump to the then-acting Deputy Attorney General in which Trump told Jeffrey...
Background Briefing: July 29, 2021
The Need For the Media to Cooperate on Investigative Journalism While Combatting Disinformation We begin with the difficulty of getting important stories from investigative journalists financed, published and disseminated in a media environment overwhelmed by...
Background Briefing: July 28, 2021
What the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Does and Doesn't Do We begin with the Senate bipartisan infrastructure package which now appears ready to pass the filibuster threshold so that it can actually be debated. Joining us to discuss what it does and...
Background Briefing: July 27, 2021
Trump's GOP is Turning Traitors and Seditionists Into Martyrs and Patriots We begin on this first day of testimony before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and speak with Will Sommer, who covered the events on that day. He is a...
Background Briefing: July 26, 2021
The World's Climate Scientists Meet as Fires, Floods and Droughts Ravage the Planet We begin with more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists representing 195 governments meeting to create the latest report from the UN's IPCC (Intergovernmental...
Background Briefing: July 25, 2021
Why is the Communist Chinese Government so Afraid of an Investigation Into Covid 19's Origins? We begin with the rapid spread of the Delta variant of Covid now infecting the unvaccinated, raising the possibility of many more deaths in the U.S. above to 600,000...
Background Briefing: July 22, 2021
McCarthy and the "Political Terrorist" Jim Jordan's Trolling of the January 6 Select Committee We begin with Republican attempts to troll the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters....
Background Briefing: July 21, 2021
Fixing the Senate McConnell Has Made a Graveyard of Legislation We begin with the Republicans in the Senate blocking a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, delaying it until next week, and speak with Eli Zupnick, the spokesperson for Fix Our Senate, a...