Background Briefing: July 20, 2021
Joe Manchin's Deep Ties to the Fossil Fuel Industries We begin with an analysis of the most powerful man in Washington who is not the president, Senator Joe Manchin, and speak with Alex Kotch, an investigative reporter and editor with the Center for Media and...
Background Briefing: July 19, 2021
The First to Reveal Trump's Oval Office Insanity Now that the Generals are Speaking Out Years Later We begin with an early witness to Trump's Oval Office insanity who, in contrast to the generals and others now leaking to journalists and authors, actually tried...
Background Briefing: July 18, 2021
How the Generals Saved us From a Wannabe Dictator We begin as more and more information comes out in books about what went on in the Oval Office during Trump's ruinous four years in office, with how the generals saved America from a dangerous, divisive and...
Background Briefing: July 15, 2021
Kremlin Documents Show How Putin Put Trump in the White House We begin with the explosive new story published today by The Guardian, "Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in the White House" which is based on documents from a January 22, 2016...
Background Briefing: July 14, 2021
Republicans Don't Believe You Have a Right to Vote, But You Do Have a Right To Infect We begin with the increasingly deadly and infectious strain of Covid, the Delta variant, impacting states with low vaccination rates and the role of Republican politicians and...
Background Briefing: July 13, 2021
Biden Takes On Trump's "Big Lie" at the Birthplace of American Democracy We begin with President Biden's speech today at the birthplace of American democracy in Philadelphia in which he attacked Trump's "big lie" that underpins the massive Republican voter...
Background Briefing: July 12, 2021
Texas Democrats Head Out of Town Again to Stop Republican Voter Suppression We begin with the second walkout of the Texas Legislature by Democrats to deny a quorum and stop an even more pernicious set of voter suppression bills from being passed and speak with...
Background Briefing: July 11, 2021
Were the Colombian Mercenaries Fall Guys Hired in an Inside Job to Assassinate Moise? We begin with the latest twist and turn in the assassination of Haiti's President Moise which local officials have blamed on Colombian mercenaries but since none of Moise's...
Background Briefing: July 8, 2021
An Analysis Of Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Announcement From a Marine Who Served There We begin with President Biden's White House announcement on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the press conference that followed and speak with a former Marine who...
Background Briefing: July 7, 2021
Haiti's Corrupt and Illegitimate President Assassinated We begin with the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moise who was gunned down along with his wife who was wounded in his residence by a hit team apparently posing as DEA agents. Joining us to...