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Background Briefing: January 13, 2021

  10 Republicans Joined Democrats in a 232 to 197 House Vote to Impeach Trump We begin with today's vote in the House to impeach president Trump for a second time by 232 to 197 which featured a determined Nancy Pelosi calling on members to stand up for democracy...

Background Briefing: January 12, 2021

  Corporate America Cuts Ties With an Increasingly Isolated Trump We begin with an unrepentant Trump claiming he is innocent of inciting the mob who stormed the capitol to stop the certification of Biden's victory which Trump urged his "cavalry" to do in the...

Background Briefing: January 10, 2021

  Will a Second Impeachment Get Trump to Resign With A Pardon From Pence? We begin with the repercussions from the storming of the capitol on Wednesday urged on by the President of the United States and the looting and vandalism which, had the Capitol Police not...

Background Briefing: January 7, 2021

  Serious Discussions Underway to Invoke the 25th Amendment We begin with questions arising after the shameful mob attack on the nation's capitol yesterday about the apparent lack of preparedness and the slow reaction of law enforcement resulting in vandalism and...

Background Briefing: January 6, 2020

A Reporter on the Ground Who Covered Today's Storming of the Capitol We begin with today's seditious coup attempt against the United States Government instigated and urged on by none other than the President of the United States who earlier called his supporters to...

Background Briefing: January 5, 2020

  An Update From Georgia on Today's Critical Elections We begin with the critical elections in Georgia today that will determine control of the senate and whether Joe Biden will be able to get anything done in the next four years if senate leader McConnell is...

Background Briefing: January 4, 2020

  Trump's Shakedown of Georgia's Election Officials Offers a Glimpse of the Mob Boss in the Oval Office We begin with the revelations in an hour-long call made public by The Washington Post that Trump had on Saturday, after eighteen previous attempts, with...

Background Briefing: January 3, 2020

  12 Republican Senators and 140 House Members Debase Themselves in an Un-American Putsch We begin with Vice President Pence, who on Wednesday will preside over the Senate's certification of the recent election, welcoming the efforts of 11 Republican senators led...

Background Briefing: December 30, 2020

A Look Back at the Movement Against Racial Injustice and Police Brutality in 2020   Will This Nationwide Uprising Bring About Racial Justice and Economic Equality? Today we continue to look back on the stories that dominated the headlines in this tumultuous year...

Background Briefing: December 29, 2020

A Look Back at the Impact of Global Warming in 2020   Australia as the Chernobyl of the Climate Crisis We continue to look back on the stories that dominated the headlines in this tumultuous year of 2020 which is fast coming to a close. This year saw mounting...

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