Background Briefing: December 28, 2020
A Look Back at the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 The Origins of the Covid-19 Virus Today 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. And no story was more...
Background Briefing: December 27, 2020
Trump's Delicate Ego has America Suffering as he Sulks and Settles Scores We begin with millions of Americans suffering because of Trump's delicate ego as he sulks and settles scores, playing golf while letting the stimulus bill die rather than veto it and have...
Background Briefing: December 24, 2020
How the Republicans Stacked the Courts in 2020 Gloria Steinem on Her Friend, Hero and Guide Ruth Bader Ginsburg Today, we continue to look back on the stories that dominated the headlines in this tumultuous year of 2020 which is coming to a close. We begin on...
Background Briefing: December 23, 2020
A Look Back on Corruption in 2020 Have We Become a Family-Run Banana Republic? We continue to look back on the stories that dominated the headlines in this tumultuous year of 2020 which is coming to a close. Following Trump’s pardons yesterday of four...
Background Briefing: December 22, 2020
A Look Back on Economic Trends in 2020 The Economist Stephanie Kelton Explodes the Deficit Myth We begin to look back on the stories that dominated the headlines in this tumultuous year of 2020 which is coming to a close. Today following the example of the...
Background Briefing: December 21, 2020
The Semi-Stimulus and Widening Income Inequality We begin with the stimulus package that emerged from negotiations over the weekend which were many months late and resulted in less than half of the $2.2 trillion allocated in the Cares Act when we had the first...
Background Briefing: December 20, 2020
Trump Dismisses the Russian Hack as Fake News and Blames China Not Russia We begin with Trump dismissing Putin's hack into the U.S. government's computer systems as fake news as he excused Russia and blamed China. We speak with Sean Lyngaas, a Senior Reporter...
Background Briefing: December 17, 2020
Republican Grinches Haggle Over a Paltry Stimulus While America is in Crisis We begin with the negotiations over a $908 billion stimulus package on Capitol Hill ahead of Friday's midnight deadline when the government runs out of money, and speak with James...
Background Briefing: December 16, 2020
Why the U.S. is Vulnerable to Cyber and Ransomware Attacks We begin with the massive hack by the Russian foreign intelligence service the SVR into the State Department, Treasury, Homeland Security, Commerce and the National Institute of Health which happened...
Background Briefing: December 15, 2020
Barr's Firing Means Trump's Toady Rosen Will Booby Trap DOJ to Harass Biden We begin with the firing of the Attorney General William Barr dressed up as a resignation complete with a fawning letter of praise for Trump which was likely dictated by the "Dear...