Background Briefing: December 14, 2020
Will Trump Give up the Election Contestation Grift of Donations That Go Into his Pocket? We begin with the Electoral College vote today which should clear the air and stop the divisive and delusional behavior of President Trump's continuous efforts to claim he...
Background Briefing: December 13, 2020
The GOP's Anti-Democratic Suicide Pact With Trump We begin with the alarming number of two thirds of the House Republicans including their leadership, who went on the record in support of an anti-democratic coup, in effect declaring their own elections invalid....
Background Briefing: December 10, 2020
The GOP's Authoritarian Move From Voter Suppression to Outright Voter Theft We begin with the "Christian" crook Texas's AG Ken Paxton's lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election of Joe Biden that has now been joined by the Republican AG's of...
Background Briefing: December 9, 2020
The UAE Arms Deal Changes the Subject From the Arab-Israeli Conflict to the Arab-Iranian Conflict We begin with today's Senate vote on the $23 billion arms sale to the United Arab Emirates which is likely to face a veto from Trump that is unlikely to be...
Background Briefing: December 8, 2020
On Safe Harbor Day More Deranged Lawsuits From Trumpsters We begin on this Safe Harbor Day when Biden's victories are certified ahead of Monday's Electoral College vote which will award the presidency to the winner of both the popular vote and the Electoral...
Background Briefing: December 7, 2020
The Battle Between the Haves and the Have-Nots Over Who Gets the Vaccine at an Affordable Price We begin with the standoff between the developing world and the developed world over manufacture and distribution of Covid vaccines with 82% of Pfizer's and 78% of...
Background Briefing: December 6, 2020
Trump's Mixed Message to Georgia Voters We begin with the mixed messages Trump is sending to his voters in Georgia following yesterday's rally in the rural south of the state where a mostly maskless crowd were told the recent election was rigged and Trump's...
Background Briefing: December 3, 2020
Record-Breaking Grim Statistics of an Out-of-Control Pandemic We begin with the grimmest statistics so far from the out-of-control pandemic which has now claimed 275,000 American lives with Wednesday's daily death toll of 2,777 close to the deaths on 9/11,...
Background Briefing: December 2, 2020
The Erupting White House Bribery-for-Pardons Scandal We begin with a bribery for pardons scandal that has emerged from court documents just as Trump is musing about preemptively pardoning himself and his children and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Jennifer Taub, an...
Background Briefing: December 1, 2020
Breaking the Ties That Bind Trump's Base to His Delusions We begin with an increasingly delusional president fighting a losing battle to overturn an election he lost, although because Trump is so clearly mentally ill, he will probably never believe he lost...