Background Briefing: August 20, 2020
Can Biden's Big Tent Paper Over Differences of Policy and Principal? We begin with Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect and the Ida and Meyer Kirstein Chair at Brandeis University. He was formerly an assistant to the legendary...
Background Briefing: August 18, 2020
An Assessment of the First Night of the Democrat's Virtual Convention We begin with an assessment of last night's first of the four nights of the virtual Democratic National Convention with the theme of "We the People" kicking it off culminating with the...
Background Briefing: August 17, 2020
Trump's Three-Pronged Attack on the Election We begin with pushback against the deliberate destruction of the Post Office by Trump and his campaign donor with demonstrators showing up at Post Master General DeJoy's mansion in North Carolina and his apartment in...
Background Briefing: August 16, 2020
Trump and DeJoy's Criminal Sabotage of the USPS Underway We begin with the criminal sabotage of the USPS by President Trump and his lickspittle Postmaster General DeJoy underway with 671 mail sorting machines removed nationwide to slow down delivery while 46...
Background Briefing: August 13, 2020
Trump Praises a Racist Q-Anon Devotee as a Rising Star in the GOP We begin with Trump's praise today of a racist redneck who is a member of the bizarre QAnon cult who believe Trump is a victim of a deep state cabal inside the government and the Democratic Party...
Background Briefing: August 12, 2020
The Washington Post Reporter who was Embedded in Kamala Harris's Presidential Primary Campaign We begin with a profile of Kamala Harris, Biden's pick as his Vice Presidential running mate, and speak with Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post reporter who was...
Background Briefing: August 11, 2020
Biden Chooses California Senator Kamala Harris as his Vice Presidential Running Mate We begin with the announcement today that Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate and speak with Andra Gillespie, a...
Background Briefing: August 10, 2020
U.S. Court Summons MBS and His Hit Team to Answer Charges From Targeted Former Saudi Intelligence Official We begin with a summons being issued today by a U.S. District Court in Washington against the de facto Saudi leader Mohammed Bin Salman and members of his...
Background Briefing: August 9, 2020
Trump's Phony Stunt to Break a Deadlock That He Created We begin with Trump's latest stunt which we examine with Paul Light, Professor of Public Service at New York University who previously served as the founding director of the Governmental Studies Program at...
Background Briefing: August 6, 2020
Trump Insists Without Evidence the Destruction of Beirut Was Not an Accident We begin with Trump insisting that the explosion which devastated much of Beirut was not an accident but a bombing, citing his generals as having told him so although neither Trump nor...