Background Briefing: June 30, 2020
Trump's Excuses For Ignoring Intelligence Get Increasingly Lame as More Evidence Emerges We begin with the burgeoning scandal closing in on Trump which gets to the heart of the persistent question about what kind of hold does Putin have over our president...
Background Briefing: June 25, 2020
As Trump Does the Opposite of What is Needed, We Could Have 300,000 Covid Deaths by November We begin with the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic following the opening up of states such as Texas, Arizona and Florida along with California which has seen a...
Background Briefing: June 22, 2020
Strands of Incriminating Evidence Against Trump are Coming Together We begin with the release of portions of the unredacted Mueller Report to Buzzfeed as a result of a FOIA suit relating to Roger Stone's communications with Wikileaks in which Stone appears to...
Background Briefing: June 21, 2020
To Avoid a Growing Likelihood of Humiliation, Could Trump Walk Off the Job he Doesn't Like Doing We begin with AG Barr's firing of the US Attorney for the SDNY and Berman's refusal to leave followed by Barr saying the president had fired him which Trump claimed...
Background Briefing: June 18, 2020
Is the Dam Breaking to Sweep Trump Away? We begin with whether the dam is breaking as more and more revelations of Trump's erratic and ill-informed incompetence emerge from Bolton's book compounded by the Supreme Court handing him two defeats in a row with...
Background Briefing: June 17, 2020
Trump and Barr's Frantic Last-Ditch Effort to Stop the Release of Bolton's Book We begin with what appears to be a frantic last-ditch effort by Trump and AG Barr to block the release of John Bolton's book The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir which...
Background Briefing: June 16, 2020
Kim Jong-Un's Sister Issues North Korea's Latest Round of Threats We begin with a new round of threats from North Korea against the South but this time coming from Kim Jong-un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong who ordered the blowing up of the equivalent of an...
Background Briefing: June 15, 2020
An Awakening Underway Will Leave Trump and His Racist Followers in the Rear-View Mirror of History We begin with President Trump's postponement of his rally in Tulsa to the day after Juneteenth, June 19th, which is a sacred day of memory for African Americans...
Background Briefing: June 14, 2020
Trump's Misuse of the Most Diverse Class of West Point Cadets as Campaign Props We begin with Trump's use of the military at West Point as a campaign prop at a time when he is being rebuked by the nation's top military leaders. As Commander-in-Chief, Trump has...
Background Briefing: June 11, 2020
Trump's Gift to Donald Jr., You Can Now Kill Hibernating Bear Cubs and Their Mothers Along With Wolf Pups We begin with the Trump Administration's reversal of Obama era rules banning the baiting of bears with doughnuts soaked in bacon grease to kill mothers and...