Background Briefing: June 10, 2020
Is Georgia's Election Debacle the Trump GOP's Strategy for November? We begin with the outrageous election debacle in Georgia yesterday after which the Republican Secretary of State offered up "my dog ate my homework" excuses for why the new voting machines...
Background Briefing: June 9, 2020
Trump's Appropriation of Nixon's 1968 "Silent Majority" Playbook Will Not Work in 2020 We begin with Trump's appropriation of Nixon's 1968 playbook declaring himself the "law and order" candidate and speak with Ian Haney Lopez, a Professor of Law at the...
Background Briefing: June 8, 2020
Comparing the Latin American Fascist Playbook to Today's Putsch by Trump and Barr We begin with whether Trump and his chief enabler William Barr will be able to manufacturer the threat of "domestic terrorism" and invent the specter of Antifa as a deadly scourge...
Background Briefing: June 7, 2020
The "Adults in the Room" Finally Speak Out Against the Fraud in the Oval Office We begin with the dam breaking as senior military officers voice their alarm at Trump's autocratic actions with former Secretary of Defense General Mattis decrying the lack of...
Background Briefing: June 4, 2020
The Likelihood Trump Will Invoke Martial Law Before or After an Electoral Defeat We begin with the announcement by the Secretary of Defense contradicting his boss by opposing Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act on 1807 followed by the former Secretary...
Background Briefing: June 3, 2020
While Police Mass Against Demonstrations, Stores and Pharmacies are Looted We begin with an examination of the groups trying to hijack or discredit the nationwide demonstration against police brutality as well as those criminal elements and street gangs taking...
Background Briefing: June 2, 2020
Trump's Entirely Fabricated Pretext of Domestic Terrorism to Justify Martial Law We begin with Trump's Mussolini-like photo op yesterday striding across Lafayette Square which he had just ordered cleared of peaceful protesters by the U.S. military and Secret...
Background Briefing: June 1, 2020
The 1992 Rodney King Riots and Today's Looting and Rioting in LA With Los Angeles under a curfew for a third night in a row following looting yesterday in Santa Monica and Long Beach, we will begin with an historical perspective from a sociologist who has...
Background Briefing: May 31, 2020
How Rioting and Looting Will Help Trump Cast Himself for Reelection as the "Law and Order" President We begin with the riots and looting across the country sparked by the on-camera murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis which has degenerated into looting and...
Background Briefing: May 28, 2020
Investigating Police Crime We begin with the response to what was seen on television, a white policeman murdering a black man before our eyes with demonstrations and protests in Minneapolis degenerating into burning and looting. Philip Stinson, a Professor in...