Background Briefing: April 29, 2020
Investigating the Origins of the Covid-19 Virus We begin with the Trump administration abruptly cutting off funds today to EcoHealth Alliance which was researching infectious diseases emerging from viruses in animals like the Covid-19 virus because of the New...
Background Briefing: April 28, 2020
How Trump Ignored Intelligence Briefings When the Virus Could Have Been Stopped We begin with revelations in today's Washington Post of the more than a dozen times in January and February Trump was warned in classified briefings about the threat of the...
Background Briefing: April 27, 2020
Stacey Abrams Offers Herself as Biden's VP We begin with the speculation over who Joe Biden will pick as his running mate having already said it would be a woman. One possibility getting a lot of attention is the former losing candidate for governor in Georgia,...
Background Briefing: April 26, 2020
Deadly Advice From the Quack-in-Chief We begin with the toddler-in-chief pouting that the other kids in the playground were making fun of him, prompting Trump to tweet petulantly that his daily White House briefings were "Not worth the time & effort" as he...
Background Briefing: April 23, 2020
The Plutocrat-funded Organizers Behind the Astroturf Anti-lockdown Demonstrations We begin with the revival of the phony grassroots Astroturf movement behind the Tea Party whose co-founder Mark Meckler is now one of the organizers behind the anti-lockdown...
Background Briefing: April 22, 2020
Why Trump's Protesters Risk Their Lives Choosing Beliefs Over Facts We begin with an analysis of why Trump's shock troops of white nationalists and nativists sporting assault rifles and waving Confederate flags demonstrating against lockdowns by Democratic...
Background Briefing: April 21, 2020
Having the Toddler-in-Chief in Charge During a Real Crisis We begin with the toddler-in-chief on display at Monday's White House briefing whose reaction to a question from a female reporter revealed his sociopathic lack of empathy and pathological narcissism...
Background Briefing: April 20, 2020
The Oil Market's Historic Plunge to a Negative $37.63 a Barrel We begin with today's dramatic crash of the oil market with May contracts for West Texas Intermediate oil plunging 300% on the New York Mercantile Exchange to settle at a negative $37.63 a barrel,...
Background Briefing: April 16, 2020
Mnuchin Allows Banks and Debt Collectors to Grab the Stimulus Checks Unemployed Americans Need We begin with the rollout of the $1,200-per-person stimulus checks which Trump has insisted on signing although he denies doing so. But due to glitches they are not...
Background Briefing: April 14, 2020
Trump Has a Meltdown When the Press Finally Challenge His Lies We begin with President Trump's meltdown yesterday at his daily briefing which began with a propaganda video the White House concocted to blunt the devastating revelations in Sunday's New York Times...