Background Briefing: April 13, 2020
Sanders Concedes in a Joint Broadcast With Biden We begin with today's endorsement of Joe Biden by Bernie Sanders in a joint livestream broadcast in which Sanders said "We need you in the White House. I will do all I can to see that happen Joe". To which Biden...
Background Briefing: April 12, 2020
With American Workers in Desperate Need, the Ideologue in Charge of the Labor Department Creates a Bottleneck for Benefits We begin with the most important decision of Trump's presidency which the president, in typical Reality TV style, announced on Friday he...
Background Briefing: April 9, 2020
Without Testing We Do Not Know Where the Virus is and Who Has It We begin with the U.S. having close to 500,000 COVID-19 cases, by far the highest in the world, and at the same time one of the lowest rates of testing for the virus with less that 1% of the...
Background Briefing: April 8, 2020
Bernie Sanders Withdraws From the Presidential Campaign We begin with the suspension today by Bernie Sanders of his presidential campaign telling his supporters "I cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot win", then while...
Background Briefing: April 7, 2020
An Expert on the Zoonotic Leap of the Virus from Animals to Humans We begin with the good news coming from science as New York experiences its worst day of death from the COVID-19 pandemic and speak with Shannon Bennett the Chief of Science and Dean of Science...
Background Briefing: April 6, 2020
Trump Declares War on Whistleblowers We begin as the death toll from COVID-19 in America passed the 10,000 mark and look into why the intelligence briefings Trump got from the CIA on January the 10 or 11th alerting him to the outbreak in China and the dangers...
Background Briefing: April 5, 2020
After Showing His Face in Public, the Destructive Role Jared Kushner Plays Behind the Scene We begin as we head into what is expected to be the grimmest week so far as the death toll from COVID-19 mounts and our ill-prepared health care system cracks under the...
Background Briefing: April 1, 2020
Why There Is No National Lockdown in the US We begin with the lack of a national plan or effort to implement a national stay-at-home shutdown as was the case in China, and is underway in Italy, the UK and India and speak with Lawrence Gostin, University...
Background Briefing: March 31, 2020
Propaganda is Working For Trump, Helped by Coverage From the Mainstream Press We begin with an analysis of why Trump is going up in the polls in spite of his disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which goes beyond arrogant disregard and incompetence...
Background Briefing: March 30, 2020
The False Choice Between Saving Lives and Saving Livelihoods We begin with the false choice which President Trump and conservatives like the Lieutenant Governor of Texas have been offering between saving lives and saving livelihoods and speak with Dr. Rachel...