Background Briefing: March 11, 2020
Has Trump's "America First" Nationalism Contributed to the Botched Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak? We begin with an analysis of where we stand in terms of health and homeland security as well as what is happening on the Commodity Futures Trading Market...
Background Briefing: March 10, 2020
Trump Offers Economic Stimulus While Claiming the Epidemic "Will Go Away" We begin the state of the economy following yesterday’s record plunge in the stock market prompting today’s White House meeting with Health Insurance executives then later on Capitol Hill...
Background Briefing: March 9, 2020
Today's Market Free Fall, the Worst in History We begin on this day that saw the most devastating collapse of the financial markets since 2008 with the Dow’s one-day loss of more than 2,000 points, the worst in history, and a drop of over 7.8% of a market that...
Background Briefing: March 8, 2020
A Leader in Public Health and Disaster Preparedness on the Worsening Coronavirus Pandemic We begin with the growing gulf between reality and President Trump’s rosy claims that anyone in the U.S. can be tested for the coronavirus and that many people are...
Background Briefing: March 5, 2020
Elizabeth Warren's Withdrawal From the Presidential Race We begin with Elizabeth Warren’s withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race today and speak with one of her supporters, Moira Donegan, a millennial feminist writer who is a columnist for The...
Background Briefing: March 4, 2020
Biden's Dramatic Super Tuesday Turnaround We begin with the surprise turnaround of the Biden campaign after Saturday’s resounding but not unexpected victory in South Carolina to Super Tuesday victories across the country picking up wins in Texas, North...
Background Briefing: March 3, 2020
Trump Trolls the Democrats For Ganging Up on Bernie Wev begin with this big day of Super Tuesday primary voting in which more than a third of the delegates needed to reach the 1,991 threshold for the Democratic presidential nomination are up for grabs....
Background Briefing: March 2, 2020
Trump's Afghan Peace Deal Blows Up Two Days After it is Signed We begin with the Taliban resuming their war against the Afghan Army just days after agreeing to a peace deal with the United States signed in Doha on Saturday. In spite of Secretary of State Pompeo...
Background Briefing: March 1, 2020
A Crisis Trump Waited a Month to Deal With We begin with an analysis of the Trump Administration’s response to the growing coronavirus crisis made worst by budget cuts and the purging of professionals in the government to be replaced by amateurish appointees...
Background Briefing: February 27, 2020
A Virologist on Where the Coronavirus Outbreak Is Heading We begin with the contrast between President Trump’s alternative reality-based projections and false assurances that the coronavirus is under control in America and that there are only 15 cases soon to...