Background Briefing: February 26, 2020
A Call for a Democratic National Unity Ticket We begin with last night’s Democratic candidates’ debate which had a lot of yelling as accusations were hurled across the stage while the CBS moderators struggled to control the seven candidates who were by and...
Background Briefing: February 25, 2020
The Last Candidates' Debate Before Super Tuesday We begin with the last Democratic presidential candidates’ debate before Super Tuesday which is beginning now as we go to air and assess what may be the beginning of the final winnowing of the field down to two...
Background Briefing: February 24, 2020
Will Weinstein's Convictions Help Reduce Workplace Sexual Harassment? We begin with today’s verdicts in Manhattan in the trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who is now facing 5 to 25 years in jail having been convicted of rape in the third degree of Jessica...
Background Briefing: February 23, 2020
Putin's Mob Boss in the Oval Office - the Gift that Keeps on Giving We begin with the brazen in-your-face cover-up of Russia’s on-going interference in this year’s elections by the Trump administration with Trump’s National Security Advisor in an ABC News...
Background Briefing: February 2, 2020
The New DNI Will Cover Up Russian Election Interference We begin with Trump’s nominee to be the next acting Director of National intelligence, Richard Grenell, the current U.S. Ambassador to Germany who is a combative right-wing ideologue and has proven to be...
Background Briefing: February 19, 2020
Trump Offered Assange a Pardon to Say Russia Did Not Hack the DNC We begin with the explosive news from London revealed in a Westminster Magistrates’ Court ahead of next week’s extradition hearing to send Julian Assange to the U.S. where he could face up to 175...
Background Briefing: February 18, 2020
Investigating Bloomberg's Relationship with Wall Street We begin with an analysis of how much Michael Bloomberg is a creature of Wall Street where he made his fortune, and whether he has evolved having been originally a Democrat who changed parties to run in...
Background Briefing: February 17, 2020
The Dangers of a Plutocrat-On-Plutocrat Election We begin with the rising political profile of Michael Bloomberg who has already spent some $400 million promoting his presidential candidacy as a Democrat although the former Republican Mayor of New York has...
Background Briefing: February 16, 2020
In Spite of Pompeo's Gloss, Estrangement Between the US and Europe We begin with the contrasting assessments of the state of relations between President Trump’s United States and its European allies with Germany’s President offering a gloomy appraisal of the...
Background Briefing: February 13, 2020
A Way to Rein In Trump We begin with the bi-partisan vote today in the Senate on the Iran War Powers resolution in which 8 Republicans joined the Democrats in an effort to restrain President Trump from going to war with Iran without congressional authorization...