Background Briefing: February 12, 2020
Barr Violates Everything the DOJ Stands For We begin with the withdrawal of four career prosecutors from the Roger Stone case after Attorney General Barr intervened to have his loyal newly-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia overrule them...
Background Briefing: February 11, 2020
The Incoming Results from New Hampshire We begin with the latest results from the New Hampshire primary as the first results come in now that the polls have just closed. John Nichols, The Nation magazine’s Washington correspondent and the host of the Next Left...
Background Briefing: February 10, 2020
Barr Gives Giuliani a Direct Pipeline to DOJ We begin with Attorney General Barr acknowledging today he will evaluate material that Rudolph Giuliani has gathered in Ukraine about Joe and Hunter Biden which was first brought up by Senator Lindsey Graham on CBS...
Background Briefing: February 9, 2020
An Update From New Hampshire Ahead of Tuesday's Primary We begin with the last-minute frantic campaigning underway ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries with Mayor Pete surging after a narrow and disputed victory of less than one percent in Iowa who,...
Background Briefing: February 6, 2020
Democrats Mired in Iowa While Republicans Celebrate at the White House We begin with the continuing embarrassment and confusion over the election meltdown in Iowa with Monday’s Democratic presidential results still not final as the Chairman of the DNC Tom Perez...
Background Briefing: February 5, 2020
Why Republican Senators Rolled Over for Trump We begin with the expected acquittal of the president by the Republican-controlled Senate where on the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, there was a 52 to 48 vote and on the second, obstruction of...
Background Briefing: February 4, 2020
A Coding Error in a New App Creates Chaos in Iowa We begin with the voting tabulation meltdown in Iowa in which the results of the much-anticipated first election in 2020 presidential race were held up by the Iowa Democratic Party due to a coding error in a new...
Background Briefing: February 3, 2020
Adam Schiff's Eloquence Falls on Deaf Ears in the Senate We begin with the powerful and penetrating case made today before the Senate by House Manager Adam Schiff that Donald Trump has betrayed our national security and will cheat again with the Russian’s help...
Background Briefing: February 2, 2020
Trump Will Double Down With Revenge and Retribution We begin with an analysis of the busy few days ahead with today’s Super Bowl on Fox starring Donald Trump and Sean Hannity, then Monday’s Iowa caucuses followed by Tuesday’s State of the Union with Wednesday’s...
Background Briefing: January 30, 2020
Trump's Obsequious Lapdog of Presidential Power Exalts Him Above the Law We begin with indications that Senate Majority Leader McConnell may have corralled enough Republican votes to prevent witnesses and bring about a speedy acquittal of President Trump with...