Background Briefing: December 30, 2019
Why Crooks and Thieves Rule Our World As the year draws to a close, as well as the decade, we continue our look back on the defining stories of 2019. Today we examine the role of Russia and its use of hybrid warfare with their targeted disinformation exploiting...
Background Briefing: December 29, 2019
A Portrait of the Underclass in Trump's America Today we continue our look back at the defining stories of 2019, reflecting back on the dominant story that is both depressing and unavoidable, and that is the ascendance of Donald Trump, Trumpism, how he got here...
Background Briefing: December 26, 2019
Saving Our Endangered Earth For the next few days, as we close out 2019, we are looking back on some of the defining stories we covered this past year. We begin today with the single most pressing issue facing the country and the planet and that is the climate...
Background Briefing: December 25, 2019
Barr and Bannon's War on the Pope With evangelical leaders rushing to defend the indefensible, Donald Trump, we look into the unholy compact evangelical leaders have with right wing Catholics, in particular the many prominent figures in the Trump Administration...
Background Briefing: December 24, 2019
Evangelical Leaders Flock to Trump's Defense Following an editorial in the evangelical magazine founded by Billy Graham, Christianity Today, which was critical of so-called religious leaders who support an immoral and corrupt president, we assess the spiritual...
Background Briefing: December 23, 2019
Could Public Pressure Force McConnell to Conduct a Fair Trial with Witnesses? We begin as this Christmas holiday week begins with a Congress in recess and not back until early January which coincides with the standoff over the impeachment of President Trump as...
Background Briefing: December 22, 2019
Trump Uses His Lies to Create a New Reality We begin with President Trump’s call to young conservatives after being introduced by Rush Limbaugh at a rally on Saturday, to “defend our way of life” against what he described as “the far-left ruling class”. And...
Background Briefing: December 19, 2019
Pelosi Delays Impeachment to Get a Fair Trial in the Senate We begin with the delaying tactic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using to force the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put on a real impeachment trial in the senate instead of taking orders from...
Background Briefing: December 18, 2019
Laurence Tribe on Today's Impeachment We begin with the impeachment today in the House of Representatives of Donald J. Trump who is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. One of the country’s leading constitutional scholars, Laurence Tribe,...
Background Briefing: December 17, 2019
Calling the Republicans' Bluff on Impeachment We begin with the aggrieved and petulant 6 page letter President Trump sent to Speaker Pelosi today ahead of tomorrow’s impeachment vote in which he compared the impeachment to the Salem Witch Trials, complaining...