Background Briefing: October 1, 2019
As the Truth Closes In, Trump Spins Alternative Realities We begin with the extent to which Putin not only interfered with our election to help elect Donald Trump, but examine how the Kremlin has successfully exported their media model of propaganda and fake...
Background Briefing: September 30, 2019
Authoritarians Are Never More Dangerous Than When Vulnerable We begin with Trump’s downward spiral into lunacy as he lashes out at Adam Schiff labeling him a traitor as he brings up the specter of civil war as though welcoming the mass bloodletting of Americans...
Background Briefing: September 26, 2019
How the Whistleblower's Complaint Tracks with the Transcript We begin with the public testimony today from the Acting Director of National Intelligence Admiral Joseph Maguire before the House Intelligence Committee which was followed by closed testimony before...
Background Briefing: September 25, 2019
Trump Praises Ukraine's Notoriously Corrupt Prosecutor We begin with the release today by the White House of the 5 page transcript of the July 25th conversation between President Trump and Ukraine’s newly-elected President Zelensky which appears to be...
Background Briefing: September 24, 2019
Pelosi Calls for a Formal Impeachment Inquiry We begin with the announcement today by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of a formal impeachment inquiry in advance of the expected release tomorrow by President Trump of a transcript of his July 25th controversial...
Background Briefing: September 23, 2019
The Media's False Equivalence Helps a Guilty Trump Smear Biden We begin with an analysis of the way the press is handling the latest White House scandal which this time could lead to impeachment since it seems clear President Trump was shaking down a foreign...
Background Briefing: September 22, 2019
Extortion In Plain Sight We begin with the latest scandal growing from a White House whistleblower’s complaint which Trump’s AG and DNI were trying to suppress into a much bigger problem for Trump as we learn more about the president’s gangster-like extortion...
Background Briefing: September 19, 2019
Nadler Made the Democrats Look Weak and Feckless We begin with the embarrassing attempt by House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler to further investigate the findings in the Mueller Report by forcing Corey Lewandowski, who was mentioned in the report 100 times,...
Background Briefing: September 18, 2019
Israel's Deadlocked Election and the Shady Kingmaker We begin with the elections in Israel that have failed to declare a winner and have resulted in the former nightclub bouncer from Moldova, Avigdor Lieberman, emerging as the kingmaker who could either side...
Background Briefing: September 17, 2019
Trump Awaits Instructions from His Saudi Masters We begin with the increasing likelihood that the drones and missiles fired at the Saudi oil facilities came from Iran and might have been launched by hardliners in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps out to stymie...