Background Briefing: August 19, 2019
Ghislaine Maxwell's Mystery and Scandal-Plagued Family We begin with the mysterious woman who was reported to be Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend turned procurer and pimp last seen reading a book about the CIA at an In-N-Out burger joint across the street from...
Background Briefing: August 18, 2019
The Antifa-Proud Boys Battle in Portland We begin with the showdown between the loose affiliation of anti-fascist groups, Antifa, and groups of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and the hate group Proud Boys in one of the most liberal cities in the country,...
Background Briefing: August 15, 2019
More Questions and Suspicions Surround Epstein's Death We begin with reports on Jeffrey Epstein’s preliminary autopsy results which raise questions, particularly about the break in the hyoid bone more common in victims of homicide by strangulation, not suicide...
Background Briefing: August 14, 2019
Like Tiananmen, Xi Jinping's Patience Is Being Tested We begin with the markets tanking over a looming trade war with China triggering a global recession and the growing showdown in Hong Kong between the young protesters and the mainland Communist Party rulers...
Background Briefing: August 13, 2019
The Nation's Top Lawman Cannot Be Trusted to Do the Right Thing We begin with the fact that the American people cannot trust the top lawman in the land to do the right thing in spite of Attorney General Barr’s claim that he is appalled by what happened to...
Background Briefing: August 12, 2019
Trump's Consigliere Barr Has Custody of Epstein's Blackmail We begin with the FBI raid today on Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands and assess what is happening to the mounting volumes of incriminating evidence this apparent blackmailer was...
Background Briefing: August 11, 2019
Will Epstein's Victims See Justice? We begin with the suspicious death of Jeffery Epstein in federal custody just hours after a court unsealed 2,000 pages of evidence about his sex-trafficking of underage girls who were lent out to rich and powerful men all of...
Background Briefing: August 8, 2019
Trump Tries to Blame the Left for Domestic Terrorism We begin with Trump’s new tactic of false equivalence to get out from under his culpability for having inspired the shooter responsible for the El Paso massacre by blaming the left for domestic terrorism as...
Background Briefing: August 7, 2019
Trump's Unwelcome Visit to El Paso We begin with the Trump’s unwelcome visit today to El Paso the scene of a recent gun massacre of Latinos men, women and children by a shooter inspired by Trump’s racist rhetoric who warned about “the Hispanic invasion of...
Background Briefing: August 6, 2019
Grassroots Pressure Can Defeat the NRA We begin with the turnaround by Ohio’s NRA-approved Republican governor now offering 17 gun safety measures in response to public heckling demanding he do something about gun violence in an encouraging sign that grassroots...