Background Briefing: July 22, 2019
Trump Sells Out the Afghan People to the Perfidious Pakistan Army's Puppet PM We begin with the extraordinary remark today by President Trump sitting beside Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan claiming he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week, but “I...
Background Briefing: July 21, 2019
To Impeach, or Not to Impeach? We begin with the Hamlet-like hand-wringing over to impeach or not to impeach Trump which is dividing the Democratic Party and putting increased pressure on House Majority Leader Pelosi as a crowded field of candidates vie for the...
Background Briefing: July 18, 2019
We Were Hacked in 2016, More Than the Election We begin and speak with an expert on election administration and redistricting, Justin Levitt, Associate Dean for Research and a Professor of Law at Loyola University Law School whose work has be cited extensively...
Background Briefing: July 17, 2019
Trump Again Tries to Make "The Squad" the Face of the Democratic Party We begin with President Trump’s rally tonight in Greenville, North Carolina at which he is expected to continue his attacks on the four minority congresswomen he is trying to make the face...
Background Briefing: July 16, 2019
Whose Intelligence Service Was Running Epstein? We begin with the tantalizing remarks Alex Acosta made in defending his indefensible sweetheart deal with Jeffrey Epstein during interviews for his job as Labor Secretary in the Trump Administration’s transition...
Background Briefing: July 15, 2019
Trump Doubles Down on His Racist Attacks on "The Squad" We begin with the reaction to Trump’s racist trolling of Congresswomen Ocasio Cortez, Tlaib, Pressley and Omar which appears to have temporarily unified the Democrats in outrage but nevertheless has Trump...
Background Briefing: July 14, 2019
Our Zombie Defense Budget Now Tops $750 Billion We begin with House passage of a record high $733 billion defense bill which both the congress and the press are discussing in terms of how amendments by the Democrats are restricting Trump from waging war on Iran...
Background Briefing: July 11, 2019
Counting "Illegals" When the Constitution Stipulates Counting Persons We begin with the reversal by Trump today as he dropped his effort to defy a Supreme Court ruling with an executive order to get his citizenship question back on the census after the court...
Background Briefing: July 9, 2019
Trump and Epstein's Similar Taste in Very Young Women We begin with the similar tastes that Trump and his former friend Jeffrey Epstein have in very young women following Trump’s denial today of his close relationship with the accused sex trafficker at the same...
Background Briefing: July 8, 2019
The Previously Untouchable Epstein's Court Appearance Today We begin with the court appearance in Manhattan today of the convicted pedophile and well-connected money manager Jeffrey Epstein who is facing up to 45 years in prison on charges of sex trafficking of...