Background Briefing: July 7, 2019
Unmasking the Growth of Fascist Tendencies in Trump's America We begin with America’s traditionally non-partisan celebration of Independence Day which was hijacked on the 4th of July by an authoritarian leader who cages children, talks about being president for...
Background Briefing: July 4, 2019
A Plan to Broaden the Definition of National Security We begin on this 4th of July with Trump’s military parade underway, and discuss a plan to broaden the definition of national security short of jettisoning the term altogether, with the formation of a new...
Background Briefing: July 3, 2019
Trump Dragoons the Military into a Reelection Campaign Event We begin with concerns within the military that President Trump’s 4th of July military parade tomorrow in front of the Lincoln Memorial will put military personnel in a situation where they are...
Background Briefing: July 2, 2019
The Lead Organizer of the Counter-Demonstrations Against Trump's July 4th Military Parade We begin with the counter-demonstrations being planned for the Fourth of July in Washington D.C. in opposition to President Trump’s military parade at which he has...
Background Briefing: July 1, 2019
Ivanka Trump and the Embarrassing Amateurism of the Trump Family Foreign Policy We begin with the video released by the French government which has gone viral of Ivanka Trump gate-crashing a private conversation between world leaders Prime Minister May,...
Background Briefing: June 30, 2019
Are the Democrats Committing Political Suicide Moving Too Far to the Left? We begin the concerns expressed by political strategists and pundits that following the first two debates, the Democratic presidential candidates on the ascendency are taking the party...
Background Briefing: June 27, 2019
SCOTUS's Green Light to Gerrymander and Yellow Light on the Census We begin with the victory handed down to Republicans today by the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, who ruled that the federal courts had no role in reigning in partisan...
Background Briefing: June 26, 2019
Will the Religious Right Heed the Parable of the Good Samaritan? We begin with the heart-breaking image of a your Salvadoran father face down in the Rio Grande with his two year old dead daughter clinging to him which has shocked many in this country and...
Background Briefing: June 25, 2019
Holding Poor, Destitute Kids Hostage to a Reelection Strategy We begin with the inhumane conditions children are being held in at a Border Patrol detention facility in Clint, Texas and speak with Nicole Austin-Hillery the U.S. Program Executive Director of...
Background Briefing: June 24, 2019
Jared's Deal of the Century Dead on Arrival We begin with the much-anticipated “deal of the century” promised by President Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be finally unveiled in Bahrain on Tuesday and Wednesday at a downgraded summit now billed as an...