Background Briefing: November 28, 2018 | David Dayen sits in for Ian Masters
A Test for Progressives in the Leadership Fight in the House First we discuss today’s Democratic leadership elections in the House nominating Nancy Pelosi for Speaker although the final election doesn’t happen until January. There was also an election of Hakeem...
Background Briefing: November 27, 2018 – Shirley Jahad sits in for Ian Masters
More Manafort Lies Mean No More Plea Bargain First we look into the latest developments in the Mueller investigation. Prosecutors are cutting up a plea deal with former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort saying he was still lying even after he started...
Background Briefing: November 26, 2018
Could This Be the Week the Indictments Drop? We begin with what could be a very eventful week with rumors swirling that Robert Mueller may drop indictments at the end of this week and speak with David Halperin a senior fellow at Republic Report who was a...
Background Briefing: November 25, 2018
Amazon Continues to Capture the Retail Market Following Black Friday and ahead of what has recently been labelled Cyber Monday, we examine the exodus of consumers from malls and big box stores towards online shopping dominated by Amazon. We discuss how, by...
Background Briefing: November 22, 2018
Feeding the Hungry on Thanksgiving We begin on this Thanksgiving as families and friends gather around the table for the traditional holiday feast, and look into the uncomfortable subject of hunger in America and speak with Zuani Villarreal, the Director of...
Background Briefing: November 21, 2018
More Outrages Which Should Disqualify Whitaker We begin with the head of a watchdog group which has filed complaints against Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker for violations of the Hatch Act that restricts political activities by federal employees. The...
Background Briefing: November 20, 2018
The Lawyer Who Won a Stay to Block Trump's Asylum Policy We begin with a federal judge today temporarily blocking the Trump Administration from denying asylum to immigrants who cross the border at places not designated as official points of entry into the...
Background Briefing: November 18, 2018
Trump's Desperate Defense of the Saudi Murderer-in-Chief We begin with President Trump’s refusal to listen to the tape of the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi provided by the Turks and his dismissal of the CIA finding that the Saudi Crown...
Background Briefing: November 15, 2018
Stopping the Koch Brothers with Progressive Gains in Red States We begin with the good news from the recent election in as much as the Democratic Party’s gains at the state level are beginning to blunt the Koch brothers-financed Republican strategy that...
Background Briefing: November 14, 2018
May’s Brexit Plan Appears Dead on Arrival We begin with the grueling five hour meeting today of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet where she eventually managed to get them to sign onto her unpopular and incoherent Brexit plan which now has to face a...