Background Briefing: October 2, 2018
Exposing the Fraud of Trump as the Self-Made Billionaire We begin with the massive New York Times investigation into the extent to which Trump is the self-made man he claims to be and speak with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay...
Background Briefing: October 1, 2018
Full Briefing Republican Sabotage of the Latest FBI Investigation We begin with the apparent attempt by the Republican Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee to circumscribe and limit the FBI inquiry into Judge Kavanaugh to only four witnesses while President...
Background Briefing: September 30, 2018
The Powerful Special Interests Behind Kavanaugh We will begin with the remarks by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at last week’s dramatic senate hearing when he questioned Judge Kavanaugh, referring to him as the culmination of a long strategy by powerful special...
Background Briefing: September 27, 2018
A Report from a Prominent Lawyer Who Attended Today’s Hearing We begin with today’s contentious hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee at which Judge Kavanaugh’s first accuser Dr. Blasey Ford testified followed by Trump’s embattled nominee for the...
Background Briefing: September 26, 2018
Weaponizing Women’s Rage We begin with a third accuser of Judge Kavanaugh who provided a declaration under penalty of perjury which not just supports the evidence so far from the first two accusers, but goes beyond what is inferred in the books by Kavanaugh’s...
Background Briefing: September 25, 2018
Plowing Kavanaugh Through in Spite of Mounting Evidence Against Him We begin with a posse of angry old white men in the White House and the Republican Senate determined to “plow through” with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court regardless...
Background Briefing: September 24, 2018
Congressman Lieu’s Call for the House Judiciary Committee to Investigate Kavanaugh We begin with Congressman Ted Lieu who serves on the House Judiciary Committee and today called upon the House Judiciary Committee to open an investigation into the allegations...
Background Briefing: September 23, 2018
Is the US Being Dragged Into a War Against Iran? We begin with the attack on an Iranian military parade in the south-western city of Ahvaz which Iran's President Rouhani blames on the “bully” the U.S. and its Gulf state allies for backing and enabling. Dr....
Background Briefing: September 20, 2018
Michael Cohen has Been Telling Mueller A Lot About Trump’s Dealings With Russia We begin with the breaking news from ABC News that the special counsel Robert Mueller has been questioning Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen extensively in interviews in...
Background Briefing: September 19, 2018
The Kavanaugh-Ford Standoff We begin with the standoff between Judge Kavanaugh and his accuser Professor Christine Ford who wants an FBI investigation before testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee which President Trump is denying her offering the most...