Background Briefing: September 9, 2025
With a September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it Since They Don't Negotiate in Good Faith? We begin with the looming September 30th shutdown of the U.S. government. Democratic leadership...
Background Briefing: September 7, 2025
Trump Escalates Threats Against Venezuela as Rubio Calls For a Regional Latin American Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings We begin increasing threats coming from Trump and Rubio warning Venezuela's Maduro not to fly his F-16's near US navy ships off Venezuela's...
Background Briefing: September 4, 2025
RFK Jr. Grilled by Senate Democrats Who Want him Fired and Republicans He Lied To We begin today's contentious hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where HHS Secretary RFK Jr. was grilled by Democrats who want him fired and Republicans he had lied to in his...
Background Briefing: September 1, 2025
The State of Working America Under Assault From Trump and Project 2025 We begin on this Labor Day with the state of working America which is under assault from Trump and Project 2025 even as Trump's groveling lackey, the Secretary of Labor, in a cabinet meeting...
Background Briefing: August 26, 2025
Another Governor, Illinois' Pritzker, Stands up to Trump While Democratic Leaders in the House and Senate are MIA We begin with another Democratic governor standing up to Trump while Democratic leadership in the House and Senate are AWOL and that is Illinois' Governor...
Background Briefing: August 21, 2025
Trump Patrols the Streets of the Nation's Capital as he Wages War on the Truth We begin with Trump patrolling the streets of Washington DC tonight and how he has sabotaged independent sources of knowledge, flooded communications media with disinformation, and is...
Background Briefing: August 14, 2025
Trump's Performative Takeover of the Streets of Washington DC as Its Residents Cry "Fascists", "Pigs" and "Go Home" We begin with the arrest of a Justice Department employee in Washington, D.C. charged with assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich after calling...
Background Briefing: August 13, 2025
How Ukrainians Feel About the Upcoming Summit to Which They Are Not Invited We begin and go to Kyiv, Ukraine for an analysis of how Ukrainians feel about the upcoming summit between Putin and Trump to which they are not invited and must hope that Trump does not sell...
Background Briefing: August 12, 2025
The UN's Palestinian Representative's Call For a UN Peacekeeping Protection Force in Gaza We begin with the UN's Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine's call for an international protection force in Gaza that emerged from Sunday's emergency meeting of the UN...
Background Briefing: August 10, 2025
Yet Another Sellout by Trump to His Handler Putin We begin with the upcoming Trump/Putin summit next Friday in Alaska which is yet another sellout to Putin after he pretended to be annoyed with his handler who now gets another free pass with the deadline for...