Background Briefing: July 20, 2025
With the Upcoming Senate Confirmation Vote on Emil Bove, Will Trump Get His "Roy Cohn" on the Supreme Court? We begin with the letter from more than 75 federal judges to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee urging the Republican majority not to confirm Emil Bove to the...
Background Briefing: July 17, 2025
After Feeding Them Lies and Delusions For Years, Trump Now Calls His MAGA Cultists "Stupid" and "Weaklings" We begin with a reporter who I spoke with live on January 6, 2021 from the scene as the US Capitol was being stormed by Trump's insurrectionists. We discuss...
Background Briefing: July 16, 2025
Israel Bombs Damascus as the Syrian Government Slaughters the Druze Minority, Exposing the Different Interests of Israel and the U.S. When it Comes to the Jihadi in a Suit Leading the New Syria We begin with the bombing of Damascus by Israel as the Druze in the south...
Background Briefing: July 13, 2025
Could a Top Trump Official Who Lied About Being Born in the Soviet Union be a Russian Plant? We begin with the latest revelations in the suspicious case of the top Trump official in charge of vetting the 4,000 who have been appointed to the executive branch in the...
Background Briefing: July 10, 2025
Trump's Deliberate Effort to Destroy the FBI is Going Great Guns with Patel and Bongino in Charge We begin with what appears to be a deliberate effort to destroy the FBI from within to satisfy Trump by stopping investigations into white collar crime and corruption as...
Background Briefing: July 9, 2025
The Meltdown In MAGAworld Over the So-called Epstein "Client List" We begin with the MAGA meltdown over the so-called Epstein "client list" that is roiling Trump's influencers with Laura Loomer, who is close to Trump in a number of ways calling for AG Pam Bondi to...
Background Briefing: July 8, 2025
Intergenerational Greed and Inaction Led to Underinvestment in Flood Prevention in Kerr County, Texas We begin with a local reaction to the deadly floods that took the lives of over 100 mostly young girls and we explore how intergenerational greed and inaction in Kerr...
Background Briefing: July 7, 2025
Extreme Weather and Its Connection to Climate Change as Trump and DOGE's Cuts Impacted The National Weather Service's Response to the Tragic Flash Floods in Texas We begin with the White House's overheated pushback against questions of whether cuts to The National...
Background Briefing: July 6, 2025
Trump Gets Stiffed Again by His Idol Putin as China Admits It Wants the Ukraine War to Drag on to Keep the US and NATO Out of Asia We begin with Trump's charade of appearing to broker a peace between Russia and Ukraine getting stiffed again by his idol Putin who...
Background Briefing: July 2, 2025
Another Big Media Company Caves to Trump's Extortion We begin with another big media company caving in to Trump's extortion with Paramount having settled Trump's $20 billion nuisance lawsuit against CBS's 60 Minutes for $16 million so that Shari Redstone's $8 billion...