Background Briefing: July 1, 2025
Trump's Casual Cruelty as He Tours a New Gulag Celebrating the $75 Billion He Just Got For ICE and DHS We begin with the casual cruelty of Trump's tour today of the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention camp in the Florida everglades where he joked...
Background Briefing: June 29, 2025
Welcome to One Party Rule As SCOTUS Removes the Last Check on Trump We begin with more evidence, not that we needed it, that the Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court are political activists in robes. We discuss the latest gift to a lawless president with the...
Background Briefing: June 26, 2025
The Supreme Leader Congratulates Iranians on Their "Victory" over Israel and the US While the Head of the IAEA Says Fordo is "No Longer Operational" We begin with indications that might contradict the DIA report which assessed that little damage was done to Iran's...
Background Briefing: June 25, 2025
With Trump and Hegseth's Bombastic Claims of "Total Obliteration" Blowing Up, Will Iran Now Sprint to a Bomb? We begin with a leaked report from the DIA contradicting Trump and Hegseth's bombastic claims of "total obliteration" of Iran's nuclear sites with an...
Background Briefing: June 19, 2025
Trump on the Brink of Embroiling the US in Another Forever War We begin with the United States poised to enter another "forever war" if Israel does not succeed in ending Iran's nuclear program and bringing about regime change and if Trump joins in with what looks like...
Background Briefing: June 18, 2025
Trump's "To Do Or Not To Do" on Bombing Iran We begin with Trump, the Reality TV president teasing us all about whether we will go to war against Iran with the cliffhanger, "I may do it, I may not do it....nobody knows what I'm going to do." Joining us is Nicholas...
Background Briefing: June 17, 2025
Putting the US in Alignment With Israel, Trump Claims "WE" Own the Skies Over Tehran We begin with Trump saying today that "WE" own the skies over Tehran, implying that the US is operating in tandem with Israel's military in a war between Israel and Iran that is...
Background Briefing: June 12, 2025
Trump's Lawless Unleashing of the Military as He Threatens Americans Not to Protest His Strongman Military Parade We begin with Trump's invocation of the Insurrection Act without actually using the act passed between 1792 and 1871 by issuing a nationwide memorandum...
Background Briefing: June 10, 2025
The Escalating War of Words Between President Trump and Governor Newsom We begin with the escalating war of words between President Trump and California's Governor Newsom who described Trump's actions taken against Los Angeles as fulfilling "The deranged...
Background Briefing: June 9, 2025
An Eyewitness to Trump's Dictatorial Dream of Crushing Blue State Opposition on His Way to Becoming An American Fuhrer We begin with an eyewitness to Trump's provocative use of a federalized National Guard mobilized against the stance by California's governor and LA's...