Background Briefing: May 1, 2025
Trump's Reality TV Reshuffle of His National Security Team We begin with Trump shuffling the deck today by sending his National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to the UN to be the US ambassador and replacing him on an interim basis with Marco Rubio who will be both...
Background Briefing: April 30, 2025
Two Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan are Poised to Go To War We begin with the looming possibility that two nuclear powers are about to go to war following a terrorist attack in Kashmir that has India's armed forces mobilizing and Pakistan saying they have credible...
Background Briefing: April 29, 2025
Thanks to Trump's Bullying, Bluster and Bombast the Liberals Won In Canada We begin with the turnaround for the Liberal Party in Canada after they were 24 points down facing an election that they just won thanks to Trump and his blustering bombast threatening...
Background Briefing April 28, 2025
Governor Pritzker Wows Democrats in the Key New Hampshire Primary State We begin with last night's annual New Hampshire Democratic Party's McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner in Manchester, NH which featured Illinois Governor JB Pritzker who brought the house down with a...
Background Briefing: April 27, 2025
On the Sidelines of the Pope's Funeral, Zelensky Meets With Trump to Discuss the White House's Charade of a Peace Plan/Giveaway to Putin We begin with Saturday's meeting in the Vatican between President Trump and President Zelensky on the sidelines of the Pope's...
Background Briefing: April 24, 2025
Why Should Putin Accept Trump's Peace Deal When He Can Wait for Him to Walk Away as Promised? We begin with Trump feigning indignation at Putin's murderous missile attack on Kyiv while he throws Ukraine under the bus, trying to force a surrender on the victim while...
Background Briefing: April 23, 2025
The Incredible Shrinking Billionaire Who is Destroying Our Government Blames Tesla's Sales Slump on "Paid" Demonstrators We begin with the incredible shrinking billionaire and co-president of the United States who on his earnings call yesterday with worried...
Background Briefing: April 22, 2025
Trump's Self-Inflicted Wound on Our Economy as Overseas Investors Retreat From Treasuries and the Dollar We begin with the markets recovering today after Monday’s sell-off with the Wall Street Journal reporting the worst April since 1932. As gold reaches a record...
Background Briefing: April 20, 2025
Putin's Brief Easter Ceasefire and Trump's Warning he Might "Take a Pass" if a Russia/Ukraine Peace Deal Can't be Made We begin with a brief pause in Russia's war on Ukraine with Putin calling for an Easter ceasefire on Saturday with fighting to resume on Monday....
Background Briefing: April 17, 2025
The Looming Constitutional Crisis as Trump Continues to Defy the Supreme Court and Federal District Courts With "The Dog Ate My Homework" Excuses We begin with a looming constitutional crisis as Trump continues to defy the Supreme Court and Federal District Courts...