A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: February 23, 2023

As Assessment of the Damage Already Done by Musk and His Teenage Techies  We begin with Musk lording over the federal workforce issuing insulting directives demanding they justify their existence and hand in their homework like obedient school children. Joining us for...

Background Briefing: February 20, 2025

The Confirmation of Kash Patel as Trump's Dumbest Self-inflicted Wound to Weaken America and Accelerate Its Collapse as a World Power We begin with today's confirmation of an unhinged Putin-loving anti-government QAnon conspiracy crackpot Kash Patel to head the FBI as...

Background Briefing: February 19, 2025

After Throwing Ukraine Under the Bus, Trump is Now Trashing Zelensky We begin with Trump not just throwing Ukraine under the bus but now its leader who he is trashing because Zelensky correctly observed that Trump is getting his talking points from the Russian...

Background Briefing: February 18, 2025

From a Mad English King 249 Years Later to a Mad American King We begin with the end of the American revolution against a mad English King that lasted 249 years only to be replaced by an American mad King bringing about a monied monarchy propped up by oligarchical...

Background Briefing: February 17, 2025

While Trump Brings Putin Out From the Cold of International Isolation, He Hangs Ukraine Out to Dry We begin with the Russian and American delegations arriving in Saudi Arabia today ahead of a summit between Trump and Putin that will bring the Russian leader out from...

Background Briefing: February 16, 2025

Vance Tells Allies Russia is Not the Enemy, Europe's Enemy is Within, and It's... Wokeness!  We begin with an assessment of Trump's foreign policy wrecking crew's attack on our closest allies at the Security Conference in Munich where Fox TV amateur Hegseth gave away...

Background Briefing: February 13, 2025

Trump is Selling Out Ukraine to Putin Who He Is Going to Bat For to Have the Pariah Readmitted to the G7 We begin with Trump going to bat for Putin to have Russia readmitted to the G7 in a repeat of Trump's amateurish foreign policy deals in the name of peace as was...

Background Briefing: February 12, 2025

  Hegseth Gives Up Ukraine's Leverage Before Russia/Ukraine Peace Talks Begin We begin with the call by Secretary of Defense Hegseth in a meeting with his NATO counterparts for Ukraine to give up its territory to Russia and forget about joining NATO in what...

Background Briefing: February 11, 2025

The Frightening Pace at Which the United States is Embracing Authoritarianism  We begin with the frightening pace at which the United States is embracing authoritarianism after 76 million Americans made a suicide pact with Trump, voting to end the world's oldest and...

Background Briefing: February 10, 2025

Has Fascism Already Arrived in America?  We begin with the clear and present danger of fascism in America as the Musk/Trump juggernaut rolls over the government replacing competence with loyalty in a combination of plutocracy and theocracy making Sinclair Lewis's...

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