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Background Briefing: November 19, 2024

Evidence of Drug Use and Underage Sex by Matt Gaetz is Cracking Open as the Senate is Soon to be Put to the Test We begin with growing concern about the lack of qualifications for Trump's key cabinet picks as we learn that the testimony by an alleged victim of...

Background Briefing: November 17, 2024

"Trump 2.0: Here Comes The Night"  We begin with the question of whether half of the American people know what they have done by electing Trump and whether the other half know what to do when "America comes to resemble Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s, with the “enemy...

Background Briefing: November 14, 2024

  Trump's Choice of an Unqualified and Incompetent Ideologue to Head the DOJ Who Has Been Investigated for Sex Trafficking an Underaged Girl Across State Lines We begin Trump's cabinet picks minus the just-announced outrageous choice of RFK Jr. to head up Health...

Background Briefing: November 13, 2024

It Looks Like Trump is No Longer Afraid of Being Blackmailed By Putin We begin with an apparent falling out between Trump and Putin following a contentious phone call last Thursday after which the Kremlin's main propaganda outlet TV1 published naked pictures of...

Background Briefing: November 12, 2024

The Greatest Failure of Federal Law Enforcement in History Thanks to Garland, McConnell and Roberts We begin with the greatest failure of federal law enforcement in American history and look into how, if Trump had faced accountability for his crimes, he may not have...

Background Briefing: November 10, 2024

With the Blame Game Underway, the Democrats Need to Focus on Accountability and a Coherent Strategy We begin with the blame game underway with Nancy Pelosi blaming Biden for not stepping down earlier and look into the need for accountability as the Democrats are dazed...

Background Briefing: November 7, 2024

With Republicans Needing 7 and Democrats Needing 15 Seats to Flip the House, Will Trump End Up With the Trifecta of White House, Senate and House? We begin with two dozen House seats yet to be called with the Republicans needing 7 and the Democrats needing 15 to flip...

Background Briefing: November 6, 2024

Trump Won in a Landslide With 4 Million Fewer Votes Than 2020 While Harris won 66 Million, Far Less Than Biden's 81 Million in 2020 We begin with Trump's win across the board for the presidency, flipping the US Senate to GOP control and likely holding onto the House...

Background Briefing: November 5, 2024

$12.32 Billion Will Be Spent on This Election, Most of Which Goes to the Big Media Companies We begin with record campaign spending that candidates raise in this election with $10 billion spent so far topping out at an estimated $12.32 billion, most of which goes to...

Background Briefing: November 3, 2024

Cynical Preparations Underway to Get the MAGA Faithful to Believe an Assured Victory Was Stolen Again  We begin with the cynical preparations underway by the Trump campaign and their propagandists at Fox, Sinclair, Newsmax etc., who are obviously preparing the MAGA...

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