Background Briefing: October 31, 2024
The Murdochs and Their Fox News Propagandists Are Laying the Groundwork For a New Civil War We begin with how Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are laying the groundwork for a new civil war as the propagandists at Fox News cynically play with fire telling the MAGA militias...
Background Briefing: October 30, 2024
The October Surprise As a Trump Self-Inflicted Wound We begin by considering that this year's October surprise may be self-inflicted wound rather than a dirty trick to get elected, as Trump's closing argument at his Madison Square Garden rally appears to have...
Background Briefing: October 29, 2024
Israel's Expulsion of UNRWA From Gaza Will Worsen an Already Dire Humanitarian Disaster We begin with the Israeli Knesset voting to expel the UN's Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from Gaza raising dire humanitarian concerns that food and water will be cut off from a...
Background Briefing: October 27, 2024
Reactions to Israel's Retaliation Against Iran Appear to Indicate a Winding Down of Escalation We begin with Iran's Supreme Leader saying Friday's Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites should "neither be downplayed or exaggerated" while Israel's Netanyahu said...
Background Briefing: October 24, 2024
What Does North Korea Get in Return For Sending Cannon Fodder to Ukraine? We begin with Putin's escalation of the war in Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter as elite North Korean troops enter the battle against Ukraine on the Russian side raising questions about...
Background Briefing: October 23, 2024
How the Latino and Latina Vote Will Decide the Election and Trump's Latest Racist Slur at Mexicans We begin with the Latino vote being the critical decider in the election less than two weeks away and assess whether the latest revelation of Trump's racist contempt for...
Background Briefing: October 22, 2024
The Author of the Goldwater Rule Which Gagged Psychiatrists Now Calls For Trump to Be Evaluated For Dementia We begin looking into how the last remaining author of the 1973 "Goldwater rule" by the American Psychiatric Association which prevented psychiatrists from...
Background Briefing: October 20, 2024
43 States Are Mere Spectators to a Most Consequential Election That Could be Decided by a Few Counties We begin with 43 states being mere spectators to the most consequential election in recent history as money and campaigning bombard 7 swing states in the closing...
Background Briefing: October 17, 2024
The Killing of Sinwar and the Burning Alive Seen Around the World of a Promising Young Palestinian We begin with the killing of Yahya Sinwar the Hamas leader behind the October 7 attack on Israel in which 1,200 mostly civilians died that led to the current war on Gaza...
Background Briefing: October 16, 2024
More Important Than Trump's Mental Decline is the Rising Possibility of JD Vance as the Tech Bros President of the United States We begin with the big story being missed as much of the media focuses on Trump's mental decline without noticing the very real possibility...