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Background Briefing: July 23, 2024

The Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him We begin with the contours of the presidential...

Background Briefing: July 22, 2024

How the Most Important Hire in the World Has Been Made With, Good, Bad and Ugly Consequences  We begin with the political earthquake on Sunday with President Biden stepping down and naming his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Presidential candidate which...

Background Briefing: July 21, 2024

The Gulf Between Rhetoric and Reality As One Presidential Candidate Drones on Disavowing his Plans While the Other is in a Bunker Not Listening We begin with the gulf between rhetoric and reality as the Trump/Vance campaign goes to desperate lengths to distance...

Background Briefing: July 18, 2024

Mounting Pressure From Democratic Leaders on Biden to Step Down Could Overwhelm His Stubbornness  We begin with the possibility President Biden's third bout of Covid will be the cover for him to step down as Democratic leaders in the House and Senate along with former...

Background Briefing: July 17, 2024

J.D. Vance's Foreign Policy Views Plus Trump's Ties to Putin Spell Doom For Ukraine We begin with Trump's Vice Presidential pick J.D. Vance in the limelight at the Republic Convention on Day 3 which is focused on foreign policy and investigate Vance's foreign policy...

Background Briefing: July 16, 2024

The Disconnect at the RNC Between Trump's Call For Unity and Partisan Speeches From MAGA Warriors We begin with day two of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and explore the disconnect between Trump's call for unity and the poisonous partisanship spewing...

Background Briefing: July 15, 2024

Trump's Judge Dismisses the Most Winnable Case Against Him Taking Her Cue From Justice Thomas We begin with the shockingly partisan decision from Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the documents case against Trump in Florida on made up legal grounds apparently taking a...

Background Briefing: July 14, 2024

Assassinations That Changed the World or Might Have Changed the World We begin with Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Trump and look into the history of political assassinations that changed the world or might have changed the world. Joining us...

Background Briefing: July 11, 2024

A Former Press Secretary to Kamala Harris on Who Could Best Beat Trump as Divisions Among Democrats Intensify While Republicans Can't Get Enough of Their Candidate's Depravity and Dementia  We begin ahead of this evening's critical press conference President Biden is...

Background Briefing: July 10, 2024

  Insight Into Biden's Inner Circle Resisting Growing Calls For Him to Step Down We begin with the gathering storm of calls from Democratic lawmakers and donors for Biden to step down and get some insight into Biden's inner circle who are resisting these calls...

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