Background Briefing: June 25, 2024
A Journalist Who Faced Jail Under the Espionage Act on Assange's Plea Deal We begin with the end of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's 14-year legal saga as he is due to appear on Wednesday in a US court in the Northern Marianas to be charged with one count under the...
Background Briefing: June 24, 2024
Trump's Open Declaration of War Against the Rule of Law We begin with Trump's open declaration of war against the rule of law as he attacks judges, district attorneys, juries, witnesses, the FBI, election workers, government whistleblowers, Republican lawmakers...
Background Briefing: June 23, 2024
The Heatwave Baking the Planet and the Contrast Between Biden's Understanding of Global Warming and Trump's Denial We begin with the heatwave baking the planet and killing people from Saudi Arabia to Greece and India to the United States. We discuss the political cost...
Background Briefing: June 20, 2024
Secret Recordings of Trump's Dirty Trickster Reveals Plans to Steal the Next Election We begin with further secret recordings by Lauren Windsor and her associate Ally Sammarco this time capturing Roger Stone at Mar a Lago bragging about plans to steal the 2024...
Background Briefing: June 19, 2024
Juneteenth and the Legacy of Racism in Texas We begin with today's Juneteenth holiday and examine the legacy of racism in Texas since Juneteenth celebrates the freeing of slaves in Texas who were cynically and cruelly kept in slavery in Texas well after the...
Background Briefing: June 18, 2024
America's Plutocrats Believe the Threat to Capitalism From Democrats is Worse Than the Threat to Democracy From Trump We begin with the money race between Biden and Trump as Biden and Obama held a fundraiser in Los Angeles while Trump promised the billionaires and...
Background Briefing: June 17, 2024
Netanyahu Dissolves the War Cabinet as Tensions on Israel's Border With Lebanon Intensify We begin with PM Netanyahu dissolving Israel's war cabinet as the danger of a war breaking out on the border between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies. Joining us from Israel is...
Background Briefing: June 16, 2024
How to Reign in a Supreme Court Even More Out of Step With the American People We begin with the Supreme Court's most brazen display of how much it is out of step with the American people with a ruling overturning the Trump era ban on bump stocks that came about...
Background Briefing: June 13, 2024
The Senate Launches a Probe Into Jared Kushner's $2 billion Payoff From Saudi Arabia's MbS We begin with the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee asking Jared Kushner for more details about the $2 billion investment in his new company from Saudi Arabia's MbS...
Background Briefing: June 12, 2024
The Hunter Biden Trial as a Political Hit Job With More Humiliation of the Troubled Son Coming in the September Trial We begin with questions arising from yesterday's conviction of Hunter Biden on three felony counts asking why he did not plead guilty in the first...