Background Briefing: May 28, 2024
The Ghost of Roy Cohn Hangs Over Trump's Hush Money Trial as Closing Arguments Were Heard Today We begin with today's closing arguments in the New York hush money trial that could be the first to convict an American president of a crime and speak with an historian...
Background Briefing: May 27, 2024
On Memorial Day Those Who Serve America vs Those Who Want to Tear it Apart We begin on this Memorial Day with the difference between those who serve America and those who want to tear it apart with hatred and division as we witnessed recently with President Biden...
Background Briefing: May 26, 2024
Many Staffers in Trump's GOP Are White Nationalists Who Casually Use Nazi Terms Like "Unified Reich" Because That is Their Milieu and Mindset We begin with the latest example of Trump's worship of murderous dictators as he praised Putin, Xi, Orban and Kim Jong-Un at a...
Background Briefing: May 23, 2024
Right Wing Leaders Gathered in Madrid to Declare War on Socialism We begin with the recent gathering of the far right in Madrid ahead of the European elections at which one of the attendees, Marine Le Pen, who is ahead in the polls in France, spoke, along with...
Background Briefing: May 22, 2024
Norway, Spain and Ireland Recognize a Palestinian State as the ICC is Poised to Issue Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Three Hamas Leaders We begin with the implications of Norway, Spain and Ireland formally recognizing a Palestinian state as of May 28 and also...
Background Briefing: May 21, 2024
Finally We Are Learning More About Saudi State Involvement Behind the 9/11 Attacks We begin with an explosive article at The Atlantic that confirms suspicions many have had about who was behind the 9/11 attacks. What is emerging, with more to come assuming the federal...
Background Briefing: May 20, 2024
Does the Death of Iran's President Open a Path for the Son of Ayatollah Khamenei to Succeed His Ailing Father? We begin with the helicopter crash in Iran that killed President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amriabdollahian and assess whether this opens a path for Mojtaba...
Background Briefing: May 19, 2024
The Insurrectionists on the Supreme Court Exposed We begin with the shocking, but not surprising, revelation that Supreme Court Justice Alito flew the insurrectionist flag at his home a few days before Biden's inauguration and 11 days after the January 6th...
Background Briefing: May 16, 2024
The Murky Ties to the Poet and Would-be Assassin of Slovakia's PM Robert Fico We begin with the assassination attempt on Robert Fico, the PM of Slovakia who is close to Hungary's Orban and Russia's Putin and the murky background of the assassin who professes to...
Background Briefing: May 15, 2024
The Party of Law and Order Now Embraces Lawlessness as the GOP Speaker Trashes the Rule of Law to Please the Scofflaw-in-Chief We begin with the former party of law and order's embrace of lawlessness as a top Republican who is second in line to the president trashes...