Background Briefing: April 2, 2024
Israel's Killing of Seven Aid Workers Who Were Feeding Starving Gazans Sparks International Outrage We begin with Israel's killing of seven aid workers from Palestine, the UK, Australia, Poland, Canada and the U.S. who were with Chef Jose Andres' World Central...
Background Briefing: April 1, 2024
New Evidence on "Havana Syndrome" Links the GRU's Assassination Unit 29155 to the Mysterious Attacks on U.S. Officials and Their Families We begin with revelations from a joint investigation by CBS' 60 Minutes, Der Spiegel and The Insider that the AHI (Anomalous...
Background Briefing: March 31, 2024
The State Department Officer With Feds United for Peace Who Resigned to Protest U.S. Complicity in Israel's War on Gaza We begin with the resignation of a State Department officer and a member of Feds United for Peace who just resigned to protest U.S. complicity in...
Background Briefing: March 28, 2024
While a Bitcoin Fraudster Gets a 25 Year Sentence Today, the Head of the SEC Gives Bitcoin a New Lease on Life We begin with today's sentencing of the Bitcoin fraudster Sam Bankman Fried who got 25 years for bilking customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange out of...
Background Briefing: March 27, 2024
Plutocrats Are Backing Trump, Not Because They Like Him, but to Extend Trump's Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich We begin with America's plutocrats lining up to support Trump, not because they like him, but because he will extend the Trump tax cuts for the ultra-rich...
Background Briefing: March 26, 2024
Is Israel Becoming a Strategic Liability For the United States? We begin with the growing rift between President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu and get an analysis of whether there could be a foreign policy shift beyond the immediate difficulty of dealing with an...
Background Briefing: March 25, 2024
A Look at the Islamic State's Global Terrorist Franchises While Putin Tries to Shift the Blame Onto Ukraine We begin with Putin shifting the blame onto Ukraine as he tries to exploit the rage from the trauma the Russian people have following the slaughter of their...
Background Briefing: March 24, 2024
The Do-Nothing Congress Descends Into the Chaos Congress We begin with the do-nothing congress now descending into the chaos congress with Marjorie Taylor Greene filing a motion to vacate the speakership, as the House Republican majority hangs by the thread of...
Background Briefing: March 21, 2024
Can the Public Own Giant Tech Companies Who Operate as Monopolies? We begin with the DOJ's antitrust suit against Apple and explore the possibility of public ownership of the giant tech companies that operate as monopolies and control much of what we interact...
Background Briefing: March 20, 2024
As a Million Gazans Starve, Kushner's Callous Remarks on the Value of Their Beachfront Property Resonate While Netanyahu Talks to Republican Senators and the House Speaker We begin with Netanyahu addressing the Republican senators today by video after a lengthy...