Background Briefing: June 23, 2026
In Spite of GOP Lies, There's an Easy Fix for a Social Security Shortfall in 2034 We begin with the projected Social Security shortfall of $314 billion in 2034 which anti-government Republicans have been exploiting for years manufacturing a generational war telling...
Background Briefing: June 21, 2026
Iran Closes the Strait Of Hormuz as Negotiators in Switzerland Try to Rescue the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal We begin with a specialist on Iran who predicted the peace deal is likely to be temporary, which turns out to be an understatement now that Iran has closed the Strait...
Background Briefing: June 18, 2026
Vance Unloads on Israel in an Obvious Warning Not to Spoil the White House Deal With Iran We begin with Vice President Vance leveling a broadside against criticism of the White House deal with Iran coming from Netanyahu's cabinet reminding Israeli leaders that Trump...
Background Briefing: June 17, 2026
Even if Trump Has Given Away the Store, Diplomacy is Better Than Continuing to Fight a Lost War We begin with the White House having to release the text of the so called peace deal with Iran they kept secret after it was leaked and, although it is clear the US lost...
Background Briefing: June 16, 2026
A Deal to Make a Deal Has Hawks on All Sides Terrified it Will Succeed We begin with what we know about the latest ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran being touted as a peace deal, the details of which Trump is keeping secret until Friday's signing in Geneva....
Background Briefing: June 14, 2026
Instead of an End to Violence in the Persian Gulf as Trump's 80th Birthday Gift From Iran, He Celebrates Mindless Violence in the Claw Where Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden Once Stood We begin with Trump hoping for a birthday present in the form of a peace deal to...
Background Briefing: June 11, 2026
Trump Tries To Spin His Way Out of a Defeat and the End of U.S. Hegemony in the Persian Gulf We begin with Trump threatening to bomb Iran tonight then reversing himself suddenly claiming "the highest level of Iranian leadership" has approved something that the US,...
Background Briefing: June 10, 2026
Trump's Plan to Destroy US Intelligence and Steal the Next Election We begin with Trump's determination to destroy American Intelligence by placing an ignorant thug in charge of the ODNI who will have access to all of the nation's secrets which will be manipulated and...
Background Briefing: June 7, 2026
The US and Iran Exchange Fire Jeopardizing a Tenuous Ceasefire As Iran Insists on Trump Releases Over $24 Billion of Its Frozen Assets Before Finalizing a Deal We begin with Iran and the US exchanging fire in the Persian Gulf jeopardizing a tenuous ceasefire as the...
Background Briefing: June 4, 2026
Now That Trump Has His Roy Cohn, Will the Senate Confirm Todd Blanche to be the Nation's Attorney General? We begin with Trump's intention to nominate his former criminal attorney now Acting AG Todd Blanche to become the Attorney General of the United States and...