Background Briefing: December 7, 2023
A Meaningless Debate in a Democratic Ritual That Avoided Discussing Our Endangered Democracy We begin with the last of the Republican presidential candidates' debate which was on a lesser known network NewsNation and featured the final four Christie, DeSantis, Haley...
Background Briefing: December 6, 2023
How the Laws of War, International Law and the Right of Self-Defense Apply to the War in Gaza We begin with an exploration of how the laws of war, international law and the right of self-defense apply to the war in Gaza as the civilian death toll in Gaza...
Background Briefing: December 5, 2023
The Target of a Lunatic Conspiracy Theory Who Trump Claims Encouraged Jan. 6 Violence on Behalf of the Deep State We begin with one of Trump's new targets who Trump's lawyers named in court filings asking the DOJ for documents to support a lunatic conspiracy theory...
Background Briefing: December 4, 2023
SCOTUS Poised to Kill Any Wealth Tax Before It Even Exists We begin with the case the Supreme Court takes up on Tuesday that will kill any proposed wealth taxes before they even exist and further weaken the government's ability to collect revenue from the wealthy and...
Background Briefing: December 3, 2023
An Assessment of the Chillingly Precise Intelligence Report on the Planned Hamas Attack That Was Ignored We begin with the resumption of Israel's war on Gaza and get an intelligence assessment of the devastating 40 page report called "Jericho Wall" that was analyzed...
Background Briefing: November 30, 2023
The Death of Henry Kissinger, a Great Elder Statesman to Some and a War Criminal to Others We begin with the death of Henry Kissinger at the age of 100 and get an appraisal of his life and legacy which is clearly controversial since Kissinger is being hailed as a...
Background Briefing: November 29, 2023
The Host of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai Exposed as a Cynic Willing to Sacrifice the Planet for Money and Power We begin with the damaging leak ahead on Thursday's start on the UN's annual climate summit COP 28 in Dubai from a whistleblower to the Center for...
Background Briefing: November 27, 2023
Background Briefing with Ian Masters · November 27, 2023 - Brian Katulis | James Thurber | Cleo Paskal The Possibility of a Ceasefire and the Probability of a Resumption of the War in Gaza Background Briefing with Ian Masters · The Possibility of a Ceasefire...
Background Briefing: November 23, 2023
Was the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? We begin on this Thanksgiving with a history of this uniquely American holiday and explore whether the generosity of the Native Americans toward the first white settlers was later repaid...
Background Briefing: November 22, 2023
An Assessment of Whether the Term Genocide Applies to What is Happening in Gaza We begin with the four day pause in the Gaza war, after which the killing and destruction could go on for months with over two million trapped in an increasingly smaller space as a...