Background Briefing: November 7, 2023
One of the "Adults in the Room" on Trump's Vengeful Plans For a Second Term We begin with alarming reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times about Trump's vengeful plans for a second term outlining how he would invoke the Insurrection Act on day one and...
Background Briefing: November 5, 2023
A Palestinian Mother and Daughter Who Just Lost 36 Members of Their Family in Gaza We begin with the humanitarian tragedy underway in Gaza with 9,425 killed and 24,000 wounded according to Palestinian officials in the West Bank. Joining us is a mother and daughter who...
Background Briefing: November 2, 2023
Increasing Tensions Inside the American Left on Campuses and Among and Between Arab and Jewish Americans Over the Gaza War We begin with increasing tensions inside the American left and among and between American Jewish and Arab communities and on campuses which has...
Background Briefing: November 1, 2023
MAGA Mike Johnson's Top Priority to Cut Taxes on the Rich by Gutting the IRS's Ability to Collect Revenues From Wealthy Tax Cheats We begin with the top priority of MAGA Mike Johnson, the new House Speaker, which is to serve his benefactors by cutting taxes on the...
Background Briefing: October 31, 2023
More Civilian Deaths in Gaza as Israel's Ground Campaign Intensifies We begin with more civilian deaths in Gaza as Israeli ground forces move into the north and destroy tunnels in a campaign that may be over much sooner than the months that Netanyahu recently...
Background Briefing: October 30, 2023
How the War in Gaza is Impacting U.S. Electoral Politics We begin with an analysis of how the war between Israel and Hamas is impacting electoral politics in the U.S. as a new poll indicates a drop of 11% among Democratic voters in support for President Biden since...
Background Briefing: October 29, 2023
Winning the Military Campaign But Losing the Information War We begin with the beginning of a ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces and the human cost in Palestinian lives as television screens around the world show heartbreaking images of wounded and...
Background Briefing: October 26, 2023
Trump's Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson We begin with an autocrat and a kleptocrat joining forces with a theocrat and explore the role of white Christian nationalism as a vital component of the coalition to reelect Trump now bolstered by Trump's Christian soldier...
Background Briefing: October 25, 2023
Trump Gets His Speaker With a Friendlier Face But a Hard Right Record We begin with the House Republicans coming together today to elect a new speaker, Mike Johnson, after Trump had torpedoed the Republican whip Tom Emmer. Now with Trump's blessing since Johnson led...
Background Briefing: October 24, 2023
Emmer Gets the Nomination, Trump Calls Him a RINO, Then He Drops Out of the Race For Speaker We begin with the attempt to elect another speaker with Tom Emmer getting the nomination, but with 26 House Republicans opposing him along with Trump, who is calling...