Background Briefing: September 24, 2023
Tuesday Will See the First American President to Join a Picket Line in the UAW Strike in Detroit We begin with the first time an American president joined a picket line in support of a strike which will happen on Tuesday in Detroit when Biden joins the UAW...
Background Briefing: September 21, 2023
The House Freedom Caucus Nihilists Further Weaken McCarthy as They Head For a Shutdown We begin with chaos on Capitol Hill as the nihilists on the House Freedom Caucus rebuke their weak Speaker McCarthy for a second time, blocking a Pentagon spending bill,...
Background Briefing: September 20, 2023
A Member of a Delegation of Australian Politicians in Washington Urging the US Not to Extradite Julian Assange We begin with a delegation of six Australian politicians from across the political spectrum delivering a message from 63 members of the Australian parliament...
Background Briefing: September 19, 2023
How the US Constitution's Protection Against a Tyranny of the Majority Has Enabled a Tyranny of the Minority We begin with how the U.S. Constitution which was designed in part to protect against a tyranny of the majority, has generated the opposite problem by enabling...
Background Briefing: September 18, 2023
In Spite of Damning, Salacious Testimony, Texas Republicans Acquit AG Paxton We begin with the acquittal of the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after damning and salacious testimony before the Texas State Senate which failed to sway Republican senators under...
Background Briefing: September 17, 2023
The UAW and the Transition to EV: Avoiding the False Choice Between a Good Job and a Green Job We begin with the UAW strike and the possibility that two of the Democratic party's main constituencies, unions and environmentalists could be on different sides as...
Background Briefing: September 14, 2023
The False Equivalence of Hunter Biden on Trial While His Father is Running Against the Head of the Trump Crime Family We begin with the indictment today of Hunter Biden for allegedly making false statements on an ATF form and illegally possessing a handgun with...
Background Briefing: September 13, 2023
How Delusion and Distraction Now Dominate Our Politics We begin with how Speaker McCarthy is a prisoner of the madness that has captured the Republican party as he embarks on a fruitless impeachment of President Biden and a shutdown of the U.S. government at...
Background Briefing: September 12, 2023
McCarthy Caves Into House Radicals to Impeach Biden After 9 Months of Fruitless Investigation of Hapless Hunter Biden We begin with Speaker McCarthy caving into the House Freedom Caucus radicals to open an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden after 9 months of...
Background Briefing: September 11, 2023
Why Can't Biden and the Pentagon Control Elon Musk From Helping His Pal Putin? We begin with Secretary of State Blinken's inability to answer a question on CNN's "State of the Union" about Elon Musk preventing Ukraine from attacking the Russian Black Sea fleet to stop...