Background Briefing: August 24, 2023
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Deny Global Warming and Would Support Trump For President Even If He Is In Jail We begin with last night's Republican presidential primary debate at which almost all the candidates denied global warming with one calling it a...
Background Briefing: August 23, 2023
Revenge is Putin's Dish Best Served Cold to His Former Chef We begin with what appears to be an act of terrorism by Vladimir Putin against his former chef Yevgeny Prigozhin who he labelled as a traitor two months ago for challenging Putin's leadership in a...
Background Briefing: August 22, 2023
Under the Leadership of Their Murderous Dictator, Saudi Border Guards Slaughter Ethiopian Refugees We begin with reports from Human Rights Watch at Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen that uncovered brutal and barbaric military force being used against Ethiopian...
Background Briefing: August 20, 2023
The Camp David Summit to Bring Japan and South Korea Together as China, Russia and North Korea Strengthen Ties We begin with the Camp David meeting hosted by President Biden that brought together the leaders of Japan and South Korea in an effort to overcome bitter...
Background Briefing: August 17, 2023
Canada on Fire We begin with the devastating fires in Canada that now surround the capital of the Northwest province Yellowknife that is under an evacuation order. This, following earlier fires in Quebec and Ontario provinces, smoke from which polluted the...
Background Briefing: August 16, 2023
Trump's Racist Response to the Latest Indictments is to Call Black Judges, Prosecutors and Election Workers "RIGGERS" We begin with Trump's racist response to his latest indictments aiming his dog whistles at the black prosecutors and judges accusing and trying...
Background Briefing: August 14, 2023
Threats of Civil War From a US Congressman While Judges and Prosecutors on Trump's Cases Get Death Threats We begin with calls for violence and civil war coming from US Congressman Gaetz who was standing next to Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair when he said...
Background Briefing: August 13, 2023
Trump Faces Jeopardy From Reconstruction Era Laws We begin with laws from the 1870s Reconstruction era being applied to Trump's prosecution with the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 included in Jack Smith's January 6 indictments and two prominent conservative law professors...
Background Briefing: August 10, 2023
A More Optimistic Electoral Landscape Ahead For 2024 as Reproductive Rights Trump Anti "Wokeness" We begin with encouraging signs that a solid majority of the American electorate is motivated to vote to protect reproductive rights the Supreme Court took away at...
Background Briefing: August 9, 2023
A Resounding Defeat of an Anti-Abortion Power Grab in Ohio We begin with the resounding 57% to 43% defeat of a Republican power grab in Ohio to block an anti-abortion referendum that is bound to win as others have recently in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,...