Background Briefing: August 8, 2023
The Power Grab by Ohio Republicans Behind Today's Election We begin with the important vote today in Ohio to stop a cynical Republican power grab aimed at heading off a November referendum for abortion rights that has majority support which the gerrymandered...
Background Briefing: August 7, 2023
Have Putin and Xi Handed a Strategic Opportunity to the West We begin with the possibility that Putin's disastrous invasion and Xi's mismanagement of the pandemic have opened a narrow window of strategic opportunity for the West. Joining us is Mathew Burrows, a...
Background Briefing: August 3, 2023
Trump's Arraignment Today and Why His Defense Won't Work We begin with today's indictment of Donald Trump before a Federal Magistrate in Washington DC where he pleaded not guilty to four counts of conspiracy to overthrow the US government, of denying US...
Background Briefing: August 2, 2023
Trump's Latest Indictment is not a First Amendment Issue About His Words. It's About His Deeds We begin with political response to the latest four count federal indictment of Trump for the January 6 insurrection and election interference which Republicans and...
Background Briefing: August 1, 2023
We had just posted today's program before we learned that Donald Trump has been indicted on four criminal counts by a DC grand jury for the January 6th insurrection and election interference. We will cover this news tomorrow. The GOP's Long Quest For an...
Background Briefing: July 31, 2023
The Ukrainian Peace Plan to be Discussed by 30 Nations in Saudi Arabia on August 5 We begin with the peace plan put forth by Ukraine that will be discussed by representatives of 30 countries on August 5 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the Saudis acting as the brokers for...
Background Briefing: July 30, 2023
More Indictments of Trump That Pro-Trump Jurors in Florida Could Agree Are Crimes We begin with the superseding indictments of Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case with 3 new charges bringing the total to 40 counts. We discuss how the new charges...
Background Briefing: July 27, 2023
Netanyahu's Path of Autocratic Legalism Following Orban, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Modi and Putin We begin with an article written in 2018 "Autocratic Legalism" which has been translated into a book in Hebrew and has become a must-read in Israel to explain the movement by...
Background Briefing: July 26, 2023
A Roundup of Legal Issues Facing Hunter Biden, Guiliani, Flynn, Navarro and Trump We begin with Hunter Biden's plea agreement falling apart, Rudy Guiliani conceding he made defamatory charges against election workers in Georgia, General Flynn and Peter Navarro...
Background Briefing: July 25, 2023
Deepening Divisions in Israel With the Country's National Security Threatened by Netanyahu's Power Grab We begin with the deepening divisions in Israeli society as demonstrations over the future of Israeli democracy and against Netanyahu's power grab mount with...