Background Briefing: July 24, 2023
Massive Demonstrations in Israel Against Netanyahu's Power Grab to Avoid Jail We begin with massive demonstrations in Israel over the weekend and today against the Netanyahu power grab in which the country's leader, facing the prospect of going to jail, has...
Background Briefing; July 23, 2023
How to Save American Democracy From the Trump 2.0 Revenge Machine We begin with the unavoidable observation that Donald Trump appears to have the Republican presidential nomination wrapped up and that the growing number of indictments and criminal trials he will be...
Background Briefing: July 20, 2023
Today's Republican Lovefest With RFK Jr. Which Had Democrats Attacking the Anti-Vaxxer and Anti-Semite With the Storied Democratic Name We begin with the bizarre contentious hearing today before Jim Jordan's clown show known as the House Subcommittee on the...
Background Briefing: July 19, 2023
Trump Facing a Third Indictment From Jack Smith in DC for the January 6 Insurrection We begin with the target letter Trump got from Special Counsel Jack Smith asking him to appear before the DC grand jury investigating the January 6 insurrection or face...
Background Briefing: July 18, 2023
As the Planet Bakes, Oil Companies Enjoy Record Profits From a Product that is Killing the Planet We begin with global temperature records being broken as heat domes across 4 continents bake the planet from Rome where today's high was 110 degrees to Phoenix,...
Background Briefing: July 17, 2023
No Labels, Flush With Republican Billionaire Dark Money, Woos Joe Manchin to Split the Biden Vote to Elect Trump We begin with the wooing of Senator Joe Manchin by the so-called non-partisan group No Labels to run as a third party candidate for president with Manchin...
Background Briefing: July 16, 2023
What is Behind the Hatred Spewing Forth From House MAGA Republicans? We begin with the hatred spewing from House MAGA Republicans like Eli Crane's atavistic, racist complaints about "colored people" and Congressman Perry viciously attacking Biden's Climate Envoy John...
Background Briefing: July 12, 2023
The Growing Threat to Public Safety From Ghost Guns We begin with the latest threat to public safety coming from ghost guns, one of which was used in the recent mass shooting in the streets of Baltimore. Teenagers are buying these ghost gun kits without serial...
Background Briefing: July 11, 2023
Record Heat in the South and Southwest as Climate Change Scorches the Planet We begin with the heatwave in the south across Florida, Texas, Arizona and California with record temperatures impacting 54 million Americans about to see triple-digit highs this...
Background Briefing: July 10, 2023
Should Ukraine Model its Security Future on Israel, Not NATO? We begin with tomorrow's NATO summit ahead of which we have just learned that Turkey's Erdogan has dropped his objections to Sweden entering the alliance. Joining us to discuss alternatives to joining NATO...