Background Briefing: June 25, 2023
Putin's Brush With Civil War in Nuclear-Armed Russia We begin with Prigozhin's march on Moscow as the head of the Wagner mercenaries turned warlord threatened the very seat of power in nuclear-armed Russia. In a direct challenge of Putin, after refusing...
Background Briefing: June 22, 2023
India's Controversial Leader Modi Gets the Royal Treatment at the White House But is an Alliance with the US in the Cards? We begin with today's White House visit by India's controversial Prime Minister Modi who was banned from entering the US in 2005 for stoking...
Background Briefing: June 21, 2023
GOP Show Trials Sputter As 5 Years Later We Have Durham's Nothingburger and Hunter Biden's Misdemeanor Plea Deal We begin with the Republican tactic of manufacturing scandals to attack Democrats while ignoring the serial scandals of their front-runner and...
Background Briefing: June 20, 2023
Why Were the DOJ's Investigations Into January 6 and the Theft of Documents Delayed For 15 Months? We begin with a trial date set by the controversial Judge Aileen Cannon of August 14 when Jack Smith's case against Donald Trump will be heard and discuss the...
Background Briefing: June 19, 2023
Can the GOP Convince American Voters That Biden's Government Has Been Captured by Marxists and Communists? We begin with what appears to be the Republican talking point for the 2024 election which is to convince voters that the American government under Joe Biden has...
Background Briefing: June 18, 2023
Why Did Trump Steal Classified Documents? Maybe Because Putin Told Him To We will begin with the big question not asked or answered in the frenzied focus of Trump's indictments over the stolen classified documents and that is why did he do it? Widening the...
Background Briefing: June 15, 2023
Are We at the Point of No Return With American Democracy at the Crossroads? We begin with the Republican party's embrace of authoritarianism as they blindly defend Trump from the most serious possible charges under the Espionage Act while his GOP campaign...
Background Briefing: June 14, 2023
Blinken Sets Out to Try to Repair Dangerously Frayed Relations Between the World's Leading Military Powers We begin with Secretary of State Blinken heading to China in a few days to try to repair dangerously frayed relations between the world's leading...
Background Briefing: June 13, 2023
Arrested and Arraigned Today, Trump is So Lucky to Have Judge Aileen Cannon Preside over His Prosecution We begin with the arrest and arraignment on 37 charges of Donald Trump in a Miami courthouse today along with his body man Walt Nauta who has yet to find an...
Background Briefing: June 12, 2023
An Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Think Trump Should Serve as President if Convicted and That the Indictments Are Politically Motivated We begin with the latest CBS News poll that finds 80% of Republicans saying that if Trump is convicted he should be able to...