Background Briefing: April 13, 2023
The Arrest of the Leaker and the Inordinate and Unnecessary Amount of Widely Circulated Classified Material We begin with the arrest today of the leaker of classified documents that first appeared online eight months ago on Discord a gaming site where the postings by...
Background Briefing: April 12, 2023
How the FDA Overregulates Mifepristone and Why it Should Decline to Enforce a Ban We begin with the dueling decisions of two federal judges ahead of Friday's deadline when the ruling by the Texas anti-abortion zealot Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk for a nationwide ban on an...
Background Briefing: April 11, 2023
The Manhattan DA Sues Congressman Jim Jordan and the Pentagon Leaks That Have the IC in a State of Alarm We begin with the unprecedented lawsuit filed today in Federal Court by the Manhattan DA against Congressman Jim Jordan, the Republican Chair of the House...
Background Briefing: April 10, 2023
Damaging Leaks From Inside the Pentagon Embarrass Allies and Demoralize Ukrainian Officials We begin with the damaging leak of documents from the Pentagon that originated with the Joint Chief of Staff's intelligence arm J2 and somehow got into the hands of...
Background Briefing: April 9, 2023
A Far-Right Anti-Abortion Zealot Bans a Drug the FDA Approved 23 Years Ago Which is Safer Than Viagra or Tylenol We begin with the expected but radical act of judicial activism from a Federal Judge in Amarillo, Texas who is far-right anti-abortion zealot chosen...
Background Briefing: April 6, 2023
Tennessee's Republican Majority Railroad Two Democratic State Legislators in a Display of Anti-democratic Thuggery We begin with the display of anti-democratic thuggery in the Tennessee state house where the Republican majority expelled two Democratic...
Background Briefing: April 5, 2023
As Trump Faces Further Legal Jeopardy, Is the Manhattan DA's Case Against Him Weak or Strong? We begin with a division of opinion among law professors and legal pundits, some of whom say the indictments against Donald Trump brought by the Manhattan DA are weak...
Background Briefing: April 4, 2023
With Today's Indictment Securing Trump's Domination of the GOP, is the Monster Right Wing Plutocrats Created Now Out of Their Control? We begin with today's arraignment of Donald Trump in a Manhattan courthouse where he pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges...
Background Briefing: April 2, 2023
What Changed the Manhattan DA's Mind to Charge Trump on 34 Counts? We begin with the indictment of Donald Trump who is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday facing 34 counts, some of which result from the hush money payments made to silence a porn...
Background Briefing: March 30, 2023
An American Journalist Charged with Spying Who Was Arrested in Russia For the Crime of Reporting We begin with the arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia by the FSB who is charged with spying in an obvious effort by Putin to cower the foreign press who at...