Background Briefing: February 13, 2023
What Hazards Did the Unidentified Objects that Were Shot Down Pose to Commercial Aviation? We begin with the White House press briefing today by Admiral Kirby about the Chinese spy balloon and the three subsequent objects shot down by the US over Alaska, Canada...
Background Briefing: February 12, 2023
A Religious Zealot Could Ban Nationwide the Pill Used in Over 50% of Abortions and Do So Without Evidence We begin with a radical anti-abortion ruling expected soon banning a medical abortion drug nationwide from a Federal District Judge in Texas Matthew Kacsmaryk, a...
Background Briefing: February 9, 2023
The Far-Right House Republican's Madcap Hearings Yesterday and Today We begin with yesterday's madcap hearing by the new Republican House Oversight Committee focusing on Hunter Biden then today's even more ludicrous hearing by Jim Jordan's House Judiciary...
Background Briefing: February 8, 2023
Biden's Pro-Worker Anti-Corporate Profiteering SOTU Speech We begin with last night's State of the Union speech by Biden that was unapologetically pro-worker and unflinchingly anti-corporate profiteering as he called for a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild...
Background Briefing: February 7, 2023
Erdogan's Role in the Critical Delay in Getting Rescue Teams to the Sites of Devastation from the Earthquake We begin with the critical delay in getting rescue teams to the sites of devastation in Southern Turkey where thousands remain trapped under rubble from...
Background Briefing: February 6, 2023
Will Western Donors Respond to Erdogan's Plea for Aid After Earthquakes Devastate Southern Turkey and Northern Syria? We begin with the devastating earthquakes in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria, areas already under stress from refugees fleeing the ongoing...
Background Briefing: February 5 , 2023
What it is Like to Be a Person of Color and a Muslim American Constantly Having Your Loyalty Questioned We begin with Kevin McCarthy's pandering to a racist troll Marjorie Taylor Greene that resulted in Congresswoman Ilhan Omar being taken off the House Foreign...
Background Briefing: February 2, 2023
Speaker McCarthy Will Continue Legislative Terrorism to Extort Budget Cuts by Threatening to Crash the US and Global Economy We begin with the vote of petty vengeance today in the House to remove Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee...
Background Briefing: February 1, 2023
Facebook/Meta Reinstates Trump While Allowing Other Despots to Incite Violence and Genocide and Spread Hate and Disinformation We begin with Facebook/Meta reinstating a racist populist demagogue who led a violent coup against the US Government as the influential...
Background Briefing: January 31, 2023
Trump Could be Indicted in Atlanta and Manhattan Within Days or Weeks We begin with an update on the many pending indictments of Donald Trump with the possibility that within days or weeks both the Atlanta DA and the Manhattan DA will issue indictments on election...