Background Briefing: December 19, 2022
The House January 6 Committee Sends 4 Indictments of Trump to the DOJ We begin with the final meeting of the House January 6 Committee today at which four criminal referrals to the DOJ to indict Donald Trump were voted on along with their final report which...
Background Briefing: December 18, 2022
3 Criminal Referrals of Trump From the Jan. 6 Committee to the DOJ Expected on Monday We begin with the expectation that the House January 6 committee on Monday will vote to send criminal referrals to the DOJ urging the AG to charge Trump under 18 U.S.C. 2383...
Background Briefing: December 15, 2022
Trump's "Major Announcement" Falls Flat as the White House Recalibrates, Expecting to Run Against DeSantis We begin with Trump's "major announcement" today that he had promised, claiming "America needs a superhero" which turned out to be a pitch for tacky...
Background Briefing: December 14, 2022
Finally the Law is Catching up to Trump and It's Happening on Many Fronts We begin with the law finally closing in on Donald Trump who no longer has the protection of the presidency and is facing the DOJ, a special counsel, the D.A. in Atlanta, the D.A. in...
Background Briefing: December 13, 2022
A Bipartisan Bill Introduced Today For a National Development Strategy to Rebuild Our Industry and Build Back Our Middle Class We begin with a new bipartisan bill by Congressman Ro Khanna and Senator Marco Rubio introduced today, The National Development...
Background Briefing: December 12, 2022
At Saturday's Celebration of American and European Fascists and Their Sympathizers, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Called for an Armed Insurrection We begin with Saturday's gathering of American and European fascists and their sympathizers at the New York...
Background Briefing: December 11, 2022
Sinema, the Saboteur of the Democratic Agenda, Pulls Another Selfish Stunt We begin with the latest attention-seeking antic from Arizona Senator Kysten Sinema who has switched her party allegiance from Democrat to Independent, meaning that in order for the...
Background Briefing: December 8, 2022
More Deals With Putin Unlikely Until After a Russian Offensive in the Spring of 2023 We begin with the prisoner swap in which the US got the women's basketball star Brittney Griner back and Russia got the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout back. Joining us to...
Background Briefing: December 7, 2022
Far Right Supreme Court Justices Seem to Support a Dangerous Fringe Theory That Could Upend Our Elections We begin with oral arguments before the Supreme Court today in which Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch seemed to support the alarming fringe legal theory known as...
Background Briefing: December 6, 2022
The Trump Organization Found Guilty With Trump Accused of Explicitly Sanctioning Tax Fraud We begin with a conviction in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan that found the Trump Organization guilty in a tax fraud scheme in a verdict that was a blistering...