Background Briefing: April 27, 2026
After Trump Assassinated Leaders Abroad, an American Citizen Struck Back Saying He Is "No Longer Willing to Permit a Pedophile, Rapist, and Traitor to Coat My Hands With His Crimes" We begin with the arraignment today of Cole Allen who is charged with an attempt to...
Background Briefing: April 26, 2026
A Celebration of the First Amendment Upended by the Unregulated Second Amendment We begin with the latest presidential assassination attempt last night at the same site where 40 years ago President Reagan was shot. We discuss how a bipartisan gathering to celebrate...
Background Briefing: April 23, 2026
While Trump Thrashes About, Iran's Leaders Can Afford to be Patient We begin with a shaky ceasefire containing an explosive hair trigger situation in the Persian Gulf as Iran's blockade and the US blockade bump up against each other with diplomacy on hold and...
Background Briefing: April 22, 2026
Our Reality TV President is at War With Reality in Iran We begin with the "art of the deal" failing our Reality TV president who is unable to deal with reality as he desperately throws out carrots and sticks at the Iranians in the hope they will let him out of the...
Background Briefing: April 21, 2026
Kushner/Witkoff Diplomacy Fails Again with Trump "Ready to Go To War" as Iran Has "Prepared New Surprises" We begin with Trump saying he is "ready to go to war" on Wednesday when the ceasefire expires while the Iranian side says they have "prepared new surprises for a...
Background Briefing: April 19, 2026
With What Trump Calls the Strait of Iran Closed Again, It's Clear Whoever the Administration is Talking to Are Not in Charge of Iran We begin with the Strait of Hormuz being closed again after Trump and Iran's FM said it was "completely open," suggesting the US is not...
Background Briefing: April 16, 2026
A Reality Check on Trump's Claims He's Stopping His 10th War in Lebanon We begin with Trump's announcement today that he "just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel. These...
Background Briefing: April 15, 2026
Could a Ceasefire Between Israel and Lebanon Lead to an Iran-US Agreement to End the War? We begin with an update on the blockade of the Persian Gulf amid reports that negotiations with Iran might resume soon, tempered by threats from the IRGC that they will blow up...
Background Briefing: April 14, 2026
The Trump Administration's Explanation of Why We Are at War With Iran..."We're America Bitches" We begin with how, while American presidents have had their sights on Iran for a long time, we are now at war with a senior Trump administration official explaining the...
Background Briefing: April 12, 2026
An Experienced Negotiator With Iran on Vance's Failure to Make a Quick Deal With an Enemy of 47 Years We begin with the failure of negotiations in Pakistan between VP Vance and Iran's Foreign Minister and Speaker of the Parliament with Trump now ordering a naval...