Background Briefing: September 6, 2022
Trump, Who Has Contempt For the Law, Has an Unqualified Judge He Appointed Give Him More Than He Asked For We begin with the decision by the unqualified Trump-appointed judge in Florida who was confirmed after Trump had lost the election and had barely...
Background Briefing: September 5, 2022
Good News For Labor With 71% of Americans Approving Unions We begin on this Labor Day with the good news for organized labor from a recent poll that finds 71% of Americans approved of unions since the low unemployment rate that developed during the pandemic has...
Background Briefing: September 4, 2022
Trump Will Likely be Indicted But Not Until After the November Elections We begin with the DOJ's court filing in response to Trump's amateurish efforts to delay the investigation into his mishandling of classified national defense secrets and discuss the...
Background Briefing: September 1, 2022
In Tonight's Speech Will Biden Go From Semi Fascist to Full on Fascist in Describing the MAGA Republicans? We begin with President Biden's address to the nation tonight in which he is expected to warn about the threats to American democracy from the...
Background Briefing: August 31, 2022
A Russian Journalist Remembers Gorbachev We begin with the death of the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev who is loved in the West but loathed in his own country but whose place in history is secured by his work with President Reagan to end the...
Background Briefing: August 30, 2022
In Declaring Himself President Today, Has Trump Lost it? We begin with Trump declaring himself president today, or short of that, demanding a do-over election based on the latest MAGA Republican talking point, Hunter Biden's laptop. Joining us is Dr. Allen...
Background Briefing: August 29, 2022
Iraq on the Brink of Civil War We begin with the possibility of a civil war erupting in Iraq following the resignation from politics of the influential Iraqi nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr whose supporters stormed the Green Zone today resulting in 12 dead....
Background Briefing: August 28, 2022
Damning Evidence Against Trump Who Held Onto More Top Secrets Than the Trove Just Revealed in the Unsealed Affidavit We begin with the unsealed but heavily-redacted affidavit for the search warrant that was executed by the FBI on August 8 in their seizure of a...
Background Briefing: August 25, 2022
California Will Ban Gasoline Cars Aiming to be 100% All-Electric by 2035 We begin with the historic vote today by the California Air Resources Board to approve new rules that would phase out gasoline cars, banning the sale of all of them by 2035 by which time...
Background Briefing: August 24, 2022
Is Biden's Student Debt Cancellation Enough? We begin with President Biden's announcement today that he is cancelling the student debt of over 40 million Americans by $10,000 for most borrowers and $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants. Joining us is René...