A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: July 24, 2022

Bannon, the Mini-Me of Grifters, Grandstands After His Conviction We begin with the conviction of Stephen Bannon on two counts of defying congressional subpoenas and discuss his grandstanding outside the courthouse as a fundraising ploy since Bannon is the mini-me of...

Background Briefing: July 21, 2022

  The Powerful Case Against Trump Must Result in an Indictment and a Trial Even If There Will Be Trumpsters on the Jury We begin with President Biden coming down with Covid on the eve of the January 6 hearing featuring the former White House Deputy National...

Background Briefing: July 20, 2022

  Rep. Ro Khanna on Democrats More Angry at Biden Than Alarmed by the Embrace of Fascism by Trump’s GOP We begin with why, in spite of Republicans burning books, banning abortion, lying about election outcomes, targeting transgender youth, ignoring climate change...

Background Briefing: July 19, 2022

  The Purge at the Top of Ukraine's Intelligence and Prosecutor's Office We begin with the purging of the top ranks of Ukraine's Intelligence service the SBU and its Prosecutor General by President Zelensky citing more than 60 officials from the SBU and the...

Background Briefing: July 18, 2022

  Why Trump Should Immediately be Sued Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment We begin with a strategy to capitalize on the case the January 6 committee is developing that makes it abundantly clear Trump led the insurrection against the United States government...

Background Briefing: July 17, 2022

  Why Did Biden Meet With Middle East Leaders Who Want Trump Back in the White House? We begin with President Biden's just-concluded trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia where he met with Gulf and regional leaders, many of whom want Trump back in the White House....

Background Briefing: July 14, 2022

  The Impact of the Video of Police Inaction While Children Were Being Slaughtered We begin with the impact of the release of the video of police inaction while children were being slaughtered in Uvalde, Texas and investigate the coverups from state and local...

Background Briefing: July 13, 2022

  What Will Biden Gain From Meetings With Middle East Leaders Who Want Trump Back? We begin with an assessment of what Biden can gain from his trip to the Middle East by announcing a US-Israel Strategic Partnership which will not win votes from the American right...

Background Briefing: July 12, 2022

  How Trump Mainstreamed Violence as a Political Tool We begin with today's hearing of the House January 6 Committee at which a strong and clear case was made that Trump would not listen to the adults around him standing up for the rule of law but instead found a...

Background Briefing: July 11, 2022

  Western Europe Braces For Putin's Permanent Cutoff of Russian Gas We begin with the German Economic Minister and the French Finance Minister both warning that the Russian shutoff of gas to Western Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline for maintenance is likely to...

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