Background Briefing: July 10, 2022
Inside Trumpworld Civil War Looms in Our Deeply Polarized and Divided Country We begin with the next American civil war which many in Trumpworld believe is both coming, necessary and inevitable and how to Trump believers, the January 6 insurrection was an act...
Background Briefing: July 7, 2022
A New Hearing on January 12 Will Add to the Portrait of a Disastrously Dysfunctional Trump White House We begin with the House January 6 Committee announcing an additional hearing on January 12 featuring the former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary....
Background Briefing: July 6, 2022
The UK's Scandal-Plagued Prime Minister Circles the Drain We begin with the exodus of ministers from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet further isolating the scandal-plagued leader to the point where he will soon have to step down or be sacked by his...
Background Briefing: July 5, 2022
The Violent and Macabre Online Posting by the Assassin Who Fired 70 Shots Into a 4th of July Parade We begin with a gun massacre on Independence Day in which a young man armed with an arsenal of assault rifles and pistols shot over 70 rounds into a Fourth of...
Background Briefing: July 4, 2022
Is Trump Blackmailing the GOP Into Submission Threatening to Run as an Independent? We begin with a further exploration of the possibility Trump is blackmailing the Republican Party into submission with the implicit or explicit threat that he could run as an...
Background Briefing: July 3, 2022
Will Trump Soon Announce He is Running For the Presidency to Get Legal Cover and Fleece the MAGA Crowd? We begin with the possibility that as early as tomorrow on the 4th of July Donald Trump could announce he is running for the presidency as a way get some of...
Background Briefing: June 30, 2022
Thanks to the Supreme Court, Will There Be a Liveable Planet in Our Children and Grandchildren's Future? We begin with the latest blow from the Supreme Court, this time on whether we have a liveable planet in the future and what kind of life awaits our children...
Background Briefing: June 29, 2022
Our Borderlands With Mexico Are Becoming a Graveyard We begin with yet another tragedy on the southern border on Monday with 51 migrants found dead in a tractor-trailer outside of San Antonio, Texas. Joining us is Jean Guerrero, an opinion columnist at the Los...
Background Briefing: June 28, 2022
With Evidence Against Trump Piling Up, Why Is He Not in Jail? We begin with the devastating testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, a White House insider who witnessed Trump's actions in the days preceding January 6 and on that day as the chief aide to Trump's chief...
Background Briefing: June 27, 2022
Alito's "Victory for White Life" and the Freakout on the White Right We begin with how Alito's banning of abortion rights has been celebrated by white nationalists with Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller thanking Trump on behalf of the MAGA folks at a Trump...