Background Briefing: June 26, 2022
Gloria Steinem on a New Wave of Activism and Voting Beginning to Swell We begin with the shocking but not surprising ruling from our far-right Supreme Court and speak with a long-time activist for women's rights who believes the majority in this country which...
Background Briefing: June 23, 2022
Trump's Pressure Campaign on the DOJ and Pardons Sought by the GOP's Most Ardent Trumpsters We begin with today's hearing of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection which focused on the pressure Trump put on the Department of Justice...
Background Briefing: June 22, 2022
The Hearings Portray Trump as a Mafia Boss With Giuliani His Consigliere We begin with the picture emerging from the January 6 Committee's hearings of a mob boss and his consigliere Giuliani bullying legislators into breaking the law without giving any reasons...
Background Briefing: June 21, 2022
More Powerful Testimony From Republican Witnesses Demolish Trump's Election Lies We begin an analysis of today's hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and speak with Dr. Michael McDonald, a Professor of Political Science...
Background Briefing: June 20, 2022
The Face of Trump's GOP on Display at the Texas Republican Convention We begin with Saturday's Texas Republican convention which provided a full-on display of the face of Trump's GOP and where it would take the country with resolutions passed to reject the 2020...
Background Briefing: June 19, 2022
The Critical Tipping Point For Democracy and the Rule of Law America and the World Faces We begin with whether, as powerful and damning evidence piles up before our eyes, there will be a criminal referral of Donald Trump to the Department of Justice by the...
Background Briefing: June 16, 2022
The Internal White House Battles Between Pence and His Lawyers and Trump and His Legal Charlatan John Eastman We begin with today's hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection which focused on the role of Trump's unrelenting...
Background Briefing: June 15, 2022
A History of the Right Wing Grift Machine Now That the "Big Lie" Has Become the "Big Grift" We begin with a history of the right wing grift machine now that the "big lie" has become the "big grift" and speak with Rick Perlstein, the author of the New York Times...
Background Briefing: June 14, 2022
Republicans Don't Trust Teachers to Teach But Trust Them to Have Loaded Guns Around Children with Little Training We begin with the Governor of Ohio signing a bill on Monday that would have school employees armed with as little as 24 hours training in the use...
Background Briefing: June 13, 2022
After Manufacturing the Big Lie, Trump Engineered the Big Ripoff to Fund His Comeback and Intimidate the GOP Into Supporting the Big Lie We begin with the second of the hearings by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection which today...