Background Briefing

Background Briefing – March 12, 2024

Of the $1.6 Trillion in Discretionary Spending in Biden’s 2025 Budget, a Trillion Goes to the Military and $499 Billion For Everything Else We begin with Biden’s $7.266 trillion 2025 budget released Monday of which $1.6 trillion is discretionary spending and a trillion of that (69%) goes to the military while $499 billion (31%) goes … Continued


UpFront

Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for a Haiti Transitional Government? Plus, Electric Rate Hikes and Debriefing San Francisco’s Election Results

0:08 — Brian Concannon is a Human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time … Continued