Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 19, 2026
This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 12, 2026
Trump, Vance, Hegseth and MAGA’s Deadly War on “Woke” Women We begin with the video released by VP Vance who apparently thought it was exculpatory, taken by the ICE murderer who filmed his victim, Renee Good, a 37 year-old mother of three whose last words to him were “I’m not mad at you” before she … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 5, 2026
Trump’s Monroe Doctrine: Threaten Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil But Support Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Honduras and Ecuador Whose Authoritarian Leaders Like Him and Keep on Maduro’s VP While Spurning the Nobel Prize-Winning Leader of Venezuela’s Opposition We begin with the seizure of Venezuela’s Maduro and his wife, hauled out of bed in the … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 29, 2025
An Interview From July on How We Are Already in a Constitutional Crisis Today we are continuing our retrospective of the major news stories of 2025 from the Background Briefing archives and go to an interview on July 20, 2025 when many were fretting over whether we might be in a constitutional crisis when we … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 22, 2025
Trump’s Deteriorating Mental and Physical Health We begin with the dam breaking in response to Trump’s disgusting remarks following the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife as tolerance for this sick, stupid, cruel and vulgar man’s behavior even upset some in MAGA world while Trump’s poll numbers crater and his public appearances are reduced … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 15, 2025
An Assessment of Trump’s New National Security Strategy We begin with Trump and Vance complaining that Europeans aren’t racist enough, wanting them to expel all the Muslims just as he is expelling all the brown skinned immigrants and minorities as fast as Stephen Miller can push ICE to meet his quotas. We assess Trump’s National … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 8, 2025
A Former JAG on Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War We begin with emerging evidence of a war crime following a closed-door intelligence briefing at which a select group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers saw the full video of the September 2 strike on a … Continued
Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 1, 2025
An Investigation Into the CIA-Run “Kill Or Capture” Zero Units the D.C. Shooter Worked With We begin the Trump administration’s racist focus on the Afghan shooter of 2 National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C., one of whom has died, prompting Trump’s call to deport all immigrants from the third world. We investigate the CIA-run “kill … Continued
Trump’s Decades-Long Obsession With Getting On the Forbes 400 List and How Much Saudi Money Has Lined His Pockets–Musk’s $Trillion Payday and How Billionaires Donated 1 in 13 Dollars Spent in the Last Election–Trump is Shoving Putin’s Wish List Down Zelensky’s Throat With a Thursday Deadline to Capitulate
Trump’s Decades-Long Obsession With Getting On the Forbes 400 List and How Much Saudi Money Has Lined His Pockets We begin with Trump and his family’s monetization of the presidency and U.S. foreign policy as witnessed this week with the White House state visit of Saudi Arabia’s previously-shunned Crown Prince. Joining us to assess how … Continued
From Epstein’s Entanglements to Trump’s New “Enemies” List—Plus: How AI Anxiety Could Drive Voters in the Next Election
Epstein’s Ties to Foreign Leaders and How Much the CIA Has an Epstein Problem We begin with Trump trying to pin the Epstein scandal on Bill Clinton as the recent release of Epstein emails implicate Trump further with Epstein thrashing his former friend, writing “I have met some very bad people. None as bad as … Continued
A breakdown of the government shutdown’s impact on air safety as thousands of aviation workers go unpaid, followed by a look at Trump’s stated plan to rig future elections and a report on New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani and his approach to the affordability crisis.
An Assessment of Air Safety as Air Travel Melts Down We begin with the government shutdown now in a record 40th day with 40 major airports cutting flights and cancelling reservations as 13,000 air traffic controllers and 55,000 TSA agents work without pay. We assess air safety and what strategy Trump might be employing as … Continued