Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 29, 2025
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) – 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
An unsettling look at Trump’s dangerous ignorance on nuclear weapons, how Speaker Mike Johnson has effectively shut down Congress without a crisis, and the story of an Iranian journalist silenced for documenting the Women, Life, Freedom movement three years after it began.
The Man With His Finger on the Button Doesn’t Know What He is Talking About When it Comes to Nuclear Weapons We begin with more questions arising about Trump’s mental health following his surprise announcement that the US would resume nuclear testing which he based upon dangerously deficient evidence and deep ignorance particularly when you … Continued
Monuments, Malice, and the Mission Ahead: Trump’s Ego, America’s Takeover, and the Democrats’ Crossroads
Dwarfing the White House, Trump’s Monstrous Monument to His Ego Will be an Enduring Insult From the Worst President in Our History That Will Torment Us For the Ages We begin with the desecration of the people’s house with the East Wing gone in a stealth demolition to be replaced by a monstrous monument to … Continued
Resistance and Repression: From ‘No Kings’ Rallies to Right-Wing Hate and Venezuela Threats
Resistance to Trump is Growing With 2,600 No Kings Protests Across America We begin with the 2,600 No Kings rallies held on Saturday across the country from Maine to the Marianas which peacefully displayed the growing resistance to Trump reflecting a patriotic love for a country the demonstrators are trying to save, the opposite of … Continued