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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
The Russian Elections and Putin’s Plans to Stoke Divisions in an Already-Divided America We begin with the elections in Russia and Sunday’s “noon against Putin” protests organized by Navalny, as if reaching out from the grave, where citizens in the main cities showed up in long lines in spite of massive repression against the mildest … Continued
Biden Turns the Tide Against the Press and Pollsters Who Have Written Him Off As Too Old and Losing Badly to Trump We begin with a turning of the tide as Biden, who has been written off by the press and pollsters as too old and losing badly to Trump, made a fiery SOTU speech … Continued
Following the Massacre of Desperate Gazans Storming Food Trucks, Ceasefire Talks Are Underway We begin with the US airdrop of food to the starving Gazans that many see as a BandAid over a gaping wound while talks underway in Cairo could bring about as much as a six-week ceasefire although Hamas has yet to agree. … Continued
A Lackluster CPAC and the VP Auditions in Spite Of Trump Trying to Have His Last VP Killed We begin with Trump’s expected victory in South Carolina after his keynote speech on Friday at CPAC in which he referred to himself as “a proud dissident” and “a total genius.” We discuss how this year’s gathering … Continued
A Friend of the Murdered Leader of the Russian Opposition Discusses Putin’s Latest Murder of the Leader of the Russian Opposition We begin with the murder of the leader of the opposition in Russia, Alexei Navalny, who Putin’s FSB almost killed with a nerve agent in 2020, then had him incarcerated in gulags on trumped … Continued
Can Biden Go Around Netanyahu to Save Israel From Its Ruinous Leader? We begin with Biden’s strongest criticism of Israel’s behavior in Gaza calling the actions of the IDF “over the top,” as Netanyahu doubles down in defiance of the US president by calling for an evacuation of Rafah, the crowded last refuge for Gazans … Continued
As US Bombing of Syria and Iraq Continues, Will Iraq’s Government be Forced to Eject 2,000 US Personnel Who Could Become Hostages? We begin with blowback from the US retaliation against IRGC and Quds forces as well as Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria from the strikes on 85 targets at 7 sites. With popular … Continued
Texas Leads a Secession Movement as Militias Head to the Border in a New Civil War We begin with former Russian president Medvedev calling on Texas to secede from the United States and bring on another Civil War as an army of armed right wing militias head for the southern border while more than 25 … Continued
A Defiant Netanyahu Will Drag Out His War to Hurt Biden and Help Trump We begin with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s defiance in his public rejection of the US administration’s case for a Palestinian state following Biden’s call for a two-state solution and the ending of Israel’s war in Gaza. We go to Israel to … Continued
Will Strikes Against the Houthis Scuttle the Saudi Peace Deal to End a War in Yemen MbS Started in 2015? We begin with continued strikes by the US and UK against Houthi targets in Yemen and assess what impact they will have on the peace talks close to ending the civil war that was started … Continued
