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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 29, 2024

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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


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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


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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


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 8, 2024

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An Historian Who Had Lunch With the President on Wednesday Ahead of Biden’s Opening Campaign Speech of 2024 at Valley Forge We begin with President Biden’s opening campaign speech in the 2024 election on Friday at Valley Forge, the historic site of the Revolutionary war in 1777 that was preceded by a lunch with a … Continued


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Politics in the Year Ending and the Critical Year About to Begin We begin on this New Year’s Eve with an analysis of the year we are ending and the critical year about to begin as the political realignment in this country changes with the previously sought-after center all but disappeared as the GOP is … Continued


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 25, 2023

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As Christians Celebrate Christmas, a Christian Nationalist With a Smug and Sanctimonious Smile Wants to Undo the First Amendment We begin on this Christmas Eve as Christians celebrate the birth of the prophet Jesus with an appraisal of the relationship between church and state made more precarious with the new House Speaker who is an … Continued


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 18, 2023

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The Top Secret 10 Inch Thick, 2,700 Page Binder of Russian Influence and Collusion That Went Missing When Trump Left Office We begin with the explosive story at CNN and The New York Times revealing a missing 10 inch thick 2,700 page binder of top secret intelligence on Russian interference and collusion in the 2016 … Continued


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 11, 2023

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The Casual Cruelty of the Recently Impeached Texas AG in Delaying a Life-Threatening Abortion We begin with the Texas Supreme Court issuing a stay on a ruling in a critical abortion case that would have allowed a pregnant woman to have an abortion because her life and her future fertility are in danger. The recently … Continued


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – December 4, 2023

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An Assessment of the Chillingly Precise Intelligence Report on the Planned Hamas Attack That Was Ignored We begin with the resumption of Israel’s war on Gaza and get an intelligence assessment of the devastating 40 page report called “Jericho Wall” that was analyzed and shared by Israeli military and intelligence officials for a year before … Continued


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – November 27, 2023

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An Update on Trump’s Many Trials and Whether He Will Be Sentenced Before the Election We will begin with an update on the many trials Trump is facing and whether there will be a verdict and sentencing of the former president before the next election after which, if he wins back the presidency, Trump will … Continued


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