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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

Simon Shuster / Craig Holman / Gareth Gore

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04.28.25 - 5:00am

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On the Sidelines of the Pope’s Funeral, Zelensky Meets With Trump to Discuss the White House’s Charade of a Peace Plan/Giveaway to Putin
Trump Orders the DOJ to Investigate Act Blue to Get Private Data on 15 Million Democratic Donors
Opus Dei and “Traditionalist” Forces Inside the Catholic Church Maneuver to Replace a Pope They Hated With a Reactionary


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Charles Kupchan / Justin Wolfers / Jake Werner

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04.21.25 - 5:00am

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Putin’s Brief Easter Ceasefire and Trump’s Warning he Might “Take a Pass” if a Russia/Ukraine Peace Deal Can’t be Made
Trump Threatens To Fire the Chairman of the Fed, Which He Can’t Do, But That Won’t Stop Him From Trying
In Picking a Trade War With China, Trump Might End Up With a Real War


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Stephen Walt / Manuel Pastor / Chris Whipple

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04.14.25 - 5:00am

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How to Ruin a Country
From a Nation of Immigrants to a Nation of Hate, Xenophobia, Exclusion, and Cruelty
An Inside Look Into the Fateful Campaign That Brought Back Trump to Finish Off America


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Denver Riggleman / Stephen Wertheim / Karthik Sankaran

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04.07.25 - 5:00am

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Trump’s Looney Girlfriend Purges the NSC and NSA
The Future of NATO and a Europe Without the U.S.
In Search of a Methodology Behind the Economic Lunacy of Trump’s Tariffs?


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Harold Meyerson / Aziz Rana

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03.31.25 - 5:00am

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Trump’s Top Aides Dig the Hole Deeper on Signalgate Speaking Lies on Behalf of Power
The Emerging Resistance and How the Only Pathway Out of Institutional Collapse is on the Left


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Fred Turner / Robert Suettinger

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03.24.25 - 5:00am

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Musk’s Ungoverning Tactic of “Wreck Then Rob”
Inside the PRC’s Secretive Internal Leadership Struggles Between Reformers and Reactionaries


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Malcolm Nance / Aram Shabanian / Sidney Blumenthal

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03.17.25 - 5:00am

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Is the Witting Russian Asset Trump Now Working For Moscow?
An Update on Ukraine’s Withdrawal From Kursk, the Result of Another Trump Gift to Putin
Fratricide Among Democrats After Schumer Fell Into Speaker Johnson’s Trap


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Scott Horton / Anders Aslund / Michael Albertus

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03.10.25 - 5:00am

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Trump’s March 6 Executive Order Signals His Revenge Tour is Underway With Bondi, Patel, Bongino, Ratcliffe, and Gabbard as the Executioners
An Update on How Ukraine is Surviving After Trump Cuts Off Intelligence And Arms
As Trump Eyes Canada, Greenland, and Gaza, Climate Change Will Lead to Land and Resource Grabs


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Angela Stent / Stephen Crowley / Natalie Melnyczuk

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03.03.25 - 5:00am

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Zelensky, Who Wants to Make Peace, Gets Steamrolled By Trump, Who Wants to Make a Deal
Will Trump’s Capitulation to Putin Improve Ties or Give Putin a Second Wind to Cause More Mayhem?
Can Ukraine’s NATO Allies Fill the Gap, as Trump Abandons Ukraine to Putin?


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Nathan Tankus / Bandy Lee / Peter Montgomery

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02.24.25 - 5:00am

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As Assessment of the Damage Already Done by Musk and His Teenage Techies
The Need For Our Politicians, Business Leaders, and Citizens to Recognize Trump’s Sickness and Intervene Before He Does Any More Damage to the Country and the World
Trump’s Lies-Laden Keynote Speech to CPAC


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