Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

5:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS

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

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

A deep dive into Trump’s fawning Alaska summit with Putin—where reality-TV diplomacy, Russian state media spin, and crypto-corruption collide—featuring insights from Angela Stent, Michael Gorham, and Jacob Silverman.

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The Shameful Amateurism of Trump’s Reality TV Diplomacy as He Sells Out Ukraine While Fawning Over a Wanted War Criminal We begin with Friday’s Trump/Putin summit in Alaska which the Russians refer to as Russkaya Amerika at which Trump again displayed his fealty to Putin welcoming a wanted war criminal on a US military base which had … Continued

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

Trump’s Tariff Spree/Trump Accuses Obama of “Treason,” Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations, and the Quest for Democracy.

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Trump’s Tariff Spree and Shooting the Messenger With the Bad Jobs Report We begin with Trump’s tariff spree issued on August 1 that is blatantly politically rather than economically motivated along with a bad jobs report that could augur a downturn for the economy which has Trump blaming the messenger, the head of the Bureau … Continued

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Thailand and Cambodia Border Fight/Trump’s Plan of Gerrymandering/Trump + DoJ Play Nice w/ Maxwell

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Why Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting Over Their Border and What Should Stop It We begin with the border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand that could escalate into a wider war since calls for restraint from ASEAN and the UN Security Council have been largely ignored. Joining us to discuss why the two countries are … Continued

Background Briefing (Monday, 5am)

Bove Confirmation Vote/Restoring our Democracy/Away out of our Decent into Authoritarianism

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With the Upcoming Senate Confirmation Vote on Emil Bove, Will Trump Get His “Roy Cohn” on the Supreme Court? We begin with the letter from more than 75 federal judges to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee urging the Republican majority not to confirm Emil Bove to the Court of Appeals then onto the Supreme Court. Needless to … Continued