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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
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
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
Could a Top Trump Official Who Lied About Being Born in the Soviet Union be a Russian Plant? We begin with the latest revelations in the suspicious case of the top Trump official in charge of vetting the 4,000 who have been appointed to the executive branch in the second Trump administration. Sergio Gor has … Continued
Trump Gets Stiffed Again by His Idol Putin as China Admits It Wants the Ukraine War to Drag on to Keep the US and NATO Out of Asia We begin with Trump’s charade of appearing to broker a peace between Russia and Ukraine getting stiffed again by his idol Putin who refused to play along … Continued
Welcome to One Party Rule As SCOTUS Removes the Last Check on Trump
We Are Back in the 1850s, With ICE Repeating the Cruelty of the Fugitive Slave Act
There Was a Respectable Right Before Trump’s MAGA Took Over the GOP
Now that U.S. Bombs Have Fallen on Iran, What We Know and Don’t Know About Iran’s Secret Nuclear Program
Trump, the Triumphant and Imperial President at Home and the Emperor Abroad
MAGA Political Hatred Has Moved From Talk to Action, With the Assassination of Democratic Lawmakers in Minnesota
Raining on Trump’s Parade, as Our Fuhrer Takes the Stand to Review the Troops Like the Dictators He Admires
Trump on the Sidelines as Israel Wages War on Iran, With Netanyahu Promising Regime Change
More Tabloid Headlines From a Tabloid Presidency, As the Marriage of Wealth and Power Between Two Infantile Ego-Maniacs Heads For Divorce
Political Activism Versus Centrist Pragmatism: The Choices Facing the Moribund Democratic Party in New York City’s Mayoral Race
Trump Claims Putin is “Tapping Him Along,” But is Trump Stringing Us All Along?
President TACO Zig-Zags on Tariffs, as the Senate Takes Up His “Big, Beautiful Bill,” Which Some Republicans Want to Cut More and Others Cut Less
Trump Calls Leonard Leo a “Sleazebag” and Regrets Following the Advice of the Federalist Society
The Growing Possibility Our Next President Will Be J.D. Vance Before Trump’s Term is Up
Netanyahu Blames the Leaders of the UK, France, and Canada For the Murders of Young Israeli Diplomats in DC
A Path Forward For Those Who Want to Stop the Killing of Innocents
The Ongoing Humanitarian Nightmare in Gaza
