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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – March 4, 2024

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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


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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


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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


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – February 12, 2024

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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


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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – February 5, 2024

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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


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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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Background Briefing (Monday, 5am) – January 22, 2024

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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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