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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
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
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
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
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
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
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
The US Priority of Helping Israel Over Ukraine Which is Repelling the Russian Invader While Israel Turns a Tiny Strip of Land Into Rubble We begin with the extent to which the war in Gaza has been detrimental to Ukraine as it tries to repel the Russian invader while Israel turns a tiny strip of … Continued
Senate Republicans Protect the Powerful From the Public We begin with the shameless display of Republican fealty to billionaires with Senator Lindsey Graham and Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee blocking efforts to have Harland Crow and Leonard Leo testify about lavish and unreported gifts to justices Thomas and Alito. Joining us is Lisa Graves, the … Continued
A Palestinian Mother and Daughter Who Just Lost 36 Members of Their Family in Gaza We begin with the humanitarian tragedy underway in Gaza with 9,425 killed and 24,000 wounded according to Palestinian officials in the West Bank. Joining us is a mother and daughter who have lost 36 members of their family, Ghada Ageel, a … Continued
