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Background Briefing (5am) – March 20, 2024

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Who Will Come up With the Billion Dollars Trump Needs as he Faces the Prospect of His Assets Being Seized? We begin with Trump’s appeal to the New York appeals court for extra time to find the billion dollars he will need to appeal his fraud conviction, which is not going well after 30 bond … Continued


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An Alarming Poll on the Rise of the “Duel Haters” Who Want Neither Trump nor Biden We begin with the findings from a veteran pollster that “duel haters” – voters who don’t want either Trump or Biden and were 18% of the voters in 2016 – are now at 23% of the electorate, with 91% … Continued


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Johnson Won’t Hold a Vote to Impeach Biden as Evidence Emerges the Source Who Fed House Republicans Russian Disinformation Was Paid $600,000 by Friends of Trump We begin with House Speaker Johnson telling reporters that he can’t commit to holding a Biden impeachment vote following the implosion of the case against Hunter Biden which was … Continued


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As Gazans Starve, Will Netanyahu Cross Biden’s “Red Line” and Invade Rafah? We begin with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and assess whether there is a deliberate policy of starvation underway, while the US and others resort to BandAid solutions of air drops and building a pier. Joining us to discuss Biden’s warning that Netanyahu … Continued


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Of the $1.6 Trillion in Discretionary Spending in Biden’s 2025 Budget, a Trillion Goes to the Military and $499 Billion For Everything Else We begin with Biden’s $7.266 trillion 2025 budget released Monday of which $1.6 trillion is discretionary spending and a trillion of that (69%) goes to the military while $499 billion (31%) goes … Continued


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Have Israel’s Right Wing Supporters and the AIPAC Lobby Lost the Narrative on Israel in Popular Culture? We begin with last night’s Academy Awards at which Jonathan Glazer, the winning international film director of The Zone of Interest, a movie about the banality of evil, portraying the family of the Commandant of Auschwitz living ordinary lives … Continued


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What Biden Might, Should and Will Say in Tonight’s State of the Union Address We begin ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address tonight with an analysis of what might be said, what needs to be said and what we know will be said and speak with a Democratic political strategist who has … Continued


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Can Biden Pick up Haley’s Voters While Placating the Uncommitted Young Democrats? We begin with Mitch McConnell’s craven endorsement of Trump now that he has the nomination all but locked up and whether, after Nikki Haley’s withdrawal, can Biden pick up the 20 to 30% of Republicans who are disaffected with Trump at the same … Continued


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VP Harris’s Clear Rebuke of Netanyahu Calling For a Ceasefire and What Amounts to Regime Change We begin with Vice President Harris making news with a speech on Sunday in Selma, Alabama commemorating the 59th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at which she called for an immediate six weeks ceasefire in Gaza. Then, in a clear … Continued


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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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