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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 15, 2023
Threats of Civil War From a US Congressman While Judges and Prosecutors on Trump’s Cases Get Death Threats We begin with calls for violence and civil war coming from US Congressman Gaetz who was standing next to Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair when he said “But we know only through force do we … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 14, 2023
Trump Faces Jeopardy From Reconstruction Era Laws We begin with laws from the 1870s Reconstruction era being applied to Trump’s prosecution with the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 included in Jack Smith’s January 6 indictments and two prominent conservative law professors conclusion that Trump should be disqualified from the presidency under Section 3 of … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 11, 2023
A More Optimistic Electoral Landscape Ahead For 2024 as Reproductive Rights Trump Anti “Wokeness” We begin with encouraging signs that a solid majority of the American electorate is motivated to vote to protect reproductive rights the Supreme Court took away at the same time the public is not getting behind Governor DeSantis’s racist refrain of … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 10, 2023
A Resounding Defeat of an Anti-Abortion Power Grab in Ohio We begin with the resounding 57% to 43% defeat of a Republican power grab in Ohio to block an anti-abortion referendum that is bound to win as others have recently in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, California and Vermont. Joining us is Carol Sanger, professor of Law … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 9, 2023
The Power Grab by Ohio Republicans Behind Today’s Election We begin with the important vote today in Ohio to stop a cynical Republican power grab aimed at heading off a November referendum for abortion rights that has majority support which the gerrymandered Republican-controlled legislature is trying to do and end run around by changing the … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 8, 2023
Have Putin and Xi Handed a Strategic Opportunity to the West We begin with the possibility that Putin’s disastrous invasion and Xi’s mismanagement of the pandemic have opened a narrow window of strategic opportunity for the West. Joining us is Mathew Burrows, a distinguished fellow and program lead for Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy and the Strategic … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 7, 2023
Ukraine Tries to Woo the BRICS Nations to Get Aboard Their Peace Plan We begin with the peace talks underway in Saudi Arabia at which 40 nations have sent senior officials to discuss Ukraine’s 10-point peace plan. With Russia not invited it is clear there is an attempt underway to appeal to the BRICS nations, … Continued