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Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time | The Ellison’s Have Promised Trump They Will Revamp CNN to Trump’s Liking | Australia’s Social Media Ban and How the “Tech Left” Can Mobilize Against Techno-Utopianism
Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time We begin with Trump telling Politico that Venezuela’s Maduro’s days are numbered, refusing to rule out a U.S. ground invasion. With the strikes on so-called drug boats meant to frame the coming conflict in the way weapons of mass … Continued
Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War–The Supreme Court Just Gave Republicans 30 of the 38 House Seats in Texas Before a Vote is Cast in November–13% of Americans Between 18 and 29 Say the U.S. is Heading in the Right Direction With Only 39% Supporting Capitalism–The Naked Partisanship of John Roberts Should be Clear to All As His Gives Trump Unlimited Power
A Former JAG on Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War We begin with emerging evidence of a war crime following a closed-door intelligence briefing at which a select group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers saw the full video of the September 2 strike on a … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – December 5, 2025
France’s Fifth Government in Three Years Collapses as the Far Right in Europe Rises We begin the collapse of France’s fifth government in three years fueling the rise of the far right National Rally party while Germany’s nativist AfD party grows in strength and the UK’s ruling Labor Party blows its mandate losing voters as … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – December 4, 2025
Trump and MAGA’s Policies and Politics Are Driven by Sadism We begin with Secretary of Defense Hegseth digging the hole deeper as he sat beside a half-awake Trump in a round-robin exercise in flattery of the “dear leader” cabinet meeting yesterday spouting rapid-fire “the dog ate my homework” excuses for not committing a war crime. … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – December 3, 2025
Secretary of Defense Hegseth Needs to Step Down Now! We begin the woefully unqualified and dangerously out-of-his-depth Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the hot seat for ordering a war crime which he is now trying to blame on the Admiral in charge of Special Operations Command. We explain why both Trump and Hegseth had … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – December 2, 2025
Trump and His Team Meet on Going to War Against Venezuela We begin with today’s White House meeting on going to war against Venezuela following Trump’s recent call with Maduro who apparently agreed to step down with conditions that Trump was not prepared to grant, thus making a military strike against the regime likely unless … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – November 28, 2025
What We Can Be Thankful For in This Otherwise Bleak Time We begin on this Thanksgiving with an exploration of what we can be thankful for in this otherwise bleak time of creeping fascism, looming war abroad and civil war at home, political polarization and societal division. Joining us is Richard Parker, who teaches economics … Continued