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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Will Another Humiliation of Hezbollah and Iran Lead to a War in Lebanon?
Chief Justice Roberts Does Not Call Balls and Strikes; He Rigs the Playing Field Before the Game
As Incendiary Hate, Racism, and Paranoia From Trump and Vance Escalate, What Can We Expect If They Lose the Election?
Another Assassination Attempt on Trump by Another Assassin Whose Politics Are All Also Over the Map With Both Having Easy Access to Military-Style Assault Rifles
Americans Who Want to Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia: Good and Bad
The Growing Phenomenon of “Caudillismo” in Latin America
Trump is Hanging Out With Laura Loomer, Who Republicans Are Blaming For His Disastrous Debate
Erdogan Inflames Tensions With the U.S. and Israel, While Secretly Profiting From Oil and Arms Sales to Israel
What America Would Be Like After a MAGA Takeover Based on the MAGA Takeover of Two Counties in Washington and Northern California
In Last Night’s Debate, the Reality TV Star Trump Appeared to Lose His War Against Reality
The Obstacles Women Face in Politics That Harris is Navigating
On the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11, New Evidence of Saudi Involvement With the Hijackers Emerges
Foreign Policy in Tonight’s Harris/Trump Debate, and Who’s Finger Would You Rather Have on the Nuclear Button
Democratic “Irrational Exuberance” With the Polls and “Sane-Washing” by the Mainstream Media
We Should Take Trump at His Word That He Wants to be a Dictator and Jail His Opponents and the Press
The Mein Kampf of the MAGA Republican Party, Project 2025
Today’s Republican Report on the Withdrawal From Afghanistan is a Political Hit Job on VP Harris
How Putin’s Shadow Fleet of “Ghost” Tankers Are Accidents Waiting to Happen
Russia Interferes in Our Elections Via Pro-Trump Influencers, Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters
But For Police Failures, the Gun Culture, and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened
The Shakeup In Zelensky’s Government, Which is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses, as Russian Missiles Kill Ukrainian Civilians
Another School Shooting and Can a Progressive Ticket Win the Presidency?
Could the Arsonist Netanyahu Spark a Wider War With Jordan a Powder Keg About to Explode
A New Nuclear Doctrine to Confront Russia, China and North Korea Simultaneously
Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales
How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns
The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connections
Will the Harris/Walz Pro-Labor Stance Help Get Them Elected?
America’s Growing Economic Inequality
The Democrats Will Need Both a House and Senate Majority to Pass the PRO Act
