Background Briefing (5am)
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Background Briefing (5am) – May 8, 2026
Pressure on Trump From the Saudis to Make a Deal With Iran While Israel Warns the Deal Would be a Disaster For Them We begin with the Saudis having pressured Trump into pausing his “Project Freedom” blockade on Iran to make way for a peace deal by cutting US access to Saudi and Kuwaiti bases … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – May 7, 2026
On today’s briefing: More Erratic Moves From Trump as He Appears Desperate and the Iranians seem to be Holding the Cards We begin with more erratic moves from Trump who suddenly paused his “Project Freedom” initiative to have the US Navy guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz a day after announcing it and assess … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – May 6, 2026
On totay’d briefing: Are Putin’s Days Numbered? We begin with the possibility that Putin’s days are numbered as he is forced to scale back next Saturday’s Victory Day celebration while shutting down the internet and Telegramm as the Russian people become more aware that the war is going badly and is getting close to home … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – May 5, 2026
On today’s briefing: Leaks From European Intel Say Putin is Increasingly Paranoid and Afraid of His Own Military We begin with leaks to CNN from European Intelligence Services suggesting Putin is increasingly paranoid and hunkered down in a bunker in Kraznodar in Southern Russia apparently afraid of his own military while taking extreme measures to … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – May 1, 2026
On today’s briefing: Trump’s Briefing Today on How to Get Out From Under His Maniacal Misadventure in the Middle East We begin with the CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper briefing Trump and his national security team in the White House today on what options the US has to extract Trump from his maniacal misadventure in the … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – April 29, 2026
On today’s briefing: Political Assassins More Often End up Achieving the Opposite of What Their Manifestos Proclaim We begin with the White House at war with reality on two fronts, pounding the lie from the podium that the Democrats are responsible for political hate speech along with trying to characterize Trump’s would-be assassin who appears … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – April 28, 2026
On today’s briefing: After Trump Assassinated Leaders Abroad, an American Citizen Struck Back Saying He Is “No Longer Willing to Permit a Pedophile, Rapist, and Traitor to Coat My Hands With His Crimes” We begin with the arraignment today of Cole Allen who is charged with an attempt to assassinate President Trump. Before his … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – April 24, 2026
While Trump Thrashes About, Iran’s Leaders Can Afford to be Patient We begin with a shaky ceasefire containing an explosive hair trigger situation in the Persian Gulf as Iran’s blockade and the US blockade bump up against each other with diplomacy on hold and uncertainty over who actually speaks for Iran if and when negotiations … Continued