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Background Briefing (5am) – March 13, 2026

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03.13.26 - 5:00am

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After Declaring Victory Over Iran, Trump Vows That Cuba Is Next We begin with Trump already having claimed victory in the war underway against Iran as well as already announcing that Cuba will be the next to fall in his crusade to assert the “Donroe doctrine.” Joining us is William LeoGrande, a professor of government … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – March 12, 2026

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Trump, Epstein and Putin We begin with the latest examples of Trump’s fealty towards Putin who is providing Iran with targeting to kill Americans in the war underway which Trump and Witkoff are denying, along with having the US abstain from a recent overwhelming UN condemnation of Russia on the 4th … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – March 11, 2026

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Trump Reverses Himself on Ending the Iran War After A Call With Putin We begin with yesterday’s press conference at Trump’s golf resort in Florida at which he made little sense and appeared to contradict himself after saying he would only accept an unconditional surrender from Iran, announcing that the war would be over in … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – March 10, 2026

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On today’s briefing:   A War Iran Only Has to Stay in While We Can Only Win At a Price We Are Unlikely to Want to Pay We begin with the question, how long can Trump and Hegseth use $4 million interceptors to shoot down $20,000 drones in an asymmetrical war that Iran just has … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – March 6, 2026

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On today’s show: The U.S. Continues to Resort to Force at Growing Cost in a Region of Diminishing Importance We begin with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran raging while Trump issues megalomaniacal orders to the Iranians that he will choose their next leader and that the recently killed Supreme Leader’s son, Mojtaba Khomenei, is unacceptable. … Continued


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On today’s show:   Could Kristi Noem be the First in the Trump Kakistocracy’s Clown Car Cabinet to be Impeached? We begin with today’s grilling of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem before the House Homeland Security Committee following scathing criticism of her from Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Joining us to assess whether apparent … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – March 4, 2026

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On today’s show:   Trump is Caught Between Avoiding an Endless War and Needing to Keep the Iran War Going to Invoke the Insurrection Act to Rig the Midterm Elections We begin with the war in the Middle East expanding as jitters rattle Wall Street and the global markets with Trump announcing today that it’s … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – February 27, 2026

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With the President of the United States Accused of Raping a 13 Year-Old Girl, the Brazen and Shameless Hypocrisy of Mike Johnson’s Christian Nationalists and the MAGA Movement We begin with the brazen and shameless hypocrisy of Christian nationalists and the MAGA movement as Speaker Johnson protects Representative Tony Gonzales who ran for congress on … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – February 26, 2026

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Had All the Democrats Boycotted the State of the Union, Trump Would Have Been Left Insulting Empty Chairs We begin with last night’s long and winding State Of The Union address which had Trump throwing red meat to the MAGA crowd while hurling barbs at the Democrats in the chamber, making the decision by many … Continued


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Background Briefing (5am) – February 25, 2026

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02.25.26 - 5:00am

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As Russia’s War on Ukraine Enters Its Fifth Year, A Report From Kyiv On How the Ukrainians Are Holding Up We begin with the fifth year on Russia’s war on Ukraine beginning today and go to Kyiv to assess how the Ukrainian people are dealing with a bitter winter, constant Russian attacks on civilian targets … Continued


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