Background Briefing – June 23, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing – June 19, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Nicholas Heras/Ben Burgis/Deborah Baker
Trump’s “To Do Or Not To Do” on Bombing Iran We begin with Trump, the Reality TV president teasing us all about whether we will go to war against Iran with the cliffhanger, “I may do it, I may not do it….nobody knows what I’m going to do.” Joining us is Nicholas Heras, Senior Director for … Continued
Background Briefing – June 17, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Stephen Marche / Lindsay Koshgarian / Nader Hashemi
Trump as the Fountainhead of Political Violence, as Republicans Blame the Victims, and Fox News Claims Democrats Are Attacking Trump Officials
Trump’s $45 Million Military Parade and $130 Million Deployment of Troops in LA Could Keep a Million Americans on Food Stamps
An Assessment of Where the Escalating War Between Israel and Iran is Heading
Elizabeth Goitein / Sasha Abramsky / McKenzie Funk
Trump’s Lawless Unleashing of the Military, as He Threatens Americans Not to Protest His Strongman Military Parade
Finally Governor Newsom Steps Up to Challenge Trump
Trump is Asking For $45 Billion More for Private Prisons, Where 90% of Immigrants Are Detained
Lincoln Mitchell / Gerardo Chagolla / Barry Naughton
Like All Dictators, Trump Now Controls the Security Services Via His Obedient Flunkies
A Young Latino Journalist Who Has Covered the LA Protests Since Friday
Is Trump’s Triumphant Announcement of a Trade Deal With China and ‘EXCELLENT’ Relations With Xi Jinping Warranted?
Michael Hiltzik / Tom Mockaitis / Alexander Reid Ross
The Escalating War of Words Between President Trump and Governor Newsom
In Sending in the Marines Against Protesters in LA, is Trump Stoking a Possible Civil War?
Trump Offers Up His Tesla For $69, Trashing His Former Best Buddy and Biggest Donor Who Bought Him the Presidency
Manuel Pastor / John Lawrence / Barbara Walter
An Eyewitness to Trump’s Dictatorial Dream of Crushing Blue State Opposition on His Way to Becoming An American Fuhrer
With Trump Itching to Provoke an Insurrection to Justify a Dictatorship, Has Los Angeles Played Into His Hands?
Trump’s Dual Strategies of Scaring Off Protests and Instigating Provocations to Enact Fascism
Miles Taylor / John Nichols
What it is Like to Be An American Citizen Targeted by the Most Powerful Person in the World, Who is Accusing You of Treason For Speaking the Truth
Trump’s America: The United States of Cruelty
Robert Hockett / Oleh Kotsyuba / Mohsen Milani
Trump Digs the Deficit Hole $2.4 Trillion Deeper to Punish the Poor and Reward the Richest
Trump Sells Out Ukraine Again in His Call Today With Putin
Trump Pressures Iran to Sign or Get Bombed, Making a War That Will Not Be a Cakewalk More Likely