Background Briefing – September 30, 2024
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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Background Briefing
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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Steven Simon / James Zirin / Bradley Onishi
The U.S. and 21 Allies Call For a Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire, Which Netanyahu Rejected
New York’s Mayor Charged with Bribery, Wire Fraud, and Seeking Illegal Campaign Donations
How J.D. Vance and His Backers Plan to Legislate Morality
Asher Kaufman / Dulcie Leimbach / Oleh Kotsyuba
Israel Appears Poised For a Ground Invasion of Lebanon
UN Activities and Speeches Today and Yesterday
Zelensky Tries to Get the UN to Focus on Ukraine, While a War in Lebanon Looms
Simon Shuster / Philip Stark / Jacob Ware
Zelensky’s “Victory Plan” And His Remark That “We Are Closer To Peace Than We Think”
Trump Can Can Steal the Election, Since He Has the Software For the Voting Machines in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, and Colorado
An Expert on Terrorism on How Election Violence is Already Underway
Marilyn Marks / Jonathan Weiler / Sidney Blumenthal
The Republicans Have Stolen the Software for the Voting Machines in Georgia and Can Manipulate the November Results at Will
Trump Abandons the “Black NAZI” Gubernatorial Candidate in North Carolina He Recently Referred to as “Martin Luther King on Steroids”
Can Trump and Vance Win With a Campaign Based on Racist Hatred?
Olga Lautman / Michele Goodwin / Rob Larson
Musk Promotes Russian Fake News Claiming Kamala Harris Injured a Black Girl in a Hit and Run That Did Not Happen
Women Are Dying Because of Abortion Bans by Trump and “Christian” Republicans Who Discourage Doctors from Practicing Medicine out of Fear of Going to Jail
How Bilious Billionaires Like Musk Are More Influential Than World Leaders
Robert Hockett / Robert Baer / Juan Cole
How the Lowering of Interest Rates by the Fed Will Impact the Economy and the Election
Does Netanyahu Have an “October Surprise” in Store for the Harris/Walz Campaign?
Are We at the Beginning Stage of Another War in the Middle East That the U.S. Will be Dragged Into?
Thanassis Cambanis / Lisa Graves / Jared Yates Sexton
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?
George Beebe / Amy Wilentz / Joe Conason
Is Putin Using Psychological Warfare to Stop Ukraine From Striking Deep Into Russia, or Is He Not Bluffing When He Says Doing So Will Mean Russia Is “At War” With NATO?
The Reason Haitians Are in Ohio Is That US Foreign Policy Has Made Haiti Unlivable
Rather Than Race-Bait Harris Head On, Trump and Vance Are Using Racism as the Main Driver of Their Campaign
Arthur Goldwag / Ahmet Yayla / Sasha Abramsky
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
Amanda Marcotte / Debbie Walsh / Tim Golden
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