Background Briefing – February 9, 2026
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 – February 5, 2026
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing – February 4, 2026
Has Trump Brought About the End of Reactionary Centrism in the Democratic Party? We begin with how Trump has undermined reactionary centrism in the Democratic opposition which has moderates claiming to oppose extremists on both the left and the right but more often attacking the left. Now the left and the center of the Democratic … Continued
Background Briefing – February 3, 2026
Today’s House Votes to Fund the Government With Only 2 Weeks of Funding For DHS During Which Democrats Will Work to Reign in ICE We begin with the passage in the House today of a spending bill to fund the government by a vote of 217 to 214 that gives DHS two weeks of funding … Continued
Background Briefing – February 2, 2026
The Latest Release of the Epstein Files Contains 9,629 References to Moscow We begin with the latest release of the Epstein files containing 1,056 documents naming Putin and 9,629 references to Moscow, we will look into how much the Epstein “Kompromat” factory supplied Putin and speak with Craig Unger, the author of several books, including … Continued
Background Briefing – January 29, 2026
Terrorizing Minnesota, the Trump/Miller Administration is Violating the First, Second, Fourth and Tenth Amendments We begin with the Trump/Miller administration’s violations of the First, Second, Fourth and 10th Amendments of the Constitution in Minnesota and speak with Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who formerly served as associate deputy attorney general under the Reagan administration, general … Continued
Background Briefing – January 28, 2026
Trump Tanks the Dollar After the World Saw a Demented Fool at Davos Rambling Like a Lunatic We begin with Trump’s destruction of the U.S. economy and in particular the dollar which has fallen 10% since Trump’s return with gold surging up almost 90% since Trump’s second inauguration as the world begins to worry that … Continued
Background Briefing – January 27, 2026
The Influence of Nazi Slogans and White Supremacist Anthems Inside Trump’s White House, DHS and Department of Labor We begin with the influence of white supremacy inside the Trump White House, DHS and Department of Labor and assess the extent to which ICE and CBP recruitment has reached out to white nationalists with not-so-coded dog … Continued
Background Briefing – January 26, 2026
The Trickle Down Effect of Trump’s Lawlessness and How Ice is Undermining Professional Policing We begin with the trickle down effect from the lawless presidency of Donald Trump who has valorized insurrectionists and pardoned scammers and fraudsters to the extent that his private army of ICE thugs have been given immunity to break the law. … Continued
Background Briefing – January 22, 2026
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing – January 21, 2026
After Piling on About Biden’s Mental Acuity, the Press is Mostly Silent on Trump’s Obvious Madness We begin with Trump’s demented rambling yesterday on the first anniversary of his second term which was followed by his incoherent, slurred and embarrassing speech today a Davos before a deathly silent audience as he railed against windmills, repeated … Continued