Background Briefing – September 9, 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.”
Jared Holt / Jonathan Metzl / Natalie Melnyczuk
Russia Interferes in Our Elections Via Pro-Trump Influencers, Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters
But For Police Failures, the Gun Culture, and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened
The Shakeup In Zelensky’s Government, Which is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses, as Russian Missiles Kill Ukrainian Civilians
Robert Creamer / David Hearst / Tom Collina
Another School Shooting and Can a Progressive Ticket Win the Presidency?
Could the Arsonist Netanyahu Spark a Wider War With Jordan a Powder Keg About to Explode
A New Nuclear Doctrine to Confront Russia, China and North Korea Simultaneously
Paul Pillar / David Daley / Scott Horton
Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales
How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns
The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connections
James Risen / Rabbi Steven Jacobs / Jennifer McCoy
The Media’s Horse-race Coverage of the Election as CNN’s Pathetic Harris/Walz Interview Asks Trump/Vance Attack Lines to Avoid the “Liberal Media” Label
Give a Post-Gaza Israeli/Palestinian Peace a Chance
The Domestic Threat to Democracy Posed by Trump and Project 2025
Paul Waldman / Andra Gillespie / Beth Daviess
After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight’s CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions?
Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew?
The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Civic Renewal
Richard Parker / Alan Abramowitz / Nader Hashemi
As the Press and Republicans Clamour for More Policy Details, Harris/Walz Are Winning on Charisma and Change
Today’s Harris/Walz Bus Tour of Georgia
An Olive Branch to the U.S. From Iran’s Supreme Leader, as We Wait For His Promised Retaliation Against Israel
Rick Wilson / Matthew Seligman / David Andelman
How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left – Center Right Alliance?
Could Jack Smith’s Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case?
Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual?
Allen Frances / Will Bunch / Stephen Biddle
The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump’s GOP?
A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr’s Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States
A Military Analysis of Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War
Casey Michel / Jacob Heilbrunn / David Klion
The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up
Last Night’s Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson to Project 2025
Trump’s Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro
Bill Scher / Lincoln Mitchel / Orville Schell
A Review of Last Night’s Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight’s
The Generational Change Underway In the Harris/Walz Democratic Party
China Sues Stanford For Mao’s Secretary’s Diaries With a Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018