Background Briefing – December 10, 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.”
Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time | The Ellison’s Have Promised Trump They Will Revamp CNN to Trump’s Liking | Australia’s Social Media Ban and How the “Tech Left” Can Mobilize Against Techno-Utopianism
Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time We begin with Trump telling Politico that Venezuela’s Maduro’s days are numbered, refusing to rule out a U.S. ground invasion. With the strikes on so-called drug boats meant to frame the coming conflict in the way weapons of mass … Continued
Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War–The Supreme Court Just Gave Republicans 30 of the 38 House Seats in Texas Before a Vote is Cast in November–13% of Americans Between 18 and 29 Say the U.S. is Heading in the Right Direction With Only 39% Supporting Capitalism–The Naked Partisanship of John Roberts Should be Clear to All As His Gives Trump Unlimited Power
A Former JAG on Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War We begin with emerging evidence of a war crime following a closed-door intelligence briefing at which a select group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers saw the full video of the September 2 strike on a … Continued
Background Briefing – December 4, 2025
France’s Fifth Government in Three Years Collapses as the Far Right in Europe Rises We begin the collapse of France’s fifth government in three years fueling the rise of the far right National Rally party while Germany’s nativist AfD party grows in strength and the UK’s ruling Labor Party blows its mandate losing voters as … Continued
Background Briefing – December 3, 2025
Trump and MAGA’s Policies and Politics Are Driven by Sadism We begin with Secretary of Defense Hegseth digging the hole deeper as he sat beside a half-awake Trump in a round-robin exercise in flattery of the “dear leader” cabinet meeting yesterday spouting rapid-fire “the dog ate my homework” excuses for not committing a war crime. … Continued
Background Briefing – December 2, 2025
Secretary of Defense Hegseth Needs to Step Down Now! We begin the woefully unqualified and dangerously out-of-his-depth Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the hot seat for ordering a war crime which he is now trying to blame on the Admiral in charge of Special Operations Command. We explain why both Trump and Hegseth had … Continued
Background Briefing – December 1, 2025
An Investigation Into the CIA-Run “Kill Or Capture” Zero Units the D.C. Shooter Worked With We begin the Trump administration’s racist focus on the Afghan shooter of 2 National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C., one of whom has died, prompting Trump’s call to deport all immigrants from the third world. We investigate the CIA-run “kill … Continued
Background Briefing – November 27, 2025
What We Can Be Thankful For in This Otherwise Bleak Time We begin on this Thanksgiving with an exploration of what we can be thankful for in this otherwise bleak time of creeping fascism, looming war abroad and civil war at home, political polarization and societal division. Joining us is Richard Parker, who teaches economics … Continued
Background Briefing – November 26, 2025
Will the Shooting of 2 National Guardsmen in Washington D.C. Provide Trump With an Excuse to Invoke the Insurrection Act For Example? We begin the breaking news of a shooting in the nation’s capitol of National Guardsmen from West Virginia that just happened with the apparent shooter wounded and in hospital but no more details … Continued
Background Briefing – November 25, 2025
Will There Be Further Vindictiveness After the Dismissals of the Revenge Cases Against James Comey and Letitia James? We begin with the dismissals of the revenge cases against James Comey and Letitia James and assess what further vindictiveness Trump and AG Bondi will pursue and speak with Harry Litman, a former United States attorney and deputy … Continued