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Trump’s Immunity Claim is Met With Deep Skepticism From the DC Appeals Court Judges We begin with the hearing today before a three judge panel on the DC Appeals Court on Trump’s immunity claim that, if granted, would kill all the cases against him except the Florida documents case. With Trump in the courtroom today, … Continued
An Historian Who Had Lunch With the President on Wednesday Ahead of Biden’s Opening Campaign Speech of 2024 at Valley Forge We begin with President Biden’s opening campaign speech in the 2024 election on Friday at Valley Forge, the historic site of the Revolutionary war in 1777 that was preceded by a lunch with a … Continued
Trump Made $7.8 Million From Foreign Governments While in the White House, $5.5 Million From China We begin with a new report “White House For Sale” produced by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee that reveal Trump made $7.8 million from foreign governments while in the White House, $5.5 million from an adversary, China. Joining … Continued
Will the Bombings in Iran Following Yesterday’s Killing of an Hamas Official Spark a Wider War? We begin with bombings in Iran that killed over 100 and wounded over 200 observing the 4th anniversary of the US drone strike that killed the head of Iran’s Quds Force General Suleimani, this following an Israeli drone strike … Continued
Will Israel’s Killing of the Hamas Ambassador to Hezbollah Trigger a Wider War? We begin with the assassination by an Israeli drone of a top Hamas official in Beirut which is bound to inflame an already tinderbox situation that could lead to a war between Israel and Hezbollah, since the target, Saleh Arouri, was in … Continued
The Foreign Policy Landscape Ahead in 2024 and the Chance For Peace in a World at War We begin with an overview of the foreign policy landscape in 2023 and what might be in store in 2024 as wars rage and the search for peace seems daunting. Joining us is Stephen Walt, a columnist at Foreign … Continued
How to Save American Democracy From the Trump 2.0 Revenge Machine We begin as this year ends with selected programs from our archives. Following yesterday’s coverage of events from the middle of the year, today we cover stories from later in the year, before special programming on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. First, … Continued
Growing Concern at the Supreme Court’s Impunity From Ethical Norms as Its Credibility With the Public Plunges We begin as this year ends with selected programs from our archives following yesterday’s coverage of events from early in the year. Today we cover stories from the middle of the year, then on tomorrow’s show from later … Continued
A History of Paranoid Fantasies and Today’s Rise of Fascism Led by a Reality TV Star We begin as this year ends with selected programs from our archive starting today with events early in the year, then tomorrow stories from the middle of the year then on Thursday’s program from later in the year before … Continued
Today’s 3pm broadcast of Background Briefing is preempted. Background Briefing will resume usual programming on Tuesday, December 26.
