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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”

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Steven Simon / Adam Weinstein / Mark Fitzpatrick

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06.19.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump on the Brink of Embroiling the U.S. in Another Forever War
Repeating the Ignorance and Hubris That Got Us Into the Iraq War, There Appears to Be No Plans For the Day After We Bomb Iran
The Iran Nuclear Issue Moves From Crisis to Tragedy


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Nicholas Heras / Ben Burgis / Deborah Baker

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06.18.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump’s “To Do Or Not To Do” on Bombing Iran
The Split in MAGA Illustrated by the Clash Between the Insidious Tucker Carlson and the Odious Ted Cruz
The Legacy of Charlottesville, Now That White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis Can Apply For a Job at ICE and DHS


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David Hearst / Marci Shore

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06.17.25 - 3:00pm

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Putting the U.S. in Alignment With Israel, Trump Claims “WE” Own the Skies Over Tehran
The Moral Dilemma of Fleeing Trump’s Fascism or Making a Stand With the Growing Opposition


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Stephen Marche / Lindsay Koshgarian / Nader Hashemi

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06.16.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump as the Fountainhead of Political Violence, as Republicans Blame the Victims, and Fox News Claims Democrats Are Attacking Trump Officials
Trump’s $45 Million Military Parade and $130 Million Deployment of Troops in LA Could Keep a Million Americans on Food Stamps
An Assessment of Where the Escalating War Between Israel and Iran is Heading


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Elizabeth Goitein / Sasha Abramsky / McKenzie Funk

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06.12.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump’s Lawless Unleashing of the Military, as He Threatens Americans Not to Protest His Strongman Military Parade
Finally Governor Newsom Steps Up to Challenge Trump
Trump is Asking For $45 Billion More for Private Prisons, Where 90% of Immigrants Are Detained


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Lincoln Mitchell / Gerardo Chagolla / Barry Naughton

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06.11.25 - 3:00pm

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Like All Dictators, Trump Now Controls the Security Services Via His Obedient Flunkies
A Young Latino Journalist Who Has Covered the LA Protests Since Friday
Is Trump’s Triumphant Announcement of a Trade Deal With China and ‘EXCELLENT’ Relations With Xi Jinping Warranted?


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Michael Hiltzik / Tom Mockaitis / Alexander Reid Ross

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06.10.25 - 3:00pm

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The Escalating War of Words Between President Trump and Governor Newsom
In Sending in the Marines Against Protesters in LA, is Trump Stoking a Possible Civil War?
Trump Offers Up His Tesla For $69, Trashing His Former Best Buddy and Biggest Donor Who Bought Him the Presidency


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Manuel Pastor / John Lawrence / Barbara Walter

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06.09.25 - 3:00pm

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An Eyewitness to Trump’s Dictatorial Dream of Crushing Blue State Opposition on His Way to Becoming An American Fuhrer
With Trump Itching to Provoke an Insurrection to Justify a Dictatorship, Has Los Angeles Played Into His Hands?
Trump’s Dual Strategies of Scaring Off Protests and Instigating Provocations to Enact Fascism


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Miles Taylor / John Nichols

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06.05.25 - 3:00pm

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What it is Like to Be An American Citizen Targeted by the Most Powerful Person in the World, Who is Accusing You of Treason For Speaking the Truth
Trump’s America: The United States of Cruelty


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Robert Hockett / Oleh Kotsyuba / Mohsen Milani

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06.04.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump Digs the Deficit Hole $2.4 Trillion Deeper to Punish the Poor and Reward the Richest
Trump Sells Out Ukraine Again in His Call Today With Putin
Trump Pressures Iran to Sign or Get Bombed, Making a War That Will Not Be a Cakewalk More Likely


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