Background Briefing

George Beebe / Amy Wilentz / Joe Conason

Is Putin Using Psychological Warfare to Stop Ukraine From Striking Deep Into Russia, or Is He Not Bluffing When He Says Doing So Will Mean Russia Is “At War” With NATO?
The Reason Haitians Are in Ohio Is That US Foreign Policy Has Made Haiti Unlivable
Rather Than Race-Bait Harris Head On, Trump and Vance Are Using Racism as the Main Driver of Their Campaign


Background Briefing

Arthur Goldwag / Ahmet Yayla / Sasha Abramsky

Trump is Hanging Out With Laura Loomer, Who Republicans Are Blaming For His Disastrous Debate
Erdogan Inflames Tensions With the U.S. and Israel, While Secretly Profiting From Oil and Arms Sales to Israel
What America Would Be Like After a MAGA Takeover Based on the MAGA Takeover of Two Counties in Washington and Northern California


Background Briefing

Jon Hoffman / Greg Sargent / Jason Stanley

Foreign Policy in Tonight’s Harris/Trump Debate, and Who’s Finger Would You Rather Have on the Nuclear Button
Democratic “Irrational Exuberance” With the Polls and “Sane-Washing” by the Mainstream Media
We Should Take Trump at His Word That He Wants to be a Dictator and Jail His Opponents and the Press


Background Briefing

 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