Background Briefing – January 1, 2026
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.”
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
An Interview on the Increasing Power of the Unrepresentative Supreme Court Today on this New Years Eve we are looking back at 2025 with guests we were in touch with over the year as major stories evolved chief among them the increasing power of the Supreme Court. Joining us to examine how John Roberts orchestrated … Continued
Evidence That Putin Owns Trump is Staring Us in the Face We begin with the latest display of Putin’s capture of Trump who, after standing next to Zelensky at Mar a Lago saying he was 95% of the way to a peace deal to end Russia’a war on Ukraine, reversed himself after a call from … Continued
More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence Today we are continuing our retrospective of the major news stories of 2025 from the Background Briefing archives and we go to an interview from November 12, 2025 on House Democrats releasing incriminating emails from Epstein, expressing surprise that … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
The Relationship Between Antisemitism and Criticism of Israel We begin with charges of antisemitism leveled by Israel’s PM Netanyahu against Australia’s PM who was booed at a memorial service yesterday, blaming him for the Bondi Beach massacre because Australia recognized Palestine. We will discuss the relationship of antisemitism to criticism of Israel with Lincoln Mitchell, … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”