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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
The Supreme Court Has Handed the Criminal Trump a Loaded Gun, Might Biden Also Use it? We begin with the loaded gun the Supreme Court handed to a convicted criminal who is ahead in the polls and might be elected the next president, having vowed to be a dictator and to exact retribution. This means … Continued
If Biden is Lucky to Be Running Against Trump and Not a Younger Candidate, Does That Mean The Republicans Would be Worse Off Against a Younger Democratic Candidate? We begin with Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday and the chorus of calls from nervous Democrats to resign that followed. While it is clear that Biden … Continued
Why Do More Americans in Swing States Think Trump is Better For Democracy? The Answer Might be the Local Influence of Sinclair Broadcast Group We begin with a Washington Post poll that finds more Americans in key swing states think Trump is better for democracy than Biden and try to explain this Orwellian disconnect by … Continued
Republican Billionaires are Moving the Democratic Party to the Right as AIPAC Buys Elections For Corporate Democrats We begin with the most expensive primary election in US history in New York’s 16th district which saw the unseating of a Democratic incumbent Jamaal Bowman defeated by a candidate recruited and financed by AIPAC, the Israel lobby, … Continued
A Journalist Who Faced Jail Under the Espionage Act on Assange’s Plea Deal We begin with the end of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s 14-year legal saga as he is due to appear on Wednesday in a US court in the Northern Marianas to be charged with one count under the Espionage Act in a plea … Continued
Trump’s Open Declaration of War Against the Rule of Law We begin with Trump’s open declaration of war against the rule of law, as he attacks judges, district attorneys, juries, witnesses, the FBI, election workers, government whistleblowers, Republican lawmakers who have criticized him, and media figures and journalists who have reported the many damning facts … Continued
Secret Recordings of Trump’s Dirty Trickster Reveals Plans to Steal the Next Election We begin with further secret recordings by Lauren Windsor and her associate Ally Sammarco, this time capturing Roger Stone at Mar-a-Lago bragging about plans to steal the 2024 election for Trump. We discuss the apocalyptic mindset on the MAGA right, which extends … Continued
Juneteenth and the Legacy of Racism in Texas We begin with today’s Juneteenth holiday and examine the legacy of racism in Texas, since Juneteenth celebrates the freeing of slaves in Texas who were cynically and cruelly kept in slavery in Texas well after the Emancipation Proclamation. Joining us is Melanye Price, Endowed Professor of Political … Continued
America’s Plutocrats Believe the Threat to Capitalism From Democrats is Worse Than the Threat to Democracy From Trump We begin with the money race between Biden and Trump, as Biden and Obama held a fundraiser in Los Angeles, while Trump promised the billionaires and CEOs of the Business Roundtable tax cuts and the heads of … Continued
Netanyahu Dissolves the War Cabinet as Tensions on Israel’s Border With Lebanon Intensify We begin with PM Netanyahu dissolving Israel’s war cabinet, as the danger of a war breaking out on the border between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies. Joining us from Israel is Asher Kaufman, Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and … Continued
