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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
The Breathtaking and Brazen Corruption of Trump and His Family As They Shamelessly Monetize the Presidency We begin with the breathtaking and brazen corruption of Trump and his family as they shamelessly monetize the presidency having grifted more than $5 billion so far in Trump’s second term. Joining us to discuss the off-the-books deals Trump … Continued
A Close Friend Who Worked With Jesse Jackson for 40 Years On Jesse’s Fight to Give Peace a Chance The Bloodbath at The Washington Post and Censorship at CBS The Trump/Republican Crackup Has Begun
The Contrast between AOC and Rubio’s Reception in Munich and the Possibility They Will be Running Against Each Other For President We begin with the contrast between Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s reception at the Munich Security Conference and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s, with AOC advocating for working class-centered politics and foreign policy while Rubio departed … Continued
Today’s Senate Hearing Grills a White Supremacist, Racist, Homophobic Antisemite Trump Nominated to Interact With the UN and International Organizations We begin with the confirmation hearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for Jeremy Carl to become the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations in spite of his white supremacist, antisemitic and … Continued
Trump Has Finally Found His Roy Cohn in the Disgraceful and Corrupt AG Pam Bondi We begin with the disgraceful behavior of the Attorney General of the United States in her appearance today at an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee at which she constantly referred to a binder full of opposition research barbs … Continued
Trump’s Demented Rant Warning Canada That China Will Terminate ALL Ice Hockey and Eliminate the Stanley Cup Suggests We are Nearing the 25th Amendment We begin with more evidence that the 25th Amendment should be under consideration as Trump unloads a demented rant on Truth Social warning Canada if they make a trade deal with … Continued
America’s Cultural/Political Divide on Display at the Super Bowl’s Halftime With a Wildly Popular and Joyous Bad Bunny Versus a Washed Up Right Wing MAGA Relic Kid Rock We begin with the cultural/political division in the country on display at yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime with Bad Bunny the main event which most of the world … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Has Trump Brought About the End of Reactionary Centrism in the Democratic Party? We begin with how Trump has undermined reactionary centrism in the Democratic opposition which has moderates claiming to oppose extremists on both the left and the right but more often attacking the left. Now the left and the center of the Democratic … Continued
Today’s House Votes to Fund the Government With Only 2 Weeks of Funding For DHS During Which Democrats Will Work to Reign in ICE We begin with the passage in the House today of a spending bill to fund the government by a vote of 217 to 214 that gives DHS two weeks of funding … Continued
