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Background Briefing

Background Briefing

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

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Allen Frances / Alex Lawson / Karen Greenberg

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03.05.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump and Musk’s Blitzkrieg Coup Underway to Replace American Democracy With a Plutocracy
Trump Laid the Groundwork to Destroy Social Security With Last Night’s Deliberate Demonization
Will the People Wake Up and Boot Out the Wrecking Crew Before Our Electoral System is Rigged?


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Lucan Way / Dean Baker / Corey Brettschneider

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03.04.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump’s Assault On Our Friends and Neighbors, As He Rewards Our Enemies We begin with the 25% tariffs now hitting Canada and Mexico and the 20% levied against China in Trump’s assault on our friends and neighbors, as he rewards our worst enemy, Russia. Canada’s Prime Minister today addressed the American people, saying “We don’t … Continued


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Angela Stent / Stephen Crowley / Natalie Melnyczuk

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03.03.25 - 3:00pm

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Zelensky, Who Wants to Make Peace, Gets Steamrolled By Trump, Who Wants to Make a Deal
Will Trump’s Capitulation to Putin Improve Ties or Give Putin a Second Wind to Cause More Mayhem?
Can Ukraine’s NATO Allies Fill the Gap, as Trump Abandons Ukraine to Putin?


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Alexander Motyl / Victor Pickard / Brooke Harrington

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02.27.25 - 3:00pm

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Is Putin Trump’s Case Officer?
Will Trump be Able to Turn the Press Into His Propaganda and PR Arm, as Putin and Orban Have Done?
Since Musk’s Assault on the Federal Workforce is Only Saving a Pittance, the Real Intention Must Be To Cripple the U.S. Government


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Paul Farhi / Mike Lofgren / Guy Ziv

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02.26.25 - 3:00pm

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Press Freedom in America Under Attack by Trump and Plutocratic Press Owners Cowering Before the Dear Leader
Republicans Vote Against Their Constituent’s Interests to Cut Taxes For Plutocrats
Why Did Israel Vote With Russia and Iran Against Ukraine and Its Jewish Leader?


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 Rachel VanLandingham / Bill Scher / Mike German

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02.25.25 - 3:00pm

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Trump’s Politicization of the Military and the Firing of Its Top Lawyers So That His Unlawful Orders Won’t be Blocked
The Historical Plunge of Trump’s Poll Numbers in Just One Month
Having Patel and Bongino Head the FBI Means Trump Will Go after His Enemies While He Can Break the Law With Impunity


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Special Fund Drive Episode: Bandy Lee / Alfred McCoy

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02.24.25 - 3:00pm

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The Need For Our Politicians, Business Leaders, and Citizens to Recognize Trump’s Sickness and Intervene Before He Does Any More Damage to the Country and the World
The Rise and Fall of the French, Soviet, and American Empires, With the New Chinese Empire Already on Shaky Ground


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Special Fund Drive Programming – Background Briefing – February 20, 2025

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02.20.25 - 3:00pm

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Today’s episode of Background Briefing is a special 2025 Winter Fund Drive episode. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.  


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Simon Shuster / Emma Ashford / Katherine Stewart

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02.19.25 - 3:00pm

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After Throwing Ukraine Under the Bus, Trump is Now Trashing Zelensky
What Can Ukraine Do to Defend Itself and Rebuild After Trump Sells the Country out to Putin?
How Trump Rode Into the White House Again on a Wave of Reactionary Nihilism


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Sasha Abramsky / John Ganz / Jacob Heilbrunn

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02.18.25 - 3:00pm

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From a Mad English King 249 Years Later to a Mad American King
The Wannabe Mob Boss Trump and His Early Years With Made Men His Father Dealt With
Trump’s Mafia-Style Foreign Policy as the Mob Boss Putin Meets With The Wannabe Mob Boss in Saudi Arabia


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