Background Briefing – September 16, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing
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Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Trump and His Co-President Stephen Miller Declare War on the Democratic Party–Charlie Kirk’s Christian Nationalism is Embraced by the Shadow Rulers J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson and Russ Vought–Reality Winner Got 5 Years in Prison While Trump Got a Free Pass From a Judge he Owns For Far, Far Worse Breaches of the Espionage Act
Trump and His Co-President Stephen Miller Declare War on the Democratic Party Which Miller Calls “A Domestic Terrorism Organization” We begin with Trump and his co-president Stephen Miller declaring war on the American left which includes half the country who voted for the Democratic Party which Miller calls “a domestic terrorism organization.” He is vowing … Continued
Trump Will Use the Assassination of Charlie Kirk to Further His Dictatorial Takeover of the United States–Can We Trust Anything Coming From Patel’s FBI?–South Korea’s President Warns That Companies Will be “Very Hesitant” to Invest in the US After the Massive ICE Raid on a Hyundai Plant in Georgia
Trump Will Use the Assassination of Charlie Kirk to Further His Dictatorial Takeover of the United States We begin with the heated rhetoric coming from Trump and his MAGA influencers following the assassination of the very successful right wing activist Charlie Kirk with calls for civil war, this is WAR and fight or die. We … Continued
Putin Tests the NATO Alliance With a Drone Incursion Into Poland–Why Are Democratic Leaders Avoiding Popular And Promising Candidates Like Mamdani and Maine’s Oysterman?–Qatar Was Not Warned About the Israeli Attack Which Happened at 3:46 Because the US Told Them About it 10 Minutes Later at 3:56
Putin Tests the NATO Alliance With a Drone Incursion Into Poland We begin with a Russian incursion into NATO member Poland’s territory last night with 19 drones and Poland’s invocation of Article 4 of the NATO treaty in what appears to be a provocation by Putin to test the alliance. Joining us is Jonathan Katz, a … Continued
September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it?–Israel Strikes an Allied Country with the Biggest US Base in the Middle East–The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Russian, Chinese and Iranian Disinformation Warfare–
With a September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it Since They Don’t Negotiate in Good Faith? We begin with the looming September 30th shutdown of the U.S. government. Democratic leadership is inclined to pursue a bipartisan budget agreement — but if … Continued
A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open–The Growing Rift Between the Supreme Court and the Lower Courts–A Chicagoan Manning the Barricades Ahead of Trump’s “Invasion” in His War on Chicago
A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open Men’s Tennis Final We begin looking into how the mainstream press and the TV networks are caving in to Trump following ABC’s censorship of protests at Sunday’s US Open Men’s Tennis final at which Trump was repeatedly booed by the crowd. Joining … Continued
RFK Jr. Grilled by Senate Democrats–A Congressional Reporter on the Women Abused And Trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell as Trump, DOJ and House Speaker Fight to Keep the Epstein Files From the Public–The Moral and Strategic Collapse of US Policy in the Middle East
RFK Jr. Grilled by Senate Democrats Who Want him Fired and Republicans He Lied To We begin today’s contentious hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where HHS Secretary RFK Jr. was grilled by Democrats who want him fired and Republicans he had lied to in his confirmation when he promised not to mess with vaccines. … Continued
Trump’s DoJ and House Republicans on the Side of Sex Trafficking Maxwell Instead of the Victims, Survivors Had to Speak in Front of the Capitol Today–Is Trump Cooking Up a Nice Little War to Take Out Maduro as a Distraction From Epstein?–ICE’s Deportation of Russian Asylum Seekers Back to Torture and Imprisonment
With Trump’s DoJ and House Republicans on the Side of a Depraved Socialite Instead of the Victims of Her Sex Trafficking, Maxwell’s Survivors Had to Speak in Front of the Capitol Today We begin with a press conference today in front of the nation’s capitol at which victims of Epstein and Maxwell spoke because House … Continued
Background Briefing – September 2, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
This Labor Day special examines how Trump and Project 2025 threaten working Americans, fuel unprecedented inequality, and distort the meaning of labor itself—past, present, and future—with insights from labor experts Steven Greenhouse, Sylvia Allegretto, and historian Michael Kazin.
The State of Working America Under Assault From Trump and Project 2025 We begin on this Labor Day with the state of working America which is under assault from Trump and Project 2025 even as Trump’s groveling lackey, the Secretary of Labor, in a cabinet meeting praises her “Dear leader” telling him; “”Mr President, I … Continued