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This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.
Can Biden Go Around Netanyahu to Save Israel From Its Ruinous Leader? We begin with Biden’s strongest criticism of Israel’s behavior in Gaza calling the actions of the IDF “over the top,” as Netanyahu doubles down in defiance of the US president by calling for an evacuation of Rafah, the crowded last refuge for Gazans … Continued
As US Bombing of Syria and Iraq Continues, Will Iraq’s Government be Forced to Eject 2,000 US Personnel Who Could Become Hostages? We begin with blowback from the US retaliation against IRGC and Quds forces as well as Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria from the strikes on 85 targets at 7 sites. With popular … Continued
Texas Leads a Secession Movement as Militias Head to the Border in a New Civil War We begin with former Russian president Medvedev calling on Texas to secede from the United States and bring on another Civil War as an army of armed right wing militias head for the southern border while more than 25 … Continued
A Defiant Netanyahu Will Drag Out His War to Hurt Biden and Help Trump We begin with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s defiance in his public rejection of the US administration’s case for a Palestinian state following Biden’s call for a two-state solution and the ending of Israel’s war in Gaza. We go to Israel to … Continued
Will Strikes Against the Houthis Scuttle the Saudi Peace Deal to End a War in Yemen MbS Started in 2015? We begin with continued strikes by the US and UK against Houthi targets in Yemen and assess what impact they will have on the peace talks close to ending the civil war that was started … Continued
An Historian Who Had Lunch With the President on Wednesday Ahead of Biden’s Opening Campaign Speech of 2024 at Valley Forge We begin with President Biden’s opening campaign speech in the 2024 election on Friday at Valley Forge, the historic site of the Revolutionary war in 1777 that was preceded by a lunch with a … Continued
Politics in the Year Ending and the Critical Year About to Begin We begin on this New Year’s Eve with an analysis of the year we are ending and the critical year about to begin as the political realignment in this country changes with the previously sought-after center all but disappeared as the GOP is … Continued
As Christians Celebrate Christmas, a Christian Nationalist With a Smug and Sanctimonious Smile Wants to Undo the First Amendment We begin on this Christmas Eve as Christians celebrate the birth of the prophet Jesus with an appraisal of the relationship between church and state made more precarious with the new House Speaker who is an … Continued
The Top Secret 10 Inch Thick, 2,700 Page Binder of Russian Influence and Collusion That Went Missing When Trump Left Office We begin with the explosive story at CNN and The New York Times revealing a missing 10 inch thick 2,700 page binder of top secret intelligence on Russian interference and collusion in the 2016 … Continued
The Casual Cruelty of the Recently Impeached Texas AG in Delaying a Life-Threatening Abortion We begin with the Texas Supreme Court issuing a stay on a ruling in a critical abortion case that would have allowed a pregnant woman to have an abortion because her life and her future fertility are in danger. The recently … Continued
