Background Briefing

Background Briefing – July 10, 2023

We begin with the upcoming NATO summit with President Zelensky having gotten support to join NATO from Turkey’s President Erdogan who is holding up Sweden’s entry. We discuss nuclear threats from Russia which appear to be receding, but will certainly be inflamed if NATO were to go along with calls from the Baltic states and … Continued


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Background Briefing – June 28, 2023

We begin with the scathing report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee titled “Planned in Plain Sight” which investigated the failures of the FBI, DHS and Capitol Police in not acting on a host of warnings of a potential violent attack on the capitol. The report out today finds that “At a fundamental level, the … Continued


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Background Briefing – June 26, 2023

We begin with Prigozhin’s march on Moscow as the head of the Wagner mercenaries turned warlord threatened the very seat of power in nuclear-armed Russia. In a direct challenge of Putin, after refusing to sign a pledge of loyalty to the Russian military and the state, Prigozhin’s mercenaries took the city of Rostov and held … Continued


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Background Briefing – June 22, 2023

We begin with the Republican tactic of manufacturing scandals to attack Democrats while ignoring the serial scandals of their front-runner and Fuhrer such as keeping alive Durham’s “Russiagate” nothingburger for 5 years and Hunter Biden’s imaginary crime spree for 5 years while one of the House GOP’s head witch hunters Congressman Comer promised an FBI … Continued