Background Briefing with Ian Masters

And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to...Maria Corina Machado Not Donald J. Trump | The Latest Moves by the Shadowy Power Broker Who Owns J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel | Thom Hartmann on His Latest Book The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party and a World on the Brink backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Peace Deal Underway With Trump In Israel on Monday to Greet the Hostages | Not If But When Trump and Miller Will Invoke the Insurrection Act | Liberals With Attitude in the Past Needed Now in the Present backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The James Comey Show Trial by Trump and Bondi Gets Underway | Trump's "War Within" is Underway and It Will Be a Long One | America's Sea Change of Views on Israel Two Years After October 7 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

On the Second Anniversary of the October 7 Massacre: The Role of $21.7 Billion in U.S. Military Aid | The Trump Judge Who Blocked His Deployment to Portland Saying "This is a Nation of Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law" | Cory Doctorow on How the Digital World Has Turned to S**T backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Is Trump Crazier Than Ever Or Has He Always Been Crazy? | Trump Moves To Bail Out American Soybean Farmers Who Lost the Chinese Market Because of Trump and Now Trump is Bailing Out Argentina's Milei Who Has Opened His Soybean Market to China | 905 U.S. Billionaires (Up From 66 in 1989) Now Own $7.8 Trillion Compared to the $4.1 Trillion of 66 Million American Households backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Will Peace Happen in Gaza and Trump Get His Nobel Prize? | The Second Trump Coup Is Underway and Will We Have an Election Next November? | What Happens After This Long, Cruel Is Over? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

October 2, 2025 - Elizabeth Goitein | Lisa Graves by Ian Masters

Trump and Miller's National Security Directive NSPM-7 Outlaws the Common Beliefs of Over Half of the Country | Trump Is More the Latin American Caudillo Than the European Fascists of the 1930's | Trump and Vought Use the Government Shutdown to Gleefully Inflict Trauma on Public Service Workers and Their Families backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How Trump Will Take Advantage of the Government Shutdown | Trump Tells Our Admirals and Generals That the Enemy is Within and Democratic U.S. Cities Should be Military Training Grounds | Ignorance is the Key Ingredient That Keeps MAGAworld Believing Trump's Lies and Absurdities backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump Promises Eternal Peace in the Middle East With a Peace Plan Hamas Has Yet to Sign | Trump Meets With Democratic Leaders to Avoid a Shutdown Making it Clear He Won't Compromise | Can Democratic Senators Convince the Public You Can't Make Deals With Republicans Acting in Bad Faith backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia