Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Trump's Assault On Our Friends and Neighbors As He Rewards Our Enemies | How the Tariffs Will Hit Working and Middle Class Americans With a $3,000 Tax Hike | What Will the Democrats Do Tonight at the SOTU in the Face of a Blizzard of Trump Lies? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Trump White House Follows the Kremlin Model Elevating Conspiracy Theorists, Propagandists and Far Right Influencers to Deliver the News | The Grift and Corruption at the Heart of Trump's Sellout to Putin | The Republicans Have Decided to Sacrifice the House in 2026 to Give Away the Store to the Plutocracy Music: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rich Exuma – Subway Bound For Hell backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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 Then Must Be To Cripple the US Government

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? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Politicization of the Military and the Firing 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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Shameful Vote at the UN on the Third Anniversary of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and the Results of the German Elections | The Rise and Fall of the French, Soviet and American Empires With the New Chinese Empire Already on Shaky Ground backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

As Assessment of the Damage Already Done by Musk and His Teenage Techies | 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 | Trump's Lies-Laden Keynote Speech to CPAC Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

In Crushing the Federal WorkForce, Trump Will Not Find the Trillions to Make His Tax Cuts Permanent by Ian Masters

The Confirmation of Kash Patel as Trump's Dumbest Self-inflicted Wound to Weaken America and Accelerate Its Collapse as a World Power | In Crushing of the Federal WorkForce, Musk and Trump Will Not Find the Trillions to Make Trump's Tax Cuts to the Super-Wealthy Permanent | The Fraud of the Can-Do Power of Positive Thinking as We Head Into An Era of Techno-Serfdom backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia