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Background Briefing with Ian Masters

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Dec 1, 2024 • 1h 7min

December 1, 2024 - Robert Kuttner | William Arkin | Steven Simon

If the Senate Has Hearings, Hegseth, Gabbard and RFK Jr. Will Not Be Confirmed | Trump's Envoy To Ukraine General Kellogg's Plan to End the War | With Iran and Hezbollah on the Ropes, Syrian Rebels Backed By Turkey Make Surprising Gains backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 27, 2024 • 1h 6min

November 28, 2024 - Richard Parker | Moira Donegan | Stephan Schwartz

What We can Be Thankful For in These Bleak Times | How Women Can Resist and Fight Back Against a Regime of Hate and Misogyny | What We As Individuals Can Do to Resist and Overcome the Coming Darkness backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 26, 2024 • 1h 5min

November 26, 2024 - Scott Kennedy | Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera | Habib Battah

Trump Declares a Day One Trade War on China, Mexico and Canada | Tariffs on Mexico Will Not Solve Immigration or Drug Consumption in the US | An Update on the Ceasefire Deal Between Israel and Hezbollah backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 26, 2024 • 1h 4min

November 25, 2024 - Asher Kaufman | Nitish Pahwa | Amanda Tyler

A 60 Day Ceasefire Expected Soon Between Israel and Hezbollah | With Elon Musk Musing About Buying MSNBC, We Look Into the Future of Cable TV | Christian Nationalists Make Inroads Into Indoctrinating Texas Schoolchildren
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Nov 24, 2024 • 1h 6min

November 24, 2024 - Thomas Mockaitis | James Green | Stephen Biddle

Trump's Choice to Head the DOD Sees Half the Country as the Enemy and That There Will Be Civil War | The Arrest of Coup Plotters in Brazil Who Trump Supports For a Military Takeover That Could Happen Here | Putin's Latest Nuclear Sabre Rattling as NATO Crosses Its Red Lines backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 21, 2024 • 1h 2min

November 21, 2024 - James Zirin | Craig Holman | Richard Falk

Gaetz Withdraws AG Nomination as Trump's Pentagon Choice Faces Sexual Assault Allegations | The International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu, His Former Defense Minister and an Hamas Leader Presumed Dead | An Update on the House Vote To Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Nonprofits backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 20, 2024 • 1h 5min

November 20, 2024 - Noah Hurowitz | William Cohan | Michael Gorham

Can a MAGA Bill to Kill Nonprofits They Don't Like Disguised as an Anti-Terrorism Bill Be Stopped Tomorrow? | As Comcast Sheds MSNBC, Could Elon Musk Buy it and Turn it Into a Platform For Right Wing Trolls? | The US and NATO Are Poised For Hybrid Warfare Retaliation From Putin Now That US Missiles are Striking Russia backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 19, 2024 • 1h 4min

November 19, 2024 - Ryan Cooper | Lawrence Gostin | Victoria Hui

Evidence of Drug Use and Underage Sex by Matt Gaetz is Cracking Open as the Senate is Soon to be Put to the Test | With the Focus on Trump's Appalling Choices, Will RFK Jr Slip By? | 45 Hong Kong Democracy Activists Jailed Under China's National Security Law backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Nov 18, 2024 • 1h 1min

November 18, 2024 - Lawrence Wilkerson | Wendy Brown

The Consequences of Biden Authorizing Missile Strikes From Ukraine Into Russia | Will the Democrats Confront the Economic Conditions That Gave Rise to Right Wing Populism?
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Nov 17, 2024 • 1h 4min

November 17, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Tom Nichols | Mark Galeotti

"Trump 2.0: Here Comes The Night" | A Hari Krishna-Like Cult Member and Russian Asset in Charge of US Intelligence! | Russia's Military: It's History and It's War Today backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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