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Background Briefing with Ian Masters

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Sep 8, 2024 • 1h 6min

September 8, 2024 - Natalie Manaeva Rice | Steven Pifer | Allan Lichtman

Americans Colluding With Russia as Spies, Propagandists and Useful Idiots | UK and US Heads of Intelligence Warn of Russia's "Reckless Campaign of Sabotage" | The Accurate Predictor Issues His Presidential Prediction for 2024 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Sep 5, 2024 • 1h 3min

September 5, 2024 - Jared Holt | Jonathan Metzl | Natalie Melnyczuk

Russia Interferes in Our Elections Underway Via Pro-Trump Influencers Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters | But For Police Failures, The Gun Culture and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened | The Shakeup In Zelensky's Government Who is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses as Russian Missiles Kill His Civilians backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Sep 4, 2024 • 1h 1min

September 4, 2024 - Robert Creamer | David Hearst | Tom Collina

Another School Shooting and Can a Progressive Ticket Win the Presidency? | Could the Arsonist Netanyahu Spark a Wider War With Jordan a Powder Keg About to Explode | A New Nuclear Doctrine to Confront Russia, China and North Korea Simultaneously backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Sep 3, 2024 • 1h 4min

September 3, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Daley | Scott Horton

Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales | How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns | The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connections backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Sep 2, 2024 • 1h 5min

September 2, 2024 - John Nichols | Betsey Stevenson | Dr. Harley Shaiken

How Much Will the Harris/Walz Pro-Labor Stance Help Get Them Elected With 70% of Americans Approving of Unions? | America's Growing Economic Inequality | The Democratic Party Will Need a House and Senate Majority to Pass the PRO Act for President Harris to Sign
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Sep 1, 2024 • 1h 2min

September 1, 2024 - James Risen | Rabbi Steven Jacobs | Jennifer McCoy

The Media's Horse-race Coverage of the Election as CNN's Pathetic Harris/Walz Interview Asks Trump/Vance Attack Lines to Avoid the "Liberal Media" Label | Give a Post-Gaza Israeli/Palestinian Peace a Chance | The Domestic Threat to Democracy Posed by Trump and Project 2025 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 29, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 29, 2024 - Paul Waldman | Andra Gillespie | Beth Daviess

After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight's CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions? | Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew? | The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Civic Renewal backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 28, 2024 • 1h 2min

August 28, 2024 - Richard Parker | Alan Abramowitz | Nader Hashemi

As the Press and Republicans Clamour For More Policy Details, Harris/Walz Are Winning on Charisma and Change | Today's Harris/Walz Bus Tour of Georgia | An Olive Branch to the US From Iran's Supreme Leader as We Wait For His Promised Retaliation Against Israel backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 27, 2024 • 1h 3min

August 27, 2024 - Rick Wilson | Matthew Seligman | David Andelman

How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left - Center Right Alliance? | Could Jack Smith's Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case? | Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 26, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 26, 2024 - Allan Lichtman | Michael Gorham | Charles Schmitz

Harris Surges in the Polls as Trump Tries to Weasel Out of the September 10 ABC Debate With Harris | The French Arrest the Founder of Telegram After a Possible Meeting With Putin | Houthi Recklessness is About to Cause the Fifth Largest Oil Spill in History

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