Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Reactions to Israel's Retaliation Against Iran Appear to Indicate a Winding Down of Escalation | The Press Allows Trump to Be Lawless While Expecting Harris to be Flawless | Will the Election be Won by the Billionaire Tech Bros or Will the American People Save Our Democracy? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

What Does North Korea Get in Return For Sending Cannon Fodder to Ukraine? | Another South African Billionaire, the Owner of the LA Times, Comes to the Aid of Donald Trump | This Election as a Reckoning on Whether America Has Abandoned Democracy for Dictatorship Under the Spell of a Convicted Felon and Serial Liar backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How the Latino and Latina Vote Will Decide the Election and Trump's Latest Racist Slur at Mexicans | As Trump Tries to Win the Votes of Workers, His Anti-Worker Record is Glaring | A Scholar of Fascism and Italy, Where Fascism Began, On Trump's Former Chief of Staff's Comment That Trump "Fits Into the General Definition of Fascist" backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Author of the Goldwater Rule Which Gagged Psychiatrists Now Calls For Trump to Be Evaluated For Dementia | Trump's Plans To Round Up Enemies Into Concentration Camps Are the Same as Hitler's Who Quickly Turned Democracy Into Dictatorship | The Abraham Accords Are Becoming a Pipe Dream as Netanyahu Drives Saudi Arabia and Iran Together backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

We Should Take Trump's Fascistic Plans Seriously | Kamala Harris's Stand on Gaza Satisfies No One | Were the Leaks From US Intelligence on Israel's Plans to Attack Iran Authorized or Unauthorized?

43 States Are Mere Spectators to a Most Consequential Election That Could be Decided by a Few Counties | With One Third of Americans Agreeing With Trump That "Immigrants Poison the Blood of America" His Bad Genes Invasion Claim Echoes Nazi "Criminal Biology" | "Competitive Coexistence" With China as an Alternative to Cold War Containment and Confrontation backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Dov Waxman, a UCLA professor specializing in Israel studies, offers insights into the complex impact of recent violence on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Jacob Silverman discusses the intertwining of Silicon Valley and political influence, highlighting how tech moguls strategically shape electoral outcomes. Mike Lofgren analyzes the troubling implications of a potential J.D. Vance presidency and critiques the growing sway of wealthy donors over politics. Together, they delve into the dangers of misinformation and the evolving dynamics of American electoral integrity.

More Important Than Trump's Mental Decline is the Rising Possibility of JD Vance as the Tech Bros President of the United States | A Report From South Korea on the Rising Fury of Kim and His Sister and the Desertion of North Korean Troops in Ukraine | As BRICS Expands, Is it a Dictators Club or an Alternative to the Domination of the Dollar? backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Obvious Mental Deterioration | Netanyahu's Plan to Starve 400,000 in Gaza Prompts the US to Warn Military Aid Could be Cut Off in 30 Days | Canada Expels 6 Indian Diplomats For Colluding With Criminals to Assassinate a Sikh Activist on Canadian Soil backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Intensifying Israeli Attacks on Lebanon and Netanyahu's "Delusion" He Can Reshape the Middle East by Eliminating Hezbollah | How Much do Biden and His Top Officials Believe the Middle East Can be Reshaped by Israeli Military Power | Reports Armed Militias Motivated by Trump and Vance's Lies are Stopping FEMA From Delivering Aid in North Carolina