Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Ian Masters
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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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Aug 25, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 25, 2024 - Dr. Allen Frances | Will Bunch | Stephen Biddle

The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump's GOP? | A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr's Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States | A Military Analysis of Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 22, 2024 • 1h 2min

August 22, 2024 - Casey Michel | Jacob Heilbrunn | David Klion

The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up | Last Night's Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson on Project 2025 | Trump's Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 21, 2024 • 58min

August 21, 2024 - Bill Scher | Lincoln Mitchell | Orville Schell

A Review of Last Night's Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight's | The Generational Change Underway in the Harris/Walz Democratic Party | China Sues Stanford For Mao's Secretary's Diaries With an Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 20, 2024 • 1h 1min

August 20, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Tom LoBianco | Rob Johnson

Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point | An Appraisal of Last Night's Speeches at the DNC | The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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