Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Can Biden Go Around Netanyahu to Save Israel From Its Ruinous Leader? | SCOTUS Avoids Talking About Insurrection in a Case That Was All About the January 6 Insurrection | How Biden Should Counter Questions About His Age and Kamala Harris's Qualifications backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Contrast Between the Transparent Leadership Change in Ukraine and Putin Cancelling the Token Opposition Candidate Because He Was Too Popular | Looking Ahead at the Fact-Free and Violence-Prone 2024 Election | 17 Donor Nations Refuse to Fund UNWRA based on a Disputed Israeli Dossier backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Successful Scuttling of the Immigration Bill and His Toady Mike Johnson's Humiliation | As Trump and Tucker Carlson Work For Putin to Kill Aid to Ukraine, Are They Traitors of "Useful Idiots?" backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

If Trump is Disqualified From the Ballot Waves of Violence Will Follow Whether he Wins or Loses the Election | The Right Wing "Texit" Movement Russia and China are Encouraging | President Zelensky's Planned Leadership Shakeup of "Multiple State Leaders" backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

To Solve Crises, Biden is Increasingly Relying on His Enemies at Home and Abroad | Biden Should Bypass Netanyahu And Go to the Israeli Public With a Peace Plan | The Disconnect Between Biden's Great Economic Numbers and How Voters Feel about the Economy Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Evan Green

As US Bombing of Syria and Iraq Continues, Will Iraq's Government be Forced to Eject 2,000 US Personnel Who Could Become Hostages? | Conflicting Reports of Rifts in Ukraine's Leadership | Did SCOTUS Give Trump and Republican Legislatures a Way to Steal the 2024 Election? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Why Russia's War on Ukraine Has Reached a Stalemate | US Sanctions 4 Israeli Settlers But Not the Ministers Who Support Them | What it Will Take to Save American Journalism From Big Tech and Vulture Capitalism backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

With Biden Poised to Retaliate, Both the US and Iran Say They Don't Want a Wider War | In 1944 FDR Ditched VP Wallace For Truman, Should Biden Do the Same With Kamala Harris? | Bipartisan Outrage in the Senate Today at the CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, TikTok and Discord backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Plutocratic War on the New Deal and American Democracy | With "End Times" Christian Zionists Supporting Israel's War, Could Trump be the Antichrist? | How Layoffs at Newsrooms Will Impact This Year's Elections backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Experts Nick Heras and Paul Pillar discuss Biden's options to retaliate against Iran, including the pressure to strike Iran and the presence of US troops in the region. They explore potential responses to Iranian-backed attacks, the operational environment in Syria, and the risks of escalation. They also discuss the historical evidence and potential consequences of not honoring the original meaning of the 14th Amendment, as well as Trump's insurrection and changing conservative views on the Constitution.