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Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 2min

January 28, 2024 - Jared Yates Sexton | Maria Popova & Oxana Shevel | Alexander Sammon

Texas Leads a Secession Movement as Militias Head to the Border in a New Civil War | The Real Reasons Behind Putin's War on Ukraine | Billionaire Republican Donors Are Prepared to Spend Over $100 Million to Primary Progressive House Democrats backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 25, 2024 • 59min

January 25, 2024 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Nader Hashemi | Kim Lane Scheppele

Trump's Mental Unfitness Will Now be a Campaign Issue Thanks to Nikki Haley | Undeterred, an Emboldened Iran Benefits From Israel's US-Backed War on Gaza | Exposing Hungary's Dictator Orban as the Blackmailer and Kleptocrat That He Is backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 24, 2024 • 1h 1min

January 24, 2024 - Stephen Wertheim | Nina Khrushcheva | Federico Perelmuter

The Need For a New Strategy to Defend Democracy at Home and Abroad as the US No Longer Deters Iran, Russia, China or North Korea | Life in Russia Which is Becoming a Garrison State With a Wartime Leader Who Started a War He Has No Intention of Stopping | Argentina Faces a General Strike in Opposition to Its Chainsaw-wielding New Leader's Slash and Burn Policies
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Jan 23, 2024 • 1h 2min

January 23, 2024 - Matt Hongoltz-Hetling | Zaha Hassan | Sue Mi Terry

Why New Hampshire Republican Voters Love Trump | Coming Soon the ICJ Provisional Ruling on South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel Will Further Isolate Biden | Has Kim Jong Un Made a Strategic Decision to Go to War Against the South? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 2min

January 22, 2024 - Michael Binder | Michael Mechanic | Erica Payne

The Rise and Fall of the Warrior Against Woke, Ron DeSantis | An Editor and Contributor to the American Oligarchy Issue of Mother Jones Just Out | A Letter to Davos From 260 Millionaires and Billionaires Demanding World Leaders Increase Their Taxes backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 21, 2024 • 1h

January 21, 2024 - Haggai Matar | Dalal Mawad | Brandon Formby

A Defiant Netanyahu Will Drag Out His War to Hurt Biden and Help Trump | A Failing State Lebanon Poised to Fail Completely Should War Between Israel and Hezbollah Break Out | Uvalde: So Much For the NRA Refrain That The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun Is a Good Guy With a Gun backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 18, 2024 • 59min

January 18, 2024 - Michael Hiltzick | Daniel Markey | Adam Weinstein

January 18, 2024 - Michael Hiltzick | Daniel Markey | Adam Weinstein by Ian Masters
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Jan 17, 2024 • 59min

January 17, 2024 - Jody Freeman | James Goodwin | Christopher Preble

A Supreme Court Poised to Gut the Administrative State | Should Bitter, Angry Justices in the Thrall of Billionaires and Corporate Power Decide What We Eat, Breath, How Long We Live and What Kind of World We Live in? | Testing US Foreign Policy Assumptions on the Brink of a Wider War in the Middle East backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 16, 2024 • 60min

January 16, 2024 - Geoffrey Kabaservice | Dr. Allen Frances | Wladimir van Wilgenburg

After Trump's Blowout Victory in Iowa, He is All But Certain to be the GOP's Presidential Nominee | As MAGA World Celebrates Trump's Lawlessness, Is the Rule of Law Itself on Trial in This Election? | A Report From Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan on an Iranian Missile and Drone Strike backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Jan 15, 2024 • 59min

January 15, 2024 - Jon Hoffman | Michael Gerhardt | Timothy Hagle

Are Israel and Saudi Arabia Liabilities Emboldened by the US to Pursue Reckless Policies? | An Expert on Impeachment as Rep. Comer Backs Down on Impeaching Biden | An Update From Iowa on the Coldest Caucus Day in History backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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