Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Politics in the Year Ending and the Critical Year About to Begin | A Recovering Republican on the GOP's Embrace of Fascism backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How to Save American Democracy From the Trump 2.0 Revenge Machine | How the US Constitution's Protection Against a Tyranny of the Majority Has Enabled the Opposite | After the 565th Mass Shooting This Year, a Look at Red and Yellow Flag Laws backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Growing Concern at the Supreme Court’s Impunity From Ethical Norms as Its Credibility With the Public Plunges | Evidence That it Was Ukraine, Not Russia Behind the Sabotage of the Nord Stream Gas Pipelines | Is America Now Divided Between “Team Crazy” and “Team Normal”? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A History of Paranoid Fantasies and Today’s Rise of Fascism Led by a Reality TV Star | Rising Tensions With China and a U.S. China Policy of Self-Harm | Hatred and Division Intensifies in the US as the Phony war Against the Woke, Drag Queens and Trans Kids Accelerates backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

America's Foundation as a Christian Nation and How the Right Captured Freedom | The "Christian" Moral Authoritarianism of Supreme Court Justices in the Pockets of Plutocrats

As Christians Celebrate Christmas, a Christian Nationalist With a Smug and Sanctimonious Smile Wants to Undo the First Amendment | What Could Bring Us Together Over the Holidays backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Will the Supreme Court Fall For Trump's Brazen Tried a True Delaying Tactic? | Will the Colorado Supreme Court's Ruling Hurt or Help Trump? | Will Biden Benefit or be Damaged if Foreign Policy Dominated the 2024 Campaign? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Netanyahu and Putin Drag Out Their Wars That Hurt Biden to Bring Back Trump | The Author of a New Report From Human Rights Watch on Starvation in Gaza | Having Stymied Prior Comprehensive Solutions, Republicans Now Demagogue The Border Crisis backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Texas is About to Turn Into the "Show Me Your Papers" Gestapo State | The US and 10 Nations Will Police the Red Sea Following Houthi Missile Attacks That Have Scared off International Shipping | As Trump Channels Hitler, Insight Into America's 40% Who Would be Happy With an Authoritarian Leader backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The White House Tells Israel That "Protecting Palestinian Civilians in Gaza is Both a Moral Duty and Strategic Imperative" | Pope Francis Approves Blessing For Same-Sex Couples | Republicans Hold Biden Hostage With An Immigration Deal That Will Anger the Democratic Base backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia