Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Ian Masters
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May 27, 2024 • 1h

May 27, 2024 - Lucian Truscott IV | Stephan Schwartz

On Memorial Day Those Who Serve America vs Those Who Want to Tear it Apart | Consciousness, Authoritarianism and Political Violence backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 26, 2024 • 1h 3min

May 26, 2024 - David Austin Walsh | Alexander Reid Ross | David Phillips

Many Staffers in Trump's GOP are White Nationalists Who Casually Use Nazi Terms Like "Unified Reich" Because That is Their Milieu and Mindset | The Political Grifters Who Co Opt Leftist Issues and Repackage Them in MAGA-Friendly Terms | As Armenia and Iran Come Together and Israel and Azerbaijan Grow Closer, There are Now 73 Israeli Bases in Azerbaijan Aimed at Iran backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 23, 2024 • 59min

May 23, 2024 - Toby Miller | Eleanor Cooney | Frederick Clarkson

Right Wing Leaders Gathered in Madrid to Declare War on Socialism | Republicans Are Dusting Off the 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Pills and Even Birth Control Pills | Justice Alito's display of Christo-Fascist Allegiance backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 22, 2024 • 1h

May 22, 2024 - Samuel Moyn | Jacob Heilbrunn | Joshua Douglas

Norway, Spain and Ireland Recognize a Palestinian State as the ICC is Poised to Issue Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and 3 Hamas Leaders | The Leading Candidates For Top Positions in a Possible Trump Second Term | How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Elections as the GOP Cheats Rather Than Competes backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 21, 2024 • 54min

May 21, 2024 - Daniel Benjamin | David Ignatius

Finally we are Learning More About Saudi State Involvement Behind the 9/11 Attacks | An Investigation Into What Sadly Appears to be the Next Frontier of Warfare, Space backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 20, 2024 • 59min

May 20, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Jacob Silverman | Terry O'Rourke

Does the Death of Iran's President Open a Path for the Son of Ayatollah Khamenei to Succeed His Ailing Father? | Netanyahu Has Biden Torn Between Supporting Israel and Not Losing the Youth Vote | The Unholy Trinity of Far-Right Texas Leadership; Abbott, Patrick and Paxton backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 19, 2024 • 60min

May 19, 2024 - Caroline Fredrickson | Matt Angle | Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

The Insurrectionists on the Supreme Court Exposed | The Texas Governor Frees a Racist Killer to Please Tucker Carlson | Have Criminals Taken Over Mexico's Elections? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 16, 2024 • 1h

May 16, 2024 - Orville Schell | Kim Lane Scheppele | James Zirin

The Murky Ties to the Poet and Would-be Assassin of Slovakia's PM Robert Fico | At their 40th Meeting, Xi and Putin Pledge to Deepen Defense and Military Ties | Trump's Lawyer Attacks Michael Cohen as a Liar Even Though Trump's Fixer Lied in the Service of the Liar-in-Chief backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 15, 2024 • 1h 1min

May 15, 2024 - Corey Brettschneider | Simon Shuster | Austin Frerick

The Party of Law and Order Now Embraces Lawlessness as the GOP Speaker Trashes the Rule of Law to Please the Scofflaw-in-Chief | The Setbacks the Ukrainian Military is Suffering as a Result of Trump's 6 Month Delay of U.S. Arms and Ammunition | What is Behind the Rise in Food Prices as a Few Monopolies Gouge the Public and Farmers While Protected by the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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May 14, 2024 • 1h

May 14, 2024 - Amanda Marcotte | Joe Lowndes | Spencer Sunshine

Mike Johnson Personifies the Staggering Hypocrisy of the "Christian" Right | Is the New York Trial Hurting Trump Who is Polling Ahead in all Swing States But Wisconsin? | The Mainstreaming of America's Neo-Nazi Movement and the Potential for Violence in the Election backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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