Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Ian Masters
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, expert guests, policymakers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 1h 2min
March 18, 2024 - Stanley Greenberg | Michael Gorham | David Satter
An Alarming Poll on the Rise of the "Duel Haters" Who Want Neither Trump or Biden | The Fate of the Russian Opposition Now That Putin Has Awarded Himself a Blowout Election Victory | Concerns Inside the Intelligence Community Over Trump's Bromance With Putin and Orban
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Mar 17, 2024 • 1h 3min
March 17, 2024 - Alexander Cooley | Julian Zelizer | Jonathan Weiler
The Russian Elections and Putin's Plans to Stoke Divisions in an Already-Divided America | The Increasingly Visible Role of Vice President Harris in the Campaign Underway | Trump's GOP Keeps Lowering the Bar With Greater Ignorance, Vitriol, Clownishness and Vulgarity
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Mar 14, 2024 • 1h 2min
March 14, 2024 - Marcy Wheeler | William McGee | Asher Kaufman
More Evidence Emerges About the Source of Disinformation on Hunter Biden | More Problems For An Already Troubled Boeing Whose Disastrous CEO is Still on the Job | Senator Schumer's Public Break With Netanyahu
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Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
March 13, 2024 - Omar Shakir | David Faris | David Cay Johnston
As Gazans Starve, Will Netanyahu Cross Biden's "Red Line" and Invade Rafah? | 3rd Party Spoilers Already Have 17% of the Vote and Will Hurt Biden More Than Trump | Will Money From Malign Foreign Dictators Bail Out Trump?
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Mar 12, 2024 • 59min
March 12, 2024 - Lindsay Koshgarian | Will Bunch | William Cohan
Of the $1.6 Trillion in Discretionary Spending in Biden's 2025 Budget, a Trillion Goes to the Military and $499 Billion For Everything Else | Trump's Mafia-Like Extortion of Corporate America | In Hedging its Bet on Biden, Wall Street is Telling Itself Trump is Not That Bad Even Though They Know Better
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Mar 10, 2024 • 1h
March 10, 2024 - Harold Meyerson | Moira Donegan | Michael Kimmage
Biden Turns the Tide Against the Press and Pollsters Who Have Written Him Off As Too Old and Losing Badly to Trump | Biden Confronts the Reactionary Supreme Court Over Women's Rights | The State of War and Rumors of Peace Between Ukraine and Russia
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Mar 7, 2024 • 60min
March 7, 2024 - Simon Rosenberg | Anne Nelson | Paul Pillar
What Biden Might, Should and Will Say in Tonight's State of the Union Address | Will Biden Take Off the Gloves and Confront the House MAGA Republicans' Pro-Putin Caucus? | Belatedly Biden Appears to be Using the Enormous Leverage the US Has Over Netanyahu
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Mar 6, 2024 • 60min
March 6, 2024 - David Schultz | Geoffry Kabaservice | Sharon Weiner
Can Biden Pick up Haley's Voters While Placating the Uncommitted Young Democrats? | The Challenge the "Uncommitted" Vote in Minnesota Poses to Biden | With $2 Trillion Being Spent on "Nuclear Modernization" of Dangerous and Unnecessary Weapons, Where is the Guns and Butter Argument?
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Mar 5, 2024 • 1h 1min
March 5, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Lawrence Douglas | Jim Small
VP Harris's Clear Rebuke of Netanyahu Calling For a Ceasefire and What Amounts to Regime Change | The Role of the Right Wing Supreme Court as it Goes Out of Its Way to Protect Trump | Sinema Quits the Senate But Rewards From Big Pharma and Hedge Funds Likely Await Her
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Mar 4, 2024 • 1h
March 4, 2024 - Allan Lichtman | Brian Concannon | Sasha Abramsky
A Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling to Keep Trump on the Ballot Ignores the Constitution | Haiti's Descent Into Anarchy as Gangs Attack Police and Free 3,700 Prisoners | The Cynical Political Strategy of Choosing the Opponent You Want to Run Against
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