Background Briefing with Ian Masters

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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