Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Trump on the Witness Stand in a Case He Has Already Lost | An Expert on Palestinian Issues Examines the Possibility of the End to the Agony in Gaza backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A Palestinian Mother and Daughter Who Just Lost 36 Members of Their Family in Gaza | An Analysis of the Speech by the Leader of Hezbollah Which Is Poised to Open a Second Front | US/China Relations Ahead of Next Saturday's APEC Summit Where Biden and Xi Will Meet backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Increasing Tensions Inside the American Left on Campuses and Among and Between Arab and Jewish Americans Over the Gaza War | As China Mourns Li Keqiang, Its Insecure and Unpopular Leader Xi Jinping Stifles Expressions of Grief | Will Minnesota's Supreme Court Take the Insurrectionist Trump Off the Ballot Along With Colorado, New Hampshire, Arizona and Michigan? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A tax expert discusses Republicans' plan to cut IRS funding and prioritize tax cuts for the wealthy, while an investigative journalist reports on a brutal Hamas attack in Israel. The impact on Israeli society and the ongoing fraud case against the Trump Organization are also discussed.

More Civilian Deaths in Gaza as Israel's Ground Campaign Intensifies | Both Trump and Mike Johnson Were Backed by the Council For National Policy Founded by Right-Wing Fundamentalists and Oil Barons backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How the War in Gaza is Impacting U.S. Electoral Politics | With the New House Speaker a Champion of the Big Lie, How Do We Deal With the Challenges Ahead From Fake News and Deep Fakes? | After Big Wins For Labor, the UAW Seals a Good Deal With the Big Three backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Winning the Military Campaign But Losing the Information War | After the 565th Mass Shooting This Year, a Look at Red and Yellow Flag Laws | The Ascension of Mike Johnson as a Christian Fundamentalist Politician backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson | Will Iran's Aging Supreme Leader Avoid a Wider War or Bring on the Apocalypse? | An Inside Look at the President and Joe Biden's First Two Years in Office backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump Gets His Speaker With a Friendlier Face But a Hard Right Record | A Strategic Overview of the Middle East on the Brink of a Wider War | The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Emmer Gets the Nomination, Trump Calls Him a RINO, Then He Drops Out of the Race For Speaker | Are the Insurrectionist House Republicans Fascist or Nihilists, or Both? | When Israel Invades Gaza They Will Cross Iran and Hezbollah's Red Line backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia