Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Navalny Wanted to See "The Beautiful Russia of the Future" While Putin is Fixated on Historical Delusions of Reviving Russian Imperialism | Do Mike Johnson's Financial Ties Explain Why He is Cutting Off Aid to Ukraine? | A Country Held Hostage by Gun Violence backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A Friend of the Murdered Leader of the Russian Opposition Discusses Putin's Latest Murder of the Leader of the Russian Opposition | Why Speaker Johnson Admires Putin and Has Shut Down the Government for a Month | What We Know About Recent Warnings Russia Plans To Deploy a Space Weapon backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

What is Behind The Republican Head of the House Intel Committee's Warning of "A Serious National Security Threat"? | The Role of US Consulting Firms Who Launder Election Money and the Reputations of Dictators | How Brazil Handles an Insurrectionist President Compared to the U.S. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How to Get Around Speaker Johnson's Servility to Trump as He Blocks Aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan | A Resounding Win For Democrats and a Rebuke of Trump and the Republicans on the Border Issue | Will the Far Right Supreme Court's Majority Delay the Cases Trump is Facing in Federal Court? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Voting to Replace George Santos Underway in a Snow Storm In a Race That Will Impact the House GOP's Slim Majority | Elections in Indonesia Could Have a General With Blood on His Hands Who Was Banned From the U.S., Become the Nation's Next President | The Military's Role in the 1965-66 Genocide and the How the U.S. Aided and Abetted the Slaughter of 2 Million Indonesians backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump Alarms Allies Saying He Would Let Russia Do "Whatever the Hell They Want" to a NATO Country | Why Aren't Journalists and Democratic Strategists Exposing Trump's Obvious Ties to Putin? | Is Pakistan on the Brink of Economic and Civil Collapse? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Can Biden Go Around Netanyahu to Save Israel From Its Ruinous Leader? | SCOTUS Avoids Talking About Insurrection in a Case That Was All About the January 6 Insurrection | How Biden Should Counter Questions About His Age and Kamala Harris's Qualifications backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Contrast Between the Transparent Leadership Change in Ukraine and Putin Cancelling the Token Opposition Candidate Because He Was Too Popular | Looking Ahead at the Fact-Free and Violence-Prone 2024 Election | 17 Donor Nations Refuse to Fund UNWRA based on a Disputed Israeli Dossier backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Successful Scuttling of the Immigration Bill and His Toady Mike Johnson's Humiliation | As Trump and Tucker Carlson Work For Putin to Kill Aid to Ukraine, Are They Traitors of "Useful Idiots?" backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

If Trump is Disqualified From the Ballot Waves of Violence Will Follow Whether he Wins or Loses the Election | The Right Wing "Texit" Movement Russia and China are Encouraging | President Zelensky's Planned Leadership Shakeup of "Multiple State Leaders" backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia