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September 5, 2024 - Jared Holt | Jonathan Metzl | Natalie Melnyczuk
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Russia Interferes in Our Elections Underway Via Pro-Trump Influencers Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters | But For Police Failures, The Gun Culture and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened | The Shakeup In Zelensky's Government Who is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses as Russian Missiles Kill …
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September 4, 2024 - Robert Creamer | David Hearst | Tom Collina
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Another School Shooting and Can a Progressive Ticket Win the Presidency? | Could the Arsonist Netanyahu Spark a Wider War With Jordan a Powder Keg About to Explode | A New Nuclear Doctrine to Confront Russia, China and North Korea Simultaneouslybackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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September 3, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Daley | Scott Horton
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Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales | How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns | The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connectionsbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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September 2, 2024 - John Nichols | Betsey Stevenson | Dr. Harley Shaiken
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How Much Will the Harris/Walz Pro-Labor Stance Help Get Them Elected With 70% of Americans Approving of Unions? | America's Growing Economic Inequality | The Democratic Party Will Need a House and Senate Majority to Pass the PRO Act for President Harris to SignBy Ian Masters
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September 1, 2024 - James Risen | Rabbi Steven Jacobs | Jennifer McCoy
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The Media's Horse-race Coverage of the Election as CNN's Pathetic Harris/Walz Interview Asks Trump/Vance Attack Lines to Avoid the "Liberal Media" Label | Give a Post-Gaza Israeli/Palestinian Peace a Chance | The Domestic Threat to Democracy Posed by Trump and Project 2025backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmaste…
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August 29, 2024 - Paul Waldman | Andra Gillespie | Beth Daviess
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After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight's CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions? | Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew? | The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Ci…
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August 28, 2024 - Richard Parker | Alan Abramowitz | Nader Hashemi
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As the Press and Republicans Clamour For More Policy Details, Harris/Walz Are Winning on Charisma and Change | Today's Harris/Walz Bus Tour of Georgia | An Olive Branch to the US From Iran's Supreme Leader as We Wait For His Promised Retaliation Against Israelbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 27, 2024 - Rick Wilson | Matthew Seligman | David Andelman
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How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left - Center Right Alliance? | Could Jack Smith's Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case? | Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 26, 2024 - Allan Lichtman | Michael Gorham | Charles Schmitz
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Harris Surges in the Polls as Trump Tries to Weasel Out of the September 10 ABC Debate With Harris | The French Arrest the Founder of Telegram After a Possible Meeting With Putin | Houthi Recklessness is About to Cause the Fifth Largest Oil Spill in HistoryBy Ian Masters
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August 25, 2024 - Dr. Allen Frances | Will Bunch | Stephen Biddle
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The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump's GOP? | A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr's Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States | A Military Analysis of Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear Warbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmas…
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August 22, 2024 - Casey Michel | Jacob Heilbrunn | David Klion
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The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up | Last Night's Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson on Project 2025 | Trump's Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapirobackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 21, 2024 - Bill Scher | Lincoln Mitchell | Orville Schell
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A Review of Last Night's Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight's | The Generational Change Underway in the Harris/Walz Democratic Party | China Sues Stanford For Mao's Secretary's Diaries With an Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 20, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Tom LoBianco | Rob Johnson
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Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point | An Appraisal of Last Night's Speeches at the DNC | The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 19, 2024 - David Faris | Paul Glastris | Rhona Michie
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An Update From Chicago on the Democratic National Convention | A Presidential Speechwriter on the Delicate Job a President Passing the Baton to His VP | As Bombs Fall on Gaza and Ukraine, Arms Industries Benefit From TragedyBy Ian Masters
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August 18, 2024 - Michael Kimmage | Sarah Leah Whitson | Dean Baker
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Will Biden Come Up With a Strategy For Ukraine the Absence of Which is an Excuse For Trump And the Republicans Not to Support Its Defense Against Russia? | The Irony That Saudi's MbS "Prince Bonesaw" Now Fears Assassination | An Assessment of the Harris/Walz Economic Planbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmaster…
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August 15, 2024 - Rashid Khalidi | Adam Kirsch | Sumit Ganguly
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Peace Negotiations For a Gaza Ceasefire Now Minus a Representative From Hamas | The Origins and Definition of Settler Colonialism Which Used to Be Applied to Australia, Canada and the US But is Now is Labelling Israel | Bangladesh: The Latest Example of the US Not Acting According to Its Democratic Ideals backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ia…
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August 18, 2024 - Steve Benen | Sidney Blumenthal | Andrew Feinberg
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How a Reality TV Star Living in His Own Reality Captured the GOP and Up To Half of Americans Now Living in a Phony Reality | America's Historical Irony of its Foundation in a Revolution Against a Mad King Only to Possibly Re-elect a Mad King Anointed by the Supreme Court With Monarchical Power and Immunity | Did Trump's Pandering to Young White Men…
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August 13, 2024 - Nicholas Heras | John Lawrence | Anastasia Edel
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With War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable, a Strategic Analysis of How Much It Could Escalate | Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's Competing Tax Proposals on Tips Aimed at Winning Nevada | Putin's Long Game Counters the Current Optimism as Ukraine Takes Russian Territorybackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmasters…
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August 12, 2024 - Justin Higgins | Rick Hasen | Mohsen Milani
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A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign | Trump's Plan to Deny a Harris Victory by Stalling Certification of the Vote at the Local and State Levels to Delay Results and Cause Chaos | How Much Humiliation is Driving Iran's Promised Response to Netanyahu's …
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August 10, 2024 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Robert Young Pelton | Mitchell Plitnick
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Americans Are Being Denied the Truth About Trump's Mental Instability and Possible Dementia | How Does the Veteran Community Feel About the Latest Round of Swift-Boating? | Can A Deal For Iran Not to Retaliate in Exchange For A Ceasefire in Gaza be Made?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 8, 2024 - David Cay Johnston | Shireen Al-Adeimi | Aram Shabanian
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Trump's Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy and Now He's Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman | How Will the Harris/Walz Team Handle More Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations? | Objectives Behind the Ukrainian Incursion Into Russiabackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmedi…
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August 7, 2024 - Clarissa Hayward | Moira Donegan | Joshua Landis
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With Millions From Republican Billionaires, AIPAC Unseats Another Member of The Squad | Have The Democrats Learned Their Lesson of Playing it Safe With VP Picks? | Netanyahu Has Provoked and Khamenei Has Promised a War That Nobody Wants backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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August 6, 2024 - Jonathan Alter | Quinn Slobodian | K. Sabeel Rahman
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What the VP Pick Tim Walz Brings to the Electoral Map | The Global Menace of Elon Musk Stoking Racial Unrest in the UK | How to Save Government Oversight and Expertise From the Ravages of SCOTUSHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Asher PriceBy Ian Masters
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August 5, 2024 - David Schultz | David Daley | Pavlina Tcherneva
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Governor Tim Walz May be Kamala Harris's Pick For VP | The Plutocratic Capture of John Roberts's Supreme Court | Wall Street's and the Global Drop in Markets Does Not Spell Recessionbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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August 4, 2024 - Brett Eagleson | Ian Haney López | Katherine Stewart
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Evidence the US Government Has Buried For 23 Years Appears Poised to Blow the Lid Off Saudi Involvement in 9/11 | Will Trump's Revival of the "Birther" Dog Whistle Work Against Kamala Harris? | The Noble Lie, J.D. Vance and the New Rightbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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