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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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August 1, 2024 - Olga Lautman | Adam Weinstein | Lawrence Jacobs
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Russia Swaps Innocent Hostages For Putin's Spies, Criminals and Hackers | Will Netanyahu Drag the US Into Another Forever War in the Middle East | A Profile of a Possible VP Pick, Minnesota's Governor Tim Walzbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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July 31, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Haggai Matar | Jim Small
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With Assassinations in Tehran and Beirut, Netanyahu Taunts Iran and Hezbollah to Bring It On | The Arrest of 9 IDF Soldiers by Military Police For Gang Rape of Palestinian Prisoners 36 of Whom Have Been Tortured to Death | A Profile of Senator Mark Kelly as a Possible VP for Kamala Harrisbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafaceb…
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July 30, 2024 - Harry Litman | Christopher Borick | Molly White
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Biden's Supreme Court Reform Plans Now That Leonard Leo and the Federalists Have Stacked the Courts | As Governor Shapiro Auditions for the VP Slot, We Look at His Pros and Cons | The Cryptocurrency Industry is All-In For Trump Who is Promising to Give Away the Store to Thembackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmas…
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July 29, 2024 - Alejandro Velasco | Habib Battah | Jesselyn Cook
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Venezuela's Maduro Defies Most of the World Claiming Victory When the Vote Was as Much as 70 to 30% Against Him | On the Brink of Another War as the US and Israel Reject Hezbollah's Claim a Missile That Killed 12 Was Not Theirs | With the GOP Now Seen as a Cult, Why Are Americans Susceptible to Cults?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmast…
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July 28, 2024 - Adele Stan | Lisa Graves | David Smilde
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With Democrats Reeling From Despair to Euphoria, Kamala Harris Steps Out of the Shadows Into the Limelight | After Capturing Our Judiciary, Opus Dei Operatives Are Poised to Capture the Executive Branch With J.D. Vance and Kevin Roberts, the Leader of Project 2025 | Since He Should Lose Today's Election in Venezuela, Will Maduro Do a Trump and Not …
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July 25, 2024 - Andy Kroll | Dewey Clayton | Steven Simon
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More Alarming Information About Who J.D. Vance is and What he Believes Continues to Surface | Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as a Possible Running Mate For Kamala Harris | Netanyahu's Visit With Biden and Harris Followed by His Meeting Tomorrow With TrumpHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Asher Price…
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July 24, 2024 - Annelle Sheline | Sarah Leah Whitson | Dr. Guy Ziv
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A Former State Department Official Who Just Quit Over Gaza on Netanyahu's 4th Address to a Joint Session of Congress | Demonstrations Against Netanyahu Outside Congress Today and the Boycott of His Speech Inside | Netanyahu's Speech Was Aimed at His Domestic Audience With No Ceasefire Since His Coalition Will Collapse If He Makes a Ceasefire Deal B…
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July 23, 2024 - Gil Duran | Ruth Conniff | Nelson Lichtenstein
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The Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him | Kamala Harris Campaigns in Wisconsin Today Which Trump Barely Won in 2016 and Biden in 2020 | Project 2025 Is More of a Corporate …
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July 22, 2024 - Gautam Mukunda | Anthea Butler | Ben Burgis
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How the Most Important Hire in the World Has Been Made With, Good, Bad and Ugly Consequences | The Vice Presidential Sweepstakes and the Importance of Swing States | A Democratic Party Reborn backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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July 21, 2024 - Jennifer Mercieca | Will Bunch | Jacob Silverman
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The Gulf Between Rhetoric and Reality As One Presidential Candidate Drones on Disavowing his Plans While the Other is in a Bunker Not Listening | A Recap of the Republican Convention and What it Tells Us About a Future Trump Presidency | How a Handful of Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Enact Their Techno-Fascist Fantasies with Their Bro in the Oval…
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