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Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, expert guests, policymakers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Laser and his friends from the world of gaming and comedy sit down to play a game of Fiasco, and improvise a brand-new story full of conflict, hilarity and almost certain death.
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May 20, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Jacob Silverman | Terry O'Rourke
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Does the Death of Iran's President Open a Path for the Son of Ayatollah Khamenei to Succeed His Ailing Father? | Netanyahu Has Biden Torn Between Supporting Israel and Not Losing the Youth Vote | The Unholy Trinity of Far-Right Texas Leadership; Abbott, Patrick and Paxtonbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmaster…
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May 19, 2024 - Caroline Fredrickson | Matt Angle | Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
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The Insurrectionists on the Supreme Court Exposed | The Texas Governor Frees a Racist Killer to Please Tucker Carlson | Have Criminals Taken Over Mexico's Elections?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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May 16, 2024 - Orville Schell | Kim Lane Scheppele | James Zirin
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The Murky Ties to the Poet and Would-be Assassin of Slovakia's PM Robert Fico | At their 40th Meeting, Xi and Putin Pledge to Deepen Defense and Military Ties | Trump's Lawyer Attacks Michael Cohen as a Liar Even Though Trump's Fixer Lied in the Service of the Liar-in-Chief backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmas…
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May 15, 2024 - Corey Brettschneider | Simon Shuster | Austin Frerick
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The Party of Law and Order Now Embraces Lawlessness as the GOP Speaker Trashes the Rule of Law to Please the Scofflaw-in-Chief | The Setbacks the Ukrainian Military is Suffering as a Result of Trump's 6 Month Delay of U.S. Arms and Ammunition | What is Behind the Rise in Food Prices as a Few Monopolies Gouge the Public and Farmers While Protected b…
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May 14, 2024 - Amanda Marcotte | Joe Lowndes | Spencer Sunshine
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Mike Johnson Personifies the Staggering Hypocrisy of the "Christian" Right | Is the New York Trial Hurting Trump Who is Polling Ahead in all Swing States But Wisconsin? | The Mainstreaming of America's Neo-Nazi Movement and the Potential for Violence in the Electionbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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May 13, 2024 - Adele Stan | Lincoln Mitchell | John Branstetter
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In Paying Off A Porn Star For Her Silence Trump Tells Cohen to "Just do it!" | Georgia's Billionaire-Owned Government Passes a Kremlin-Style Law Although the Vast Majority Want to Join the EU | Neo-Nazis, Christian Nationalists and Proud Boys Were in the Pro-Israel Mob at UCLA Claiming to Fight Antisemitismbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/i…
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May 12, 2024 - Joshua Shifrinson | Luke Goldstein
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As Ukraine Faces a Long War, Will the US and NATO be There and Is There Any Hope of a Peace Deal? | The FTC Goes After Corporate Greed and AIPAC Goes After a January 6 Herobackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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May 9, 2024 - Gideon Levy | Jennifer Taub | Mike Lofgren
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The Israeli Public's Support for Continuing the War and Netanyahu's Defiant Response to Biden | Trump's Wildly Inflated Ego Takes a Beating as Stormy Daniels Belittles Trump's Sexual Prowess | Will the Slapdown 359 to 43 Vote Deter "Moscow Marge" From Fomenting Further Chaos in the House?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafaceb…
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May 8, 20224 - Michael Greenberger | Azamat Junisbai | Henry Giroux
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Trump's Delaying Tactic is Working as 3 of the 4 Trials He's Facing Will Likely Not be Heard Before the Election | Following His 5th Inauguration, Putin Is Now Called "Imperator", the Formal Title For the Russian Tsars | Student Protests in the Age of the New McCarthyismHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan Green…
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May 7, 2024 - Leila Hilal | Oona Hathaway | Casey Michel
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Israel Joins Peace Talks in Cairo Amid IDF Escalation in Gaza | Strengthening the Laws of War as Non-combatants Die in Gaza and Ukraine | Brazen Examples of Foreign Governments Buying US Senators and Congressmenbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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May 6, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Jeremi Suri | Eugene Rumer
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The Gaza Impasses With Hamas Wanting a Permanent Ceasefire and Israel a Temporary One | A Possible Change in the US's Israel/Palestinian Policy as Grassroots and Student Protests Ended Support For South Africa's Apartheid Regime | Russia Announces Drills For the Use of Tactical Nukes Ahead of Putin's Inauguration Tomorrowbackgroundbriefing.org/dona…
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May 5, 2024 - John Nichols | Harold Meyerson | Brian Levin
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The House Speaker Uses an Antisemitic Trope Blaming George Soros as he Launches Hearings on Anti Semitism on Campuses | The Role of Right Wing, Christian Zionist and MAGA Provocateurs in Campus Violence | Models of Dialogue and Deescalation as Outside Opportunists Stoke Violence on Campusesbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafac…
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May 2, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Pozen | Cat Packer
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On the Brink of the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Are Deadlocked | The DEA's Decriminalization of Marijuana as Too Little Too Late | Could a Change in DEA Policy Revive California's Troubled Marijuana Industry?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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A Pro-Israel Mob Invades the UCLA Campus to Beat up Pro-Palestinian Students While the Police Look On | Assessing the Flaws and Exploring the Fixes to a Constitution That is Failing Americans As Fascism Threatens Our DemocracyHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan GreenBy Ian Masters
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April 30, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Timothy Ryback
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As Campus Protests Intensify and Spread, Northwestern University Serves as a Model For Deescalation | The Disturbingly Accurate Analogies Between Hitler's Rise to Power and Trump's Threat to Democracybackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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April 29, 2024 - Raz Segal | Dennis Aftergut | Sumit Ganguly
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The Weaponization of Anti Semitism Against Students Protesting on American Campuses | The Strength of the Only Trial That May End Up Holding Trump to Account Before the Election | Elections Underway in the World's Largest Democracy and the Dark Side Modi's Indiabackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 28, 2024 - Lara Friedman | Leah Litman | Allan Lichtman
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The House and Senate Moves to Strip Non-Profit Status From Foundations That Support Palestinian Causes | The Damage the Supreme Court is Doing to the Rule of Law by Making Trump Above the Law | Biden's Reelection Chances According to a Prediction System That Has Got Every Presidential Election Right Since 1984backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.co…
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April 25, 2024 - Aziz Huq | Aynne Kokas | David Austin Walsh
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More Special Treatment of Trump by the Supreme Court | Implications of Biden's TikTok Ban | The Enduring Relationship Between the Far-Right and Conservative Movements of "Responsible" and "Respectable" Republicansbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmediaBy Ian Masters
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April 24, 2024 - George Beebe | Dr. Rob Davidson | Ari Berman
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Supreme Court Anti-Abortion Ideologues Threaten Access to Emergency Care | The Search For Diplomatic Openings as the War in Ukraine Escalates | Trump's Republican Party Makes it Clear the GOP Would Rather Cheat Than CompeteHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan GreenBy Ian Masters
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April 23, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Sidney Blumenthal | Garrett Epps
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Trump's History of Using and Abusing Women | The Pathetic Man on Display in the Courtroom as a Far Cry From the MAGA Faithful's Superhero | Will SCOTUS Undermine the 8th Amendment's Protection For the Homeless Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment?backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 22, 2024 - Alexander Sammon | Anne Nelson | Natalie Foster
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Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale | The Optics of Trump on Trial in New York; a President Off His Pedestal Defending Sleazy Criminal Behavior | A Positive Case For America's Next EconomyHost: Ian MastersProducer: Graham FitzGibbonAssistant Producer: Evan Green…
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April 21, 2024 - Aram Shabanian | Nataliya Gumenyuk | Steven Simon
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Meeting Ukraine's Needs as Russia Mobilizes for a June Offensive | How Ukraine Will Survive and Adjust to Permanent War | The Deadly War in Gaza and Israel's Tenuous Standoff With Iran as Both Israel and Palestine Appear to be Leaderless and Directionlessbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 18, 2024 - Illia Ponomarenko | Scott Horton | Steven Greenhouse
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A View From Ukraine as the Fate of Their Country Hangs in the Hands of Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene | Jurors Quit the Trump Trial as the Criminal Defendant Tests the Gag Orders | As Billionaires Try to Kill the NLRB, the UAW Makes Gains in the Southbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 17, 2024 - Rebecca Roiphe | Anders Åslund | Chuck Marr
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The Prologue to the Trump Criminal Trial Underway in Which AG Barr Went Out of His Way to Protect "Individual 1" | Is Mike Johnson Serious About Aiding Ukraine or Following Trump and Putin's Orders? | Biden's Tax Plan in Contrast to Trump's Giveaway to Billionairesbackgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/ianmastersmediafacebook.com/ianmastersmedia…
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April 16, 2024 - Assal Rad | Mansour Farhang | Claire Finkelstein
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A Look Inside Iran as Its People Wait For Israel's Retaliation Which Could Lead to a Wider War | The Symbiosis Between Israel's Hardline PM and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei | An Assessment of Today's Oral Argument That Could Result in the Supreme Court Undoing Charges Against Trump and the J6 Insurrectionists backgroundbriefing.org/donatetwitter.com/i…
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