Background Briefing With Ian Masters

The Democrats Change Their Presidential Primary Nominating Calendar for 2024 | Why has Such a Small Man as Putin Had a Disproportionate Impact on the World Stage? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Biden White House's First State Visit by France's President Macron | Railway Workers are Denied Paid Sick Leave in Today's Senate Vote to Avert a Strike | The Plutocratic Takeover of Our Information Space backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Why the Seditious Conspiracy Convictions of the Oath Keepers' Leaders Matter | Why Americans Like Nick Fuentes and Elon Musk Admire and Support Putin | The Epidemic of Fentanyl Deaths Enabled by Social Media and the DEA's Response backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

An Update on the Heavily-Contested Georgia Runoff For the US Senate | The Decline and Possible Fall of Twitter as Musk Invites Right Wing Trolls, Anti-Vaxxers and White Supremacists Aboard His Platform | Why, Like Other Dictators, Putin Might Endure Staggering Defeats backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aspirations for Freedom and Democracy Erupt in Demonstrations Across China | Maduro's Deal With Chevron and the Venezuelan Opposition | Pledges by Billionaires to Give Away Vast Fortunes and What Charities End up With backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A Veteran War Reporter Just Back From a Month in Ukraine | An Update on the Revolution in Iran Led by Brave Young Women | Progressive Strategies to Build a Democratic Majority in 2024 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

What We Can Be Thankful for in Spite of Hate-Filled Politics at Home and War Crimes Abroad | Making a Future We Can Be Thankful for With Daunting Challenges Ahead backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Finally Trump is Forced to Release His Tax Returns Just Before the House Republicans Shut Down Investigations | Food Insecurity on Thanksgiving in the World's Richest Country | As Trump Attacks the FBI, We Look Into the Life and Legacy of J. Edgar Hoover backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Scandal at the Supreme Court Where There is No Ethical Code of Conduct | The Midterms For the Democrats Were More Like Deliverance Than Victory | Biden Should Stop Fighting For America's Soul and Start Fighting The Far Right Radicals backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Connection Between the Killings of Gay and Trans Americans and the 300 Anti-LGBTQ Republican Bills in 36 States This Year | The Special Counsel in Private on a Parallel Track With the Media and Radical Right House in Public | An Assessment of the World Cup Underway in Qatar backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Will Indictments of Trump That Even Bill Barr Expects, be Delayed by the Appointment of a Special Counsel? | Why Did Deep Blue New York Democrats Cost Their Party the House? | How Big Banks Can Loot Pension Funds Due to Little Oversight From the Department of Labor backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nancy Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff on Her Career and Legacy | Trump is Now Effectively in Control of the US House of Representatives | Convictions of Those Responsible For Downing a Malaysian Airliner Over Ukraine | The World's Population Has Skyrocketed in Less Than a Century From 2 Billion to 8 Billion backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Trump's Boring Announcement and the Election Deniers Electoral Rebuke | The Work of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group of Almost 50 Nations | Inside the Black Box of Chinese Communist Leadership backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Russia Rains Missiles Down on Ukraine as Top US National Security Officials Meet With Their Russian Counterparts | What is Behind the FBI Probe Into Israel's Killing of a Palestinian Journalist and US Citizen? | Trump is Determined to be Relevant Again and Dominate Our Politics for the Next Two Years backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

After a 3 Hour Meeting with Xi Jinping, Biden Declares No New Cold War With China | With Election Deniers Making Up a Third of the New Congress, Could They Elect Trump as Their Speaker? | The Collapse of the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange and the 75% Loss in the Value of Bitcoin backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Contrary to the Punditry, Trump is in Firm Control of the GOP and Bent on Destroying His Rival | Time For the Democrats to Move Past Trump | Russia's Future as Putin Clings to Power But His Legend in Dead backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How Europe is Adapting to a Cutoff of Russian Energy and Moving Towards a Green Energy Future | Cliffhanger Races in Arizona and Nevada and California Congressional Races Will Determine Who Controls the Senate and House | Apart From the Absence of the "Red Wave", the Other Big Election Story is Court-Sanctioned GOP Gerrymandering backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The Results of Yesterday's Election Defy the Poll and Pundits and Shock the Republicans | An Update on the Races and Recriminations | We Can Expect Government Paralysis and the Trump/DeSantis War to Escalate While Questions About Biden Running Again Persist backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Can Persuasion Overcome Delusion in American Politics? | An Update on the COP 27 Climate Talks Underway and an Alternative Approach to the Fight Against Climate Change | Prigozhin Epitomizes the Takeover of Russia by Thugs and Gangsters backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Efforts to Stop Democrats From Voting and Why It Will Take So Long to Count the Vote | Although Not on the Ballot, American Democracy is What is at Stake in Tomorrow's Election | Putin's Election Interference Was All About Ukraine and Still is Today backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia