Background Briefing w/ Ian Masters

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | @OmarSShakir - International Outrage Grows at Deliberate Starvation in Gaza | Jared Abbott - Helping the Democrats get in Touch with the Working Class | @HartmanAndrew - A New History of Karl Marx in America as Young Americans Embrace Socialism

We speak with @HartmanAndrew about his latest book, just out, Karl Marx in America. Which chronicles Marx’s often overlooked writings about the USA, as well as the influence of Marxism in our politics over the last two centuries. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

We speak with Jared Abbott about his research into the political attitudes of the working class, Mamdani, Bernie, Trump, which politics work, and which ones don’t. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

We are joined by @OmarSShakir who explains categorically why skeptics need to admit Israel is not concerned with Hamas, and is on a project of ethnic cleansing, and Gaza is reaching the brink of mass starvation. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

We speak with Alex De Wall @WorldPeaceFdtn about the deliberate starvation of children in Gaza and the killing by Israeli soldiers and contractors with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation of over 1,000 desperate Palestinians trying to get food since May. on.soundcloud.com/oZgZddb9uJxFd5…

We’re joined by @Bing_Chris discussing his latest reporting at @propublica on the weaponization of confidential data in IRS files now being handed over to ICE and DHS to round up immigrants with personal information that may or may not be accurate. on.soundcloud.com/UOuab6tJggBIOH…

James Thurber joins us to discuss how Trump is thrashing about to distract from the continuing focus on his relationship with Epstein that has his lackey House Speaker Johnson shutting down the House early to help cover up. on.soundcloud.com/gqk62B6KVb4GFp…

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | James Thurber - Speaker Johnson's Protection of Trump & Epstein | @Bing_Chris - The Weaponization of Confidential IRS Data by ICE & DHS | Alex De Wall - The Deliberate Starvation of Children With Over 1,000 Palestinian Aid-Seekers Killed Since May

We speak with @Folly_and_Glory about his latest book, just out, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century. on.soundcloud.com/QreofMP0DdxYhR…

Mike Lofgren joins us to assess a possible breaking point with the MAGA base as coverups proceed with reports now surfacing that Trump’s DOJ is trying to make a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell to name only Democrats on Epstein’s alleged client list. on.soundcloud.com/2IXbLjzCJPfLxm…

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | Mike Lofgren - The Good Christian Mike Johnson Shuts Down the House to Protect the Best Friend of a Pedophile and Child Sex Trafficker | @Folly_and_Glory - The Decline of the Intelligence Community Trying to Survive an Anti-Intellectual Regime

We speak with Sidney Blumenthal and we discuss the three horsemen of the apocalypse running America and driving us into a hellscape, Trump, Stephen Miller and Russell Vought. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | @jimzirin - Is Trump Suing WSJ to Find Out Who the Leaker Is? | @berlinerblau - Cancelling Comedians to Muzzle the American Tradition of Political Satire | Sidney Blumenthal - The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse are Trump, Miller and Vought

We speak with @berlinerblau about CBS's firing of Stephen Colbert which Trump surely played a role in and now he is now going after Jimmy Kimmel in the hope of ending America's tradition of political satire, taunting the ghost Mark Twain. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

We are joined by @jimzirin to uncover the real reason Trump is suing Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal which is to force them to reveal the source of the leaked bawdy birthday card Trump drew for his pal Epstein. soundcloud.com/user-830442635…

We’re joined by Richard Parker discussing the way out of the US’ descent into authoritarianism. on.soundcloud.com/zF3w3rFbxPmJcN…

As many fret over whether we are in a constitutional crisis, we speak with @seanwilentz about whether we are past that and already in a Trump dictatorship. on.soundcloud.com/svEvAcLOuMrmHu…

We're joined by Nancy Gertner, the co-author of a letter with more than 75 fellow judges warning against Trump's efforts to elevate Emil Bove to the Court of Appeals then the Supreme Court. on.soundcloud.com/Db7N0Iy11zHhZT…

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | Nancy Gertner - With the Upcoming Senate Confirmation Vote on Emil Bove, Will Trump Get His "Roy Cohn" on the Court? | @seanwilentz - We Are Past a Constitutional Crisis | Richard Parker - A Way Out of America's Descent Into Authoritarianism

We speak with @thelisagraves about the walkout by Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee today in protest of Republicans trying to ram through the appointment of Trump's former personal defense attorney to the Court and Appeals and then Supreme Court. on.soundcloud.com/4btNBzonC6Fldi…